Square One TV: Triple Play

[@chuckiej]

@gohelio Yeah the only PBS show I can remember offering real prizes was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I was at least lucky enough to have been in the right grades in elementary school when this aired.

[@emilysong2000]

PBS Kids' game shows and game show parodies were so much fun!

[@BriSchwa82]

I think of it as a comibination of Wheel of Fortune and Blockbusters.

[@piqueen314]

you get the big prize a f-cking sweater to keep you warm when your not going outside because math people don't see the f-cking sun

[@Hinch2011]

They could have at least given them a $50 savings bond or something. Even at that time in the late 80s/early 90s, that was still a solid thing to get!

[@LtGiant]

I Loved Square One Television On PBS....

[@ringo8410]

I wish they'd release every season of Square One TV on DVD. I'd buy it.

[@OneWeirdDude]

It might be difficult. How much of it has survived?

[@megamanj2004X]

This show was one of the reasons why I got ecstatic about math back in the day!

[@gcuber]

I haven't seen this in ages. If anyone has any more Triple Plays, please post them!

[@decembear7]

Well, at the time I watched the show I would've liked a shirt or sweater. I really wanted a watch though.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

As kids, I suppose we didn't think that hard over what kind of budgetary issues these shows might have when it came to forking over dough for things like that (being a publicly funded production).

[@owenpeterson]

Actually, Larry had "Square One Challenge" and Arthur had "But Who's Counting?"

[@Vook]

I think later they changed it to a jacket over a sweater.

[@jsonitsac]

That kid had a 1 and a 10, he could have, or at least not lost.

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

and i think you're forgetting "the $500,000 trapezoid"

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

If anyone still has their shortwave radio!

[@aliciachea81]

Wheel of Fortune meets Blockbusters

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

I once heard that this one kid was so nervous he was clutching the triangle humps very tightly and he wound open breaking them because he was pressing so hard due to his nervousness that they broke. Heck man, I'd have probably wound up doing the same thing. Why clutch them? The heat from the neon lamps under the triangles actually feels good on the cold clammy hands.

[@djkeelo]

"I love the girl's expression when Cynthia tells her what she's won." THANKS FOR RUINING IT!!!

[@Yugi40]

Triple Play! Cool!! My favorite game show! I hope you can upload Piece of the pie!

[@chuckiej]

LOL. hey when the internet goes down, shortwave radios will still work

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That's true (unless those broadcasters don't keep shutting down their services like Radio Canada International had to do recently).

[@Marbles471]

Let's see...Cynthia had Triple Play, Larry had "But Who's Counting?", Chris had "Piece of the Pie" and later Beverly took it over. So that means Arthur, Reg and Louisa never had their own game shows, unless I'm forgetting about any. (It's been ages)

[@viddykiddy18]

No that's true, on the latter part I mean. Arthur did Close Call and was later joined by Louisa, whom was later joined by Reg.

[@Marbles471]

@@viddykiddy18 Huh. I remember a LOT of Square One but I have no memory of "Close Call". I'm sure I'd remember it as soon as I saw it, though. (Yes, here I am, 15 years later, lol.)

[@Marbles471]

I know there was an earlier version and then a later version of "But Who's Counting", and that they were completely different from each other. I'm rusty, but if I remember right, originally it was another game show that had real kids on it, but was later changed to just having the other cast members play guests. And I thought Larry was the original host of it, but like I said, I'm rusty. It's been ages. And I totally forgot about "Square One Challenge"!

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

Purple??? That looks like blue or at least indigo to me

[@AaronBruceLadner]

@IceManNJD Her Name is Cynthia Darlo.

[@johnnyballenatl]

And on Where in Time is Carman Sandiego? (like Where in the World?, a WGBH/WQED co-production), the grand prize was a computer package by Gateway (which folded in the mid-2000's).

[@Rlotpir1972]

There were a couple of plays that could cause a block.

[@Yugi40]

So what? It's a great prize!! Get over it!!

[@itstheit]

It's probably a collector's item, now, if it hasn't been worn. It'd have more resale value, now, as compared to, say, a Walkman.

[@Cyclonus84]

The kid should of blocked her at the end. He probably would of won.

[@dkoch2]

wow, talk about memories

[@xfireskax]

a square one sweater... haha. i remember this stuff!!

[@paulnguyen8910]

Taped at Television City Studios, Hollywood, CA.

[@NDW85]

Nope, this was actually taped in New York.

