Can You Guess This TV Theme? #38 - Answer

Congratulations to Kate for being the fastest person to answer this week's 'Can You Guess This TV Theme?'! 'Mr. Wizard's World', the children's science show hosted by Donald Herbert, was often imitated, but never duplicated....


In 1950, the late great Donald 'Mr. Wizard' Herbert created the idea for a science experiment show for a television audience. NBC executives fell in love with idea, and 'Watch Mr. Wizard' was born in 1951. During the show, Mr. Wizard would perform exciting experiments, with a young assistant, that could be recreated in the viewers home with everyday items. 547 live episodes were created, and Mr. Wizard won a Peabody Award for excellence in Television, before the show was canceled in 1965.

Following the cancellation of 'Watch Mr. Wizard', Donald 'Mr. Wizard' Herbert wrote books on science and filmed many science-themed films and commercials.


In 1983, Mr Herbert developed 'Mr. Wizard's World', a faster-paced version of 'Watch Mr. Wizard', for Nickelodeon. "Everything on the show I learned by doing it,” Mr. Herbert said. I learned sooooooo much from Mr. Wizard. Way more than I ever learned from any science classes.

Did you know that Don Herbert was a guest on the first ever episode of Late Night with David Letterman in 1982?

Check it out..... This is an awesome example of 'Mr. Wizard's World'! Watch as he explains siphons!