They don't make cartoons like this anymore.

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  1. jake Vagabond

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    [video=youtube;oT_Bxgah9zc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_Bxgah9zc[/video]
    jake, Sep 28, 2010
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  2. Mince Never Dice, Always Mince!

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    They need to bring these back! So much knowledge...
    Mince, Sep 28, 2010
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    I just learned a shit-ton.
    czechrboard tassia, Sep 28, 2010
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  4. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    I fondly remember these, and I love that guy's voice. Anybody know his name? Sorta sounds like Orson Wells.
    MSP, Sep 28, 2010
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  5. Cr@cKpiPe tE@sEr noOb! Not Just Handsome

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    I always tried to use the part about billiards but it's easier in theory. :(
    Cr@cKpiPe tE@sEr noOb!, Sep 28, 2010
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  6. Torx Indigenous Nudist

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    something about that is hypnotizing and creepy.
    Torx, Sep 28, 2010
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  7. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    That was a golden moment in animation history! I give it five stars! :)
    Goofus Maximus, Sep 28, 2010
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  8. Torx Indigenous Nudist

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    on the topic of educational math shows/cartoons. are there even any math shows on tv these days?

    square 1 tv. grew up watching this, unfortunately i still grew up with limited math skills
    [video=youtube;LXp3AMgbG6k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXp3AMgbG6k[/video]

    [video=youtube;bgaCCxwUml8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgaCCxwUml8[/video]
    Torx, Sep 28, 2010
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    I would really watch stuff like that, even now. Makes all the cartoons on today look like garbage. I think its awesome that they targeted such advanced concepts to little kids. Way cool.
    ShadowWolf, Sep 28, 2010
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    Oh my GOD! Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land....I watched that like 20 times in school. I think about it any time I play pool. Unfortunately, although I absorbed the theory of what to do I'm still never able to execute it. I'm not very good at pool :(
    Lynzee, Sep 28, 2010
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  11. -=Lurker=- Everyday I'm Shufflin'

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    I remember those. Also, the narrator is Paul Frees. You know, the Haunted Mansion guy.

    [video=youtube;LlR9YeewwJw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlR9YeewwJw[/video]
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  12. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    Thanks Lurker, I love that guy.
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  13. mistawiskas kik n a and takin names

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    Those really were the days. One has to remember, we didn't have all the media choices competing for ad dollars that is prevailent today. That, and the need to educate our young people was paramount and concidered national security. WTF happened?
    mistawiskas, Sep 28, 2010
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  14. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    I think the great slide started when the slide rule was replaced with the electronic calculator! Actually, I think Robert Heinlein documented the slide in edumacation, which started, ironically enough, with requirement for an edumacation degree, obtained by catering to the unfounded opinions of the edumacation professors.

    Thanks grouchy conservative pundits, for posting the essay in question... :D
    Goofus Maximus, Sep 28, 2010
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  15. mistawiskas kik n a and takin names

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    I do not normally read books, but that one is on my list for this winter.
    lol:
    mistawiskas, Sep 28, 2010
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  16. msgwtco Divides by Zero

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    I remember watching Donald in Mathmagic land as a kid. I may still have the VHS tape around somewhere.
    msgwtco, Oct 1, 2010
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  19. -=Lurker=- Everyday I'm Shufflin'

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    awesome stuff monkey shark.
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  20. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    I saw a movie the other night called Burn, Witch, Burn! in which Paul Frees had a great narration at the beginning. He spoke magical incantations to protect the movie goers from the evil spells contained in the film! I love that kinda shtick...

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    MSP, Feb 21, 2011
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