One of the finest moments on television. It actually DID teach me about the atom.

@nospam3327

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If all tv was like this, the world would be a better place

@SayWhatAgain109

2 жыл бұрын

40 years later, still remember this episode! Really made me enjoy chemistry!

@joelbrown6411

2 жыл бұрын

Taught alot of us. Venus was a good dude. Brilliant teacher. Even better d.j.

In my opinion, the metaphor is the single most useful communication tool we have.

@floydjohnson7888

6 жыл бұрын

Space Ghost I must be using it wrong, as I have only confused people since about 1993 with the use of metaphor.

@RichardLeslieWhereat

5 жыл бұрын

Now, the Mets are a new york baseball gang that hate the Smilies. Now the Smilies, they like a whole bunch of shit, but the Mets, they want to BE other shit. Smilies don't amount to fuck all in life, but they're always like other shit, they smiling. Mets hate them, because people always compare the two. But the Mets, they've got ambition, they're always achieving shit, and when they succeed they drink wine from amphoras like romans, real high class shit. They like their high class celebrations so much, they named themselves after it. They became the Metaphors. The Smilies, they're so retarded, they can't even spell their own name. They call themselves the Similes.

@shelbythomas

3 жыл бұрын

i'mma let you finish but vocal chords released the best communication tool of all-time

@666finnegan

3 жыл бұрын

@@shelbythomas hahaha. Nice one

@roguesheep3083

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it can be difficult to include breasts in every metaphor, though.

My mom, who was a kid the 70s, who struggled in school because she didn't know she had a learning disability, always remembered parts of the atom because of this scene.

This is what inspired me to become a teacher when I was a kid. Now I teach high school. Thanks Venus!

@tejaswoman

6 жыл бұрын

One of many such things that I distinctly remember inspired me to be a teacher. Hello, fellow high-school teacher!

@tommymcweedface229

4 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@matthewbradley3395

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you! I had always wanted to be a teacher but life led me a different way. This scene always made me giddy...in a good way. THAT"S what teaching should be all about.

@mikemerkweki6949

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to here, I guess you never know where your inspiration will come from...

@6610stix

4 жыл бұрын

This inspired me to quit teaching and become an actor. Thanks Mr Flytrap!!

It's been over forty years, and I still remember this scene. An absolutely brilliant moment in television.

I saw this in chemistry, it actually made me pay attention, this is how all teachers should teach

@suzycreamcheesez4371

6 жыл бұрын

yeah? when was the last time you were in front of a classroom? A

@dwightdodd3734

3 жыл бұрын

Tim Reed was one of my Favorite characters....very classy witout being obnoxious........

I was a kid whom watched this with his parents as a child and understood ,this. Still sticks with me 40 years later

I saw this as a child about 40 years ago and STILL remember the atom because of this!!! If only every teacher was this amazing.

I recall this. Awesome writers. They won a stack of awards for this.

@mpd9924

2 жыл бұрын

I hope that is true. You can tell they spent a lot of time on this segment.

This may be one of the most beautiful teaching moments in history. The best teachers do things like this to engage their students. I wish more people were like Tim Reid's character here - young men need people like him.

Tron means Dude! He is a prophet! Jeff Bridges later went on to play both Tron and The Dude. And all that science stuff is pretty cool too ;-)

@continentalenglish7388

4 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@peachesrambo4037

4 жыл бұрын

He wasnt tron but the creator of clu.

@Hibernicus1968

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Tron was played by Bruce Boxleitner.

@allyourpie4323

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hibernicus1968 Well,that's just like,your opinion man.

This is so brilliant and outstanding. There is nothing on TV now days that compares to this quality of writing and the transformative two minutes that this is.

@davidchalk8883

Ай бұрын

I'd say the Ted Lasso "darts" scene is it's match. But you are right writing like this is rare in any era.

STILL the best science explanation I've ever seen!

my science teacher decided to show us this and im sure im passing. those 3min and 50sec taught me more than school has ever taught me

@alexmanbeck

7 жыл бұрын

does your school teach absolutely nothing or are you just an idiot

@princessmocha4069

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexmanbeck RUDE

@themaleskeleton

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexmanbeck 1st option, true for me as well

This is an Emmy Award-level scene, in it's set-up, tone, subject matter and execution; one of the countless scenes that made this show the timeless classic that it remains: and one that embedded itself into my memory since the time I saw it during it's first airing. It still gives me chills... Bravo Venus, and the entire cast and production crew of "WKRP In Cincinatti"!

