10/15/1991

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Sketches in (hopefully) order:
44150 412-01 SHOW OPEN 0:38 BUMPER
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41370 412-02 PHONER 1: ORIGINAL NUMBER (25) 2:38 STUDIO
Cynthia, as a judge, has a one-sided telephone conversation in which she chooses a number and performs a series of operations (adding 25, etc.) that always return her to her original number.
40660 412-03 GROWN-UPS: MARV ALBERT 0:34 STUDIO
A child actor plays a young Marv Albert, the sportscaster, explaining why he will need math in the future.
40630 412-04 DICK & VERN: "DR. J" LEAD-IN 1:40 ANIMATION
Dick and Vern announce the "Dr. J" segment and invite viewers to find the mistake in the segment.
14000 412-05 BACKBOARD HIGH 1:45 STUDIO
Julius Erving shows how averages can be misleading when his team wins a 4 out of 5 game series but has a lower average for points per game. They won the 4 games by 1 point but lost the last by 50.
44400 412-06 DICK & VERN: "DR. J" TAG 0:13 ANIMATION
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40203 412-07 INSERT: JULIE BROWN-MENTAL TOOL-1A 0:11 BUMPER
"This is Downtown Julie Brown with a word of advice for you. Mathematics, it's a mental tool, use your head, it's supercool." (green/blue "nightclub" background)
40151 412-08 PIECE OF THE PIE #3(BU) 6:43 GAME SHOW
Two teams guess top answers to the survey question "Name something sticky." Team earning greater percentage guesses top answer to: carpenter's tool, sandwich, way to help the planet.
43070 412-09 IF IT'S OUT THERE: TRAVEL AGENT 1:03 LIVE ACTION FILM
Two customers wonder how their plane can leave New York at 4 pm & arrive in London at 4 pm. The travel agent points to a set of clocks indicating that there is a time difference between the cities.
40072 412-10 MATHNET-THE CALPURNIAN KUGEL CAPER-2 12:39 MATHNET
Chris shows his computerized game. Pat & George hear about Calpurnia's chuckberry-based economy & Chris meets prospective buyers. No one will buy the berries now since an article says they cause zits.
44310 412-11 LONG CLOSE 0:58 BUMPER
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Sketch Count:11
Episode Length(may exclude credits): 29:02

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