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00:12C.T.W. presents Square One TV, show number 174, produced at Unitel Video in New York.
00:33C.T.W. presents Square One TV, show number 174, produced at Unitel Video in New York.
01:00C.T.W. presents Square One TV, show number 184, produced at Unitel Video in New York.
01:18Hello, I'm Tina Toronado, reporting to you from polite Idaho, deep in the heart of agreeable
01:25county i'm on the manners farm cooperative a farm jointly owned by three of the nicest farmers on
01:32earth or so their neighbors claim you know he's a nice guy fine now the three of you seem mannerly
01:41enough but what about when you're working she's sweet she's so cute she's a little cute okay okay
01:47we're going to settle this stuff once and for all now how about you solving a little problem that
01:53come up anytime i see you've just finished milking the cows i see 21 buckets seven full
02:03of milk seven half full seven empty now if all three of you are so nice why don't you figure
02:09out a way so that each of you carries the same burden same number of pails same amount of milk
02:24well that's what i think we have black and be so bold you can be so bold we have seven
02:32full
02:32buckets and we have seven half full buckets and seven empty buckets oh that's right you're very
02:37smart what i think we're supposed to do is each carry the same burden that's right that's milk and
02:42buckets that's true you think we can do it i think it'll be a nice little thing
02:55oh boy is this tough we haven't done it yet and it's all my fault oh no no it's not
03:00my fault
03:02but i think i think we can do this logically step by step well you know he's right how nice
03:07let's do
03:07that now we must each have an equal number of buckets and an equal amount of milk so let's start
03:14with the full bucket that's a nice idea we'll each take two let's do that here's one here's a nice
03:19bucket for you thank you very much here's another one well thank you here's another nice bucket for
03:22you if you like here's another nice bucket here's a nice full bucket well thanks another nice full bucket
03:27yes that's so nice i'll take these nice two full buckets look how nice that look and i'll take this
03:33one
03:33left over oh that's nice very nice now we have two two and three if i might interject yes we're
03:40all
03:40supposed to have equal amounts of milk i believe but you have three full buckets and we've each got
03:45only two full buckets but i have a resolution for that why don't you and i each take two half
03:50full
03:51buckets of milk wouldn't that be nice nice let's do that here you go i'll take two and you take
03:55two
03:56that's very nice isn't that nice look at that that is so nice equal amounts of milk now that leaves
04:01three half full buckets of milk i suggest that we each take one that's a wonderful idea that's a
04:06great idea thank you so much isn't that nice of him that's so nice thank you here's a nice one
04:10which gives us a total of three and one half buckets of milk each oh um uh this is very
04:17nice and
04:18i hate to interject here but i think i must i have four buckets and each of you fellows has
04:22five the same
04:23amount of milk but different number of buckets but isn't it nice that we have seven empty buckets
04:29in which we can try to even it all out on both sides that is nice i have an even
04:34nicer suggestion
04:35why don't we each take two of those nice empty buckets that's so nice let's do that
04:39oh you go two two nice empty buckets oh thank you thank you so much so nice and i'll put
04:45my phone right
04:45there's two nice empty buckets why that look oh oh why that leaves guy one bucket short as compared to
04:52you and i but look there's one bucket left over why don't we give guy this bucket that'll give us
04:57the same total number of buckets as well as the same total amount of milk this is tina tornado reporting
05:02from the nicest farm on earth by the way there is another way to solve this problem oh maybe you
05:11folks at home can figure it out that's nice
05:19arthur yes louisa what would you say if nine elephants are eating pizza and one lonely one is
05:27eating locale cottage cheese well i would say that nine out of ten elephants eat pizza
05:33um that's heavy well elephants usually are parallel
05:42parallel not parallel perpendicular still perpendicular
06:09two right angles back to back 180 degrees cut in half in the country or in town
06:20you can find them all around window frames and your front door the living room wall to the living room
06:31floor
06:32the tall building at the end of the block but the leaning tower of pizza is not
06:40you better listen to the word on the street when two lines meet and make a capital t
06:47it's easy to see those perpendicular lines
06:55without these lines what would we have we wouldn't have poles to raise our flags without goal posts
