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| 15950 | 142-01 | SHOW OPEN | 0:46 | BUMPER |
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| 14881 | 142-02 | POLLSTER - 1 | 2:08 | STUDIO |
| 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. | ||||
| 12662 | 142-03 | FORESTRY II: STAT. SAMPLING | 3:26 | LIVE ACTION FILM |
| 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. | ||||
| 17070 | 142-04 | EB: STRONGMAN PERCENTS OF SHOW-20% | 0:08 | ANIMATION |
| This short animation shows a strongman testing his strength and simultaneously illustrating that 20% of the show has passed. | ||||
| 14882 | 142-05 | POLLSTER - 2 | 2:05 | PART |
| 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. | ||||
| 15540 | 142-06 | (BLACKSTONE) LEAD-IN & TAG | 0:09 | BUMPER |
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| 13447 | 142-07 | BLACKSTONE: COIN MINDREADING | 3:17 | STUDIO |
| Blackstone asks a spectator to count the number of coins on the table, add the digits, and subtract that number of coins. (9 coins now remain). Blackstone can easily identify the number removed next. | ||||
| 14883 | 142-08 | POLLSTER - 3 | 1:39 | PART |
| When the pollster finally conducts a poll with a random sampling, he discovers that Candidate Zagursky doesn't have a chance. | ||||
| 13560 | 142-09 | HUNDRED SQUARES TABLE - LONG | 0:42 | ANIMATION |
| This animation takes a number chart through 100 and highlights the multiples of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10. | ||||
| 12151 | 142-10 | (SUPERSPY) PAINTBOX LEAD IN | 0:19 | BUMPER |
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| 12150 | 142-11 | NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERSPY | 3:50 | SONG |
| 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. | ||||
| 14101 | 142-12 | (TOP SECRET) NEWSROOM INTERRUPT:23 | 0:14 | BUMPER |
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| 14100 | 142-13 | TOP SECRET NO PEEKING | 3:14 | STUDIO |
| The president asks two trusted advisors to solve a subtraction and addition problem for which there are two possible answers. A clarification of context (and parentheses) results in only one answer. | ||||
| 17731 | 142-14 | SHOW REMAINDER 6 (___LEFT CHOOSE ANSWER) | 0:15 | BUMPER |
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| 10630 | 142-15 | MATHNET-CASE OF THE MISSING BASEBALL-2 | 5:23 | MATHNET |
| The Mathnetters gather facts and use logical reasoning to determine the whereabouts of a missing house. | ||||
| Sketch Count: | 15 | |||
| Episode Length(may exclude credits): | 27:35 | |||
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