[@Marbles471]

I don't remember it, but I'm sure I would if I saw it again.

[@shadyparadox]

She wiped the smile right off her face as soon as she heard "sweater", didn't she?

[@OneWeirdDude]

Are kids supposed to have massive prizes for winning? It might make the other kids jealous.

[@nevmiles]

wow what brutal prizes . . . a sweater over a t-shirt?

[@OneWeirdDude]

Why not? She won two rounds and he won none; why make him feel bad?

[@amt253]

Are there any games like this on kids' shows anymore? Didn't think so. Why not? Are they afraid the kids might learn something AND enjoy themselves?

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

i love this!

[@PJade]

LOL... I remember this sketch. XD;;

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

oy, ryan shoulda used the 5x10 for 50 @ 3:15 not only would he have been 2 thirds of the way to a triangle he would've been able to block liz.

[@cma6math]

I agree with you completely.

[@Marbles471]

It was Cynthia.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I suppose you can make that argument here.

[@gazzawhite]

Ryan should have done 7+3=10 as a defensive play.

[@NDW85]

Well, think of them as just souveniers from the show. It's better than nothing in my opinion.

[@wschmrdr]

50 bucks with a CD player circa 1988?!?!?! Not only were CD players that size not around yet, but they were still VERY expensive.

[@Surreal469]

it really is. Even for PBS A SWEATER?!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Yeah I suppose that is a little less appealing, though someone for another game show segment on this show commented on whether anyone still has those tees left in their collections. Probably isn't worth much unless you were the super uber fan of this show.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

It's really sad when people immediately gravitate to the next latest thing and ignore a part of the world that does not have the same access to this technology as the rest.

[@weedipikia]

@amt253 Yeah, they need stuff like this again. Beats the hell out of Dora the Explorer. Slightly different demographic, I know. Dora is the flagship show of an entire era of non-outstanding children's television though. Helena Rubinstein would be angry.

[@nevmiles]

Oh, that's much better :-)

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

she got lucky with that

[@mcog2006]

I always liked this show, unfortuneately, I never learned anything from it. I sure wish I did. I also wish shows were made like this today.

[@jemerson722]

If, say you spun a 2 and a 12, and 14 and 24 were both occupied, you lost your turn.

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

i hope that kid didn't sell her sweater, she would almost definitely get AT LEAST several hundred dollars for it now if she sold it on ebay.

[@Ian16545]

Ryan, you chicken!

[@chopstick85]

oh my god, the girl's accent is a f'in caricature!

[@jakey095]

Wow, a sweater. I bet she got teased at school for wearing a Square one Sweater.

[@NightSkyJeff]

Fawteen.

[@beaverpitt]

at 2:02 she has my accent, HA HA HA

[@JazzDuque3490]

4:39 Na Cut Sa Video

[@fjccommish]

A square one sweater...they shouldn't have tempted the kids so much to cheat.

[@OneWeirdDude]

Cheat how? Is that possible?

[@fjccommish]

@@OneWeirdDude I have no idea what the comment even meant.

[@gohelio]

wait -- the BIG prize is a sweater??? and the runner-up gets a t-shirt??? great game show - used to love square one, but come on, a sweater???

[@OneWeirdDude]

Sure, they're kids.

[@NDW85]

I'm curious. Which season of Square one is this from?

[@donmccullen1973]

Season Two.

[@majors77]

I'd rather have the tshirt.

[@OneWeirdDude]

Maybe they should have offered both for winning and just the tshirt for losing?

[@troutofdoom]

lol a sweater

[@OuttaNowhere81]

that announcer sounds like she's talking to 2 year olds

[@NickSaucesome]

man, tv used to be intelligent, wth happened

[@OneWeirdDude]

common core

[@mrfloxin]

What a cheap show! A t- shirt and a sweater that has the Square One TV Logo that you win at all! Square One TV should have better prices than a t-shirt and a sweater for sure! I'm just letting you know about it right here on KZbin channel for sure!

[@motothemax]

seriously! thats all they could giver her was a stupid sweater!?! what a rip off

[@nevmiles]

wow that girl has terrible hair . . . even for the 80's :-)

[@stevenscottoddballz]

Ah. That makes sense. That situation would stink, but it makes sense.

[@stevenscottoddballz]

What happened when two numbers came up, but neither the product nor the sum was available on the board?

[@jhillst]

A buzzer would sound, and the player would lose their turn. It happens here at 11:12: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWO7h36biduDpKc