Newton's Apple
Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States that ran from 1983 to 1999. The show's title is based on the rumor of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—or, more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation. The show was produced by Twin Cities Public Television. For most of the run, the show's theme song was Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk, later remixed by Absolute Music. Later episodes of the show featured an original song. An occasional short feature appeared called "Science of the Rich and Famous" in which celebrities appeared to explain a science principle.
Cast
SuChin Pak
Self - Host
David Heil
Self - Host
Dave Huddleston
Self - Host
Brian Hackney
Self - Host
Eileen Galindo
Self - Host
Seasons
E1Body Fat-I; Fiberoptics; Fainting Chat; Dolphins
Oct 15, 1983
E2Voiceprints; Curveball; Goosebumps Chat; Hawk
Oct 22, 1983
E3Astronaut Training; Hand: Fall Asleep; Clouded Leopard
Oct 29, 1983
E4Hypnosis; Sky Blue; Seeing Stars Chat; Cold Remedies
Nov 5, 1983
E5Visual Cliff; Heart; Ears Pop Chat; Wolves
Nov 12, 1983
E6Video Games; Holograms; Funnybone Chat; Onions & Tears Chat
Nov 19, 1983
E7Color Blindness; Taste Buds; Black Hole Chat
Nov 26, 1983
E8Digital Sound; Eggs; Teeth Chatter Chat; Camel
Dec 3, 1983
E9Ultrasound; Spacesuit; Knuckles Crack Chat; Porcupine
Dec 10, 1983
E10Robots; X-Terrestrials; Headaches Chat; Parrots-I
Dec 17, 1983
E11Wagon Wheel; Prosthetics; Armadillo
Dec 24, 1983
E12Police Radar; Voice Synthesis; Skin/Wrinkles Chat; Snake and Lizard
Dec 31, 1983
E13Karate; Lightning; Tears Chat; Oppossum
Jan 7, 1984
E1Mummies; Bicycles; Helium Chat; Owl
Oct 13, 1984
E2Hot-Air Balloons; Hearing; Side Stitch Chat; Beluga Whales
Oct 20, 1984
E3Fire; Artificial Heart; Penguins
Oct 27, 1984
E4Lie Detector; Golf Balls; Hiccup Chat; Cold Remedies
Nov 3, 1984
E5Imploding Buildings; Snoring; Stomach Growl Chat; Walrus
Nov 10, 1984
E6Computer Graphics; Smell; Tarantula Chat; Inventors Fair
Nov 17, 1984
E7Pain; Optical Illusions; Wine Glass Sing Chat; Iguana
Nov 24, 1984
E8Electricity; Vision; Tennis Elbow Chat; Bubbles
Dec 1, 1984
E9Thermography; Voice; Yawn Chat; Pronghorn
Dec 8, 1984
E10Car Crash; Allergies; Blush Chat; Reindeer
Dec 15, 1984
E11Sports Clinics; Radioactivity; Acne Chat; Baby Tigers
Dec 22, 1984
E12Space Shuttle
Dec 29, 1984
E13Balance; Cooking; Scientists Disagree; Eagle
Jan 5, 1985
E1Earnie; Rainbow; Popcorn Chat; Pygmy Hippo
Oct 12, 1985
E2Dinosaurs; Bullet Proof Vest; Heartburn Chat; Killer Whales
Oct 19, 1985
E3Space Shuttle; Rube Goldberg; Crazy Inventions
Oct 26, 1985
E4Chimp Communication; The Bends; Sweating Chat; Cold Remedies
Nov 2, 1985
E5Boomerangs; Cooking Chemistry; Bears
Nov 9, 1985
E6Comets; Perpetual Motion; Warts Chat; Sharks
Nov 16, 1985
E7FBI; Stomach; Llama
Nov 23, 1985
E8Cancer; Tennis Racquets; Sneezing Chat; Badger
Nov 30, 1985
