Only in the '70s

I would like to thank Michelle for calling my attention to this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2657697036715872139&q=protein+synthesis

The first three minutes consists of a professor explaining the process of protein synthesis; if you're anything like me, you'll find it pretty boring. My suggestion is to fast forward through the first three minutes and get to the good stuff.

The "good stuff" is a creative dance interpretation of protein synthesis, filmed in 1971 at Stanford. This dance consists of a couple hundred students running, dancing, and rolling around an open field while a narrator speaks and a band plays. I don't know which part is better-- the narrator changing the words to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" poem to talk about amino acids, the band's ultra retro music (complete with bongo drums and a cowbell), some singer guy periodically yelling and singing about peptide bonds and tRNA with extreme enthusiam, or the big hippie dance party on the field symbolizing the process. It makes me wish I had lived during the '70s-- it looks like tons of fun!!!

Oh, and I think Wayne would have made a great dancer in this video. If you know Wayne at all, this image should make you fall off your chair in hysterical laughter. (Are you happy, Wayne?? I finally wrote about you!)