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His experiment where he had the kid put his hand in the water without getting his hand wet blew me away as a youth.

Loved his show, and wish there was something like it on for my kids.

Back in elementary school we would watch Bill Nye videos all the time. Aside from not having to listen to my teacher speak, I didn't really look forward to watching him. The show relied on loud volume and wackiness to be entertaining as oppose of letting the raw science fascinate you. I really wish program's like this were made, I would've definitely paid more attention.

Consider watching it again because there's way more science in there than I feel you're remembering.

I've watched a few episodes recently. It's not as entertaining now, and it's too difficult to parse out the actual science from the weird things thrown in just to keep your attention.

Truly; it was not a science show. It was a show to excite a generation about science.

Amazing! That's the one episode I think of when I think of Mr. Wizard.

Ditto.

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