Episode list

Benita replaces Jonathan and Jamie's favourite brands with non-brand name alternatives. A viewer complains that the What's Your Beef intro shows a dairy cow instead of a beef cow Jonathan examines the differences between real and fake Levis jeans. A look at the effectiveness of shock ads. Streeters: Do you look for certain brands when you go shopping for runners? Benita compares prices between brand names and non-brand name alternatives. Then and Now: In 1906 Kellogg's only made 1 type of breakfast cereal, they now sell over 26 different kinds of cereal. Fit for the Pit: Original New York Seltzer. Loose Change: There are so many lost coins in Canada that the Royal Canadian Mint spends millions each year replacing them. Check it Out: Super Nintendo. Streeters: Do you name brand name items by their name or their brand name? Street Test: Comparing brand name cola to non-brand name alternatives. Cash Flash: You can wrap coins at home with coin wrappers you can get for free at the bank. Moui is the new mascot, a Vietnamese potbellied pig.

Benita is making a term project for school that represents mindless spending in modern society. Jamie and Jonathan argue over wearing the same shirt. Jonathan's is damaged and non-returnable. Streeters: Have you ever bought a piece of clothing on sale and never worn it? Check it Out: Testing the board game Mall Madness. They decide the game is no fun. Ad-Vice: Jamie investigates Zellers. claim that they will beat the prices of other stores. Noah Scott goes to the Fantastic Flea Market in Toronto to do some bartering. What's Your Beef: Is 2 for 1 pizza really a deal? Loose Change: What happens to the coins that people throw into fountains to make wishes? Video Views: Review of the movie .Home Alone.. Shop and Rock Spotlight: Jonathan talks about being cautious of deals and offers. Ken Pompadour talks to the boss of Buy-Co about sneaking ads onto the show (K) Then and Now: Comparing the prices of VHS players. Street Test: Nhu investigates if buying in bulk is a better deal using candy as an example. She compared packaged candy, bulk candy from a grocery store and bulk candy from an exclusive bulk candy store. Grocery store bulk candy is the cheapest but the taste of Sweet Factory candy was superior. Cash Flash: Is a washed and torn five dollar bill still ok to use? Stores won.t accept it but the Bank of Canada will refund a portion of the bill by measuring how much of the bill you return. Streeters: Do sales signs make you more likely to buy something? Jamie and Benita try to buy a VDR from Ken Pompadour but he offers them a sleazy deal. Viewer Letter from Jeremy Lowe.

The theme of this week's episode is Celebrities. The hosts realize the show isn.t making them famous so Ken tries to sell them a Buy-Co device that will show them what it would be like to be celebrities. Streeters - What's your closest brush with fame? Street Test . Which spaghetti sauce tastes the best? Ad-Vice . Benita and Jamie look at celebrity endorsements. Do celebrities have to use the products they endorse? Loose Change - The Royal Canadian Mint's Elvis coins. Field Item . How to become a movie extra? A viewer goes through the whole process from signing a contract with an agency to working as an extra. She learns that it is better to not go through a casting agency. Fit for the Pit . Celebrity gossip magazines that give out star addresses. Street Census . What do you think would be the best thing about being a celebrity? What's Your Beef? Kraft Super Mario Bros and Regular Macaroni boxes do not contain the same amount of macaroni. Then and Now . Celebrity endorsements for Mars bars candy bars. Streeters . Asking people on the street if they recognize the Street Cents hosts. Street Cents is produced by the CBC with major funding from the Canadian Bankers Association.

The theme of this week's episode is Farms. Streeters: What vegetable do you refuse to eat? What's your Beef? Why do wieners and buns come in different numbers in their packages? You have to buy more buns and always have buns left over. Street Test: What type of milk tastes the best? They preferred the 1% milk for taste. Field Report: Jonathan looks at the life of a potato in PEI. Fit for the Pit: Miracle Bush Tomatoes are supposed to grow huge tomatoes with high yields but they tested them out and only got 1 tomato in 6 months. Check it out: Taste testing the broccoflower and comparing it to cauliflower and broccoli. Street Census: What's the best thing about living in the country? What's the best thing about living in the city? World Watch: A look at integrated pest management as an alternative to pesticides. Video Letter for Moui: A Day in the life of Moui's cousin, a country pig. Loose Change: Animals on coins from Ireland, Australia and Bermuda. Benita dreams about a world without farms. A teen named Valerie talks about raising a steer for the 4H show and sale. Viewer Letter asking them to display the address longer at the end of the show.

