Episode list

The hosts make a meal on a $7 budget. Segments on ballpark food prices, and whether circle or square pizza is the best deal.

The hosts don't have enough money to make the episode and Ken suggests using flashbacks to save money. Streeters: What do you do with your pennies? Jonathan investigates why they haven't done away with the penny yet even though it costs more to make than it is worth. Street Test: Comparing Microwave popcorn to stovetop and air popped popcorn. How to make your own tie-dyed t-shirts. Loose Change: The Royal Canadian Mint's pure gold coin. What's Your Beef? The Popsicle Pete stick contest ran out of prizes before the contest was over. The hosts encourage viewers to write to the company and think Popsicle Pete is fit for the pit. World Watch: The Imagination Market is an arts organization that collects scrap materials. They teach classes to teachers and students on using reclaimed materials for crafts and art projects in their classrooms. Then and Now: A look at old and new hairdryers. Street Census: What do you do in your spare time?

The hosts have lost their rent money and suspect it has been stolen. Ken makes them all wear fib detectors so they can't lie to each other. Streeters: What's a fair punishment for stealing? Then and Now: in 1750 you could be hanged for stealing, now you likely will serve community service. Kevin investigates the crime of shoplifting which costs retailers in Canada approximately 2 million dollars a day. Jonathan describes some out of date and seemingly ridiculous laws still on the books. What's Your Beef? Teens across Canada have complained about clerks not taking them seriously in stores. Often clerks will help adults first or assume that young people are going to shoplift. Undercover teen shoppers test store clerks in different cities. Fit for the Pit: Quicksilver the magical mystery maze contains mercury and breaks easily. Mercury is a poison and not suitable for a child's toy. Court Salaries: How much do the various people who work in the court system make per year? How do Lie Detector Polygraph tests work? Three friends try it out. Streeters: What's the worst thing you ever did and got away with? World Watch: Protesting for a good cause. Some people are willing to go to jail in order to save precious land. Viewer Letter: A viewer writes in to ask why the pet episode failed to mention the humane society as a place to get a great pet.

The theme of this week's episode is Space. The hosts are feeling crowded so they divide up the studio into separate spaces. Streeters - How much space do you need? Populations - Comparing population density in Canada with Japan. Street Test - Closet Organizers. What's Your Beef? Natalie Wood wonders if the prizes advertised on gumball machines are really in there. Jonathan empties a gumball machine but didn't find the advertised prize. Three teens check out what kinds of fun and cheap things they can buy at the flea market with $20. They try haggling on prices. You Can Bank on it - Lessons on how to carry you money. Fit for the Pit - The deceptive packaging of Orville Redenbacher's original popping corn makes this product fit for the pit. Then and Now - Ray Bradbury's .The October Country. cost 50 cents per copy in 1964. Today the science fiction collection sells for $5.50. Professional Ufologist and nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman visits Jamie in the studio. They talk about outer space, UFOs and aliens. Streeters - Do you believe there's life on other planets? (K) Benita investigate astronaut training. Loose Change - Two silver coins from Panama are the largest and smallest coins put out for circulation in the world. World Watch - Stoney Swamp near Ottawa is being developed and the conservation area is being destroyed. Community groups are trying to stop the development. The Contest - Viewers who come up with an original idea to help the environment will win a trip for two to Halifax. Then and Now - The cost of movie making. Viewer Letter - Michael Arnot asks where the hosts were born.

Jamie is obsessed with high tech toys and gadgets so Jonathan and Benita bet that he can.t give up all modern conveniences for three days. Streeters - What cool hi-tech thing do you wish you had? Jamie visits the Toy and Decoration Fair in Toronto. He looks at the advances in computer game technology coming out on the market. Benita and Jonathan talk about items that dropped in price a few months after their release. Then and Now - The CBC was Canada's first television network and now Canadians have more than 100 channels to choose from. Streeters - Who controls the remote control in your home? You Can Bank on it - McDonald's has created McBuck machines. They are bank machines that give out vouchers for McDonalds money. Street Census - Who in your home knows how to program your VCR? Street Test - Can the Sony CD player really play CDs damaged by dogs? Testing out the new Q-Sound system which produces 3 dimensional sound. Jonathan tests out the new $3,500 technology that contains maps, gives directions, and suggests local businesses and services. Then and Now - Flying cars. What's your Beef? Why do video games cost so much when the cartridges cost so little to produce? Viewer Letter - How to shop for a computer. Consider your needs and how much money you are willing to spend. Streeters - What modern convenience can.t you live without? Students from Massey School in Regina, Saskatchewan wrote in to tell the hosts about fundraising to adopt a foster child by collecting pennies.