The Wizard (1986–1987)
10/10
My favorite show as a first-grader
18 July 2023
This was my favorite TV show when I was in the first grade. I barely remember it now, but I remember how much I loved the show. The episode I remember most is the one that had the little girl in it. She was standing in front of a mirror. The little girl surprised one of the other characters by stepping through the mirror, because it wasn't actually a mirror and wasn't actually just one little girl; they were twins. I found out years later that the actress who played the twins was the same little girl who played Alice in the 1985 Alice In Wonderland that I'd seen on TV a couple years earlier; I wonder if that's why they did the mirror trick...

Coincidentally, at the time this show was popular, my dad had a friend who was also a short-height man and was a toymaker. My dad took me to visit his friend. I don't know his real name, because my dad told me he was Simon. Maybe the man's name was also Simon; I don't know. I didn't think he was the real Simon, though. Anyway, this "Simon" gave me a little wooden toy he'd made. I wish I still had the toy; my mom threw it away at some point. (My mom never understood which things were the most special.) I wish I could find this show airing somewhere online. I've found low-quality versions of some episodes on YouTube, but I wish I could see all of them again in full quality.
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