Yeah, Mr. Wizard was kind of a dick.

If you grew up in the 80s, Mr. Wizard’s World , the half-hour long sci­ence show for kids–hosted by Mr. Wiz­ard him­self, Don Herbert–was required view­ing. But did you ever get the feel­ing Mr. Wiz­ard was kind of a dick? For the poor, dumb kids on his show, every exper­i­ment was an oppor­tu­nity for fail­ure and for Mr. Wiz­ard to snidely point out their mis­takes. You know he lived for that shit. When he wasn’t lord­ing his supe­rior knowl­edge of sci­ence over chil­dren, he was using it to endan­ger their lives.

Tweeps @DianeBullock and @mcs212 have put together this hilar­i­ous clip that com­piles some of Mr. Wizard’s dick­i­est moments. Watch it, laugh at it, and then for­give me for taint­ing your mem­o­ries of one of the best shows from the clas­sic era of Nickelodeon.

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