E9Punting A Football; Color; Jet Lag Chat; Sea Lions
Dec 7, 1985
E10Muscles And Bones; Einstein; Falling Stars Chat; Raptor Center
Dec 14, 1985
E11Earthquakes; Lungs; Bats
Dec 21, 1985
E12Headaches; Eggs/Equinox; Hot Pepper Chat; Inventors Fair; Lion
Dec 28, 1985
E13Singing In The Shower; Calories; Sun Tanning Chat; Patagonian Cavy
Jan 4, 1986
E1Flight Trainers; Snake Bite; Hedgehoh Chat; Cold Remedies
Oct 11, 1986
E2Caves; Lasers; Skin Wrinkle Chat; Whale Birth
Oct 18, 1986
E3Hypothermia; Moon; Voice Change Chat; Yak
Oct 25, 1986
E4Sponges; Bed of Nails; Probability; Pelicans
Nov 1, 1986
E5Bees; Blood Pressure; Bruises Chat; Hiccups
Nov 8, 1986
E6Telescopes; Food Myths; Manatee
Nov 15, 1986
E7Fossil Dig; Mirrors; Frostbite Chat; Elephants
Nov 22, 1986
E8Wind Blow; Baldness; Soda Pop Fizz Chat; Cranes
Nov 29, 1986
E9Alcohol; Helium Balloons; Backache Chat; Roller Coaster; Snow Monkeys
Dec 6, 1986
E10Diabetes; Frozen Food; Flat Feet Chat; Battery Inventions; Alligators
Dec 13, 1986
E11Immune System; Skiing; Blimp; Beaver
Dec 20, 1986
E12Pterodactyl; Rube Goldberg; Black Box Chat; Quickies
Dec 27, 1986
E13Baseball Bats; Polarized Light; Dreams Chat; Inventors Fair; Falcon
Jan 3, 1987
E1Plastic Surgery; High-Speed Bicycles; Lemons; Alling Whale
Oct 10, 1987
E2Treasure Diving; Blackboard Chat; Lemons; Mothballs & Wintergreen
Oct 17, 1987
E3Polar Expedition; Inventors Fair; Sea Otter
Oct 24, 1987
E4Submarine; Budgies In A Truck; Uvula Chat; Lemons; Sea World Science Day
Oct 31, 1987
E5Tornado; Exploratorium; Laryngitis Chat; Lemons; Beach Science
Nov 7, 1987
E6Neon Lights; Rube Goldberg; Aspirin Chat; Lemons; Puffins
Nov 14, 1987
E7MRI; Segment Update; Stars Twinkle Chat; Lemons; Kitchen Science
Nov 21, 1987
E8Cavities; Snowflakes; Reflexes Chat; Lemons; Artic Fox
Nov 28, 1987
E9Cocaine Addiction; Laundry Science; Lemons; Sled Dogs
Dec 5, 1987
E10Child Development; Bridges; Lemons; Octopus
Dec 12, 1987
E11Sailing; Skin Lotion Chat; Lemons; Jelly Fish
Dec 19, 1987
E12Bureau Of Standards; Gravity Contest; Upset Stomach Chat; Lemons; Kelp Forest
Dec 26, 1987
E13Gymnastics; Computer Vision; Lemons; Golden Monkeys
Jan 2, 1988
E1Skydiving; Facial Symmetry; Lemons; Baby Orangutans
Oct 15, 1988
E2ILM-Movie Creatures; Cholesterol; Lemons; Suntan; Vulture
Oct 22, 1988
E3Microsurgery; Strobes; Coordination Chat; Lemons; Aardvark
Oct 29, 1988
E4Air Traffic Control; Feet; Bell Curves; Tracking Bears
Nov 5, 1988
E5Clouds; Rube Goldberg; Skin Itch Chat; Home Runs; Cold Remedies
Nov 12, 1988
E6Woods Hole–Lobster; Woods Hole–Cell Division; Woods Hole 3
Nov 19, 1988
E7Rockets; CPR Chat; Inventors Fair; Lemons; Aerosol Sprays; Cow
Nov 26, 1988
E8Fireworks; Papermaking; Gas Chat; Lemons; Slow Loris
Dec 3, 1988
E9Insomnia; Electron Microscope; Lemons; Exponentials; Giraffe
Dec 10, 1988
E10Liquid Nitrogen; Dolphins; Superconductivity Chat; Lemons; Insects
Dec 17, 1988
E11Synthesizers; Maple Syruping; Non-Stick Pans; Wind Chill Chat; Lemons; Serval
