this is by far the best wkrp episode of all times and probably best the tv episode of all because it taught people something a good teacher is priceless Tim Reid should have won an emmy for this scene alone

"remember for the next 3 months." LOL I've been remembering this for the past 30 years!!! LOL

@spaceclown7650

Жыл бұрын

Same.

@TheRomeerome

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

If teachers could actually teach like this in the classroom today, then they wouldn't be leaving the profession in droves.

@CuteNekoHibiki

8 жыл бұрын

+TM Rezzek I agree completely.

@sawdustcaesar6853

5 жыл бұрын

They do. I have (way before your comment 3 years ago)and It is called GLAD-GUIDED LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DESIGN. Created in CALIFORNIA to teach second language learners but absolutely desirable for all learners. I used it to teach children about ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE to LANGUAGE ARTS using diagrams to destruct plot in any given chosen lit book in the state standards. Of course w/ Venus's method I would have added some music, like hip-hop or whatever, depending on my student population. The method can be used in all subject matter, including science and math. So don't despair, there is hope for teachers out there.

@estelleedwards283

3 жыл бұрын

Well, now, there are other issues causing that. With the disintegration of the family and the increasing pressure on teachers to do more than just teach, it's an uphill battle. Schools are being forced to do what intact, functional families should be doing. Think about it. In the worst case scenarios, you have teachers who have to deal with violence in the classroom and other issues. A lot of the parents are out to lunch with their own issues: drugs, alcohol. I'm afraid we're living in the Dr. Phil-Maury Provich-Jerry Springer generation.

To this very day, if I had to try and explain what I know about atoms to somebody I swear I would start with..."there are three gangs in a neighborhood..."

Showed this to my kids to help them with chemistry, and they will almost certainly show it to their kids too.

Love to know who the writer was to even come up with that concept “ Genius, Pure Genius”.....and not a text book in sight

Venus teaches the atom- one of the best scenes, especially when Johnny wakes up in the stock room, listening in. R.I.P., Howard Hesseman- Tim Reid will miss him, too!!!

I saw this when it originally aired, and I have NEVER forgotten! I just had the joy of introducing it to a Facebook friend today, and now she knows, too! 💖

remember it for months, shit I remember this episode. and that is over 30 years.

"Just a little white lie." Classic.

Literally one of the coolest things I've seen on TV.

The most underrated, forgotten scene of tv history

@gregp103

4 жыл бұрын

It's highly rated by the thousands of people who remember it.

@jantiquefielding6661

3 жыл бұрын

Not forgotten by anyone who's ever seen it! 💗

@faithcastillo9597

Жыл бұрын

Forgotten!? Who are you kidding? I have never forgotten this marvelous scene.

Pure genius. One of the best episodes besides the "Turkey drop" and " Real Families"

@spaceclown7650

Жыл бұрын

"Real Families" was reality TV a couple decades before Reality TV existed. They definitely called that one.

Such an awesome teacher.

Too bad that shows like this don"t exist today, or not many. Good, solid writing for television has taken a back seat to a lot of special effects and other 'gimmicky' techniques. I really miss the strong ensemble casts that WKRP and other shows had, too.

This was one of the best moments in "WKRP's" four-year run. It's too bad they haven't released Seasons 2-4 on DVD (due to copyright issues with the music that was played on the show). It was a terrific show. Tim Reid played the scene perfectly. We need more teachers like Venus Flytrap.

@EFunkRock

9 ай бұрын

the entire series is now on DVD.

That's one scene I think about a lot, and have since I saw it as a kid. Haven't seen it in years. I'm a teacher now and I wish I could motivate kids like Venus did. Seeing it again helps.

@LarryMan51

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Baker, thank you for being a teacher.

@bigtyronemusic

5 ай бұрын

As a Generation Z student a few months away from potentially graduating from highschool, I thank you for taking this scene into consideration.

My favourite scene from WKRP was when Jennifer (Loni Anderson) was dating a elderly man who passed away in a restaurant they were eating at. Herb came up to her in his own "way" and said "I'm sorry he bought the farm--Hey he had a long life, a lot of dough-got to go out with you--caught the big bus while he was eating in the best place in town--Not bad if you ask me"--completely lifted a sadness she was feeling and brought levity to the entire scene!!!

The best 10 minutes of broadcast television, in the entire history of broadcast television.

Venus makes learning 20% cooler, more awesome!

