Square One TV/Episode 142

Episode 142
Season 1, Episode 42
Airdate	March 24, 1987
Production Number	42
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 142 is the forty-second episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the forty-second episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Tyra Ferrell (Ginnie Carlson), Jesse Howard (Howie), Billie Hayes (Mrs. MacGregor), Nick deMauro (Man in Dodger Cap), Harry Blackstone (Himself)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• Pollster - Part 1

A pollster learns his sample is not very representative when he polls 20 people whose last names begin with Z - and they all happen to be relatives of Candidate Zagursky.

• Forestry: Stat. Sampling

Still awaiting her car, Sybil Sawyer visits with a ranger who shows her that knowing the perimeter and age of a tree aids in determining what trees to cut down to insure the growth of others.

• EB: Strongman Percents of Show

This short animation shows a strongman testing his strength and simultaneously illustrating that 20% of the show has passed.

• Pollster - Part 2

A pollster's sample is still not representative if it consists only of people at the Post Office where candidate Zagursky worked for 15 years.

• Backstage with Blackstone: Coin Mindreading

Blackstone asks a spectator to count the number of coins on the table, add the digits, and subtract that number of coins. Blackstone can easily identify the number removed next.

• Pollster - Part 3

When the pollster finally conducts a poll with a random sampling, he discovers that Candidate Zagursky doesn't have a chance.

• Hundred Squares Table: Long

This animation takes a number chart through 100 and highlights the multiples of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10.

• Superspy Lead-In

• Exclusive Music Video: "Superspy" (Mae East) (EKA #117)

A super spy sings about creating a code that assigns a number to each letter of the alphabet. According to this code, a sequence of numbers would read as a word.

• Newsroom Interruption: Top Secret

• Top Secret No Peeking

The president asks 2 trusted advisors to solve a subtraction and addition problem for which there are 2 possible answers. A clarification of context results in only 1 answer.

• Show Remainder

• Mathnet: The Problem of the Missing Baseball - Part 2 (EKA #107)

The Mathnetters gather facts and use logical reasoning to determine the whereabouts of a missing house.

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