@andyinpa1

5 жыл бұрын

612Tiberius the “Turkey Bombing” scene from the Thanksgiving episode was also great. Agreed, this show was great.

To this day, when I think of WKRP and one of my all time favorite pieces of clever writing. This is it!

This was one of the greatest scenes in television history.

They left the best part out, where Venus tells Arnold that his school OWES HIM AND EDUCATION and if they won't give him one, he needs to DEMAND they give him one!

@mpd9924

2 жыл бұрын

So true. So much better than the mindless indoctrination about man made climate change, systemic racism, etc. that students receive today in public schools. Teach the kids HOW TO LEARN.

Most informative 3:50 on a sitcom in television history. If only more teachers could be as engaging and make the material relate to everyday life. If they did, kids would learn, and WANT to learn, so much more.

@amberhenderson9098

7 жыл бұрын

Soulrider2012 my science teacher used this for year 11 and we all got atom questions

@RipperFromYT

2 жыл бұрын

Soulrider it was definitely the most informative sitcom! It's where I learned turkeys can't fly!

And that kid grew up to be... Neil DeGrasse Tyson

@MrStarfishP

6 жыл бұрын

ha

@TheXxSparexX

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

@kevinwalas619

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one man!!!!

@1234larry1

4 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@thegorn68

4 жыл бұрын

DYING LAUGHING!!!

One of the best scenes of what I believe to be the best TV sitcom ever!

I'm just here wondering how did he make two perfect circles

@WordUnheard

6 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering why he used a black marker on a blackboard, and if it was a permanent marker.

@brothajohn

4 жыл бұрын

That was damn impressive. He just free handed two perfect circles.

@charleslennonbaker

4 жыл бұрын

In 'real' life before becoming a comedic performer, actor, writer (he wrote many of the episodes for WKRP), producer, and director Tim Reid worked for the DuPont Corporation for three years.

@charleslennonbaker

4 жыл бұрын

and if you think that's cool you should look up Gil Gerard. Before becoming a SciFi icon of the 1980s [Buck Rogers] he was a top industrial chemist and regional manager for Winthrop Rockefeller. Get this, he never graduated from college! When he was tapped to become chief exec. the company heads were shocked that he never attained a degree. They wanted him to go back to college to get his degree and head up their chemical division. He declined and decided to pursue acting instead.

@tanya5322

4 жыл бұрын

FreakLync not hard with some practice. My math teachers used to do that quite often.

I was 10 years old living in Cincinnati when these shows were on and it brings back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing.

@LameWolff

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best show on tv in it's day.

@JMCodd1

3 жыл бұрын

Were you there when someone bombed the supermarket with turkeys?

@nospam3327

3 жыл бұрын

@@JMCodd1 Haha, fwiw, the show wasn't filmed in Cincy

I had a teacher much like this. She was the reason I stayed in school and graduated. 🙏

This is one of the most memorable and classic scenes from WKRP.

I always remembered this clip ... you should have played the next few seconds where Johnny Fever wakes up after sleeping behind those boxes and says: "Wow man that Atom stuff was great!"

@fleuria.

3 жыл бұрын

.............. omg.

@tinyfistm.2607

2 жыл бұрын

Heh, "can you teach me about magnets?"

Still one of the best bits on TV ever. Carl Sagan would be proud. I remember seeing this in my youth and it's still just as brilliant today. WKRP was a smart show. Well written. All the really good shows are, after all.

I remember when this first aired on TV and I was a kid and I was like 'WOW, science is awesome!' I never saw that again till now when I found it here on KZread! What a great memory. Thanks so much for posting it here!

One of the greatest days in my school years was when a teacher, without even knowing he was doing so, gave me permission to think about problem solving differently. What an incredible gift!! I now teach special ed students and always remember to start where the student is with what the student has. And never, NEVER, allow them to feel that they are hopeless.

@lindagardenlady

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God for wonderful teachers!! ♥️♥️

@ronalwynter7621

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you.

This is so good, I just taught my 8 year old little sister how an atom works.

I saw this before I was taught about the atom in school. I actually started rembering it when the teacher brought it up. It was an awesome moment for me.

A high water mark in TV writing history. Positively brilliant and thoroughly original. This show never got near the credit it deserved...as good as it gets in TVland.

Decades later I still remember this scene still know the basics of the atom. Thanks, Venus. Stay in school, kids.

