Does anyone remember a kids show on PBS called Square 1? It was a skit-based show like Saturday Night Live but it's focus was on teaching math. Also, about half of every episode was devoted to a series called Mathnet, (yes, a math show based on Dragnet :) wherein every hour long Mathnet episode elapsed during a week of square one programming (which was scheduled every weekday).
I loved the show, and found the micro-series approach highly effective. Both shows were absolutely saturated with camp and corny jokes, but I could tolerate that easily.
Season one of Square one was the best, with the best, most original and most prolific skits and writing. After that many seasons were saturated with bad game shows and had fewer original skits; especially fewer one-shot skits. They did come up with some really good episodic skits late in the game however such as "Nobody's Inn", which was such a good parody of the britcom "Faulty Towers" as to be nearly interchangeable :)
I also remember the names of all of the actors in the show, for real, off the top of my head. And as far as imdb or I can discern, none of them have had a career since the show aired. So, yes, they should bring back the show, as one more step in BRINGING BACK THE EIGHTIES! w000t
Yes, I do remember that show. That show kicked ass! I remember wathcing it daily and every time something was wrong in Jr. High, I'd always look at it like the guys on Mathnet.
Posted by: Jake at May 24, 2004 03:23 PMJames Earl Jones played the police chief in Mathnet season one :) That and they tore apart the hollywood sign
Posted by: Jesse Thompson at May 24, 2004 10:58 PMJust for the record, so far I've blogged about a total of two things that have tore apart the hollywood sign. :]
Posted by: Jesse Thompson at June 4, 2004 11:36 PM