Re: A microscopy documentary

Posted by Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell) on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-Re-Importance-of-the-tube-lens-NA-tp2436781p2456914.html

That reminds me of a professor I knew who taught Pathology to med students.  One day, to wake up the audience and emphasize a point, he fired off a starter's pistol.  Needless to say, he got everyone's attention.  When it came time for the next exam, the answer many students gave for the question pertaining to that "exciting" portion of the lecture was that a gun was fired.  My point is, would anyone remember how to align the condensor, or just hum the tune?

C

 

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
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We should make a musical.  Anybody got any talent?  Imagine a big Broadway number that explains Kohler illumination.  John.

Jeffrey L. Travis wrote:

The closest thing to a microscopy documentary I can recall is the Saturday Night Live segment of "Leonard Pinth-Garnell's Bad Musicals" which featured a musical based on the life of Leewenhoek.  This sketch originally aired on December 10, 1977.  A synopsis can be found here:
http://snlarc.jt.org/detail.php?i=1977121010

The musical, as I recall, was proclaimed by Pinth-Garnell to be "simply terrible."