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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • Square One TV's very first episode, with the song "That's Infinity," Battle of the Bulge Caterers coming up with combinations for meat and cheese sandwiches, and in Mathnet, part 1 of the Problem of the Missing Monkey. This is a repeat episode, so it does not have the original PBS logo.

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  • @MaestroDrake
    @MaestroDrake 7 лет назад +165

    Happy 30th anniversary, now let's get this on DVD and Blu Ray already.

    • @VanillaLimeCoke
      @VanillaLimeCoke 5 лет назад +3

      I’m game.
      But I think the problem is the music videos.
      They’re copyrighted and I guess need to get the rights so they can get the show onto DVD.

    • @derekkinman7492
      @derekkinman7492 4 года назад +2

      I waited a long time for the complete 5 seasons of square one tv to come to dvd and blu ray for years

    • @Mythinspace
      @Mythinspace 4 года назад

      @@derekkinman7492 does that mean it has or that you've given up waiting?

    • @derekkinman7492
      @derekkinman7492 4 года назад +1

      @@Mythinspace every square one tv fans are still waiting for square one tv to be dvd and blu ray released cause they celebrated the 30th anniversary of square one tv

    • @Mythinspace
      @Mythinspace 4 года назад

      @@derekkinman7492 aww I was hoping I'd missed something and they were now available.

  • @carolweiss5078
    @carolweiss5078 7 лет назад +263

    I am the author of "THAT'S INFINITY" - Carol Weiss

    • @chrisjepsen6824
      @chrisjepsen6824 6 лет назад +4

      Awesome!

    • @JayAyers
      @JayAyers 6 лет назад +3

      Love the song

    • @brich2929
      @brich2929 6 лет назад +3

      Great song, Carol!

    • @emilphoryew9436
      @emilphoryew9436 5 лет назад +4

      I had to watch this program in summer school camp.

    • @LogoMan7777
      @LogoMan7777 5 лет назад +2

      Was it your idea to have the song spill over into the PBS ID at the end of the episode?

  • @richardson.1424
    @richardson.1424 5 лет назад +66

    Why is this still entertaining after all of these years?!? It's a testament to how effective kids educational programing was back in the day... Engaging, fun, and smart. Shows like this need to make a comeback for kids of this day and age.

    • @joed180
      @joed180 2 года назад +1

      I dunno have you seen Number Blocks? Because that's teaching kids set theory at 6... and this is like "you can't count infinity." On the other hand, they really could use more Sesame Street .

    • @ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock
      @ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock 2 года назад +2

      I concur.

  • @rcole718
    @rcole718 7 лет назад +80

    I used to scream at the TV for Mathman to eat the right numbers.

    • @westport17782010
      @westport17782010 5 лет назад +8

      mathman....mathman....mathman.....mathman....

    • @epcotman32
      @epcotman32 3 года назад +2

      Mathman always taught us how to be stupid at math, that's probably because I did poorly in school.

  • @DaJSUDiva
    @DaJSUDiva 4 года назад +17

    I am instantly reverted back to my childhood .. They don't make programs like this anynore and it's a shame! PBS was the elite channel for kids tv..So great to see this again

  • @BelleTireBabyEinsteinkid
    @BelleTireBabyEinsteinkid Год назад +6

    When I was in middle school my math teacher always plays square one tv (I’m a junior in high school) it was a memory I won’t forget

  • @dananola
    @dananola 2 года назад +35

    I was always amazed at how versatile these performers are. They sing, dance and act with incredible ease. Shout out to wonderful artists who don't find "Children's" television to be beneath them.

  • @moeperry554
    @moeperry554 6 лет назад +31

    This theme songs takes me back to Elementary school!!😊😊

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 4 года назад +3

      It sure doesn't feel like it's been over 30 years since I last watched this.....scary how fast time flies once we stopped being kids. If I only knew how good we had it back then I would have enjoyed it so much more

    • @jeff5882174
      @jeff5882174 4 года назад +2

      Me 2

    • @elithunder
      @elithunder 3 года назад

      For realz!!!