07:04football is drag we'd only have stripes never plan books on a bookshelf tic-tac-toes the cross beams of
07:16a
07:16telephone pole a chain-link fence with its design corners floor tiles and street signs
07:25on hopscotch boards those lines are there at each corner all the squares mortar lines of a brick wall
07:36that disappear if the wall falls you better listen to the word on the street when two lines meet and
07:46make a capital t
07:47it's easy to see it's easy to see those perpendicular lines perpendicular lines
08:01okay how do you make soup gold put 24 carrots in it wait a minute
08:07is that a veggie joke oh it's a reggie joke i can't believe it chris chris chris what what what
08:18what has one head one foot and four legs uh it's either a bed or a horse after a very
08:25bad accident
08:32freddy freddy freddy i am a true new york barber why i'd rather cut the hair of six new yorkers
08:40than one guy from philly why is that what do you have against philly nothing i just get six times
08:46as
08:55much
08:56attention okay we're ready to get in the boat and row over to picnic island problem is we can't all
09:05fit
09:06in the boat i can take only one of you at a time now who will volunteer to stay
09:15oh isn't that sweet you harold have volunteered to wait and so have you mehidabelle now if you both
09:28stay i'll take the bird kibble over first and come back for the next one of you but
09:35more likely i'll come back and find a fat cat and a dead bird
09:44what if i take you first mehidabelle
09:52oh you're right if i leave them here together harold will pig out on all the bird seed and
09:59probably sink the boat oh let's see if cats eat birds oh wait oh get in the boat harold come
10:09on we
10:10don't have all day
10:14don't eat the bird food while we're gone mehidabelle
10:23well harold here we are on beautiful picnic island i'll leave you here and go back and get mehidabelle
10:37oh now that's a good point if i leave the cat here with you it's bye bye birdie
10:45i got it be right back come on mehidabelle it's picnic island time is alice on the right track
11:01or will mehidabelle eat harold will harold eat the bird seed or will something else happen stay tuned
11:12mr john meshida will recite peter piper mr meshida peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers did
11:22peter piper pick if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where's the peck of pickled peppers
11:27peter piper picked mr meshida recited peter piper at a rate of 210 words per minute can he do it
11:37even
11:37faster peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers a peck of pickled peppers did peter piper pick if
11:41peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where's the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked
11:46that time mr meshida recited peter piper at a rate of 350 words per minute
11:53he will try to be even faster peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked
12:01Mr. Meshita recited Peter Piper at a rate of 525 words per minute.
12:07Wow.
12:09When we last left our friends, the bird seat was on the dock,
12:13and Alice was rowing Mahitabel to Picnic Island, where Harold is waiting.
12:23Hey, not so fast!
12:25You, Harold! Come here!
12:28We're going to sea!
12:34Row, row, row!
12:36Your boat can't...
12:38Now it's the birdseed's turn.
12:43Come aboard, Kibble!
12:45And you, Harold, can take a catnap.
12:50Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but...
12:58Okay, now, back for the bird.
13:03Whoa, whoa, whoa!
13:06Your boat, gently down the stream!
13:12Oh, rats, it's raining.
13:15Back to civilization, guys!
13:20First the bird.
13:22Then, back for the cat.
13:24Drop the cat off, return with the bird.
13:27Leave the bird, but take the kibble back.
13:29Leave the kibble with the cat, and back for the bird.
13:33Doo-dah, doo-dah.
13:35Hey, guys!
13:36It stopped raining!
13:41If eight eggs cost 26 cents, how many eggs can you buy for a cent and a quarter?
13:46What kind of eggs?
13:47What difference does it make?
13:49All right, grade double A.
13:51Wow!
13:52What are you going to make with the eggs?
13:54Runny scrambled eggs.
13:59You know I don't like eggs.
14:01Who cares if you don't like eggs?
14:04Well, I'm allergic.
14:06Gee!
14:09All I want to know is this.
14:11If eight eggs cost 26 cents, how many eggs can you buy for a cent and a quarter?
14:17Eight eggs!
14:20Yeah, that's right.
14:21A cent and a quarter make 26 cents.
14:23We do that!
14:27Oh, I guess I got egg on my face, huh?
14:29Oh!
14:29Bye!
14:46The story you are about to see is a fib, but it's short.
14:50The names are made up, but the problems are real.
14:54It was 9.43 a.m., and a weather inversion blanketed the San Fernando Valley with a first-stage smog
14:59alert.
15:00Joggers were asked to run in place.
15:01We were working the day watch out of MathNet.
15:03My partner is under indictment.
15:05The boss is Thad Green.
15:06My name is Monday.
15:08I'm a mathematician.
