Mathman Glitch True or False

[funshine97]

Glitch: "Ya ran outta time with all that preachin', Mathy!" (evil laugh)

Mathman: (stammering) "But I was right!"

Glitch: "So? Ya didn't say...'False'."

Mathman: (scared) "Gotta go!"

Gives me the shivers...

[Tuiamaa]

methman

[newzerokarolina]

actually, at 27, i can safely say i haven't used 90 percent of math i learned in school outside of school, or at ALL in my work. fail, mathman.

[Maupin001]

The real lesson here is: Right or wrong, when you're a dick, you're ALWAYS wrong.

[DJCandyManMike]

You need math to keep track of the time you're taking up preaching, Mathman. Too bad you had to learn the hard way.

[tnafan67]

glitch wins

[bloodneverdies]

what show was this on?

[tovara22]

@bloodneverdies Square One Television

[TelvanniGuard]

Play by the rules... get eaten by the rules. Heh heh..

[MGHSHour2a]

please add some true or false skits where mathman wins

[corjonbett]

@MGHSHour2a There was only one, and MM won, because the narrator couldn't think of any more questions.

Another humorous time, the Narrator didn't sound the "Ta daa" sound effect, and Glitch began to chase Mathman. Fortunately, it turned out he was only on the phone, and he came back in time to save Mathman.

One final funny: Once, during a chase, Glitch plummeted down that long corridor on the left, screaming in terror, before he came back on from the left. "Just kidding, folks!"

[TheCastellan]

I seen a lot of these, did Math Man ever NOT get eaten/killed by Glitch?

[supersaver87]

@TheCastellan

It's rare, but Mathman has won on occasion.

Here's one where he does: watch?v=jj8TR2pkzAg

[winxclublover]

Play by the rules, get eaten by the rules.

[Matthew6248]

@winxclublover

That's right!

[Arrakeen77]

"I NEVER USE MATH!" Love Mr Glitch! 

[dubs19842009]

There was another one like this where the statement was "If you can't figure out an answer right away, you should quit" Mathman went on a preaching tirade like he did here and ran out of time. During the chase, he said to Mr. Glitch. "You're going to eat me, right?" Glitch replied "Nope, I quit!"

[LoogyHead]

YOU ARE STUPID, YOU GOT EATEN BECAUSE YOU'RE STUPID!

AAAAARGH I HATE YOU.

Sorry, just watched "Remember MathMan?" on NG.

[Michaelbell2008]

the gane over theme was funny as hell tho

[Necrophiliac444]

tim allen???

[RedLightBulbs]

Man, this show was rad.

[RayRoark2009]

Play by the rulles get eaten by the rulles yo hu hu hu hu!

Stupid blue looking purpleish tornado looking crap.

[jlthrift]

;) You talk, you get eaten by Rich Rod.

[clintonearlwalker]

I'm almost 50 and I hate Mr. Glitch.

[kvega2016]

omgsh where has my childhood gone ????

[mommieschildren]

Do you have a SWAG CODE FOR US?

[InsaneInfernape006]

ever notice then Mathman went up to the second "?" it sounded like Mr. Glitch was prepared for the moment? He snarled "Heh-heh, nice!" I guess the voice was right to call him surruptitious.

[BenJabituya]

Tell me if this is True or false: You need math only in jobs where you handle money, such as being a banker. How about being a scuba diver, or a choreographer, or a jet pilot, maybe a film actor. I wonder if you use math in all of those said jobs.

[Spirals95]

Glad to be back for another season!

[redse7en]

D: OMG BUT HE WAS RIGHT

This show scared me as a child for some reason.

[Seanime]

@redse7en Me too!! LOL but I still liked it!

[InsaneInfernape006]

Play by the rules, get eaten by the rules! (evil chuckle)

[VanillaLimeCoke]

That's what happens for trying to be the ultimate hero.

[KingSlifer]

Yuh ran outta time with all that preachin', Mathy! HA HAAAA!!!!!

(thunder crashes and lightning strikes)

[jonnyveliky]

Derk Niblick references for Mathman

"Use your noodle"

LAWLZ XD

[80stvfan09]

Is that Don Adams in the intro?

[playmates101]

@80stvfan09 I think that's Jim Thurman.

[n2kmaster]

I reallllly want the full shows. I loved this entire show

[playmates101]

@n2kmaster They could at least put DVD versions of this show! It's been over 20 years!

[junoxtc]

play the rules, you get eaten by the rules ... haha right on glitch!

