WKRP in Cincinnati S03E12 Venus and the Man

[@Statsy10]

He says to the kid. “You’ll remember this for months”. Most of this lesson has stayed with me for nearly 40 years.

[@jamespfitz]

44 years later I could still GIVE this lesson I learned it so well from Venus.

[@Jcush21]

Same here. That and the AU = Gold bit from Facts of Life. lol

[@VandelayIndustries61]

All the way, Venus taught me the atom lol

[@seniram845]

@@jamespfitz I did. Used exactly this to teach my daughter almost a decade ago, she still remembers it like this

[@anthonynyman167]

And physics from the professor on the Hilarious House of Frightenstein

[@72launchpad]

One of the best explanations of the atom I have ever heard ...... No class I have ever been in high school or college ever explained it better than this......

[@mattomite9097]

One of the most moving things I’ve ever watched on a sitcom. It gets better every single time I watch it

[@downhomesunset]

Have you ever seen Cuba Gooding Jr. on the original Night Court. His character takes the gang hostage and Roz gets him on the right path. Believe it’s on KZbin……

[@erichall4548]

This is the best episode of WKRP....not the funniest but the best...so well written.. just two people.... amazing...

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

This was a great moment in television. I bet it inspired a lot of people about science.

[@DarthVader19-77]

Among the most classic scenes in TV history.

[@websnarf]

The best 4 minutes of television ever aired.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

I don't know about that. Every episode of Schoolhouse Rock was under 4 minutes. But yeah, it's up there.

[@ocrap10]

Now this is how you teach, you teach in ways people can understand. As long as they learn

[@jmcuzzupe84]

Tim Reed deserved an Emmy for this!!!

[@rickdavis7005]

As did whoever wrote it. Brilliant.

[@rickdavis7005]

@Jim Keller As well they should have.

[@LiamMcGreehan]

My science teachers made me watch this in class

[@78Vertigo]

Liam McGreehan same

[@Koufomania06]

@@78Vertigo ikr

[@earniespace4849]

Same

[@CGQuarterly]

Same here

[@keepingupwitlenny4564]

Sameeee

[@markfennell1167]

I love this episode. Such a clear effective way of teaching. Fast forward to years later, I get a masters degree in chemistry. Teach high school and college level for number of years. Do research work at secret facilities. Yet I come back to this and find how clear it is

[@julietchristen]

This has stayed in my head all these years...so glad to see it again!! :)

[@laurayork1082]

me too! I was like 11 or 12, and I never forgot it.

[@blazayblazay8888]

DITTO

[@j.m.5917]

Same here. This scene was unforgettable.

[@mrmasonry9792]

The best teachers can put things in terms their students can understand. Bravo Sir Flytrap LOL

[@teresapflaumer5717]

This is how I learned about the atom. I became very interested in Chemistry afterwards and became a Chemistry major in college.

[@darrylgonzalez5251]

That is one of the best simple explanations of the atom that I have ever seen.

[@devsterroc8487]

my chemistry teacher is making me watch this right now in a zoom call

[@dljones61]

60 something-year-old guy here, hated science and I can honestly say I just learned this through a 4-minute clip :)

[@nikshill8767]

the most amazing thing about this scene is the perfext circle that Venus draws :)

[@jlh4jc]

I would take Professor Flytrap's course in chemistry any day of the week and 2x on Sundays.

[@blockmasterscott]

I remember watching this as a teenager when WKRP was primetime, and was totally flabbergasted by Venus describing the atom. I was like "WHOA!!!!"

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

This is one of my favorite scenes in all of WKRP.

[@BoondockRoberts]

What I love about this is how proud the young man was that he had brains he hadn't been using.

[@johnbertrand7185]

Great show, excellent cast and very well written.

[@ArifKhan.]

I remember seeing this as a kid...and I still think of this to this day when I imagine the basic structure of an atom.

[@jennifermartin8320]

I still love watching this!

[@charmingjim]

My mom and I watched this together when it first aired. I can still hear her exclaim "YEAH!!" She absolutely loved this lesson. She was a biology teacher.

[@jc6594]

Happy 75th Birthday Tim Reid

[@markatkinson9963]

Probably one of the coolest scenes in the show. Next to the turkeys flying out of the helicopter. Beautiful scene.

