# 3...2...1...contact **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107 "2010-08-04T06:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/1 "2010-08-04T06:15:05Z")
Back in the day, PBS had a science show geared toward kids called 321contact > **[3-2-1 Contact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact)** > > 3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988 and later ran on Noggin (a joint venture between the CTW and Nickelodeon) from 1999 to 2002. The show teaches scientific principles and their applications. Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program would not replace a classroom but would encourag I remember an animated short during an early ep. showing how the world around us would change if time were “sped up”. Anyone know the name of this short (so I can look it up on YouTube)? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/2 "2010-08-04T06:47:52Z")
I can’t help you, but now I have the theme song stuck in my head, so thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/3 "2010-08-04T07:30:49Z")
[The Cosmic Clock.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppJEf3ZtFU) Totally blew my 6-year-old mind. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/4 "2010-08-04T14:40:20Z")
YES! thanks:) ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/5 "2010-08-04T21:18:26Z")
I loved that show! Now to Youtube to look up clips…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/6 "2010-08-05T00:23:22Z")
I used to get the magazine as well. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/7 "2010-08-05T01:41:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I used to get the magazine as well. Me too! Factoids FTW! DRATW! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/8 "2010-08-05T02:07:23Z")
Whenever there’s trouble We’re there on the double. We’re the Bloodhound Gang. I used to watch this and Square One religiously. I was a nerd from very early on. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/9 "2010-08-05T02:14:52Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I can’t help you, but now I have the theme song stuck in my head, so thanks for that. In that case, check out this segment from the first episode. 😃 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KmQWtGn889E/hqdefault.jpg "3-2-1 Contact -- Very First Episode - 1980 - Intro/Theme -- Part 1 of 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQWtGn889E) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/10 "2010-08-05T02:16:47Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Whenever there’s trouble > We’re there on the double. > We’re the Bloodhound Gang. > I used to watch this and Square One religiously. I was a nerd from very early on. If you got the crime, we got the time. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/11 "2010-08-05T17:10:05Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Whenever there’s trouble > We’re there on the double. > We’re the Bloodhound Gang. > I used to watch this and Square One religiously. I was a nerd from very early on. Years back, my girlfriend & I always answered the phone (when we knew it was the other calling) by reciting the Bloodhound Gang office-phone-answering-spiel; the other would always say “May I speak to Mr. Bloodhound?” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-2-1-contact/549107/12 "2010-08-06T18:03:49Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I can’t help you, but now I have the theme song stuck in my head, so thanks for that. “Contact is the reason, is the moment, when everything happens…”