Talk:Connections (TV series)

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Contents 1 Spooky Co-incidence 2 No, please don't 3 Twin Tracks 4 Music 5 Odd lingo 6 More Detailed Episode Guides? 7 link problem 8 DVD Release? 9 Video Game 10 The Opening Sequence of Every Connection (Original Series)

[edit] Spooky Co-incidence

In the opening of the first episode Burke appears in the World Trade Centre, initially in the plaza, then on the roof. He talks about the fragility of modern civilisation and a power cut which, amongst other things, left Flight 911 on final approach to JFK out of touch with controllers and heading straight for the towers of Manhattan.

Is this worth mentioning on this page?

PaulJohnson 21:01, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I noticed the spooky co-incidences in that episode too. I think they are just that, spooky and merely co-incidences. I wouldn't want to see James Burke become part of any grand "911 conspiracy theory". LOL! You know...if you fold the new twenty dollar bill the right way, it's all in there! LOL. --Mcrodgers2 08:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No, please don't

Dodgy conspiracy theories do no belong in an encylopedia along with number mysticism and urban myths. In any case I suspect that JB was in error about the aircraft heading for Manhattan after an airport power failures. All instrument approaches have prescibed go around route and altitudes which take the aircraft away from any immediate danger. It is standard procedure to go around if the approach ever becomes unsafe. Think the comment about using other aircraft's radar to land is also way off. Aircraft carry weather radar not area (air traffic control radar). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rpersse (talk • contribs) 18:04, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Twin Tracks

A book by James Burke in a style similar to "Connections". Each chapter is split into two 'tracks', one on the lefthand pages, the other on the righthand pages.

The reader is supposed to read all the left pages in a chapter, then the right pages and finish up on the last page where he ties the two subjects of each chapter together with how they influenced some invention or other things.

[edit] Music

The final episode of Connections (Yesterday, Tomorrow, and You) has a bunch of fun music. For example, O Fortuna from Carmina Burana. Where is the place to put this information?

• In this article - if it's too much, we can break out a new one in the future! BD2412 T 13:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I put in what I had verified (O Fortuna). I must admit, it's a little silly, since there is a LOT of other music, but I just haven't verified it. I could take some from the fan page I referenced, I guess.dfrankow 15:43, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Odd lingo

• Boffo
• Noodler
• Propellorhead

What other silly words and phrases does he use?

In "The Long Chain", he says "a few tin pot coal mines". I can guess what it means by context, but I've never heard it used elsewhere. GuildNavigator84 13:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello! 'Tin-pot' is British slang for something regarded as small, feeble or otherwise somewhat substandard.--McTodd (talk) 19:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] More Detailed Episode Guides?

Do you think there should be more detailed episode guides here, especially for the original series? I feel like a fully wikified, hyperlinked complete synopsis of each episode would be both an interesting read and a great resource to those who really love this series, like I do. There are some in the external section, but they aren't complete or hyperlinked to anything else.

On the other hand, some might say that it might violate copyright or be too long or something. I think I'll start writing some soon. Revert them or tweak them and leave some feedback here if you all think they don't belong here. GuildNavigator84 13:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I'd like to see a synopsis of each episode. To that end, I'm going to start working on the episodes for the first series, since that's the only one of the three that I own. If it's a copyright violation, somebody stop me! Lee.crabtree 20:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I've started an article on the first episode. I don't have my DVDs handy at work, so I'll expand it when I make it home. Lee.crabtree 21:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] link problem

hey how can anyone fix it : when i type in connections in search, nothing comes up, it says i am re directed!!

[edit] DVD Release?

Have any of the series been released on DVD? Lisiate 00:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I believe they all are. Check eBay. I got Series 1 on VHS for $40.00. Discordian 22:00, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-connections-connections-2-and-3-dvd-save-20--pi-1450812.html --Jerome Potts 06:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Series 1 appears to be unavailable on DVD. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.188.147.34 (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Video Game

There's a computer game too. If there's an article for it I can't find it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.65.13.62 (talk)

[edit] The Opening Sequence of Every Connection (Original Series)

Does anyone know what the device is that appears at the beginning of every Connections episode in the original series?

My guess is that it is some sort of tungsten arc lamp, but I'm puzzled by the complicated clockwork mechanisms shown. --Mcrodgers2 08:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

It's a carbon arc lamp. As the carbon rods which produce the intense light (by means of the arc of electricity across the gap between them) burn away at the tips, the clockwork mechanism moves them slowly towards each other at the rate at which they burn away, thus keeping a constant-sized gap for the arc. Eventually, of course, the carbon rods burn away completely and have to be replaced, the clockwork then being re-set.--McTodd (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2008 (UTC)