Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking

I probably watched more television that I should have as a teenager. Studying for better grades would have been a much better use of my time. However, having had a bent toward things scientific from my early days, even now there are certain episodes of the shows that stick out in my mind. A while back I wrote in the RF Cafe Forums about an episode of the 1970s television sitcom "Barney Miller," where Detective Sgt. Arthur Dietrich, the show's subtle braniac, encounters a college student's working model of an atomic bomb.

While working at RF Micro Devices on a project to improve the ESD ruggedness of our RFICs, I had to do a number of presentations on progress over a span of about two years. I desperately searched online for this episode of Welcome Back Kotter, but Hulu did not exist at the time. The plan was to lighten the meeting's mood by opening with the clip shown here.

The title of the show is "Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking." Watch the entire show, or skip ahead to 14:30 to see the scene I thought would be perfect for the presentation.

For more Sweathog electronics, see AM Transmitter Schematic on Welcome Back Kotter.

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