[MVillani1985]

Notice that for once the adjective to describe Mr Glitch is somewhat complimentary.

[Freakpower10]

Wow, this seemed so much cooler when I was younger.  Now it seems weird and corny.

[uxbnkuribo]

hahahaha, i love how he loses because he takes the time to rant and rave

[hoopersghost]

True or false: It doesn't take a mathematician to rate this clip five stars. *chomps the F, gets creamed*

[tovara22]

@hoopersghost OF COURSE IT'S FALSE... I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D THINK IT'S TRUE, WHAT ABOUT MATH, WHAT ABOUT MATHMAN? WHAT ABOUT MATHNET? WHAT ABOUT PBS (Mr.Glitch):Up To seven...

Buzzer

[jtomally9681]

I remember a skit where I forgot what Mathman was suppose to eat and when Big Mr. Glitch appeared he ate Mathman for nothing and it said GAME OVER. It should have said OUT OF ORDER. lol

[KingSlifer]

His mission was an impossible mission known as Decimals Greater Than 1.

[Ian16545]

I think the folks at CTW did this just to yank the viewers' chains (especially mine).

[playmates101]

I don't recall remembering that but I would like to see that!

[jtomally9681]

I remember seeing that one a few times on reruns and when that episode appeared.

[playmates101]

@jtomally9681 I don't recall seeing that but that was pretty funny! If you happen to have that mind uploading the sketch please?

[gutchman84]

in what season was the mathman intro music modified, and the timer increased from 3 seconds to 7 seconds?

[hoopersghost]

I think the 7-second timer was used only for the true-or-false editions of Mathman; not sure about the change in theme music though.

[KingSlifer]

Season 4.

[gutchman84]

would that be the 1990-91 season?

[KingSlifer]

I believe so.

[Dragosteanuma]

Dragostea Din Tei

[malsprower]

numa numa

[TVLubber]

The Mathman theme sounds different from others.

[BenJabituya]

"Play by the rules, get eaten by the rules" LOL!

[sisyphusorianus9787]

Oh, this is such a gem sparkling munificently from my childhood! I love you mathman!

[punymoron]

I remember Square One! Thanks for uploading this.

[z2905299]

Awesome! Good old mathman. Classic.

[playmates101]

Nostalgia like this NEVER gets old! I remember the Mathman sketches!

[TomReeseqazwsx]

That's just depressing.

[AnimationDiana]

You ran out of time with all that preaching, Mathy. Ha ha.

But I was right.

So, you didn't say, "False".

Gotta go!

[KingSlifer]

Mr. Glitch, you're in this business because you get a free meal...most of the time.

[xteampivotx]

Did he say " Eat your noodles!" ???

[playmates101]

no, he said "Use Your Noodle!"

[lovegeist]

OMG I miss square one soooo bad!

[jtomally9681]

I have never seen this one before. Thank you or this upload.

[TheGameGlitcher]

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[Myrsky7]

Haha, one of the first episodes I saw had Mathman winning.

I thought it was a regular occurrence, so when it failed to happen for a long long time, I wrote to Square One telling them to let Mathman win more often.

In my defense, I was about 8. :P

[automatt12]

Mathman sucks cause he's got a University of Michigan helmet. Should've gone to Penn.

[TB4000]

"Ya ran outta time doing all that preaching, Mathy!"

Haha, Glitch, you are a bad ass.

[mdrutled]

this is the stupidest fucking thing ive ever seen, whoever made this should be stabbed in the toe with a rusty fork

[jtomally9681]

mdrutled, you have no taste for educational classics.

[Iori400]

Ah Go watch those lame ass shows like Bill Nye you douche..

[theshirtninja]

I remember when I was little my brother and I would run to our Nintendo and pretend that we were actually playing.

[BenJabituya]

@theshirtninja I remember using my Sega Master System control stick and use button 1 to eat the lletter T and button 2 to eat the letter F.

[BriSchwa82]

Nice to be back for another season.

[Kreaden]

Also isn't there an episode where Mathman actually out runs Glitch

[Kreaden]

I've lost count of how many times Mathman gets eaten because he runs out of time

[blink182blink182love]

this is in revise wise

[jhillst]

This true/false format was where Square One TV jumped the shark, IMO. These questions have nothing to do with real math skills. I liked it better when Mathman had to make a decision based on actual knowledge of math.

[ebirnholz]

Does anybody know where I can find the video where Glitch grows really huge and swallows Mathman before he can even start?

