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Jul29

The Wizard

C’moooooon. You know you remember The Wizard. 1986? Dwarf? Toymaker? The CIA? Yeah, I thought you did! Good to know I’m not the only one. That show was pretty awesome. Little dude toymaker gets called up by the government each episode to craft some sort of robot dog or RC helicopter or rocket-powered pogo stick. When I was 8 years old, that was my five-year plan right there, save for the dwarfism. David Rappaport, who played title role passed away in 1990, but luckily some good sport in Norway has maintained a site about just him. You can check out his The Wizard pages, too. Anyway, I thought you’d enjoy this little trip back to 1986 when men were men, and the Cardinals won the NCAA championships.

update: apparently this Rappaport chap was involved with the founding of “Frestonia“, and independent state in the heart of London in the late 70′s.

filed under General and then tagged as Tech,TV
Jul 29 2004 ~ 4:05 pm ~ Comments (4) ~

4 Comments

I totally remember that show. Now only if they had Tales of the Golden Monkey website…..

Comment by Zac Tiesman — July 29, 2004 @ 11:26 pm
I remember this show, because this dude had a bag of tricks, and as I was 8 or 9 when it was on, I was thinking “Hey, A-Team, I see you don’t have a bag of tricks! Well, I guess you might have one metaphorically, but certainly not for real!”. It was awesome.

Comment by ben — August 1, 2004 @ 9:12 pm
The wizard was a kick ass show and if anyone could help me out. I’m trying to put the episodes on dvd if someone could share copies of the episodes i’d be more than glad to make a dvd for them too. My parents tossed all my tapes of it when i was little and i’m trying to get em back. any help would be appreciated. Email me at doncinema@yahoo.com

Comment by MV — April 13, 2006 @ 4:08 am
Hi!! I wanted to let you know about the new fan website for the show.

There are definitely fans out there everywhere & not just in the US. The David Rappaport Pages is also definitely a site to check out & now there is a site JUST for the show itself. We are using it to gather the troops & show 20th Century Fox that it’s definitely missing out by not releasing the show to the public.

Sharing is great, but it’s not going to get the show in to the hands of all the fans & the show deserves more respect than passing around crummy copies.

Hope you check it out!! Lots of pictures & info & I’m no where near finished. It will never really be finished.

Join the fight!! THE WIZARD NEEDS YOU!!!!

Comment by Jessica 'Markoff Chaney' — January 27, 2007 @ 3:37 pm

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