  • @Drfresh1402
    @Drfresh1402 2 года назад +16

    Wow some how at 34 this still keeps my attention. This was a great show.

  • @princesserica718
    @princesserica718 4 года назад +18

    WOW, you took it bac bac. This show made me love math as a kid. Now I have a BS in Accounting and pursuing an MBA in Finance.

  • @TommyLellan
    @TommyLellan 5 лет назад +15

    Oh wow it’s like I had amnesia and just remembered my whole life. Talk about a blast from the past.

  • @joshgellis3292
    @joshgellis3292 3 года назад +10

    From the second half of the 80s to the start of the middle 90s I watched AN INCREDIBLE LOAD of PBS's Square One, Sesame Street and Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego.
    I still REALLY like clips of each. Something so incredibly: cool, weird and academic in a PURE way about ALL of IT. lol!

  • @EarthdogGFX
    @EarthdogGFX 10 лет назад +140

    Square One was the #SNL for kids in the 80s

    • @Weesing
      @Weesing 9 лет назад

      +Earthdog BIG BROTHER FAN It was pretty amazing!

    • @deesee3622
      @deesee3622 6 лет назад

      yup!

    • @emilylloyd5477
      @emilylloyd5477 6 лет назад

      I thought that, too.

    • @soxpuff
      @soxpuff 3 года назад +1

      So then Roundhouse was the OG before In Living Color?

    • @channic99
      @channic99 3 года назад

      Facts!!

  • @dananajj
    @dananajj 5 лет назад +32

    OMG Mathman! This was the sole thing I waited to watch in each episode. Nothing else mattered.

  • @funshine97
    @funshine97 3 дня назад +1

    It's so cute when Mathman goes like, "Ya-ha!"

  • @surpriseme1082
    @surpriseme1082 3 года назад +18

    What a freaking blast from the past! Thank you so much for these uploads! Mathnet was the best!

  • @kencoleman5007
    @kencoleman5007 9 лет назад +29

    Mathnet was awesome.
    Watching this while solving some KenKen and Sudoku puzzles. Thank you Square One.

    • @deesee3622
      @deesee3622 6 лет назад +3

      loved math net!!

    • @dawnpriest302
      @dawnpriest302 4 года назад +3

      That was my favorite part of the show.

    • @kevinpayton2664
      @kevinpayton2664 3 года назад +2

      I watched Square One just for Mathnet. It could've been its own show.

  • @jwilliams7554
    @jwilliams7554 5 лет назад +14

    This was the perfect late afternoon show for us teens who were too old for cartoons but not interested in the evening news

  • @nelleo2507
    @nelleo2507 7 лет назад +14

    I was trying to teach my little boy about infinity and remembered the song from square one and here I am, reliving my childhood. 😀 such good times!

  • @ntchpt1271
    @ntchpt1271 10 лет назад +24

    loved watching this on public TV on ch.13 at 5 p.m. way back when. good memories!

    • @Weesing
      @Weesing 9 лет назад +2

      +Ntch Pt1 It's amazing how long these shows stick with you!

  • @christierochellecox9083
    @christierochellecox9083 7 лет назад +20

    This was absolutely one of my favorite after school programs! I learned a lot from this show!

  • @floofytown
    @floofytown 6 лет назад +8

    Holy HECK I remember this!! But I forgot all about it until this second! Dude, Mathman!! And that inexplicably weird tornado guy!! AHHH MEMORY FEELS, FLOODING BACK ALL AT ONCE, DON'T KNOW IF CAN HANDLE

  • @runeramdas
    @runeramdas 3 года назад +10

    Thanks heaps for putting these episodes on line. You're doing noble work

  • @christopherjudge1138
    @christopherjudge1138 4 года назад +9

    Square One Television had its roots in MTV, Broadway,
    SCTV and Saturday Night Live! Providing young viewers
    with mathematics and hilarious sketch comedy!

