This was seriously awesome! Not only a great restoration job, but a highly educational and entertaining little film as well! Loved it! Thank you, Fran. ❤❤❤
My, my Fran. This is just lovely. Thank you for your effort restoring it to show it! If only it played in my country as a 1960s school kid, i'd have likely understood fractions way sooner that the complicated fog & confusion my school teacher provided under then State Syllabus....
Sometimes understanding is tricky, things may look better explained and they could truly be, but only when we already understand the concept. Then there are definitely some statements that unlocks the understanding of something much better than others. Traditional ways of teaching anything were assumed to be well explained by their first creators. some were and some weren't.
That was so imaginative and creative. People clearly invested a lot of thought and effort into explaining a subject that trips up a lot of kids (like me), and weaving it into an entertaining story. The animation and narration are just quirky enough to be engaging.
nice x-fer & color correction Frannie-these type of cartoons made learning fun, interesting, & entertaining back in the day, kind of like Fractured Fairy Tales
I sure wish I had this film when I was a kid. Fractions were a very difficult thing for me growing up. When I became an engineer decimal places became my new friend.
Arbitrary integers are weird. Especially when there is no year called zero. Year one has taken its place. Even the negative integer years can’t have year zero. It’s a conundrum. A number line with no zero. Think about it.
I really struggled getting my head around fractions, especially adding and multiplying them. I would always turn them into decimals and work with that. I found it easy to add 0.25 and 0.33! 😄
If it was produced for the UK it is strange that it refers to the fraction 5/4 as 'Five Fourths'. Here in the UK we NEVER say Fourths, we only ever say 'Quarters'
I don't remember seeing this, when I was stuck in the age of rocks. Dejavou for the first minute or two. Strange feel to it - very much like a hand animated piece by Mike Jitlov, done while he was in college. The two pieces are clearly different after the first minutes.
This was great Fran! Do you happen to have a video showing the process of restoring these films? Would love to check it out! [EDIT]- for what it's worth, I did search, but didn't really seem to find anything specifically about your film restoration process.
Stuff like that makes my elementary school look medieval. I went to elementary school in the early 90s. A cassette player and an overhead projector was the extent of technology we had.
...with music reminding me of Looney Tunes so much :) Still real and all so rational, no negativity either! "If all evil is negative, then the root of all evil is imaginary."
this cartoon is basically the concept of Flatland, no concept of "up" "top" "bottom" ,or "above" meny adjectives and prep-ositions, words for direction and space, are un heard of with the sheep like beings that are members of "Flatland"
I went down Arab it hole on Wikipedia last week looking up the smallest perfect number. Look up perfect number 6. Example 1+2+3=6 1*2*3=6 4/3√6=? Follow. Every. Damn. Blue. Link.
Thanks Fran!
I love this so much, I'd love to watch the rest of this series.
Why don't we have stuff like this anymore? This will never stop being relevant!
Number Blocks is worth checking out!
@@billhuizer1906 thanks!
This was seriously awesome! Not only a great restoration job, but a highly educational and entertaining little film as well! Loved it! Thank you, Fran. ❤❤❤
This would’ve help me sooo much when I was a kid lol. I’m saving this in case my nephew has trouble comprehending fractions. Thank you!
Thank you Fran for a trip down memory lane.
Wow I liked this one and by the damage obvious on the leader you had your hands full with this restoration. Great job!
My, my Fran. This is just lovely. Thank you for your effort restoring it to show it! If only it played in my country as a 1960s school kid, i'd have likely understood fractions way sooner that the complicated fog & confusion my school teacher provided under then State Syllabus....
Sometimes understanding is tricky, things may look better explained and they could truly be, but only when we already understand the concept. Then there are definitely some statements that unlocks the understanding of something much better than others. Traditional ways of teaching anything were assumed to be well explained by their first creators. some were and some weren't.
This is the most thrilling numerical drama I have ever seen! I NEED THE NEXT EPISODE
That was so imaginative and creative. People clearly invested a lot of thought and effort into explaining a subject that trips up a lot of kids (like me), and weaving it into an entertaining story. The animation and narration are just quirky enough to be engaging.
I remember seeing this in class, circa 1980. Yeah, it actually helped me understand fractions! Thanks for posting!
Nice little film! Reminds me of the book 'The Phantom Tollbooth', with the various number related themes.
There's a movie of that too!
@@moccalou I think I might have seen it, many many years ago 👍
@@moccalou "The Phantom Tollbooth" was directed by Chuck Jones.
nice x-fer & color correction Frannie-these type of cartoons made learning fun, interesting, & entertaining back in the day, kind of like Fractured Fairy Tales
Ooo!! I remember watching those School House Rock segments during Saturday morning cartoons in the 70s, up here in Ontario Canada.