15:11George, frankly, was charged with a crime which he did not commit.
15:14We needed evidence to prove his innocence and decided to look at a scene from yesterday's episode to see if
15:18we had missed anything.
15:20When you're solving a problem, look at all your facts.
15:22Then look at them again.
15:25We were trying to figure out who was framing my partner.
15:28George remembered two criminals he had caught and sent to prison.
15:30They might want to get back at him.
15:32Do you remember the case?
15:33Oh, sure.
15:34It was just before you joined the force, Kate.
15:36They tapped into a bank's computer system and changed their balance.
15:40What?
15:40I'll show you.
15:42One of the brothers, Irving Karamazov, would go to a branch bank and deposit $100.
15:56Then, Jake Karamazov, would get on his home computer and change the balance to $10,000.
16:10So, the bank records got changed and the account showed that instead of $100,000, they had $10,000.
16:17Right.
16:18Then, after a couple of days, they would withdraw $9,900.
16:26Now, the account showed that it still contained the original $100.
16:35Pretty ingenious, huh?
16:37But the brothers Karamazov had escaped from prison and all efforts to capture them had failed.
16:41Now, George's hearing was about to begin.
16:43All rise.
16:51The 13th District Court is now in session.
16:53The Honorable Herman Hoffman, presiding.
17:07Be seated.
17:11This is it, partner.
17:13Good luck.
17:14The case of the state of California versus George Ernest.
17:19Frankly, does the prosecution have an opening statement?
17:23May it please the court, Your Honor.
17:25The prosecution wishes to waive its opening statement and call its first witness.
17:30Good.
17:31I don't like opening statements.
17:32Call the first witness.
17:33The state calls Orin Terwilliger.
17:47Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, Gosh?
17:50Uh-huh.
17:51I mean, sure thing.
17:53I mean, you can count on me.
17:55I mean...
17:55The witness will be seated.
18:09You are a bank teller, are you not?
18:11Yes.
18:19Another outburst like that mumbling, and I'll have the room cleared.
18:22And have you all under indictment for contempt of court and inciting a right.
18:26Now, knock it off!
18:30Boy, he is a tough judge.
18:32Stop the racket, frankly.
18:37Were you working in the bank on July 13th this year?
18:40Yes, I was, Your Worship.
18:42Will you tell the court exactly what happened on or about noon of that day?
18:47Yes, sir.
18:48I was doing my job, foreclosing, repossessing, disapproving loans,
18:54when suddenly a man approached my window and handed me a note.
18:58And what did the note say?
19:00It didn't say anything.
19:02I had to read it.
19:03Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
19:04A little, um, courtroom humor.
19:10Um, it said, give me your money.
19:14I'm paraphrasing.
19:16If it pleased the court, the state would like to offer in evidence a videotape recording
19:20showing exactly what happened on the day in question.
19:25Yes, that's okay with me.
19:27Mark that Exhibit A, and don't lose it this time.
19:38Is the man who gave you that note in this courtroom?
19:41And if so, would you please point him out?
19:44Yes, sir.
19:46He is right there.
19:48The one who looks like a real estate salesman.
19:53Thank you very much.
19:54No further questions?
19:57May I cross-examine?
20:21Mr. Terwilliger, what did you do before you were a bank teller?
20:28Mr. Terwilliger, I object on the grounds that the defense attorney is leading the witness.
20:33The question is irrelevant, immaterial, and I don't like his suspenders.
20:41Objection sustained.
20:49No further questions, Your Honor.
20:51You may step down.
20:53All next witness.
20:56The state calls Mrs. May Schwamm.
21:00Schwamm?
21:01Why didn't you ask any follow-up questions?
21:04All in good time.
21:05All in good time.
21:07Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help your gosh?
21:11Oh, I do.
21:16You say you were in the bank that fateful day, Mrs. Schwamm?
21:20Yes.
21:21The bank had just foreclosed on me, and I was a little upset having nowhere to live.
21:26I didn't know.
21:27Are you still living in this area?
21:29For the nonce.
21:30I may go to live with my sister in the Big Apple.
21:33You have a sister living in New York.
21:36No.
21:37She's living in an orchard in Apple Valley.
21:40Get on with it.
21:41Does she know the defendant?
21:43Yes, I do, Your Honor.
21:45He was in back of me at the bank, then I saw him later in the parking lot.
21:49What happened?
21:51Well, I was in the parking lot when all of a sudden, that man...