  • @MercifulVoodoo
    @MercifulVoodoo 2 года назад +4

    Omg! All these CTW uploads! I grew up in the Midwest with no cable access in the early 90’s so I learned everything from Square One and 3,2,1 Contact. My childhood exists on your channel 😄

  • @AubreyEllenShomo
    @AubreyEllenShomo Год назад +2

    You just made my day. I used to love this as a kid, and it wasn't on TV where I grew up, so my grandpa had to tape it for me. I must've watched the same 5 episodes over and over and over again on one shitty long play video cassette tape.
    I'm almost 40 now, and the nostalgia is wonderful.

  • @EmmanuelIwhiwhu
    @EmmanuelIwhiwhu 3 года назад +2

    Whaaaat!!!‽ So I'm singing the "infinity" song in my head out of the blue, and I decide to search for square one, just for the nostalgia and I couldn't believe my luck when I pressed play on my 1st result on RUclips and it was the exact episode with the exact song I was singing in my head. Awesoooooome. You have a new subscriber. Awesome page.

  • @KayNJ
    @KayNJ 3 года назад +7

    This show, and Mathnet in particular, contributed to my quirky sense of humor. I used to love this and 3-2-1 Contact. It greatly contributed to my love of STEM and I ended up getting a BS in Chemistry and Biology.

  • @realgoose5471
    @realgoose5471 5 дней назад

    I think I watched this more that anything ever. That intro is beyond nostalgic. Almost a dream. Crazy. Thank you.

  • @VGMStudios33
    @VGMStudios33 8 лет назад +16

    Wow a blast from the past. Man this was great. Thanks to the uploader.

  • @Denise.Taylorx88
    @Denise.Taylorx88 3 года назад +2

    OMG... This takes me waaaaaaaaay back. I was trying to remember what the segment was with Joe Howard (he's in S2:E4 of American Horror Story) I was like... "IS THAT JOE WALSH???" and here we are. Confirmed. Now I have to see how many episodes I actually faintly remember. Glad someone posted this!! Thank you Anton.- MATHNET!!!!

  • @BoomstickBabyKel
    @BoomstickBabyKel 8 лет назад +8

    Thank you so much for the upload. I loved Square One, even now I randomly break into songs from the show! I can't find it anywhere else, so it means a lot to find it here. Thanks again for everything!

  • @ksmith3108
    @ksmith3108 2 года назад +1

    I love the music videos! i just told a friend about Less Than Zero yesterday, before I knew you were sharing these. Thank you!

  • @shorecross
    @shorecross 9 лет назад +41

    Jesus christ, it's like I'm 6 again

  • @robertdubs9466
    @robertdubs9466 8 лет назад +24

    I never realized it until recently but, in the opening credits, the spiraling squares with clips from the show form a Fibonacci sequence.

    • @ChrisXperince
      @ChrisXperince 6 месяцев назад

      There is a reference to that in future Rama

  • @didi012578
    @didi012578 2 года назад +3

    The shopkeeper in Math Net was the "ASSMAN" in a Seinfeld episode!
    Worlds colliding 😂

  • @matt_____9309
    @matt_____9309 8 лет назад +12

    i used to watch this show at my grandparents house after school in 1988

  • @amyslifelocsandmakeup8731
    @amyslifelocsandmakeup8731 3 года назад +1

    I don't know who you are but I love you for posting this!! My 4 year old granddaughter is in loveeeee with these episodes in 2021

  • @Searching4Rinoa
    @Searching4Rinoa 9 лет назад +38

    Watched this religiously as a kid, didn't care for the Mathnet back then but I'll never forget that is where that if any multiple of 9 returns to 9 if you add the answer of those numbers together until you get a single number. For example: 9 times 88 = 792. 7+2 is another 9 which plus the first 9 is 18, 1+8=9.

    • @parlet
      @parlet 4 года назад +4

      Searching4Rinoa 9,9,9...fantastic number 9! Times any number you can find, it all comes back to 9!

    • @jasonpdsi
      @jasonpdsi 4 года назад +2

      I absolutely LOVED Mathnet. But to be honest, this entire show was the bees knees. If I were to put my finger on the main reason why I loved this show, it was the presentation. There was quite a variety to it. It was engaging.