On this day in 1978 {September 18th} the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" had its premier on the CBS-TV network. The show ran until April 21st, 1982, with a total of 88 episodes... During its four year run it earned ten Emmy Award nominations. In 1981 the show's theme song by Steve Carlisle entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #65. R.I.P. Gordon 'Big Guy Carlson' Jump {1932 - 2003} and Gary 'Andy Travis' Sandy celebrates his 68 birthday in three months on Christmas Day.

When I was teaching at Georgia Southern University,I used this clip- many times whenI was teaching lesson planning. Excellent 3.50minute lesson

@Milesco

4 жыл бұрын

Seems like this is more of a junior high school level explanation, though. Not college level.

@lancer525

4 жыл бұрын

@@Milesco He did say "Georgia Southern"... That should be sufficient explanation for you.

I've loved this ever since I was a kid. I just wish the poster had left the rest in as well, about how you have to fight for your education, if they won't give it to you then you have to take it.

@unadomandaperte

6 жыл бұрын

Dio Genesis that sounds like a very black attitude what you just said there. You don't take an education, you earn it!

I learned more about the atom in that 4 minutes than I EVER learned in my ENTIRE time in public school.

@McRocket

3 жыл бұрын

@@har9020 TY

And there's this new homeboy. His name "Pauli". And he all like, "Um. I think you guys have a very weak understanding of your own neighborhood."

@kingbeauregard

2 жыл бұрын

"See, the thing about all these dudes - the Elected Ones, the Pros, and the New Guys - they're all very individualistic, so if they see anyone else who's doing the same thing they are, they go and change what they're doing. Maybe they'll start spinning in place but in the other direction. Maybe they'll keep circling the neighborhood but parkouring rather than walking on the ground. Or maybe they'll circle the neighborhood but farther away. "And that's another thing about them all, they're really good at hiding; sometimes you can catch a glimpse of them, but generally you don't know where they are, beyond saying that they're in the nucleus or they're circling the neighborhood." Oh Christ, now I'm doing it too.

Get this guy a closet wall, a sharpie and let him teach us about the Higgs field!

@Maxbps88

2 жыл бұрын

Bring on the God Particle.

A great episode from a fantastic series! We need more shows like this now and more people like Venus and just maybe we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in now.

Wonderful. Venus is the teacher you wish you had. Luckily, I had quite a few of these treasures along the way. Thanx so much for sharing.

This should be required viewing for every student teacher. I have remembered this ever since I saw it a billion yrs ago.

I'm over 40 years old, and that's exactly how I learned about the atom. No other science lesson I've ever had has stuck in my head better than this one. I've learned lots of other things, but I can recite this lesson almost verbatim, and I've probably seen it only two or three times since the first time on TV.

I had always admired teachers like this when I was in school who made it fun to learn, like it was a game.

If all teaching could be that simple! An awesome example of engaging the student in his world to make new knowledge relevant.

I actually think about this scene when I teach a lecture.

~45 years after I saw this on TV it still resonates. A GOOD teacher (like my mother) finds a way to relate to a student, to teach their students in a way they can understand.

Definitely top shelf episode. Tim Reid is a great actor, too.

Couple months ago our triple science teacher showed us this video when we were re-capping the atom, gotta say it really did refresh my memory

Everyone knows the Turkey drop episode but this show was brilliant from beginning to end.

We need more teachers like that.

Great segment on a great show. All these "professionals" work hard to make things difficult for students.

@OtterloopB

Жыл бұрын

Common core is a blight on education. Wokeism is even worse. All drummed up by "experts."

Was struggling with 7th grade physical science class on atoms, but not after watching this episode,. Easily passed that class, thanks Venus,

This helped soo much! Comedy and science put together! It's genius!

The simplest ever explanation of atom

@70jcarbon

5 жыл бұрын

Big ball with positive and neutral things circled by multiple, smaller negative balls

@Milesco

4 жыл бұрын

_Too_ simple, really, but you hafta start somewhere.

My fave as well, from the whole series. Thanks, I was looking for this for a long time.

Anyone else know how hard it is to freehand not one but two seemingly perfect circles?

@hingedelephant

3 жыл бұрын

Three., actually.

I have an exam tomorrow and i am going to say that this video has taught me better and clearer than my teachers, as long as i remember this gang neighbourhood tomorrow i will do fine! :)

I remember watching this episode as a kid, and still remember it to this day. Venus fly trap the coolest dj there was. Behind Johnnie Fever of course!

When I tutored kids I did this sort of thing all the time.

I wish someone explained it this way when I was in high school. I couldn't believe I finally understood it after so many years ago.