[Countdown2Hangar18]

I didn't know mathman went to michigan. lol

[Musicjuicebox]

lol "nice to be back for another season" who did that voice, i can't remember, but i remember hearing it in lots of things when i was a kid

[jhillst]

Mr. Glitch's voice was done by Jim Thurman, who was Square One TV's main writer. Thuman did the voices of many characters on CTW shows, such as the "Teeny Little Super Guy" on Sesame Street and "Spray Man" on The Electric Company.

Sadly, he passed away in 2007.

[Musicjuicebox]

ya i realized that it was the same voice when i was a kid. but never new the name. thanks for the tip!! ya too bad he passed on.

[djtrixen]

Go Glitch! :)

[tsukasathetwinblade]

This is the only one (that I have seen anyway) where Glitch actually says something in the pre-game instructions that can be understood other than his usual growling or what ever he does.

[ValorUnlimited]

Sage advice from a tornado.

[amlein]

I would anxiety like no other when this skit was on. When mathman would run out of time and get chased, I would nearly pee my pants. kids are so dumb!

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

"mathman, mathman, mathman, mathman, mathman"

[1000huzzahs]

When I was in like 2nd grade, i was asked to draw a picture of my favorite TV show. I drew this b/c Square One was my favorite show!! I still have the drawing!

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

really? u drew the logo?

[sideslide23]

they use the "WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLION NEAR" question in this mathman cool

[19red80]

lol... I always wanted Glitch to win!!!

[hoontube]

Whats Mathman doing with a Michigan Wolverines helmet? Was Glitch a Notre Dame fan!

MATHMAN, MATHMAN, MATHMAN, MATHMAN, MATHMAN!!!

(loved square one TV back in the 80's)

[mets2128]

can't believe Mathman was so simple to distract

[BerryColor]

That was a horror movie to me when I was a child x(

[Dogar230]

Heh, I wasn't scared of this when I was a kid, but I did get very emotionally involved in Mathman's fate. Run Mathman! RUN!!!!

[GreenPhoenix91]

The intro reminds me of the super fighting robot song from mega man.

[Batdouche]

Good lord.. I'd somehow forgotten this. I'm pretty sure I saw this in elementary school in the late 80s/early 90s. Mr. Glitch used to creep me right the fuck out :X

[Psychology]

A kid's show where the good guy loses? Only in the 80's.

[dmuth]

"Play by the rules, get eaten by the rules."

Wow, Glitch is a dick!

[dynamiteattraction4]

I wonder what Glitch's scrotum looks like.

[Thundercross]

He doesn't have one.  He's a tornado with a mouth and eyes.

[biglalways]

I'm learning just by sitting here watching this. LOL

[KidsTVIntros2008]

Here's one challenge:

Mathman, Your mission is to decide whether the forthcoming statements about "The Huggabug Club" are true or false...You have until the count of 8 to make your decision but beware of glitch, he will eat you if you are wrong.

[doubtfuldjs]

I didn't get any of that!? am i stupid? I used to watch this at school.

[em0andl33t]

Haha take that, math crap

[bonnevillessei]

booooooooo

[678BUMPERLOVER]

omg i remeber mathman on square one i was not scared of the tornado guy but pissed off at it for eating math man

[ncfarjo]

It makes me feel so much better to see that other people were terrified by this as kids. That tornado dude is so freaky! The voice! The eyes!

[Mikiyikiy]

what the hell is this O_o

[PamelaSvensson]

scary shit :S

[Crispin176]

i remember this, he only won once and always got killed by gith

[DCism]

That's true. You can't win EVERY time.

[KimNek]

Nope - he won several times.

[Questtechie]

glitch deserved to win more...

[JackDigital]

surreptitious

[AisuSeijin]

This show used to scare the everloving shit out of me when I was a child. I'd crindge in everytime this came on... But for some reason I'd still watch it.

[orion1052003]

This used to remind me of Munchman, a video game we played at the time on a TI99/4A. (Texas Instruments Computer) I had forgotten about Mathman until I saw this....but not Mathnet. Bloodhound Gang was cool, too. Think that was 3-2-1 Contact.

[jhillst]

Are you sure it wasn't called "Word Munchers"?

[MakBot]

Nah, I had the same Texas Instruments computer, the game was Munchman and it was fucking hard if I remember correctly.

I also had Hunt the Wumpus for it and it scared the shit out of me.

[nic0dem8D]

... wtf so scary

[astralgravy]

mr. glitch used to scare the holy hell out of me as a kid.

