Yes! I didn't grow up watching Mr. Rogers (not sure why as it was the right era, but I think he wasn't on TV nationwide yet), but did grow up watching Mr. Wizard. For my 10th birthday my mom arranged for me to go meet Mr. Wizard in his studio lab which was a couple hours drive from where we lived. Really nice guy. Give me some books and some electric motors and showed me around. He invited me to be a guest on his show, but I was way too shy as a kid to do that. I was happy enough with the private tour.
