Comments on: Nine, nine, nine...

Nine, nine, nine...

sanitycheck — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:11:17 -0800

From MathNet to that silly song about the number nine, Square One was one of my all-time favourite programs as a kid. It hasn't been released on video or DVD, but luckily there are plenty of fansites with video clips, pics, and other media to take you on a trip down mathematical memory lane.

By: sanitycheck

sanitycheck — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:14:29 -0800

A recent ask.me thread reminded me of this wonderful show, and I just had to share the fabulous cache of Square One web goodies I found as a result!

By: orange clock

orange clock — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:15:12 -0800

Square One +1.

By: pokeydonut

pokeydonut — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:19:43 -0800

Square two

By: sanitycheck

sanitycheck — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:23:57 -0800

Whoops. I did a search for "square one" and used "from day one." But apparently search is broken right now. Sorry.

By: pookzilla

pookzilla — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:26:59 -0800

I adored this show growing up. There was little I looked forward to more than the latest episode of Mathnet. Danke!

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:34:39 -0800

This is great. I have had the Nine song and the Roman Numerals song stuck in my head since about 1987-- now I canfinally hear them again. Thanks!

By: Sibrax

Sibrax — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:45:18 -0800

There is one video you can buy, but that's it. Growing up, when kids would ask me what my favorite TV show was, I would always answer Square One. ...I was not very popular.

By: iamck

iamck — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:57:30 -0800

Please do what these people say... /singing

By: p3t3

p3t3 — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:59:07 -0800

I used to get so pissed when Mathman would make those stupidass mistakes and get eaten by the tornado guy. He never learns. Mathnet was way cool though.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:00:12 -0800

That show was such genius. I was raised by public television. If only there was something like that for 3-2-1 contact or the Letter People.

By: 445supermag

445supermag — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:38:29 -0800

I was rather jolted by the replacement of the female lead on Mathnet. But even though Tuesday wasn't as good looking as Monday, I did appreciate her bigger breasts. Of course, I was 24 at the time (hey, I worked from 7:00 to 4:00, nothing else was on at 4:30, really). And I learned about the Fibonacci series.

By: salad spork

salad spork — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:47:44 -0800

I used to get so pissed when Mathman would make those stupidass mistakes and get eaten by the tornado guy. He never learns. except on fridays, when he'd make it through the first segment only to blow it on the second go-round. i remember yelling at mathman to get him to not eat the wrong number, but he never listened. i, at age 4, was telling him that 8 was not a square number. fucking football helmet guy never listened.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:31:19 -0800

I loved, loved, loved Square One. They need to put it out on DVD! Pleeeeeeease, please, please, anyone with connections, please make this happen. (Infinity, keep on building up, infinity, over and over again!) (

By: cmyk

cmyk — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:56:11 -0800

Mathman and the tornado guy scared me when I was little. I have no idea WHY, but I would dive behind the couch when those segments came on. Eurrrrghh.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:38:38 -0800

Oh. Em. Gee. Thank you for this! I loved Square One as a kid, I wasn't very popular either.

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:50:42 -0800

I've long hoped for a Mathnet movie. The day I saw George Frankley as non-speaking part in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer dream sequence... well, it was a bittersweet moment for me, knowing that that was the closest to Mathnet I was ever likely to get again.

By: allan

allan — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:51:51 -0800

Nine... Nine... that craaazy number nine! No matter what you do, it all comes back to nine! I have had that song in my head going on 17 years now...

By: vanadium

vanadium — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:58:19 -0800

Or the Archimedes "music video". Or any of their zany music videos, for that matter. I still remember that Fibonacci Sequence, 445supermag. It centered around a parrot belting out "1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5, Eureka!" I remember this show a little too well, I think.

By: Tufa

Tufa — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:31:18 -0800

cmyk: Mathman terrified me too. I recall there were some very loud, discomforting sound effects that sent me into the other room. And the anxiety of knowing the sad outcome in advance! I always dreaded that segment of the show, and suffered through it to get to Mathnet.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:41:13 -0800

Mathman! Mathman! Mathman! Mathman! Mathman! Mathman!

By: krunk

krunk — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:53:57 -0800

First you try the problem, then step back; take a-nother plan of attack!

By: euphorb

euphorb — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:26:37 -0800

Probability Dontcha mess with me As long as there's a ghost of a chance If I win or loose Still have to choose Help me make the best of my chance

By: r3tr0

r3tr0 — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:48:24 -0800

Holy flashbacks, Mathman! I am humming the theme song, and I haven't heard it in at least 10 years!

By: sonofsamiam

sonofsamiam — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:15:01 -0800

Ahhhh, MathNet! Where else could kids like me learn about coordinate triangulation!

By: GreatWesternDragon

GreatWesternDragon — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:34:54 -0800

Oh man... Kate Monday was a hottie. And her daughter's named Kate too. That was one of the few intelligently crafted kids shows I can remember.