I’m 40 now and this song pops into my head at random times and it’s been like this for the last 30 some years. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen 😂
Well to tell you the truth, the who show was epic. Not many shows specifically focused on math like this and I learned a lot when it came to having geometry and trig in high school.
Yes I agree, you would gave had to have been there to understand it. People really dressed like this, it was New Wave which would then be borrowed by the hairbands wore wore glitter and facepaint as well. This truly is epic!
In 1999, my high school geometry teacher showed this to my class. It caused an almost unprecedented uproar...students demanding he pause the video during the particularly orgasmic faces so we could all scream laugh. Outbursts during the particularly cheesy lyrics. We listened to a lot of Korn and Ice Cube back then...hadn’t yet fully discovered the many wonders of 80s new wave synth pop. Regardless, those were the good ole days...
Larry, if this is really you, thank you for all of your excellent work with square one. This was such a wonderful part of my childhood. You really made these songs great
This might be my favorite SQ1 song. When we were kids my brothers and I made a tape of our favorite SQ1 songs and every time we listened to it I couldn't get enough of this song. Now if only they'd RELEASE THE SHOW ON DVD!
Larry Cedar is made of awesome. This was the best video, from the hands-down best kids show of the 1980s. And for all of those that are disturbed by this, I can kind of understand. When I was little, it used to scare me too...but now I recognize it for the genius that it is.
I finally remember who his appearance in this video reminds me of. Different actor, but in the seventh episode of _Adam-12_ Reed and Malloy answer a disturbing-the-peace call and find a New Age-y "Temple of Peace and Love" on the verge of a schism over meditation styles. One of the parties involved resembles Cedar in this vid.
Totally. Larry Cedar is awesome with his facial expressions in this one. Makes me wonder if they talked about how he should do them or if he just came up with them on his own. Its perfection.
Nevermind what Larry was on. What about Reg E Cathy's singing voice? It's so deep it's like a bottomless pit! Larry stops and stares every time Reg E has a line in the song.
I Loved this music video from Square one tv!!!! takes me back to the 80's. love the beat!!!! and i am remembering the words too!! ANGLE DANCE!! ANGLE DANCE!!!
So glad you all love these great works in TV ... I'm the lighting designer of all the Square One televisions shows. Angle Dance is my favorite please visit cultureshocktv at youtube you'll see more. I am now producing TV and back then I did lighting design and this show was one of my favorites. Thank you all for your kind words ... there were very talented people on this show.
I couldn't stop laughing in my MATH class.. Even my teacher (Mr.Olson) kept laughing because of the lead singer... We had to stop the video to go to the bathroom, it was that funny
I used to watch this and 321 Contact every school day after returning home.I loved it when Square One would come on Sunday evening at 5 on PBS.Larry Cedar also played the Creature on the Wing of the Plane in the Twilight Zone movie.
I remember this SO well, even though I saw it when I was 7 years old. Not only is it a great way to teach math, but it does SUCH a good job at replicating an 80's pop song. XD
Oh God, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this show!! This might have been my favorite song from it, but I loved so many that it's hard to pick. Thank God for RU-vid.
havent seen this in over 20 years... still remember half of it. Used to love Mathnet too.... and Mathman. This young generation totally missed out, lol.
This, "9, 9, 9" and "Ghost of a Chance" were always my favorites. But especially this one. Very Devo. I have that exact bass sound on one of my old Yamahas and I've used it in some of my songs. Larry Cedar (the singer) was in a commercial recently. I think he was playing a priest.
I watched this as a kid, and the moment the video started it all came rushing back. Such a great show. But not only does this video take me back, it's fun looking at comments that date back nearly two decades. This video was one of the first videos uploaded to RU-vid and I love that it's still up.
Co-written by Christopher Cerf. He's known for his Sesame Street and Between the Lions work, but he also did great songs for Square One such as this one, "Less Than Zero", and "You Can Count On It".
Square One was SO fantastic. I loved it when it first came out, and I love it more since now I can see how well they parodied the popular styles at the time. (Or just grabbed the originals in the case of the Fat Boys)
@MrSax84 The lead singer is Larry Cedar. He starred in Square One through out it's run and went on to a successful career as a character actor. He was recently on an episode of House.
