MR. SCIENCE

MR. WIZARD
1951-1972 SYNDICATED


MR. SCIENCE
MAD #34, August 1957
w: Bob & Ray, Tom Koch
a: Mort Drucker

There don't seem to be any embeddable videos of Don Herbert as Mister Wizard but there are plenty otherwise. He was a precursor to Bill Nye showing children different science experiments and how they worked. Here are a couple examples of Bob and Ray's version, though.

The early days of MAD had work by famous comedians of the day, sometimes reprinting their work, sometimes having them write all-new material. Tom Koch wrote much of Bob & Ray's material, but was also a regular MAD writer, so this was convenient. Though all their artists were caricaturists, the articles assigned to Mort Drucker revealed his hidden talent and made him the one they used most of all.

The first panel has the body diagram that was used in Bufferin ads.

In the background is the original Charles Addams version of Uncle Fester.

Bob & Ray's relationship with Mort Drucker continued later when he did the poster for their Broadway show.

Here are a couple more parodies of Mr. Wizard over the years.