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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes:
>On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:36:11 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>
>> The TV show "Cannon" aired late last night featured computers in it.
>> Someone was doing hacking and using cassette tapes with secret
>> encoding to access machines.  I think this episode dated from
>> 1972.
>>
>> Cannon learned about this from some kid who referred to the
>> computer room as the "fireworks room", with lots of flashing
>> lights and beeping noises.  By 1972, while most people were not
>> computer literate, a kid by then would certainly know what a
>> computer room was and not refer to be a stupid name.
>>
>> I think it was this episode:
>> Ep 33: Child of Fear
>> Paul Stubber taps the computer of the railroad company to be able to
>> rob cars with valuable goods. However, nothing can be proved against
>> him. Cannon finds Stubber's weak spot: The crook fights for the right
>> to keep his son.
>
>Ep 33? I doubt that any season had 33 episodes. Can you be more precise,
>naming the season too?
>

Season 2 Episode 9. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0535974/?ref_=ttep_ep9>

On 2018-03-30, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:

> Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:36:11 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>
>>> The TV show "Cannon" aired late last night featured computers in it.
>>> Someone was doing hacking and using cassette tapes with secret
>>> encoding to access machines.  I think this episode dated from
>>> 1972.
>>>
>>> Cannon learned about this from some kid who referred to the
>>> computer room as the "fireworks room", with lots of flashing
>>> lights and beeping noises.  By 1972, while most people were not
>>> computer literate, a kid by then would certainly know what a
>>> computer room was and not refer to be a stupid name.
>>>
>>> I think it was this episode:
>>> Ep 33: Child of Fear
>>> Paul Stubber taps the computer of the railroad company to be able to
>>> rob cars with valuable goods. However, nothing can be proved against
>>> him. Cannon finds Stubber's weak spot: The crook fights for the right
>>> to keep his son.
>>
>> Ep 33? I doubt that any season had 33 episodes. Can you be more precise,
>> naming the season too?
>
> Season 2 Episode 9. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0535974/?ref_=ttep_ep9>

Twenty-four episides per season might still have been done back then.
Mind you, if you go back around 1960, half-hour sitcoms would crank out
39 episodes per season.

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On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 1:21:09 PM UTC-4, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> >> Ep 33? I doubt that any season had 33 episodes. Can you be more precise,
> >> naming the season too?
> >
> > Season 2 Episode 9. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0535974/?ref_=ttep_ep9>
> 
> Twenty-four episides per season might still have been done back then.
> Mind you, if you go back around 1960, half-hour sitcoms would crank out
> 39 episodes per season.

The reference was copied from the MeTV website.  It appears the
"33" referred to its sequential number from the series start, not
the season/episode.