Dec 24, 1988
E12Magnets; Forest Fires; Night Blindness Chat; Lynx
Dec 31, 1988
E13Horse Jumping; Toys in Space; Dust Bunnies; Carnivorous Plants; Lemons; Toucan
Jan 7, 1989
E1Roller Coaster; Quicksand; Jelly-Side Down; Lemons; White Tiger
Oct 14, 1989
E2Bee Stings; Bowling; High-Speed Elevator; Lemons; Boa
Oct 21, 1989
E3Race Cars; Spider Webs; Lemons; Tropical Fish
Oct 28, 1989
E4Rain Forest; Buoyancy; Pouring Catsup; Lemons; Cold Remedies
Nov 4, 1989
E5Caffeine; Butterfly Migration; Autumn Leaves; Lemons; Doppler Effect; Sloth
Nov 11, 1989
E6Surfing; Geothermal/Volcanoes; Luau; Sugar Processing; Hawaiian Language; Eel
Nov 18, 1989
E7Whale Watch; Sunspots; Lemons; Skunk
Nov 25, 1989
E8Milky Way; Epilepsy; Lemons; Inventors Fair; Cuttlefish
Dec 2, 1989
E9DNA; Rube Goldberg Contest; Parrot Chat; Chewing Tin Foil; Seahorse
Dec 9, 1989
E10Marathons; Celestial Navigation; Cataracts Chat; Lemons; Echidna
Dec 16, 1989
E11Spinal Cord; Glue; Lemons; Dog Behavior
Dec 23, 1989
E12Cheese; Aging; Appendix Chat; Wolves
Dec 30, 1989
E13Supercomputer; Greenhouse Effect; House Creaking; Owl
Jan 6, 1990
E1Disney-Cartoons; Skateboards; Smothers/Yo-yos; Lemons; Turtles
Oct 13, 1990
E2Juggling; Greenwich; Echoes; Flies
Oct 20, 1990
E3Everglades; Tomorrow's World; Recycling Chat; Everglades Students
Oct 27, 1990
E4Demolition Derby; Stress; Topology Chat; Eagles
Nov 3, 1990
E5Kidney; Steve Allen/Music; Lemons; Swans
Nov 10, 1990
E6Blood; Physics Circus; Faxes; Lemons; Pronghorn
Nov 17, 1990
E7Helicopter; Isaac Newton; Lemons; Koala
Nov 24, 1990
E8Dyes; Billiards; Cheerios; Lemons; Cheetah
Dec 1, 1990
E9Desert Animals; Judo; Salt & Ice; Pigs
Dec 8, 1990
E10Hydro Power; Whitewater Rafting; Mold; Lemons; Weather Proverbs
Dec 15, 1990
E11Wildlife Census; Eggs; Inventors Fair; Stone Crabs
Dec 22, 1990
E12Violins; Voyager; Rube Goldberg; Lemons; Kinkaju
Dec 29, 1990
E13Glaciers; Termites; Lemons; Alligators
Jan 5, 1991
E1Aerobic Exercise; Swimming/Weightlifting; Luge/Skating; Softball/Racewalking
Oct 12, 1991
E2Solar Cars; Steroids; The Amazing Kreskin; Foot Fall Asleep; Miniature Horses
Oct 19, 1991
E3Murder Mystery; Ted Nugent; Bats
Oct 26, 1991
E4Cancer Causes; Frisbees; Computer Virus
Nov 2, 1991
E5Sewers; Cancer Treatments; Dick Cavett; Porcupines
Nov 9, 1991
E6Mapping the Dig Site; Dating the Bones; Assembling Dinosaur
Nov 16, 1991
E7Domed Stadium; Photosynthesis; Polarized Sunglasses; Amusement Park
Nov 23, 1991
E8Tears; Slinky Physics; Barcodes; Aspirin; Camels
Nov 30, 1991
E9Soviet Space; Sky Blue; Inventors Fair; Llamas
Dec 7, 1991
E10Acid Rain; Highjump; Potholes; Goats
Dec 14, 1991
E11Medical Quackery; Microwave Ovens; Dollar Changer; Golden Eagles
Dec 21, 1991
E12Telecommunications; Solar Eclipse; Blimp; Bear Cubs
Dec 28, 1991
E13Hip Replacement; Airbags; Paper Cuts; Potbelly Pigs
Jan 4, 1992
E1Television; Studio Tour; Post-Production; Satellites
