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15 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
Sat, Oct 1, 1983
Flash Paper, Broom Trick, Panama Canal East to West, Hero's Voice, Nipple Expansion, Exercise for Cows, Reaction Time, Solar Mirrors.
Episode 2
Sat, Oct 8, 1983
Sugar and Acid, Straw Oboe, Ant Farmers, Rolling Pin Code, Equal Solids, Hawaiian Volcano, Swallow Upside Down, Crush Egg.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 27, 1983
Homemade Volcano. Dropper Diver, How Many Stars, Heat Spiral, Heat From your Body, Paper Fold, Computer Plane, Walk Through Paper.
Episode 4
Fri, Nov 18, 1983
Dry Ice Fog, Napkin Suction, Crawling Cell, Computer Graph, Starch Test, Lizard Autopsy, Find Your Pulse.
Episode 5
Sat, Nov 26, 1983
Hot Air Balloon, NYC to Tokyo, Whispering Tube, Hero's Hand, Robots in the Factory, Optical Illusion, I-Beams.
Episode 6
Mon, Dec 12, 1983
Fire Writing, Paper Towel Tube, Fish Bombing Run, How a Bird Flies, Impossible Holes, Bleach Art, Woolly Aphids, Tricks with Gravity, Computer Explosions, Home Made Fire Extinguishers.
Episode 7
Tue, Dec 20, 1983
Fireproof Handkerchief, Flashed Sign, Fishing Bears, Balance Glass, Lye and Aluminum, Water Hyacinth, Taste and Smell, Flight Simulator, Breaking a Slat.
Episode 8
Sat, Jan 7, 198425 mins
HOMEMADE HYDROGEN - Mr. Wizard shows Christian how to make homemade hydrogen using safety glasses and always in the presence of a teacher or adult. ICE CUBE LIFT - Michael tries to remove an ice cube from a glass of water with a short string. Mr. Wizard explains that he will need salt in order to lift the ice cube. WHAT'S THIS ? - Can you recognize this portrait of a famous person? What's the minimum amount of info needed to make out this face? KITCHEN GEYSER - Mr. Wizard shows Carolyn a homemade geyser. On the stove is a large beaker of boiling water with an upside down funnel in it. When there's enough steam pressure inside the funnel, the water in the stem is pushed up and out the top producing the effect of a geyser. BALLOON INTO BOTTLE - Paul is supposed to get a balloon filled with water into a bottle. The balloon is much too big to go into the neck of the bottle. Mr.Wizard performs one of his most famous tricks. WHITE CELLS - These are germs that could be inside of you right now. With time lapse photography they're multiplying faster than normal but it's been estimated that inside every human being there are more bacteria than all the people whoever lived. STRONG SALT - Tanis puts a piece of tissue paper over the end of a cardboard tube securing it with a rubber band. Tanis pushes a piece of a broom stick through the tube as a plunger and punches out the tissue paper. Mr.Wizard helps her replace the tissue paper and Tanis adds a couple inches of table salt to the tube. Much to her surprise, she finds she can't break the tissue paper over the end! CURVES OF CONSTANT WIDTH - Mr.Wizard shows Christian how 2 figures with equal diameters create smooth movements. LONG LETTERS - Shana tries to read a sign with tall, narrow letters. Mr.Wizard shows her the trick to reading the letters.
Episode 9
Sat, Feb 18, 1984
Radio Controlled Plane, Square on Balloon, Armadillo Patient, Folden Paper Flips, Vectrex Drawing, Oldest Living Thing, Touch, Secret Inks, Fireproof Money.
Episode 10
Wed, Mar 21, 1984
Homemade Hot Air Balloon, Glue Powered Water Bugs, Apple Flower, Binary Numbers, Lung Capacity, Indestructible Container, Spoon Into Glass, Suspended Book.
Episode 11
Thu, Apr 19, 1984
Dancing Spaghetti, Centipedes, Dribble Glass, Paper Clip Join, Hibernation, Hero Counts, What Do You Hear, The Pitcher Plant, Drop Balls and Card.
Episode 12
Tue, May 1, 1984
Light Sculptures, Paper Plate Illusion, Bacteria Sticker, Flash Fill, Ice Cube Trick, Childhood of a Chimp, Computer Word Processing, Pour Along String.
Episode 13
Mon, Jun 18, 1984
Giant Bubbles, Water Strider, Banana Surprise, Hero Follows, Snake Tracker, Uphill Funnel, Muscle Pairs, Wing Bee, Bottle Pick Up.
Episode 14
Mon, Jul 30, 1984
Polarizing Filter, Phone Button Tones, Patient Simulator, Balancing Tricks, Seeing Steam, Spotter Pigeons, Lost Rectangle, Brain Scan, Weight Test.
Episode 15
Tue, Aug 7, 1984
Flour Explosion, Pendulum, Hidden Leaf Color, How Sirens Work, Mapping a Guitar, Blown Out Candle, Card Illusion, Aurora Borealis, Come Back Can, Crush Gallon Can.