Square One TV/Episode 106

Episode 106
Season 1, Episode 6
Airdate	February 2, 1987
Production Number	6
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 106 is the sixth episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the sixth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Tyra Ferrell (Ginnie Carlson), Jesse Howard (Howie), Billie Hayes (Mrs. MacGregor), Jonetta Thomas (Nell), Rocky Kraloff (Rocky), Nicholas Shaffer (Store Owner), Nancy Liberman-Cline (Herself)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• SQ1 Sports: Robin Hood

Robin Hood competes in an archery contest that allows 6 arrows to get the highest odd score. With a target containing only odd zones, Robin has his last arrow miss the target to ensure an odd score.

• Cabot & Marshmallow: Hey, Cabot

Cabot offers to pay Marshmallow nothing for 5 days to repay a $5 bet before Marshmallow recognizes that 0 times any number is 0.

• Person on the Street: Dodecahedron

The Person on the Street Interviewer asks a variety of people what a dodecahedron is.

• Dance of the Geo Shapes: Dodecahedron

Computer graphics illustrate and highlight a dodecahedron as it rotates in space.

• But Who's Counting? Logo (cut from the Noggin version)

• But Who's Counting?: Kerkendalls vs. San Simenos

Contestants arrange 5 randomly chosen digits in an attempt to form the largest possible 5-digit number. To play, they must apply some knowledge of place value and probability.

• Angle Dance Disclaimer

"The following song contains graphic descriptions of obtuse and acute angles. Viewers who might be offended by this subject matter should not view this program."

• Exclusive Music Video: "Angel Dance" (Plane Geometry)

The rock group Plane Geometry sings a song about angles and uses body movement to illustrate angles, as well.

• Playing the Angle (cut from the Noggin version)

Nancy Lieberman, the first woman to play professional basketball, talks about and demonstrates the mathematics involved in basketball. She cites angles and parabolas, in particular.

• Pong Game

This animation illustrates billiard geometry and shows a ball rebounding from wall to wall before finally exiting the one opening.

• Mathnet: The Problem of the Missing Baseball - Part 1

The Mathnetters investigate a missing baseball by determining the angle at which it would have rebounded off a billboard.

• Next time...

Quotes

• George: (on phone with Mrs. MacGregor) Hello, ma'am. This is George Frankly, Mathnet. Ma'am, when you went back into the house for your shopping list, did you close the door? You didn't?
• Ginny: If the ball was hit then...
• Kate: It must be in the house.
• George: Ma'am, we're coming back to see you. We have reason to believe the baseball's in your house. Mind if we look around?
• Mrs. MacGregor: Not really, but that's easier said than done.
• George: How's that, ma'am?
• Mrs. MacGregor: My house has been stolen.