  • @kalvin1123
    @kalvin1123 Год назад +3

    PBS would make so much $ if they released the series on DVD.
    Someone watching these videos must have worked on the show or knows someone who did.

  • @MrSamer83
    @MrSamer83 4 года назад +3

    This takes me back!!!! Thanks for bringing back the nostalgia to my eyes!!! 🙌

  • @a2pha
    @a2pha 3 года назад +5

    This show is what encouraged me to get a career in being the programmer for writing business applications for companies years ago. That and writing video-games too.

  • @JayRacer
    @JayRacer Год назад +2

    I vaguely remembered this from when I was very young so I looked it up. I remember “square one!” From the title. Very impressive show.

  • @ms.payton1458
    @ms.payton1458 5 лет назад +4

    I'm back in my childhood again!!!! Man this just made my night!!!! 😍😍😍😍

  • @singtsai5682
    @singtsai5682 9 дней назад

    Square one was my son's favorite program. He is a professor in theoretical mathematics now. He learned the fraction at age 4 from the program. I have been looking for DVD of square one for my grandsons. I am so happy to watch this fun program which makes math so fun.

  • @Shorty_Lickens
    @Shorty_Lickens 5 месяцев назад +2

    I never once found this on television.
    They played Square one during summer school when it was too hot to go outside.

  • @knowledgeispowermediaprodu7094
    @knowledgeispowermediaprodu7094 Год назад +1

    Wow, for me, this was like close to 40 years ago! I loved this show!!!

  • @wstml555
    @wstml555 9 лет назад +4

    Amazing! I watched this when i was a kid, im going to have to watch all these again as an adult!

  • @or1750
    @or1750 6 лет назад +4

    Ahhh....I remember coming home to watch this show, "Reading Rainbow" and "Wishbone" to name a few that aired at the time. Don't get me wrong I did watch all the other cartoons (and In Living in Color) but I learned a great deal from "Square One" like what is a Dodecahedron. Good times!!

  • @blugreen123
    @blugreen123 5 месяцев назад +2

    I thought this show was a fever dream! No one else seems to remember it!

    • @MattHandy8577
      @MattHandy8577 5 месяцев назад

      I Remember Square One TV great Program

  • @rio197
    @rio197 10 лет назад +3

    Love this. Brought back memories. Thanks for posting the vid.

  • @funshine97
    @funshine97 11 лет назад +16

    Mathman: "Free Game! Ha-Ha!
    me: "Yay for Mathman!"

  • @beeaye7944
    @beeaye7944 2 года назад +2

    Watching "The Wire" tonight and wondering why Reg. E Cathey looks so damned familiar... Proceeds to look through his IMDB and find a forgotten part of my childhood afternoons with PBS.

  • @DniSorceress
    @DniSorceress 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you Grumps! Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers this show!

  • @funshine97
    @funshine97 11 лет назад +9

    That Square One TV song, "That's Infinity", drives me crazy!

  • @DaDoc540
    @DaDoc540 7 лет назад +13

    Square One Television, Season 1, Episode 1
    0:59 "That's Infinity"
    4:21 Mathman, Multiples of 3
    5:41 The answer is always 3
    8:07 Battle of the Bulge Caterers: Combinatorics
    12:48 OOPS! Subtraction: borrowing 10
    14:26 The Square Brothers, "Perfect Squares"
    17:51 Bureau of Missing Numbers, 14
    19:50 Mathnet, "The Problem of the Missing Monkey" part 1

    • @DaDoc540
      @DaDoc540 7 лет назад +4

      R.I.P. Reg E. Cathey (August 18, 1958 - February 9, 2018)

    • @christinamarcet1780
      @christinamarcet1780 6 лет назад

      Thanks for this!

  • @rebeccaknell2368
    @rebeccaknell2368 Год назад +3

    This is my all-time favorite kids’ show!!! (But in case anyone is looking for a math show that is more current, I have to say that Odd Squad is pretty great too.)