[AisuSeijin]

Same here, the whole thing used to creep me out.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

oh please these were hilarious!

[gusbaker4u]

I always hated it when Mathman was destroyed...I loved the few times he actually cleared the board!

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

if the 1st 1 was false, then the 2nd 1 would have to be false also, because needless to say your job is different from school. Lol

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

these r hilarious

[Kphoria]

I remember this shows as a kid. But I was (and still am) terrible at math. This was about the only thing worth watching. Bit a vorish theme to it.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

mm: how about planning a meal?

mr. g:yeah

mm:or sewing a dress?

mr g.:yeah

mm:or estimating how long it'll take you to get home?

mr. g: yeah

mm:or counting

mr g.:up to 7? LOLOL!

[rabapab23]

Holy shit! This was the only thing I loved about Square One! Thank u!

[Kakerot4141]

I used to watch Square One TV all the time as a kid, but for some reason, when it got to the Mathman segments, id always run out of the room afraid.

[RadAlly]

yeah I was scared of the tornado thing.

[Vook]

I spent my elementary-school years in Ann Arbor, home of the Michigan Wolverines. So naturally I watched this every day as a kid!

[DragonLord1975]

How ironic, consindering Mathman's helmet is an official Wolverines helmet.

[MGHSHour2]

is there any wins of this?

[galyndean]

Yes, there are wins.

[DragonLord1975]

2 wins, 2 losses and 1 where Glitch messes up and becomes Mathdog-chow.

[shotokenmaster]

you ran out of time with all that preachin mathy haha!!!

lol

[DragonLord1975]

Ever notice everything in Square One TV has things to do with the University of Michigan?

For example: Mathman's helmet is the official Wolverines helmet.

[MarkFairfield25]

Heck yeah it is, GO BLUE!

[DragonLord1975]

I'd take it you're either from University of Michigan or a big fan of the Wolverines.

[srah]

There was also a sketch where they estimated how many ping pong balls it would take to fill Michigan Stadium, and in Mathnet there was some baddie who had gone to Michigan Agricultural College, I think.

[galyndean]

*snickers* Michigan Agricultural College is Michigan State.

[masterockets]

lol math man may know a lot about math but not so much about time!

[Enchurito]

So awesome.

[narfy]

Awesome. I used to watch this on PBS too.. Square One was fantastic.. one of a VERY few educational shows I'd watch.. and a big part of that was I'd forget/not notice I was being educated because of all the fun.

[auburn4wins]

That was awesome! I loved Square One TV, and Mathman was one of my favorite sketches to see! I loved Mathman's robotic voice, and Glitch's mischeivious antics!

[MGPaneer]

Thank you so much for posting this!!

[hpa2005]

"Nice to be back for another season" "Ya ran out of time with that preaching mathy HAHA!"

[emilysong2000]

It's been, like, forever since I saw Mathman, and I loved these segments.

[carlitosbug]

Play by the rules, get eaten by the rules.

[MGHSHour2]

do you have iother mathman skitts (true or false) even one where he wins, etx.

[Tryco2]

they need to put this stuff back on tv ^__^

[alisonnicole84]

Wow. My goodness I forgot about mathman!! I haven't seen this in like 15 years but I LOVED this show. I think it actualy did teach me something abuot math. So much better than the crappy shows kids watch today. this & Archimedes were my favorite!

[tvnutboy]

"Nice to be Back for another Season!" Funny!

[pika62221]

God the 80's were so cool! I'm so glad I grew up in them!

[tvnutboy]

Mathman--though awesome--was better with the 3 second rule, just eat it and move on!

[snowdigital]

Incoming nostalgia bomb. Direct Hit.

Nice one Glitch.

[tankgirl73]

3-2-1 Contact was indeed awesome, but Mathman was on Square One TV.

[djtrixen]

hell yah... i love it when mr glitch wins...

[Kahran042]

Which is most of the time.

[travisaurisrex]

3-2-1 contact, is the answer, is the question... CONTACT! Hell yeah, that was my childhood!

[outlawrekka]

Remember the Bloodhound gang? That is some wicked ass shit!

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

it's "is the reason, that everything happens"

[decalservice]

Thats 3-2-1 Contact. LOL!

[ndingo]

dam great pun at the end

play by the rules get eatin by the rules LOL

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

i didn't get that

[uxbnkuribo]

glitch is so cool. "i never use math"

although i can't think of the last time i tried to estimate how long it would take me to get home

[vhuboe]

haha excellent