James Burke - The Neuron Suite - A James Burke Special 1982

The Neuron Suite - A James Burke Special 1982

[@BS-vx8dg]

I wish someone would go and remaster all of James Burke's documentaries to high def.

[@acmelka]

Man I love that funky leisure suit. He could be doing a science documentary or disco dancin til dawn at Studio 54 in that git up

[@steveewing3248]

I was a year out of HS in 1982, a Connections fan, and I remember this show. I particularly remember the puzzled "mashed potatoes?" room service girl, for some reason.

[@markrenfrow9873]

41 years old, still very interesting, I wonder how much the base science has changed over time.

[@markbriggs5531]

I grew up watching James Burke and I'm still fascinated by science and technology. Such an engaging presenter and so glad to have watched this. I must rewatch my DVD Connections box set :)

[@F40PH-2CAT]

It's 1982 and he's still rocking that leisure suit.

[@conzmoleman]

@Spaced Invaders its 2022 and you still can’t spell “pour”

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

@@spacedinvaders3693 Agree I, just blame the stupid KZbin spellcheck.

[@garrysekelli6776]

Leisure suit Larry, the video game, was inspired by this individual.

[@bryn494]

At least it wasn't Hot Pants :D

[@cruisepaige]

@@garrysekelli6776OMG I want to go ba k to 1987 and Play LSL !!!

[@MauroDanielMezaZamora1998]

Good James Burke Special taped from San Diego's Hotel del Coronado and San Diego had my local PBS station: KPBS Channel 15, "The Neuron Suite" first ever aired on KPBS and other PBS stations around the nation as part of the Festival Nights '82 Membership Pledge Drive, Circa Tuesday March 9th, 1982, America's Going Public, Join Us!!

[@niklar55]

This was 40 years ago. It would be really great if an updated version would appear! .

[@kevinharris2805]

Why not watch this one. It caters for a light brighter demographic than today's TV which is LCD

[@randalmayeux8880]

Glad to finally see an accurate assessment of the neurochemical interactions responsible for certain behavioral anomalies and the possible avenues of treatment. Well done.

[@AR-jq1hs]

A GenX'r wearing an Op (Ocean Pacific) hoodie playing Simon... 80's power!

[@troyerpatricia]

Thanks for finding and sharing this gem. Hope it gets stored on DVD before it's gone. Thanks again.

[@w.t.fpipedreamwithhopefull5538]

Haven't seen that toy at the beginning since I was a kid. Top notch at the time

[@john-roywattie1483]

The director was like ill get you to drive down the highway bridge and film you from a helicopter then zoom out in to a wipe pan for absolutely no reason. Easy peasy lemon squeezey!

[@trueKENTUCKY]

50% of the budget right there

[@brotherjongrey9375]

Whoever he was... he did all of Burkes shows. The only thing he has more of than information is budget eaters

[@nikolausluhrs]

I also didn't know burke was so good with the gituar

[@kathleenmaryparker8662]

Nikolaus Luhrs Cool, huh ?

[@Retro_Rich]

Jeux Interdits by Narciso Yepes.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Why did you think you knew anything about him?

[@nikolausluhrs]

@@Cheepchipsable what are you even trying to say here?

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

Remember when TV looked and sounded like this? We didn't even think about the wonky picture and the constant "hum/static noise". We watched it anyway, and no one ever really complained much about the grainy picture or the tin-can noise. I don't think a modern class of junior highschool students could sit through this... They would find it "unconsumable"... Either that, or they'd love it and turn it into a viral ASMR ... "Bad microphone and obsolete British narrator to fall asleep to" lol

[@kiwitrainguy]

Content is always more important than the quality of the delivery system.

[@c.s.oneill2079]

It didn't look or sound like that. I watched the entire Connections series and Cosmos, for example, when they were originally broadcast on PBS. The magnetic media videotape on which this was originally recorded has degraded over time before it was tranbscribed to digital media. These programs were much clearer, very clear, in both video and sound, though nowhere near today's modern digital media. But it is true, that we didn't notice much becasue there was nothing against which to compare it save for projections onto the big screens in theaters, which were film based and therefore much higher resolution. Every episode of both of those series was magical, by the way, and strongly influenced my thinking and path in life.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

@@c.s.oneill2079 you must've grown up with a fancier TV than I did... It WAS truly shitty like this, and we didn't know or care, because TV itself was a miracle and a privilege and a luxury.... Don't you remember seeing "ghosts" when the reception was bad? I think you are probably younger than me... I'm really old. 🤭

[@c.s.oneill2079]

@@giuseppelogiurato5718 Nope. There were no fancier TVs, save maybe for some projections setups. There were significant limitations to CRTs. What you are seeing in ths video--the terrible sound and video quality--is not how it looked when it was originally broadcast. Instead, it is the result of magnetic media deterioration to thye tape that it was originally recorded on. Broadcasts were much crisper than this, though still quite poor when compared to present day HD media and transmissions. When Cosm was originally broadcast, the graphics, special effects, and videos were mind blo9wing and not too different from what we were seeiing in the theaters at the time. They were comparatively limited, but still absolutely amazing. I'm sure you can find some no deteriorated broadcasts out on YT that were recoeded on non-Beta/VHS media such as professional reel-to-reel, studio videorecorings, and especially film. There you will see how badly this vieo has detirorated. Connections was a wonderful and gorgeously photographed/filmed (and/or videographed) series. Every Saturday (or Sunday) night, my Dad, brother, and I would tune in to American PBS and watch, in succession, Cosmos, Connections, and Dr. Who, though I may be misremembering the order that Cosmos and Connections were broadcast. :-)

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

@@c.s.oneill2079 well, yeah, but no... TV looked and sounded like this in my house when I was a kid... Maybe you are younger than me, and you don't remember how crappy everything used to be, but yes... TV really did used to look and sound shitty like this. You must've been a rich kid watching cable TV back then instead of regular poor people antenna TV. Good for you!

