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Sketches in (hopefully) order: |
| 15950 |
106-01 | SHOW OPEN |
0:46 |
BUMPER |
| -0- |
| 11640 |
106-02 | ROBIN HOOD |
6:08 |
STUDIO |
| 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. |
| 14090 |
106-03 | CABOT & MARSHMALLOW: HEY CABOT |
1:45 |
STUDIO |
| Cabot offers to pay Marshmallow nothing for 5 days to repay a 5 dollar bet before Marshamllow recognizes that zero times any number is zero. |
| 13002 |
106-04 | PERSON ON THE STREET: DODECAHEDRON |
1:15 |
LIVE ACTION FILM |
| The Person on the Street Interviewer asks a variety of people what a dodecahedron is. |
| 13606 |
106-05 | DANCE OF THE GEO SHAPES:DODECAHEDRON |
0:20 |
ANIMATION |
| Computer graphics illustrate and highlight a dodecahedron as it rotates in space. |
| 17540 |
106-06 | (BUT WHO'S COUNTING T.S.) LOGO |
0:07 |
BUMPER |
| -0- |
| 10150 |
106-07 | BUT WHO'S COUNTING - TEST SHOW |
5:17 |
GAME SHOW |
| Contestants arrange five 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. |
| 10911 |
106-08 | DISCLAIMER: ANGLES |
0:08 |
BUMPER |
| -0- |
| 10180 |
106-09 | ANGLE DANCE |
2:23 |
SONG |
| The rock group Plane Geometry sings a song about angles and uses body movement to illustrate angles, as well. |
| 15330 |
106-10 | PLAYING THE ANGLE |
3:00 |
LIVE ACTION FILM |
| 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. |
| 15180 |
106-11 | PONG GAME |
0:19 |
ANIMATION |
| This animation illustrates billiard geometry and shows a ball rebounding from wall to wall before finally exiting the one opening. |
| 10540 |
106-12 | MATHNET-CASE OF THE MISSING BASEBALL-1 |
6:27 |
MATHNET |
| The Mathnetters investigate a missing baseball by determining the angle at which it would have rebounded off a billboard. |
| Sketch Count: | 12 |
| Episode Length(may exclude credits): |
27:55 |