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Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by john-tells-all »

Another wonderful series is "The Secret Life of Machines". Cartoonist Tim Hunkin explains how machines work, with lots and lots of models and cut-aways of real life devices. And animations! And moving sculptures! His humor is pervasive and a delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFaEvBywGc

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by madengr »

tapotatonumber9 wrote: post #17
madengr wrote: post #9

As a side question: I remember seeing a TV science series in the 80’s that had Richard Feynman explaining how a 30k calorie pyramid of jelly donuts on a barbecue grill was the equivalent energy a Tour de France cyclist expends in a day. What show was that? I can’t find anything.

Maybe PBS "The Ring of Truth” - not Feynman though, Philip Morrison. https://youtu.be/Nk8CQNThbc0

Thank you! That’s it at 32:20. He and Feynman look similar, and it was 30+ years ago.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by PaulAJ »

markfive wrote: post #15
corpMaverick wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really that old? I remember seeing it in the 90s and it didn't look that old. I loved it, I wish there was a remake or something similar more current. May be someone can add commentary on the old series updating it with current knowledge. I would watch that.

There was a Connections 2 series in 1994 which is the one I remember watching and loving as a teenager: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370117/

Connections 2 wasn't a patch on the original. Connections 3 was just milking a dead cow.

However The Day the Universe Changed is very good.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by PaulAJ »

eth0up wrote: post #13

I'm typing this comment atop a 1978 fourth printing of CONNECTIONS I just pulled off my shelf, after seeing this post. A prized possession, found used in rough shape. It was printed in the US, by Little Brown.

I've got a first printing from new. Nyaah!

No dust cover though.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by riffraff »

PaulAJ wrote: post #24
markfive wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a Connections 2 series in 1994 which is the one I remember watching and loving as a teenager: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370117/

Connections 2 wasn't a patch on the original. Connections 3 was just milking a dead cow. However The Day the Universe Changed is very good.

+1 for "The Day the Universe Changed", I watched it a few years back and I loved it (and my wife too).

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by selimthegrim »

john-tells-all wrote: post #22

Another wonderful series is "The Secret Life of Machines". Cartoonist Tim Hunkin explains how machines work, with lots and lots of models and cut-aways of real life devices. And animations! And moving sculptures! His humor is pervasive and a delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFaEvBywGc

I always wondered why "The Way Things Work" TV show never took off?
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