Back when there was positive and encouraging messages allowed on television.

i STILL remember this 40 years after I graduated high school ('82)

Whoever wrote that was friggin' brilliant!

This is a priceless explanation of the atom. It should be taught .

I wish my science teacher taught like Venus Fly Trap

Absolutely the ultimate explanation of the atom. Will never be bettered.

I'm so mad I didn't see this when I was in school, it's fantastic!!

Brilliant way to show this. We need shows like this again.

This episode definitely deserved the Emmy. =)

I was thinking about this scene the other day and doubted anyone would have posted it on youtube. Thanks!!!!

Never understood before until I saw this. This is what I call awesome teaching.

OMG! THANKS FOR POSTING!!! This morning at work I had a TV flashback daydream about this very scene! Took me less than 10 seconds to google search & here it is!!! LOL!

I still remember this! Venus for teacher of the year!

Oh, man, I actually remember that scene from when it was first broadcast forty-odd years ago! Even though I only saw it once! Probably because I was a nerdy kid and was into nuclear physics. :-) Technically, Venus's description is a bit inaccurate (although it's a good starting point for students to get a basic idea of the structure of the atom, albeit oversimplified). Venus is describing the Bohr model of the atom from 1913, which envisages electrons circling the nucleus like planets. But we now know that they don't really do that. Their motion is more complex and unpredictable, bouncing around randomly so fast that they are in effect everywhere at once. Yeah, I'm still a nerd. :-)

@DarkEagle-vx9hd

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but part of being a teacher is knowing when not to throw a student in the deep end. Everyone loves to say they can be thrown in the deep end, but I would hire an honest employee who admitted they have to build their skill. That's not nearly as humbling as jumping into the corporate deep end, then flailing around for a lifeguard... lol. But yeah, you're right..s,p,d,f orbitals, Pauli exclusion principle, quantum numbers, etc. We do need nerds, so more power to ya.

Man, thankyou SOOOO much for posting this!!! I haven't seen this for over a decade! This is absolute, pure genius. You will not find a better explanation of the atom anywhere!

A great moment in television.

Absolutely brilliant!

He said "now, can you explain magnets to me", or something similar

That's how the gangs operated in the classical times, but in the 20th century the electrons started to organize and adopted a command structure...

And I totally remember this episode. I'm 52 and I remember this. Awesome.

I love this. Great clip!

I watched this when I was still in grade school and yeah…. It didn’t just stay for weeks, it stayed a lifetime.

I understood and still remember this explanation. Excellent!!

Pure Genius! I learned something today, thanks Venus ;-) Very underrated show for sure!

Man, that was beautiful to watch.

I haven't seen dis since I was a kid. Jus remembered it now. Ty for uploading

I remember watching this as a kid and remembering it for years...

Thank you Mr Chilton for showing us this last year!

Venus, here, taught me not only how to teach, but how to learn. You have something you want to learn, call it Z, but you don't know it yet. And you have what you do know, call it A. You need A to get to Z. So you have to connect them, step by step, using what you already know and building on that.

I remember this episode. Awesome!

You can't end it before Dr. Fever asks him about being a teacher.

I loved his character growing up.

I saw this when it aired originally. Didn’t understand at the time, but I was watching a brilliant teaching session.

Awesome clip. Thanks for posting it...

I love this... pure genius

I saw this when I was a kid. I've remembered it to this day.

I believe Tim Reid won an Emmy for thid

@floydjohnson7888

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the rest of that scene, where Venus' foil, Johnny, reveals having learned the same relative ton, inspired the casting of Howard Hesseman as an unorthodox teacher in the later "Head of the Class"

@jennifersman7990

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to say he didn’t, I think he was nominated once and of the other WKRP cast members I’m pretty sure Loni Anderson was nominated once as well. WKRP never got much respect at the Emmys

@freedapeeple4049

4 жыл бұрын

@@jennifersman7990 Reid would have been far more deserving of an Emmy than Anderson.

@joejoewest

3 жыл бұрын

WKRP had 10 Emmy nominations and one victory, which was a Video Tape Editing award on the Christmas episode which Mr. Carlson was becoming a Scrooge. Tim didn't get any nominations, but Loni and Howard Hesseman each had two. This scene was nominated for an Emmy for best directing.

@mpd9924

2 жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope that is true. Would be well deserved.

Often in study, the problem isn't the material or the student, but rather how the material is presented to the student. Such a excellent example of just that.

Right on, brotha! Exellent explanation of the basics of physics and chemistry! Very good, and well done!