inmemoriam

[spatch]

                         PERFECT TOMMY
             Emilio Lizardo.  Wasn't he on TV once?

                         BUCKAROO BANZAI
             You're thinking of Mr. Wizard.

                         RENO
             Emilio Lizardo is a top scientist, dumkopf.

                         PERFECT TOMMY
             So was Mr. Wizard!

Comments

[resk.livejournal.com]

What are we memorializing? I looked up John Lithgow. He appears to still be alive.

[spatch]

Don Herbert, TV's Mr. Wizard, died Tuesday at the age of 89.

Here was a guy who got multiple generations of children interested in and excited about science. One of those people I wish I could have thanked in person while I had the chance.

[ron_newman]

I remember him! But was he still on TV when you were a kid?

[spatch]

He had a show on Nickelodeon in the 80s, which is why I think it's great that he taught more than one generation.