[@timlamb1723]

My favorite was the trooper alcohol demonstration episode

[@badkarmabaroo]

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly....”

[@badkarmabaroo]

Tim Lamb “GO!”

[@boataxe4605]

If the turkeys flew out of the helicopter it wouldn’t have been as funny.

[@bryankautz826]

Well they didn't quite "fly" more like "hit the ground like sacks of wet cement"!!! And then they mounted a counter attack!!!Lol 👍😂😂

[@chrisconsorte7893]

We need more teachers like Venus Flytrap!!

[@alcd6333]

Why can't all chemistry classes be taught this way? Venus is brilliant!

[@mikestevenson576]

Because they can't have everyone get an A.

[@stevenlamoreaux7880]

Mine was. I graduated almost 15 years ago, and I still remember this clip.

[@GMANKOOL23]

Well Venus was a teacher in New Orleans before he came to WKRP.

[@mikeobrien6704]

I learned the basics of the atom from Venus. This is a classic WKRP episode.

[@Sooparch]

Months? Try years I forgot the atom shape, and this video my chem teacher played in class came back to me, and I got the damn mark

[@russgrunert4730]

That was the coolest part of the show

[@RaymondTyler2018]

who ever wrote this scene was brilliant

[@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256]

52. This scene still tears me up. Cheers Gordon Sims.

[@claytonchaney9171]

and then Johnny Fever wakes up and finally gets it...

[@edmundzack1919]

This is great one of the greatest sales presentation I've seen

[@eowyn1964]

Such a beautifully written scene....Tim Reid's interviews with the Emmys are now online...see the Foundation Interviews....

[@inhibited44]

This episode was on last night - 6/15/2018. I was impressed by it having taken chemistry a few years ago. So much other junk on TV.

[@mrkebab9051]

Ok boomer

[@pepernst]

When I heard Howard Hessman died I thought of WKRP and two thoughts came to mind. First, this scene, which was fricken awesome. Second, when Johnny Fever taught everyone that their reaction time would get faster with more alcohol 😅.

[@jono9549]

That high school gang member was already getting AARP applications in the mail

[@cv990a4]

This and the censorship episode elevated WKRP to the best sitcom of its era. Brilliant writing.

[@davidanderson5728]

maybe the greatest scenes in tv history.

[@ronniecardy]

Learning in life in this show I missed it on tv

[@diannes3804]

This clip has been shown in countless science classes over the years, so generations learned the atom from Venus!

[@brianlam1663]

This was no jive! Electrons and protons, you dig?

[@bobfotoples6950]

a great excerpt.

[@smiller4659]

I’m here because my kid is learning this and I remembered this ep and showed it to her. ❤️

[@garydoby17]

Always loved this scene. Wish it the next part when Johnny Fever appeared

[@JackOllie4]

Now if only Venus Flytrap could teach everyone the basics of infectious disease, because everyone has forgotten how that works.

[@Pk_pk123]

my science teacher made me watch in class

[@clarkgrayhame1250]

This was my favorite episode if the show. Well this and the Thanksgiving turkey episode.

[@thomasferris3750]

this is the 3rd teacher ive had use this vid to explain atoms

[@dannywelch3065]

Totally using this in my biology class.

[@jlh4jc]

I like the Flytrap method of learning Chemistry.

[@carmenohio8735]

I was helping my daughter with her homework the other day about Atoms and I though of this episode and helped her get an A

[@SaabKen]

The transformative power of believing in those who don't believe in themselves.

[@dlong966]

I've been looking for this scene since it first aired.

[@terryhill4244]

One of the best scenes I ever remember seeing.

[@BulldogGTX-i2f]

A good teacher finds alternative ways to teach kids when necessary.

[@JeepTJWheelin]

Prof. Reid!

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

I loved this show.

[@Jay-lr4if]

Mrs. woodford is forcing me to watch

[@KiiiickAaass]

This is great!

