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Top Scientists

posted by Zed on September 8 2004 20:10

From The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension:

Perfect Tommy: Emilio Lizardo. Wasn’t he on TV once?
Buckaroo Banzai: You’re thinking of Mr. Wizard.
Reno: Emilio Lizardo is a top scientist, dumbkopf.
Perfect Tommy: So was Mr. Wizard.

The British Association for the Advancement of Science announces its list of top TV scientists.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker defeated Dr. Strangelove, Dana Scully of “X Files” fame and Star Trek’s Mr. Spock to be voted Britain’s favorite screen scientists.[…]

“They are accessible, humorous and occasionally blow each other up,” said Roland Jackson, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA). […] “They’re the kind of scientists you would like to be but never quite dared to,” said Alan Slater, a scientist at the University of Exeter in southwestern England.

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Comments

“They are accessible, humorous and occasionally blow each other up,”

To bring this full circle, I must add:

So does Mr. Wizard.

Posted by edward on September 8 2004 22:18

I loved Mr. Wizard. Is he still on somewhere?

Don Herbert, you were great. Real content.

Posted by asdfsd on September 9 2004 11:41

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