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Don Herbert

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TV Personality

The Resume

    (July 10, 1917-June 12, 2007)
    Born in Waconia, Minnesota
    Hosted the shows 'Watch Mr. Wizard' (NBC, 1951-65) and 'Mr. Wizard's World' (Nickelodeon, 1983-90)

Why he might be annoying:

    He said of his child assistants, 'Once they got beyond 13, they became know-it-alls.'
    He said he never used his own kids on his show 'Because then I couldn't fire them.'
    He sold a 'Mr. Wizard Ecology Kit' that encouraged kids to root through the trash to take mold and bacteria cultures.
    'Mr. Wizard's World' was produced in Canada and used metric units which may have confused American viewers who wanted to replicate his experiments.
    He was parodied as 'Ask Dr. Stupid' in 'Ren and Stimpy' and 'Ask Mr. Lizard' in 'Dinosaurs.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a bomber pilot during World War II, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
    He was a guest on the first episode of 'Late Night with David Letterman.'
    He won a Peabody Award and the Robert A. Millikan Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers.
    George Tressel of the National Science Foundation said, 'Don has been responsible for more people going into the sciences than any other single person in this country.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 125 Votes: 52.80% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 52 Votes: 40.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 32.14% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 708 Votes: 43.79% Annoying