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RIP Mr. Wizard 1917-2007

TV icon Don Herbert, TV's Mr. Wizard, has passed. Herbert succumbed to bone cancer at the age of 89. 'Watch Mr. Wizard' began airing on NBC in 1951 and ran through 1964. It even won a Peabody award in 1954. In 1983, Mr. Wizard was brought back by Nickelodeon as 'Mr. Wizard's World'. The show put Herbert on a simple set that resembled a garage workshop. He used household items to perform ...