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There are a lot of elements on the

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periodic table... like, more than we have

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fingers and toes combined. So it's best to [Guy looking confused in front of the periodic table]

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just focus on the first 30 and get those

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nailed down at least, first. Well, to help

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you, we're going to zip through these

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babies and give you a helpful visual for [Backpack is unzipped and elements are inside]

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each. You'll never look neon the same way again.

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In fact, you probably shouldn't be

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staring at neon too much anyway. Okay, [Guy hurts his eyes looking at neon]

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here we go. Hydrogen regularly competes

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in hurdle events. Helium's favorite [Hydrogen jumping a hurdle]

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animated character is He-Man. Lithium [Helium reading He Man]

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would never lie to you.

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Beryllium is allergic to bee stings. [A bee stinging beryllium]

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Boron has an oddly-shaped bump on her head.

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Carbon is a pretty average student. [Carbon with a C graded test]

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Nitrogen once participated in a Nordic [Nitrogen skiing]

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skiing event at the Olympics. Oxygen likes

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to splurge on Oreos. Fluorine is a less

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than average student. Neon just banged [Fluorine holding an F graded test]

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his knee on the desk, and it really hurt.

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Sodium is one-half of of a nana and one-third

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of a banana. Magnesium measures all of her

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food in milligrams. It takes forever to [Putting food on a scale]

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eat anything. Aluminum, well, you can

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call him Al.

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Silicon tends to sigh heavily whenever [Silicon carrying a briefcase]

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she's tired. Phosphorus really has to pee.

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Sulfur draws squiggles in the margins of

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his english essays. Chlorine has a habit

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of clapping in the closet. It's worrying her [Chlorine clapping next to clothes]

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parents. Argon is a pirate.

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Potassium eats Kellogg's Special K for

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every meal. Calcium lives on the sunny

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beaches of California. Ccandium lives on [Calcium surfing]

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the not-quite-as-sunny beaches of South

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Carolina. Titanium hates having to wear a

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tie to work.

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Vanadium is victorious on the field of [Statue of vanadium]

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battle. Chromium eats crepes filled

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with crab and cream. Well, to each their own.

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Manganese lives in a cozy cottage right

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smack-dab in the middle of the alphabet.

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Iron will have you over and, you know,

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cook dinner for a fee. Cobalt is the owner [Iron waving money]

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and manager of a brand new company. [Cobalt cuts the ribbon of a new store]

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Nickel is one of the knights who say, "Ni." Copper

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can see you. Zinc is catching Zs... um... and an N. [Zinc asleep]

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And there you go: first 30 elements. We'd keep

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going, but the imagination center of your [Elements going into a guys brain]

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brain could probably use a break.

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