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Mr. 0. Bombastic, bloviating news-talk show host

The first Six, part of a comedy team.

Two. A mean chef who has been to space

St. Patrick, who drove almost all the snakes out of Ireland.

Comic No. Title
094 Laziness Scale
093 Dinosaurs
092 In CONTROL
091 Rise and Fall of One-World Government: Part 0001
090 We're Gonna Turn It On . . .
089 Trigonometry Jones and the Temple of Duran: Part 3
088 Generations X+1, X and X-1
Father's Day
087 Out of Ideas?
086 How Many Flags to Skip Summer School?
085 Nice Tan
084 Paddy & Addy
083 Mathematics and Religion
082 Trigonometry Jones and the Temple of Duran, Part II
081 The Price of Oil
080 The Comedy Team of the Beast
079 I Dreamed Last Night . . .
078 Indy Party
077 Midnight Movie
076 Trigonometry Jones and the Temple of Duran
075 Noah's Ark, Chapter 2
074 The 0'Factor, episode 6
073 Square
072 Pre-School Algebra
071 Reflection Over the X-Axis
Mother's Day
070 Mersenne
069 QWERTY Smileys
068 What's a Parabola?
067 Aim High!
066 Happy Numbers
065 Speed of Light vs. Speed of Sound
064 Track vs. Pump
063 Battleship
062 Definition: Natural Log
061 Information. Information. Information.
060 Noah's Ark
059 His House is in the Village, Though
058 The 0'Factor, episode 5
057 Six Quits
056 Prime Meats
055 The Special Calculator
054 Candidates for Change, Part II
053 The Card Table
052 The Alien's Table
051 Her Class vs. His Class
050 Old-Time Radio
049 Four-warned and Four-armed
048 The Last Snake in Ireland
047 How Some People Get Their Thrills
046 Forlorn
045 Arthur C. Clarke
044 How St. Patrick Drove the Snakes Out of Ireland
043 Happy Pi Day
042 Client No. 9
041 Indiana Jones and the Lost Compass: the Final Trailer
040 A Guy Walks into a Bar...
039 Mean Teacher
038 Calling Jenny
037 Happy Leap Day
036 The Cuteness Scale
035 Another Hallway Math Conference
034 The 0'Factor, episode 4
033 Ace in the Hole
032 Dinner Party, part 3
031 Happy Valentine's Day
030 Trigonometry Jones and the Lost Compass: the extended trailer
029 Coffee Club Card
028 Dinner Party, part 2
027 The Fourth Quarter
026 Why Math Teachers Hate English Majors
025 St. Lucy and the Writer's Strike
024 Dinner Party, part 1
023 The 0'Factor, episode 3
022 Sir Hillary
021 Trigonometry Jones and the Lost Compass
020 Candidates for Change
019 Definition: Polygon
018 Math Conventions
017 The Twelve Triangle Numbers of Christmas
016 Binary Christmas Tree Sort
015 0!=1, the alternate punchline
014 0!=1, No, really.
013 The Number Line of Politics
012 The 0'Factor, episode 2
011 Hallway Math Conferences, part 2
010 Hallway Math Conferences, part 1
009 The 0'Factor
008 Happy Thanksgiving
007 Top Ten Math-Related Weblogs
006 The Day After an Abbott & Costello Marathon
005 Happy Veterans Day
004 Transcendental Meditation
003 Happy Halloween (PEMDAS)
002 When Two Angles Meet
001 Co-medians
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Trigonometry Jones, explorer, adventurer, theoretical mathematician

The other Six, comedian, usually part of a team

Nine, Tennis player and booking agent. Yes, he has another name, but that would spoil a punchline that's coming. Oh, yeah, it's coming.

Ken Wayne, math teacher

Sherlock Pi, Private Investigator (P.I.)

Nillary, once she was someone, now, not so much.

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