Oct 10, 1992
E2Movie Stunts; Household Chemistry; Coffee and Cream; Musk Ox
Oct 17, 1992
E3Election Polls and Surveys; Electric Car; Ceramics; Cougars
Oct 24, 1992
E4Monster Make-Up; Ozone; Rearview Mirrors; Artificial Sweeteners
Oct 31, 1992
E5Oil Spill; Diet & Nutrition; Crystal Gayle; Caribou
Nov 7, 1992
E6Antarctic Journey; Antarctic Penguins; Palmer Station; Krill; Seals
Nov 14, 1992
E7AIDS ; Glass Recycling; Science Challenge; Cement; Wolverine
Nov 21, 1992
E8Cockroaches; Broken Bones; Dentist Chair; Rhinoceros
Nov 28, 1992
E9Omnimax Technology; Archery; Lightbulb; Condors
Dec 5, 1992
E10Aurora Borealis; Air Pressure; Al Gore; Piranha
Dec 12, 1992
E11Traffic Control; Cryogenics; Static Electricity; Russian Kids
Dec 19, 1992
E12Blood Typing; Locks & Dams; Moles; Penguins
Dec 26, 1992
E13Diabetes; Galaxy Mapping; Dweezil Zappa; Ostrich
Jan 2, 1993
E1Rock Climbing; Taste Test; Monty Hall; Baby Bobcats
Oct 16, 1993
E2Emergency Rescue; Black Holes; Pizza; Reindeer
Oct 23, 1993
E3Memory; In Vitro Fertilization; Goose Bumps; Hummingbirds
Oct 30, 1993
E4Newspaper; Bomb Squad; Echoes; Mosquitoes
Nov 6, 1993
E5Jumbo Jets; Meteors; Knuckle Crack; Paper Recycling
Nov 13, 1993
E6Windsurfing; Permafrost; Tumbleweeds; Zebras
Nov 20, 1993
E7Spotted Owls; Carpal Tunnel; Foggy Mirrors; Lizards
Nov 27, 1993
E8Archaeology; Mazes; Dolphins
Dec 4, 1993
E9Firefighting; Dairy Farm; Inventors Fair; Otters
Dec 11, 1993
E10Bison Roundup; Heart Attack; Dead Fingernails; Chile Peppers
Dec 18, 1993
E11The Bends; Compact Disc; Michael York; Wolves
Dec 25, 1993
E12Garbage; Infrared; Shelley Duvall; Polar Bears
Jan 1, 1994
E13Mt. Rushmore; Virtual Reality; Candles; Chimpanzees
Jan 8, 1994
E1Hang Gliding; Karate; Robin Leach; Elephant
Oct 15, 1994
E2Sled Dogs; Arctic Travel; Life in Camp; Arctic Weather
Oct 22, 1994
E3Aircraft Carrier; Brain; Carrier Life
Oct 29, 1994
E4Brain Mapping; Garlic; Sunscreens; Tasmanian Devil
Nov 5, 1994
E5Movie Dinosaurs; Bread Chemistry; Scott Hamilton; Wallaby
Nov 12, 1994
E6Movie Sound Effects; Sun; Globetrotters; Hedgehog
Nov 19, 1994
E7Dinosaur Extinction; Floods; Blue Seas; Siberian Tiger
Nov 26, 1994
E8Internet; Antibiotics; Panning for Gold; Taxidermy
Dec 3, 1994
E9Ethnobotany; Hubble Telescope; Inventors Fair; Komodo Dragons
Dec 10, 1994
E10Raptor Hospital; Photography; Skipping Stones; Snakes
Dec 17, 1994
E11Redwoods; Electricity; Monuments; Red Fox
Dec 24, 1994
E12Printing Money; Gravity; Nature Labs
Dec 31, 1994
E13Bridges; Earthquakes; Chroma-Key; Grizzly Bear
Jan 7, 1995
E1Waterskiing; Reflexes; Escalator; Fat-free Foods
Oct 14, 1995
E2Circus High Wire; Mummies; Bug Spray; Armadillo
Oct 21, 1995
E3Maya Bike Trek; Hearing; Parachutes; Owls
Oct 28, 1995
E4Balloon Safari; Grasslands; Maasai Mara; Mara Animals
Nov 4, 1995
E5Ice Surfing; DNA Fingerprinting; Bubble Gum; Cold Remedies
Nov 11, 1995
E6Aircraft Fire Rescue; Balloons; Knives; Science Home Videos
Nov 18, 1995