21:56Are you perchance referring to the defendant?
21:59Uh, the one in the sensible shoes.
22:02He comes running out, carrying two bags of money, throws them in his car, and splits.
22:08Did you get his license number?
22:10You mean, did I swipe his plates off the car?
22:13Oh, get on with it.
22:16Sorry.
22:17Little courtroom humor.
22:20Yes, I got the number.
22:23One, two, three, NSF.
22:26No further questions, Your Honor.
22:28Cross-examine?
22:32No, Your Honor, but I would like the privilege of recalling the witness at a future date.
22:36Denied, frankly.
22:37Do it now or never.
22:40No further questions, Your Honor.
22:44The state calls to witness Mr. Desmond Ratzeller.
22:48Ratzeller?
22:55The bank manager, he's going to say you were in the bank just like everyone else.
22:58But I wasn't.
22:59I know, I know.
23:00Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth will help you, gosh?
23:04I sure do, sir.
23:05State your name, please.
23:06Desmond Ratzeller.
23:08Please be seated.
23:12Hey, George.
23:13Good news.
23:14We could use a little of that.
23:16What is it, Debbie?
23:17Remember the pilot from Fishmonger Airlines?
23:19The one who could clear George?
23:20Yes.
23:21Yes.
23:22He's outside in the corridor waiting to testify.
23:25George, we're going to make it.
23:26Yes, sir.
23:28The defendant, George Frankly, he's sitting right there.
23:32Well, he came into the bank and gave Oren Terwilliger, our teller, a threatening note demanding money.
23:39Mr. Terwilliger gave him the money.
23:41It's bank policy in these situations.
23:44Mr. Frankly left with the money.
23:50Everybody step down.
23:56And so, Your Honor, yet another witness willing to testify to the fact that George Ernest Frankly was in and
24:05did rob the next-to-the-last national bank on the date in question.
24:10Yes, yes, yes, yes.
24:12Tell me this, Mr. District Attorney.
24:14Is there anyone in this entire courtroom who did not see George Ernest Frankly knock over the bank?
24:19The prosecution rests its case.
24:30The defense may call its first witness.
24:45Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Your Honor, spectators, honored guests, it's an easy trick
24:51for the prosecuting attorney to parade a bunch of witnesses through here, accusing the defendant of being a robber, a
24:58liar, and a fraud.
24:59It's easy for him.
25:00He's got proof.
25:02But what about me?
25:04I've got nothing.
25:07However, I do have one witness who can prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that I could not have
25:13been in Los Angeles on the day of the robbery.
25:15I call to the stand, the owner and chief pilot of Fishmonger Airlines, Mr. Wiley Munger.
25:27I'm so glad he's got such a chance.
25:46We've got him, Kate.
25:47I've never seen this man in my life, and he's never seen me.
25:51Knock him dead, partner.
25:58You are Wiley Munger, and you fly a shuttle air service through the great Northwoods.
26:05Is that not true?
26:06Would I lie?
26:08Enjoy your work?
26:09It has its ups and downs.
26:12An air service that has its ups and downs.
26:14That's a killer, ups and downs.
26:17Now tell me, Mr. Munger, were you operating your flying service last Friday?
26:23Yep, we fly every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
26:26How long does it take to fly between the mainland and Nomaneson Island?
26:31About a half an hour or so.
26:3230 minutes or so.
26:34And your first flight leaves the island at?
26:387.45 a.m.
26:46If the flight is half an hour long, it would arrive at the mainland at?
26:548.15.
26:55Right.
26:568.15.
26:58So it would be possible for you to fly a man from the island to the mainland on the day
27:04in question
27:05and get him there in time to drive three hours to Los Angeles.
27:13and plenty of time to rob the bank.
27:17No problem at all.
27:18Now, let me ask you this question, Mr. Munger.
27:23Have you ever seen me before?
27:29Not since last Friday when I flew you from the island to the mainland,
27:32saw you get in your car and drive to L.A.
27:34Why?
27:41Stop it!
27:45He's lying, Kate.
27:46I think so, too.
27:47Remember when I asked you about the weather on your trip?
27:49I need that information.
27:50Kate, that's not important now.
27:52I'm about to be convicted of something I didn't do.
27:54That's why it is important now.
28:22I'm about to be convicted of something I didn't do.
28:25The return trip would have taken about 45 minutes to an hour.
28:30George couldn't have robbed the bank, Your Honor.
28:32The pilot was lying.
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