I've been looking for the uncut version of these scene for years. There's plenty of the Cell Theory lesson, but the speeches before and after that are a far better lesson.

@floydjohnson7888

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Atomic Theory

The best episode of WKRP.

@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427

6 жыл бұрын

Kenyatte Tilghman Wasn't Tim Reid a former teacher!

@STho205

6 жыл бұрын

Agree. Tight script and excellent acting. Funniest one was Turkeys Away, but this was the best one.

@floydjohnson7888

4 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 What we now call "a take-away" (the term wasn't used in the late '70s) struck a chord with me as a third-grader-the bit about "living beyond [one's] fingertips". Now, in my late forties, I searched out this clip to get the quote right, as even in present day, a great many need to (re)learn to live beyond their fingertips.

This scene was AWESOME!

Fantastic. I knew squat about the atom before I saw this.

This is some of the best TV ever.

What a great teacher!

I remember seeing this as a kid and being annoyed that the student didn't call Venus out for introducing Tron as the Swahili word for dude and then renaming one gang the ProTONS. But I always remembered the lesson, and how the episode ended with Venus and the kid's mom still worried about his future.

@spaceclown7650

Жыл бұрын

I caught that now, but as a kid I totally missed it.

You got it man...you got an A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This scene gave me cause to imagine that had Howard Hesseman nixed the part in "Head of the Class", Eustis Elias Productions would've sought out Tim Reid.

This is great! I want Venus to show me how to balance a chemical equation : )

@educatedrock Sometimes good sitcom writing that teaches, informs or as a message very skillfully delivered can be timeless. This seems to be an example of this concept.

Powerful educational episode of WKRP

Great episode, although that is the oldest looking high school kid I've ever seen. He looks about twenty-five. But I won't split hairs. It's one of the best moments from the show.

love this scene

7 жыл бұрын

tim reid should have won an emmy for this

A perfect lesson being taught

@CuteNekoHibiki

8 жыл бұрын

+Fred Ellenburg Yes, it is.

I was a little kid in elementary school and this was how I learned what an atom was and all the parts of one. By the time they actually taught us this in school, I breezed right through it because I always learned it. And they say TV isn’t educational…

A great episode!

Venus' description should be used to start a comic book. There are more atomic "gang" members or forces that can be used as characters in a story, using the same rules of behavior we see at the sub-atomic level: neutrino, gluons, gauge-bosons, quarks. I'm not good at art, so I hope someone else uses this idea. It'd be so cool to learn it easily and understand what's going down at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN. www.nzherald.co.nz/canvas-magazine/news/article.cfm?c_id=532&objectid=11432914

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

6 жыл бұрын

What is going on at WKHadronRP, in Cerncinnati, is completely unnessmanssary, for any living things survival. Unlessnessman, Hesseman's(Humans) funk up the Environment and give Mother Nature a (Johnny) Fever. In other words......CERN is necessary, unfortunately, or, fortunately, depending on your point of view.

Great episode

7:34 - truer four decades later than it was at the time it originally aired.

do you know anything about magnets?

Atom Heart Mother brought me here.

That was 2 1/2 minutes!

@WakenerOne

Жыл бұрын

There was no clock in the room.

Me when he said they put you in Special Ed

great video

Did Arnold take 15 years off before returning to highschool?

why didnt you tell me you back there i tried but i fell asleep

They never knew public education would lead up into "dumbingdown" .

@sawdustcaesar6853

5 жыл бұрын

It is not dumbing down you dolt! Maybe that shows your capacity to see what good teaching can entail. Sad.

@LarryMan51

4 жыл бұрын

@@sawdustcaesar6853 Amen !

squat

teacher- makes us watch video me- dislikes me- watches video also me- likes video me- changes dislike to like

However, Swahili is from the opposite side of the continent from where the slaves were taken. It has no more to do with their culture than Aztec metalwork does with the Powhatan.

@davidturner2233

2 жыл бұрын

Mike, how would you know, European got there knowledge from some martians who lives inside the earth.

@WakenerOne

Жыл бұрын

Just because he's a black American doesn't automatically mean he's descended from American slaves. Obama wasn't. This kid could be interested in anything having to do with pan-African culture.

He's old enough to be his "mom's" dad. Stupid casting decision here. "Oh, take this 40 year old and pass him off as a 16 year old. It's gonna work." LMFAO NOT!

he look a little to old to be in high school

The 2nd generation of SJW television. Better than the garbage of today, but still loaded with CULTural Marxism.