  • @april1969simnel
    @april1969simnel 6 лет назад +7

    As someone who was a freshman in college when this show debuted, all I can say is this was really cute, and I would've loved it if CTW had done something like this in the 70s. I only know about this show because I've seen the special PBS logo done for this episode, so I wanted to see what you kids saw.
    I also have to say: Ha! Mr. Whipple! Hahahaha! Did the monkey squeeze any Charmin?

  • @TheLycheegreentea
    @TheLycheegreentea 4 года назад +4

    Perfect for Distance Learning for my kids. Now they get to grow up doing what I did.

  • @gregorya.champion3784
    @gregorya.champion3784 3 года назад +3

    I've learned new things about mathematics from this but the schools I attended never taught us square, prime, palindrome & triangular numbers.

  • @JerryOrbachFan
    @JerryOrbachFan Год назад +1

    This show came to mind out of nowhere. I had completely forgotten about it until 5 minutes ago.

  • @mducey
    @mducey 2 года назад

    Should have a billion views. That song is great at the beginning, nice job Carol. Nice job to everyone involved

  • @AroundIndiana
    @AroundIndiana 6 лет назад +3

    This show reminds me of the many times I stayed home from school "sick" lol. Id always watch this in the afternoon.

  • @williamthomasiii4144
    @williamthomasiii4144 3 года назад +1

    Soooooo many memories!! That intro theme song gave me all kinds of flashbacks!!

  • @redmanr5522
    @redmanr5522 3 года назад +2

    Happy 35th anniversary Square One TV! Wed 1/26/22.

  • @ir10031981
    @ir10031981 8 лет назад +7

    this week 30 years ago, Square One TV premiered on PBS!

  • @JoeCnNd
    @JoeCnNd 10 лет назад +17

    ah life before caller ID.

  • @Intellectual8192
    @Intellectual8192 5 лет назад +1

    This show was excellent. I can do long multiplication and division in my head because of this show. I'm going to make sure my daughter watches it after school every day just like I did.

  • @dreyb1801
    @dreyb1801 2 года назад +3

    Another blast from my childhood. The early '90s 🥰🤩

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 Месяц назад +1

    I miss Square One I used to watch that show!!!

  • @charlenefulton1452
    @charlenefulton1452 16 дней назад

    I haven’t thought of this show in yeaaaars! It was on my recommendations I am over the moon in nostalgia ❤❤❤❤

  • @floofytown
    @floofytown 6 лет назад +1

    Oh mannnnn, Mathnet. Wow. The music. Those faces! This is nuts to watch for the first time in probably 30 years.

  • @john_dillermand
    @john_dillermand Месяц назад

    I was in the stupid class in 2nd grade. Our depressed teacher would randomly turn off the class lights and play Square One. 1992. It was amazing.

  • @shirdonbock6072
    @shirdonbock6072 4 года назад +1

    Thank You Anton Spivack For Bringing Us Great Memories

  • @lauriesch
    @lauriesch 7 лет назад

    Thanks so much for posting this! Loved this show.

  • @aurakasihdonkitunya
    @aurakasihdonkitunya 4 года назад +1

    What a great TV show. It recalls all those math teaser when I was at the elementary school

  • @chrisrios1709
    @chrisrios1709 7 лет назад +5

    To this day whenever I hear someone say "My name is _______," in my head I follow it with "I'm a mathematician."

  • @MrKenichi22
    @MrKenichi22 4 года назад

    man this takes me back, as a 90’s kid with 80’s kid cousins who needed help on Math.

  • @FoxxMulderr
    @FoxxMulderr 5 лет назад +4

    24:25 "Maybe he was going to toss his salad" LMAO!

  • @Packersman3478
    @Packersman3478 6 лет назад +4

    Decided I'd go ahead and go back to part of my past that I remember, but I was a bit too young to understand the math concepts of this at the time. It always aired right after Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego came on on my local PBS station.

    • @kevinpayton2664
      @kevinpayton2664 3 года назад

      Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego was an awesome game show.

