Quack Math

For one thing, I learned that Chrysler was run by devil worshipers.

I hadn't seen this Donald Duck Math Magic film since an Indian Guide bonfire was rained out,  and we were herded into the council lodge to watch 16 mm movies.  I'm laughing here at the thought of the first film; a circa 1950's movie of the annual Dorchester County (MD) Muskrat skinning contest.- in  faded Technicolor.   Unlike this recent, very sanitized affair, our film was hair, teeth and blood flying all over what appeared to be somebody's garage.  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn't hold a candle to that demonstration.  The lodge hall, except for a few gasps and some muffled crying, was stone silenct.  Then my  repressed laughter got the better of me, and I let out in  full howl. JFC, what the hell were the Lodge mugwumps thinking?   These kids were 7-8 years old! Jesus it was funny. Next was the Donald Duck film. I was captivated by it, and have often wished I owned a copy.  There is a scene in the original where geometry is used to make difficult pool (not billiard) shots.  I've used that magic ever since.  There are more episodes here.  If you have school aged kids, and by that I mean any age, consider purchasing the video.  This film coalesced a lot of math principles into something tangible for me, and I need that to learn..  I'd have benefited  from it, even as late as college. Won a Nobel for science, prolly. Huck and Drinking Bear