The theme of this week's episode is The Party Show. The hosts help Ken plan a party for his boss, the owner of Buy-Co. Streeters . Who would you invite to your ultimate party? Street Test . Taste testing 5 different kinds of onion chip dip. Two teens try to find copies of 6 songs to play at a party for under $30. Street Census . What's the one thing a great party has to have? Street Test . Testing portable cassette players to find out which has the best sound. Fit for the Pit . Super String doesn.t last very long for the price. Then and Now . Disco was the hottest dance craze in the 70s, now the top dance trend is hip hop. Name that Head . Asking teens to name the heads on various bills in order to win a prize. What's your Beef? Why does the paint rub off of cassette tapes after only a few weeks of use? Ad-Vice . What is a party line and how does it work? Check it Out . A group of teens test out a Karaoke machine. Testing out Interactive Laser Discs that let the viewer choose the outcome of a movie.

This week's episode is From a Mall. Streeters: How much time do you spend in the mall?. Ken Pompadour pitches a Street Cents store to the gang Benita Ha and Jonathan Torrens investigate the price differences between items they can purchase at the mall and stores outside the mall. They discover that services are cheaper on the street and products are usually cheaper in the mall Jamie Bradley is not allowed to leave the mall because of what happened at the other mall. Street Census: .What are you most likely to do in the mall?. Neil investigates direct payment machines at checkout tills and explains how they work. Ken works on his Street Cents store and tries to get Jamie to promote the merchandise from the store. Video Views: reviewing a movie called .Career Opportunities. Ken tries to use subliminal advertising to promote his Street Cents store. Howard investigates why the music in stores is the same everywhere. He visits CHUM Satellite Business Music Network and interviews Wally West at Muzak. Streeters: Does music affect consumers. behaviour while they are shopping?. Streeter: Where is the biggest mall in Canada? Flashback: Jamie explains what happened when he went to West Edmonton Mall with Matt. He has a great time and then abandons Matt. What's Your Beef: The Vidal Sassoon Triangle Iron doesn.t work. What can you get for 25 cents in a mall? Viewer Letter from Marlow Mitchell.

The theme of this week's episode is Stay in School. Benita gets a bad mark on an omniology exam so she drops out of school and gets fired. Streeters . What are the best qualities in a teacher? Street Test: Testing 5 different popular school bags. Video Views: Denise and Andrew review the movie .Pump up the Volume. Then and Now: By the year 2000 as technology becomes more advanced there will be very few jobs that do not require a high school diploma. What's Your Beef? The new Archie comic digests have a lot of the same stories as the old issues. The publisher claimed this was a mistake but told the viewer that they do re-run stories after 5 years. Field Item: A young girl from Regina Saskatchewan who has dropped out of school many times until finding a school in Regina with a focus on Indigenous Culture through their Cultural Awareness Program. At Scott Collegiate she feels more accepted and comfortable in her high school classes. Also includes interviews the Cultural Awareness program Instructor and students who have benefitted from the classes. Fit for the Pit: The imitation Webster's Dictionary contains fewer words than the real one but looks almost identical. Working for Credit: Many schools have programs where students take interesting volunteer jobs to earn course credit for high school instead of taking classes. One student works at a radio station and another works at a law firm. Field Item: Katrina is a high school dropout who now works as a bike courier. Streeters: What's the most important reason to stay in school?

Ken presents highlights from the season because Buy-Co has gone broke so the show is cancelled. He identifies all the ways the show has wasted money and the show is slowly being shut down as the episode goes on. Ad-Vice: A compilation of the best Ad-Vice segments from the season. A compilation of the various field correspondents working for Street Cents across Canada. Street Test: A compilation of the best Street Tests from the season. Props and Costumes: A compilation of some of the best costumes and props used throughout the season. What's Your Beef?: A compilation of the best beefs of the season. Streeters: a compilation of the best Streeters questions. Check it out: The best Check it Out segments highlighting products that are actually worth the money. A compilation of some of the extreme lengths people have gone to for the show. Fit for the Pit: A compilation of all the products they have thrown in the pit this season. A compilation of some of the segments about money.