# Anyone remember this 70's PBS educational show?

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**Created:** [October 20, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-70s-pbs-educational-show/88532 "2001-10-20T01:19:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-70s-pbs-educational-show/88532/1 "2001-10-20T01:19:33Z")

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In the mid-late 70’s, there was an instructional show on PBS called “The Math Factory”. It featured “Muppet” type characters and taught basic math skills. I am interested in the theme song - a little ditty played on a synthesizer. I’ve tried to Google this and get nothing useful. I e-mailed PBS, but never got a reply (wasn’t really expecting one). Are there any sites dedicated to such stuff?

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**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-70s-pbs-educational-show/88532/2 "2001-10-20T01:23:10Z")

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Try [http://www.tvparty.com](http://www.tvparty.com). I know they do answer the occasional “whatever happened to…” email concerning old television shows.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-70s-pbs-educational-show/88532/3 "2001-10-20T10:39:22Z")

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Mississippi Educational Television has a show of the same name on its schedule. I don’t know if it’s really the same show.

[http://www.etv.state.ms.us/education/0001-sch/brd-sch0010.html](http://www.etv.state.ms.us/education/0001-sch/brd-sch0010.html)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-70s-pbs-educational-show/88532/4 "2001-10-20T16:37:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bibliophage \*  
> \*\*Mississippi Educational Television has a show of the same name on its schedule. I don’t know if it’s really the same show.
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I saw that. I don’t know anyone in Mississippi who could check. It seems unlikely considering the age of the show.  
\*\*Torgo, \*\* I went to that site an e-mailed the webmaster, hopefully I’ll get an answer.