[@lauraelizabeth9465]

This helped me all throughout my sophomore year of high school but yet i still passed with a 70...wtf?? Smh fr

[@HenryEllisonHoweyJr]

I loved this

[@McRocket]

Whatever I know about the atom is from this episode. Ahh...public education. You can't beat it. ☮

[@RayArias]

Later on, Venus admits that "-tron" is Latin, not Swahili. Actually, it's Greek, and it's just an ending for grammatically neuter words. "Proton" means "a first thing," because the proton was the first atomic particle to be isolated and discovered. It's also what scientists call the nucleus of an atom of pure hydrogen, which is basically the same thing. "Neutron" means "a neutral thing" due to the fact that this particle has no charge. Further, "electron" means "an electric thing" or "metallic amber," a blend of gold and silver that gives off static electricity when rubbed with a cloth. Also, a bunch of pure protonic hydrogen is called "protium," a bunch of hydrogen that has single neutrons in each of its atoms' nuclei is called "deuterium" (2 nucleons in each nucleus) and the nuclei are called "deuterons," or "second things," and a bunch of hydrogen that has two neutrons in each of the atoms' nuclei is called "tritium," (3 nucleons in each nucleus) and it's nuclei are called "tritons" or " third things." "Nucleus" is Latin and originally referred to the pit of a fleshy fruit or a nut, but just as Venus says, now just means the center of the atom.

[@georgeschlaline6057]

RIP Howard Hessman

[@prisonpiece1852]

Go back to school?? That gang member llooks about 35 yrs old.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stumarston6812]

He blinded him with science.

[@bobbylee2853]

The parable of the atom.

[@ddmck1972]

I wonder how Carlson or Travis will feel about this after they find the writing on the wall.

[@troyc4250]

It’s as brilliant now as it was back then.

[@johngerbracht]

Everyone talks about Venus' explanation, but listen to the audience. They get where he's going with the explanation.

[@keithleeuwen877]

GREAT !

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Why do some believe ignorance is somehow cool?

[@lorenzowhois]

Venus uncle!

[@Hijabi_Vlogz]

what is this called?

[@edwardbliss8931]

Is Arnold a 31 year old highschool student?

[@LordZontar]

Movies and television through the 50s, 60s and 70s were chok-a-block with suspiciously middle-aged teenagers.

[@gregp103]

an* high*school Edward needs English class.

[@_themalshow]

Bra that’s my uncle he was like 20 something at this time

[@YoMama123-p3s]

Where’s Lisa?? To interrupt ray 🤣🤣

[@markjackson6134]

I believe it exists everywhere but this scene reminds me how I grewup (not gang affiliated but the "Urban" environment itself) and I'm certain many, many,..that dropout, turn to crime, BECOME Bullies, follow Bullies,..is to mask their inability to learn. I wasn't the smartest but I scored high, could keep up in advanced courses but early in my elementary days I could see those friends/classmates,..not keeping up. Efforts made to help but there comes a point where they feel lost/belittled/dumb,..and it puts them on that bad path. Way to break it down Venus!!!

[@darrylgonzalez5251]

His explanation actually took 2 minutes and 34 seconds!

[@ok-mi7jp]

pov:your teacher made u watch this

[@timburch2462]

air date for this episode?

[@GuyBelliveau]

Unknown. It may be on DVD or Netflix or Crave TV...

[@LeafInTheStream]

"Can you teach me about magnets?"

[@outspade]

Cool

[@kingpin6989]

It actually takes him 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

[@noahsamuel9780]

"i'll teach you this in 2 minutes" 4 minute long video

[@BudSchnelker]

The blank slate isn't real.

[@_themalshow]

Bro....the guy in the red bandana is my uncle wtfffffff

[@goatsofglory7741]

2020....Just Me :(

[@doggodiggin]

don't bring this here sure 2020 has covid and alot of people died.

[@opiet8081]

Isn't anyone going to call Venus out on the fact that in his scenario the positive gang should be Protrons, not Protons?

[@Cyberleader672]

what do you mean, they are called protons

[@opiet8081]

Exactly. Venus said to add "tron" which would make them Protrons.

[@Cyberleader672]

Oh, sorry misunderstood

[@carterokeefe553]

lol but pro has r in it @The Fandom Menace

[@gregp103]

@The Fandom Menace haha!

[@gregp103]

10 Neon

[@prentisfort143]

👍🤯🧑‍🏫

[@grizz2643]

Woe

[@davester1432]

Arnold is the president of his gang because he's 30 years old...

[@shivapravi62]

Me also

[@donovanmedieval]

When Trump said, 'Proud Boys stand by,' he meant the New Boys. He's never heard of the Proud Boys.

[@KurtElliott]

Sounds like you don't have a clue who the Proud Boys are!

[@jaydencole6226]

Dood wow