[@albanoastolforodriguezocan8422]

Uno de los mejores en su estilo, me formó en mi juventud, grande.

[@TomFynn]

James Burke. The only man in the universe who could use plate of mashed potatoes to illustrate scientific facts about brain chemistry. I am in awe.

[@TrapperAaron]

Don't forget about the guy from close encounters of the third kind. He did mashed potato science and played "Simon says" w a aliens. Also it looks like he checked into the overlook hotel, from The Shining.

[@philf2854]

When I was a kid I was in the audience of one of the James Burke programmes in Corfe castle in Devon. Anyone know which one?

[@mikewatte4478]

Mind boggling

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

"I used to think that my brain was the most interesting part of my body, but then i thought; 'well, look what's telling me that'"... Emo Philips Of course, we all remember "A Wrinkle in Time", where the brain is the bad guy.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

I swear that's the same suit he wore in Connections and Day the Universe Changed.

[@Laceykat66]

The BBC pays squat.

[@directive0]

James Burke knew to save money on contemporary wardrobe and put it all into travel accomodations, camera equipment, period costumes and lead balloons.

[@Cheepchipsable]

They were slightly different shades of beige.

[@garrysekelli6776]

Nonsense. The great James Burke never wears the same suit twice.

[@MOS6582]

And it’s perfect. The man nailed his look.

[@Ubique2927]

I would like to see an update of this.

[@Taffeyboy]

Burke and the kids go to the same barber. Bitchin’ 🤣

[@pchabanowich]

🥰

[@jbcleere]

I just have to hear James Burke and I get smarter.

[@tomfreemanorourke1519]

Thinking [the metaphysical memory of function and experience] Brain [physical memory of function and experience] memory is the link.....Metaphysical consciousness and physical consciousness are essential to the individual understanding of the collective ignorance that surrounds us all......Ignorance is nurtured, difference is innate...

[@abcde_fz]

That man may have _no_ _idea_ how lucky he is. Some people, (myself included), have a particular condition where, while not outright clumsy or awkward, we nonetheless have an incredibly hard time synchronizing _different_ movements of both hands at once. Very _very_ hard time playing guitar...

[@fattyz1]

He thought he was a meanie until he met with savage Sid.

[@abcde_fz]

Incidentally, I've also had experience with modern neurofeedback therapy. It's pretty cool. Can help children deal with hyperactivity without drugs, and the brain can train itself to calm down, by using feedback in real time.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Sssh, don't let big Pharma hear you.

[@breaneainn]

Triggered. 70's chefs constantly just put food on cabbage leaves everywhere you look, garnish it with parsley and then just stand around talking about Hi Fi and porn.

[@nikolausluhrs]

I like how snarky he is to the kid at the start

[@Cheepchipsable]

How snarky?

[@torgman]

So, what's with the black box on the bottom of the screen at the end?

[@kiwitrainguy]

Probably something to do with TV station identification or copyright issues.

[@darconner]

How did James sort of fall off tv?

[@torgman]

The internet...😒

[@Cheepchipsable]

14:32, "Let me commit murder and show you!", lol.

[@markewings7525]

Gabba gabba hey

[@spacemissing]

A modern follow-up might be nice, but it could never be complete because with today's knowledge the whole subject could not be adequately covered in an hour or two.

[@johnmc67]

Rube Goldberg would be proud!

[@greendeane1]

GABA in plants is often used as a sedative.

[@waziammm]

The wonders of benzos

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

49:49 My nuerons are sore after watching the human-brain sushi scene... My brain says, "better put some wasabi on that shit", but my heart says, "EWWW!"... How does a brain think about being a brain, and when did our brains decide that we should examine our own brains? Does my brain know that it's just a brain? Which came first; heart or brain or stomach?

[@greatguytv]

D2

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I take it for granted they asked the rat could they have a slice of his/her brain.

[@MOS6582]

“a James Burke Special” sounds like he would often burn food while cooking and at barbecues he’d hand you a bad steak and call it a James Burke Special, or maybe it was what his friends called it when they found him passed out in the garden at a party after he again misjudged how much Tawny Port he could handle.

[@TheAlchaemist]

Stored program 32: Do not fart in public. Note to the developer: Debug it asap, it is sometimes failing.

[@dncngferrt]

Check out James Burke giving a live interview in May 2020: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4bFZ4asYteIrJI

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

Wait a second; where is the part in which he tries to pull the boat over the mountain while listening to Caruso? (I heard the natives tried to kill him in real life!) Lol, jk, but there IS something vaguely "Werner Herzog-ish" about this film. (The synth music and the cheap but well-used camera, maybe?)... I keep expecting Klaus Kinsky to pop out of the jungle and start slapping Mr. Burke and calling him a "stupid sow".

[@breaneainn]

Not happy about the axon spraying liquid. uncomfortable.

[@anchorbubba]

flat and decisive

[@richardwilmotph.d6747]

Habituation = Stereo typified Institutionalized Role Expectations. .' very boring butt necessary.

[@daviddunn1377]

That bit about the Sheikh was a bit racist.

[@ngkaiming]

Give him a break, it was the 1980s.