Discovery '70

Yes, I saw the original Discovery'62 & '63. I'd watch it every week day as soon as I rushed home from being dropped off by the school bus. By the next fall season, Discovery '63 switched from a daily to a weekly schedule, when it aired on Sunday mornings on ABC. Discovery '62 & '63 were my first introductions to a tour of the Smithsonian, experiments with liquid nitrogen and other neat experiences. Exciting stuff for an inquisitive kid. Later, after the Beatles hit the US, they also journeyed to Liverpool and even toured the Cavern. That would have been Discovery '64 or '65. I hope some of this footage has survived somewhere. I remember Frank Buxton & Virginia Gibson and even once had a coloring book of the series to remember them by. I totally lost track of the series after 1965. Frank Buxton is still around, recently appearing in a summer time play on Baldridge island (I believe it was) in the Seattle area.

This is definitely a show I remember and have occasionally scoured the net to confirm that I really did see it. I was 11 in '66 and remember a show about Thomas Edison, who was a hero of mine at the time because he had invented - or made practical - so many things that I liked: records, in particular, the light bulb (I got kits to make a light bulb and Guttenberg printer, movies (I loved tinkering with the home movie camera and projector - I even made my own Gumby short). On the show, they played one of Edison's 1/4-inch thick records. I even remember the little jingle.

For a young geek, to see a show like that captured and sparked my imagination. Electronics is my life and it has been a never ending source of curiosity and my livelihood. I still enjoy tinkering...

So, the BIG question is, "Are there no recordings of this show?" I'd love to see something and while writing this I found video (from 1970) on you tube.

I remember watching Discovery 62 . My sister and I were avid watchers. I remember Virginia Gibson asking for children to go out and collect for the March of Dimes. My sister and I (ages 7 and 8) decided to go out in the neighborhood and collect. We lived in Navy housing at the time so it was very easy to gather the money.

In March of 1963, were asked to appear on the show . We went on stage and Virginia Gibson asked,"How much money did you collect for the March Of Dimes?" We responded," Eighteen dollars and sixty eight cents." We also shook Vick Morrow's (the star of Combat) hand.

It was a day, we will never forget. We would love to see the full episode someday .

Faithful Watchers, Laura Julian and Janet Julian

I vaguely remember the series in its "Discovery '66" and "Discovery '67" incarnations, and never realized that it went all the way back to 1962. Neither did I realize at the time (I was only 4 or 5 at the time I remember seeing it) that it was intended as a children's series. I simply assumed that it was something shown on weekends when there wasn't a ball game, perhaps an ancestor of Huell Howser's programs, or of typical weekend daytime PBS fare of the 1980s and 1990s, or of today's various Discovery Channel series. About the only other thing I remember about it was that it was, as the other, more extensive comment mentions, suitable not just for children, but for the whole family.

We lived in Silverton, Colorado in the early 60's when the Discovery program came to town. My father was the sheriff in town and was used in the program. The program focused on the town's history, the Narrow Gauge train, and the people. I have an original copy of the script and have been trying to locate a copy of the program, but no luck! If anyone has any information on how to find a copy, I would love it. My father passed away in the 70's and I would love to have a copy of this for my children. We moved from Silverton when I was four, but I still have very fond memories of this magical place! Even after so many years, the town has not changed much. Because of the Discovery program, kids from Michigan (where we moved to) were able to see where we lived. A side note, I had a brother who died of cystic fibrosis when we lived in Silverton. He is buried in the local cemetery. What an interesting place filled with people with lots of stories.