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Episode 154
Season 1, Episode 54
Airdate April 9, 1987
Production Number 54
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 154 is the fifty-fourth episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the fifty-fourth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Sheila Rogers (Mrs. Schwamb), Marilyn Katzoff (Oren Terwillliger), James Karen (Prosecutor), William Windom (Judge Hoffman), Wayne Grace (Bailiff), Gary Pagett (Wiley Monger), Gene Wallace (Desmond Ratceller), Harry Blackstone (Himself)


Co-Starring:

Contents

Segments

  • Bobo's Dilemma Lead-In


  • Bobo's Dilemma

Bobo, the circus clown, has 2 6 1/2' boards, but he must travel 7' from the rim of the ring to the center - and the boards can't touch the ground. A bit of creative problem-solving saves the day.


  • Person on the Street: Palindrome

The Person on the Street Interviewer asks several people if they know what a palindrome is.


  • Music Video It's a Palindrome (EKA #112)

Tango, waltz, and disco serve as the backdrop for a song about the definition and generation of palindromes -- numbers that read the same backwards and forwards.


  • EB: Palindrome

This short animation illustrates how to make any 2-digit number into a palindrome; simply reverse the digits and add and repeat this process until the sum is a palindrome.


  • Groaning Wall with Blackstone

Harry Blackstone and the cast tell each other riddles that have a mathematical theme.


  • Backstage with Blackstone: The Magic Spells

A spectator cuts the deck, counts the number of cards, adds the 2 digits of the answer together, counts the number from the bottom and remembers the card. After a 19-letter spell, the card appears.


  • Pos vs. Neg Jousts: The Abyss +3 Plus -3

When 3 "negative" clay-mation creatures confront 3 "positive" clay creatures, no clay creatures remain.


  • Mathnet: The Trial of George Frankly - Part 4 (EKA #119)

The pilot who allegedly flew George off the island to rob the bank uses arithmetic to prove that George had the time to commit the crime. Much to George's surprise, the pilot also identifies him.


  • Next time...

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