E7Simulator Rides; Dolphin Communication; Parade Technology; Laser Show
Nov 25, 1995
E8Hazardous Materials; In-Line Skating; Skin Wrinkling; Compost
Dec 2, 1995
E9Human Slingshot Ride; Bone Marrow; King's Singers; Rotting Foods
Dec 9, 1995
E10Wild Lion Vet; Bicycles; Fish Breathing; Insect Warfare
Dec 16, 1995
E11Equator; Maasai Village; Coffee; Baby Elephants
Dec 23, 1995
E12Bird Songs; Ergonomics; Inventor's Fair; Scorpions
Dec 30, 1995
E13Jungle Survival; Liver; Emus
Jan 6, 1996
E1Spelunking; Human Eye; Betty White; Elks
Oct 12, 1996
E2Sharks; Tattoo; Black Pearls; Coconuts
Oct 19, 1996
E3Riverboats; Body Fat-II; Motorcycle Scientists; Parrots-II
Oct 26, 1996
E4Hypercoaster; Nicotine; Erasers; Dance Scientists
Nov 2, 1996
E5Avalanche Rescue; Prosthetic Limbs; Football Scientist; Popcorn
Nov 9, 1996
E6Inca Engineering; Quipus; Potatoes; Alpacas
Nov 16, 1996
E7Ski Jump; Bee Stings; Fear; Ruminants
Nov 23, 1996
E8Rain Forest Researchers; Snakes; Frogs; Leaf Cutter Ants
Nov 30, 1996
E9Olympics Solar Energy; Soccer; Trumpets; Earthquake Scientist
Dec 7, 1996
E10Malaria Tracking; Clocks; Inventors' Fair; Deformed Frogs
Dec 14, 1996
E11Post Office; Gems; SCI HomeVideo
Dec 21, 1996
E12Ethanol; Bones; Coyotes
Dec 28, 1996
E13Wetlands; Eco-Filtration; Drinking Water; Water Tower
Jan 4, 1997
E1Lost World Dinosaurs; Glaucoma; Research Vet; Enzyme Cleaners
Oct 11, 1997
E2Henrietta Marie; Scuba Kids; Fog; Best Of Inventors' Fair
Oct 18, 1997
E3Goldmine; Phases Of The Moon; Craig T. Nelson; Baby Tiger
Oct 25, 1997
E4Pet Food; The Family Pack; Wishbone; Not-A-Pet; Exotic Pets
Nov 1, 1997
E5White Water Rafting; Asthma; Meteorologist; Wild Horses
Nov 8, 1997
E6Gliders; Suction Cups; Novocaine; Leeches
Nov 15, 1997
E7Wilderness Training; River Kayaking; Glacier Climbing; Summit Bid
Nov 22, 1997
E8Glass Blowing; Smiles; Richard Dean Anderson; Enviro-Archaeology
Nov 29, 1997
E9Mammoth Dig; Greenhouse Effect; Neo-Natologist; Palmer Station
Dec 6, 1997
E10Kids On Mars; Wind Blow; Badlands; Chocolate
Dec 13, 1997
E11Zoo Vet; Car Engines; Can Opener; Walking Sticks
Dec 20, 1997
E12'Bot Or Not; NASA Robots; Mars VR; Robot Camps
Dec 27, 1997
E13Lightning Bolts; Proteins; Geese; Home Videos
Jan 3, 1998
Storyline
Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States that ran from 1983 to 1999. The show's title is based on the rumor of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—or, more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation. The show was produced by Twin Cities Public Television. For most of the run, the show's theme song was Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk, later remixed by Absolute Music. Later episodes of the show featured an original song. An occasional short feature appeared called "Science of the Rich and Famous" in which celebrities appeared to explain a science principle.
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