  • @mstiffq
    @mstiffq 6 месяцев назад

    Mike you knows up!! Thanks for this 🖤

  • @ibrahimjalloh5300
    @ibrahimjalloh5300 3 года назад +2

    Even Carmen Sandieago
    Helped Me In School
    And Square One
    Helped Me In Elementary School
    Square One was My School Assignment Almost Everyday

  • @kimrider2594
    @kimrider2594 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’m in 2 grade and our class loves this

  • @thinkgood
    @thinkgood 2 года назад +1

    Gotta be honest. I loved watching this show as a kid but when it came to the math, I had no idea what was going on.

  • @christianlong1907
    @christianlong1907 7 месяцев назад

    They really need to bring back this TV program to a newer generation of audience! I am really feeling bad that I totally missed out on this amazing program. These kids today need to know that mathematics is absolutely amazing and awesome! (I was born in January 1993.)

  • @Fuzy2K
    @Fuzy2K 8 лет назад +2

    "Well, am you or ain't you? ...I mean, aren't you?'' LOL

  • @mezza001
    @mezza001 8 лет назад +3

    i lovethis! watched it when i was young

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 2 года назад +2

    29:02 is the 1989 PBS “Glass” logo where it plastered over the 1984 PBS logo variant “And On”. How sad. I wonder if the 1984 PBS “And On” variant exists in the PBS vault if they want this episode restore with the 1984 PBS logo preserved.

    • @dannywapbang
      @dannywapbang 2 месяца назад

      AVID seems to think it wasn't real, but I remember seeing the episode before the Glass logo plastered it, and I remember the variant.
      ~ Daniella (I'm making this up, but I know it's real!)

  • @Titanbrotha00
    @Titanbrotha00 2 года назад

    What I loved about Square One TV: Mathnet, Mathman, Backstage with Blackstone, & of course "Nine, nine, nine fantastic number nine times any number you can find it all comes back to nine!"

  • @bradjames891
    @bradjames891 4 года назад +1

    It took me watching Dragnet episodes to get the intro to Mathnet but now it is hilarious! Kate Monday is a play on Joe Friday!

  • @MrPisster
    @MrPisster 10 лет назад +25

    The US debt? "Add one to it".

    • @jmholmes83
      @jmholmes83 9 лет назад +8

      And on, and on, and on, and on...

    • @dianaprince4011
      @dianaprince4011 8 лет назад +2

      MrPisster it will never ends...

    • @emilphoryew9436
      @emilphoryew9436 5 лет назад +2

      @@dianaprince4011 Eventually it will end. No empire lasts indefinitely.

    • @deadmansgulf911
      @deadmansgulf911 5 лет назад +1

      Might as well be as I dont think we will ever see it ever start going down.

  • @BennyMcGhee
    @BennyMcGhee 2 года назад

    Square One was a great show…and my god was there some loving going on with the cast members.

  • @missmoxie9188
    @missmoxie9188 2 года назад

    I’ve been looking for this for so long

  • @zackmorseii8216
    @zackmorseii8216 5 лет назад

    Been trying to think of this show forever! Childhood reloaded!!!

  • @CopiousDoinksLLC
    @CopiousDoinksLLC 24 дня назад

    I used to love watching this show even though I didn't understand anything that was happening. "Oh yeah, that kinda makes sense, awesome!"

  • @seeemwalk4203
    @seeemwalk4203 4 года назад

    I used to watch this show after school everyday. I loved Mathman!

  • @fatxthor2469
    @fatxthor2469 4 года назад

    I remember this episode. They must've had it repeat a lot. Took me back when i watched this ever day after school.

  • @varianschirmer9375
    @varianschirmer9375 3 года назад

    4:22 I loved the Mathman/ Mr. Glitch shorts.
    The instructions sure sound like the voice actor of Inspector Gadget (Don Adams).

  • @nickbell8353
    @nickbell8353 6 лет назад +2

    R.I.P. Reg E. Cathey

  • @craigfoye6674
    @craigfoye6674 3 года назад +1

    From the production company that brought you “Sesame Street”, “The Electric Company” and “3-2-1 Contact” comes “Square One TV”!!