In “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which was produced from 1951 to 1964 and received a Peabody Award in 1954, Herbert turned TV into an entertaining classroom. Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr. Wizard” ...

Watch Mr. Wizard was an American television program for children that demonstrated the science behind ordinary things. The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert. Marcel LaFollette said of the ...

Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. We remember now the man baby boomers know as Mr. Wizard. Don Herbert died yesterday in suburban Los Angeles. He was 89. His TV show, "Watch Mr. Wizard," was produced ...

Long before Bill Nye the Science Guy, How Stuff Works and Mythbusters, there was Mr. Wizard. Don Herbert, who was Mr. Wizard, passed on yesterday at 89. If you are over a certain age, you will ...

LOS ANGELES — Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr. Wizard” introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban ...

Don Herbert was known to his fans as Mr. Wizard, star of the Watch Mr. Wizard show. Long before Mythbusters, Herbert made common household items seem magical every Saturday at noon on NBC, from 1951 ...

LOS ANGELES — Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and ’60s as “Mr. Wizard” and did the same for a later generation of ...

Don Herbert, better known to generations of TV viewers as Mr. Wizard, died yesterday at the age of 89. The cause was multiple myeloma. From the 1950s through to the 80s, Herbert brought science to the ...

In the 1950s, it was unusual for television programs to address the topic of sex. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo slept in separate beds on I Love Lucy. Both were forbidden by network standards to even use the ...

Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. Herbert was 89. By The Associated Press Don Herbert, who as television’s “Mr ...

Don Herbert, known as Mr. Wizard, died Tuesday in suburban Los Angeles. He was 89. His TV show, Watch Mr. Wizard, was produced from 1951 to 1964. He taught millions of kids to think like scientists.