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Question: Name the total number in the series written by John Banas and directed by Pino Amenta
Columns: ['No. in series', 'No. in season', 'Title', 'Directed by', 'Written by', 'Original air date']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [295.0, 1.0, '"Happy New Year"', 'Peter Fisk', 'Sarah Walker', '8February2005']
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assistant: SELECT COUNT("No. in series") FROM "Table" WHERE "Written by" = 'John Banas' AND "Directed by" = 'Pino Amenta';