Mr. Wisdom, host of a children's scientific show and Verne Brown's biggest hero, is broadcasting an episode from Hill Valley. Verne and Marty McFly go to meet Mr. Wisdom in person and they end up bringing him to Doc's laboratory. Doc angrily confronts Mr. Wisdom and drives him from his home. Using "a very long flashback", Doc tells the story to Verne and Marty that Mr. Wisdom had been Doc's college roommate (Doc recalls the school was "The American College of Technological Sciences and Difficult Math"). Walt Wisdom had stolen one of to win a science fair, leading to his fame and fortune.