Wow, I watched it when I was in elementary school - what a blast from the past! - Thanks!
That is a gem.
I sure wish I had this film when
I was a kid. Fractions were a very difficult thing for me growing up. When I became an engineer decimal places became my new friend.
Delightful and charming, and wonderfully restored. Great job, Fran.
That's some impressive color correction! I like the cartoon too, reminds me of The Phantom Tollbooth movie but more educational
Excellent narration.
I need to know what happens next!
Thanks for this awesome video! The amount of creativity back then is truly impressive.
simply awesome
Theatre pipe organ back ground music. I am impressed!
That was very creative and entertaining..
Yeesh, that print looks like it has seen better days
Ok, so why was 763 the sheriff?
Loved this -Fun with numbers !
Any more like that, Fran? Can’t wait to show my students.
I remember this! 😊
Love it! I was hoping sqrt(2) could be seen at the end there :)
I remember this from grade school. Saw it several times.
I’m a little scared right now.
As a kid, I always thought that the mayor got lucky that 2/3rds didn't team up with 1/3rd!
I was waiting for an explanation of why 1971 was a weird number.
Scientists have yet to figure it out. Technology has only come so far….maybe one day though🙏
Arbitrary integers are weird. Especially when there is no year called zero. Year one has taken its place. Even the negative integer years can’t have year zero.
It’s a conundrum. A number line with no zero. Think about it.
Me too...😢
Technically curious why the image jumps around sometimes? It's not just vertically. I guess there is some way to control the shutter for each frame...
It's called "gate weave"
Superb 😆
Bravo!
So, we see that 5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions!
I. Love. This.
I really struggled getting my head around fractions, especially adding and multiplying them. I would always turn them into decimals and work with that. I found it easy to add 0.25 and 0.33! 😄
I wonder if the initial part of that Xerox intro was done on an old Xerox computer? (competitor to the IBM)
If it was produced for the UK it is strange that it refers to the fraction 5/4 as 'Five Fourths'. Here in the UK we NEVER say Fourths, we only ever say 'Quarters'
Nice !!!
I really liked the script. I wonder what the reaction of the town would be to the set of imaginary numbers? 😀
Beautiful!
I don't remember seeing this, when I was stuck in the age of rocks. Dejavou for the first minute or two. Strange feel to it - very much like a hand animated piece by Mike Jitlov, done while he was in college. The two pieces are clearly different after the first minutes.
This was great Fran! Do you happen to have a video showing the process of restoring these films? Would love to check it out! [EDIT]- for what it's worth, I did search, but didn't really seem to find anything specifically about your film restoration process.
Stuff like that makes my elementary school look medieval. I went to elementary school in the early 90s. A cassette player and an overhead projector was the extent of technology we had.
...with music reminding me of Looney Tunes so much :)
Still real and all so rational, no negativity either!
"If all evil is negative, then the root of all evil is imaginary."
evil laughs in cubic roots
Gah. I’d forgotten about rational and irrational numbers. 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks for undoing that, said no one ever.
…and remember kids…Gambling is a tax on people who are bad at math!
Helps to have a savvy sheriff!
I thought the villain was going to be a decimal point, but ended up a fraction!
Reminds me of something from " The Electric Company"....
7 6 3 & 9 an inuindo or suggestion for the Tesla code, vortex math & toridle science?
And the "mole" (Avagotro number) would steal... how many things?
Kind of a Harry Nilsson The Point, or Yellow Submarine nowhere man vibe.
Hey, you've found a long-lost Numberphile video!
I hope part 2 comes
Thats great series
Great ! But more Grimm than Sesame Street, surely ?
Grimms fairytales for matheticians. 😂
I guess the negative numbers *put* things into the shops...
👍👍👍👍👍
This is honestly incredible. Never had one of these stupid kids stories actually have me interested
I was expecting a 7 8 9 joke
Great Film but these should be uploaded in 4:3 not 16:9
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One day e^iπ will show up and then there will be some 'splainin' to do
Wait till they meet the imaginary number
No, not the decimals!
this cartoon is basically the concept of Flatland, no concept of "up" "top" "bottom" ,or "above" meny adjectives and prep-ositions, words for direction and space, are un heard of with the sheep like beings that are members of "Flatland"
I went down Arab it hole on Wikipedia last week looking up the smallest perfect number. Look up perfect number 6. Example
1+2+3=6
1*2*3=6
4/3√6=?
Follow. Every. Damn. Blue. Link.