Square One TV/Episode 309

Episode 309
Season 3, Episode 9
Airdate	January 25, 1990
Production Number	124
Written by
Directed by
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Square One TV — Season Three

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Episode 309 is the ninth episode of the third season of Square One TV, and the one-hundred twenty-fourth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: The Fat Boys (Themselves), Michael Lombard (Percy Wilson), Helen Lloyd Breed (Elvira Elmira), Ralph Farnsworth (Sleeves the Butler), Matthew Scroettnig (Pencil Kid)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• Exclusive Music Video: "Working Backwards" (The Fat Boys)

In this song, the Fat Boys figure out what time they need to start preparing for their performance by taking apart their day. They figure the time needed to sleep, eat, put on make-up, and rehearse.

• Math-Za-Poppin'

Pledge Central asks people to tell 12 of their friends to watch Square One. A chart of the powers of 12 is used to show how quickly the news would spread.

• Big Numbers: Billion (cut from the Noggin version)

This segment compares 1,000,000,000 to 1,000,000, and tells the viewer that 1,000,000,000 seconds is almost 32 years.

• Michigan Stadium: Stamps

The following question is posed to the viewer: How many stamps would it take to cover the entire playing field of Michigan Stadium?

• Kubrick's Rube (EKA #136) (cut from the Noggin version)

In order to stop its incessant singing, Irving and Dave give Hank the computer a program he can never finish: start with 3; add 4; stop if the sum is even; if not go back to step 2.

• Mathnet: The Case of the Swami Scam - Part 4

Mixed reviews of a play suggest that the Swami must have sent out letters covering all possible outcomes. Using logic and patterns they've found, they work backwards to spell out the scam in a chart.