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Square One TV/Episode 240

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Episode 240
Season 2, Episode 40
Airdate November 11, 1988
Production Number 115
Written by head writer
Jim Thurman
writers
Jim Thurman, David D. Connell, Michael Winship
Directed by Mike Gargiulo, Ted May
Mathnet director
James F. Golway
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Episode 240 is the fortieth episode of the second season of Square One TV, and the one-hundred fifteenth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Harry Blackstone (Himself), Bernadette Kelly (Li So), John Stinson (Tucker-Sky Cap)

Co-Starring:

Contents

Segments

  • Dirklet: Compare Fractions (1/3 1/4)

Dirk compares the fractions 1/3 and 1/4 and concludes that 1/3 is larger than 1/4.


  • Backstage with Blakcstone: 5 Envelope Spelling (EKA #205)

By seeding an envelope with money among four others with only messages, Blackstone retains the money for himself when all count off to choose one. He thus illustrating a careful use of remainders.


  • Exclusive Music Video: "Archimedes" (Bevy) (EKA #208)

This song about Archimedes highlights some of his inventions and discoveries.


  • Mathman: Fractions Greater Than 1 (EKA #205)

Mathman plays a video game in which he must eat all fractions which are greater than 1.


  • Mathnet: The Case of the Great Car Robbery - Part 5 (EKA #210)

The Mathnetters set a trap for the car robbers. The robbers fall for the trap, leading the Mathnetters to the scrap metal site where they catch their culprit.


Credits

Mathnet

  • Producer: Janette M. Webb
  • Casting by Mary West, C.S.A., Brown & West Casting
  • Associate Director & Associate Producer: Scott A. Satin
  • Director of Photography: Howard S. Ex
  • Editors: Dominic G. DiMasscio, Beryl Gelfond
  • Stage Manager: Bill Cherones
  • Production Designer: William Bohnert
  • Production Sound: Walter Hoylman, Stu Fox
  • 1st Assistant Camera: Randy Shanofsky
  • Script Supervisor: Francine West
  • Production Secretary: Meredith Martin
  • Production Coordinators: Tracey L. Thielen, Rhonda Baer
  • Production Assistants: Gary Newman, Brian Siebrandt
  • Costume Designer: Donna Thorburn
  • Costume Supervisor: Julie Jensen
  • Make-Up Artist: Courtney Stone
  • Hair Stylist: Erin Lyons
  • Transportation Captain: Rick Rollison
  • Music Editor: Eugene Marks
  • Post Production Sound: B&B Sound Studios
  • Sound Editor & Mixer: Steven D. Williams
  • Online Editor & Optical Effects: Terry Greene, Compact Video
  • With Special Thanks to: Daryl F. Gates, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Content Director: Joel Schneider
  • Assistant Content Director: Kathryn Aucoin
  • Story Researcher: Rich Miller
  • Mathematics Consultant: Edward T. Esty
  • Vice President for Research: Keith W. Miekle
  • Director of Research: Eve Hall
  • Associate Researchers: Shalom Fisch, Dorothy Teneketges
  • Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser
  • Advisory Board Staff: Dr. Sadie Bragg, Ms. Marilyn Burns, Dr. Robert Davis, Dr. Richard Griego, Mr. Wayne Goodwin, Dr. Peter Hilton, Dr. Magdalene Lampert, Dr. Katherine Meseth, Dr. Henry O. Pollack, Ms. Yolando Rodriguez, Dr. Elizabeth Stage, Dr. Zalman Usiskin, Ms. Nancy Varner, Mr. William U. Walton, Dr. Charles Whitney, Dr. Stephen Willoughby
  • Vice President for Production: Al Hyslop
  • Production and Post Production Facilities by Unitel Video, Inc.
  • Sets by Lincoln Scenic Studios


Notes

Trivia

The Show

Allusions and References

Quotes

Mathnet Announcer: The head of the car theft ring, Henry Edsel III, was tried and convicted of 20,000 counts of 487.3PC car theft gross. He was sentenced to an appropriate number of years away from society and the automobile aftermarket.