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I'm so excited that this channel exists. I was trying to explain to my three children that a man in the late 80's named Mr Wizard, taught me science and gave me a thirst for knowledge at a young age. I was hoping to find a video on CZcams but I found all the videos on CZcams! Thank you!
I'm slightly disappointed he didn't say one word about how the beads they start with are made. (The plastic is mixed with gas like nitrogen while it's molten in a high-pressure atmosphere, then allowed to cool and turn solid before the pressure is released. Gently melting the plastic allows the tiny high pressure bubbles to become larger, low pressure bubbles.)
Mr. Wizard missed a perfect opertunity to have molten plastic with high pressure in a television studio where children are present. Mr. Wizard, you COWARD! :-D
@@kokobunni5897 If you watch his earlier show in the 60's he seems much more patience. That being said the kids back then seemed more in the know, so he did not seem like he had to explain so much.
NO way.... Mr. Wizard was an actual scientist and not a perverted pos. Nye is an actor...that has some very minor degree but because he spews their modern day drivel...they gave him an honorary degree. Mr Wizard WAS awesome. Nye never was.
That glass pot that he is using when I was a kid in the late 80s my mom was cooking spaghetti sauce and one of those glass pots and it exploded like a grenade throughout the kitchen glass went everywhere like shrapnel luckily nobody got hurt
Mr. Wizard: "Christian, you've seen little cases like this haven't you?" Stacey: my name's Stacey Mr. Wizard: "....and because it's a gold fish, we'll put in some of the yellow" Stacey: but it's orange Mr. Wizard to producer: I am NEVER working with that kid again.....all she does is argue...
I want to know what Stacey grew up to be. She was always super sharp.
She’s a very successful lawyer in Alberta.
I'm so excited that this channel exists. I was trying to explain to my three children that a man in the late 80's named Mr Wizard, taught me science and gave me a thirst for knowledge at a young age. I was hoping to find a video on CZcams but I found all the videos on CZcams! Thank you!
His 1950s-60s episodes were much more in-depth... and all kids get today is Sellout Nye. Society is definitely moving backwards 🤣
I'm slightly disappointed he didn't say one word about how the beads they start with are made.
(The plastic is mixed with gas like nitrogen while it's molten in a high-pressure atmosphere, then allowed to cool and turn solid before the pressure is released. Gently melting the plastic allows the tiny high pressure bubbles to become larger, low pressure bubbles.)
Mr. Wizard missed a perfect opertunity to have molten plastic with high pressure in a television studio where children are present. Mr. Wizard, you COWARD! :-D
To your credit you are only slightly disappointed.
When microwaves still had dials instead of digital buttons
I'll bet those microwaves from that time still work today,while new ones last 5 years at most
I remember this, I also remember misunderstanding this and tossing chunks of Styrofoam int.o our macaroni in an attempt to fill the pan with styrofoam
Mr. Wizard always seemed like he could snap at any moment lol
Nah, he’s just an old man lol plus he’s intelligent. Sometimes smart people have little patience 😂💀
I remember thinking that when I was a kid, now that I'm watching these as an adult he seems a lot less scary haha.
You thought so too!
@@kokobunni5897 If you watch his earlier show in the 60's he seems much more patience. That being said the kids back then seemed more in the know, so he did not seem like he had to explain so much.
@@BeeABaw Ha.. If he worked with the kids of today, he'd probably pop a cap in their heads.😆
Fantastic!! I’m so glad I can rewatch these old episodes. Mr. Wizard was, and still is, the best TV science guy.
When I saw this 30 years ago as a kid - I was happy and loved this show. Now I just hate myself.
mood
lmaoooo :(
That escalated quick
Mr Wizard was Gen X Bill Nye...and he was friggin awesome!
NO way....
Mr. Wizard was an actual scientist and not a perverted pos.
Nye is an actor...that has some very minor degree but because he spews their modern day drivel...they gave him an honorary degree.
Mr Wizard WAS awesome.
Nye never was.
That wasn't 3 minutes
Great episode. I too remember this one. I wonder if she's still got that fish.
she dead
@@beaniiman The fish or the kid?
She's a lawyer.
I literally made a bag of popcorn before watching this episode. By the end, my stomach asplodeded. XD
Your stomach asplode.
I blame this exact video for my thermo plastic addiction!!
She's a barrister in Canada now
Lg4242 I was searching to see where she ended up and was wondering if that barrister was her!
Awesome!
God bless her she is sweet
She works at Starbucks?
@@jaynichols6868😂
That glass pot that he is using when I was a kid in the late 80s my mom was cooking spaghetti sauce and one of those glass pots and it exploded like a grenade throughout the kitchen glass went everywhere like shrapnel luckily nobody got hurt
So through my scientifical deductive reasoning,
I have come to the conclusion that....
Your mom couldn't cook :))
I actually remember this one. That chick was in a ton of these episodes.
She was his girlfriend.
"...we'll add some of the yellow." It's orange.
Anyone else notice at the very beginning he mistakenly called her Christian?
Professor Proton!
I used to have those same glass pots!
vision cookware. they were awesome.
Mr. Wizard: "Christian, you've seen little cases like this haven't you?"
Stacey: my name's Stacey
Mr. Wizard: "....and because it's a gold fish, we'll put in some of the yellow"
Stacey: but it's orange
Mr. Wizard to producer: I am NEVER working with that kid again.....all she does is argue...
The styrofoam retains its shape; the golfish and the beakerful fell apart. Why? And where to get these magic beads?
What's her name?
Thank you.
which chemical use in styrofoam.......tell me the name of chemicals
Poly Styrene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene
Think of making napalm?
I wonder what all of these kids are up to nowadays.
Legenda.
That's not Styrofoam.
I thought she was a boy
It's because of the haircut and outfit but she definitely sounds like a girl. I had to enlarge the video to confirm she's a girl by her earrings
@@SuperstarDJSupreme Isn't she like around 14, or 15? She looks allot like a teenage girl.
I thought so too.
Am I evil for kinda hoping she'd try to pull the fish outta the pot with her fingers?
Yes you're a fucking weirdo
Mr. Wizard seems laid back here. I think he must have had a hangover.
No, maybe he was calm because he had a reefer before the show...j/k!
No I'm. Stupid
I can't microwave