# Who here remembers the TV show "3-2-1 Contact"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761 "2011-05-13T04:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/61 "2011-05-13T22:29:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I also loved Mr. Wizard. I think about his experiment using a girl dropping a can full of dirt from chin height, and as it swung side to side it didn’t come back to hit her chin. I think of it when I push my son in a swing. Oh, yeah… “Do you trust the physics?” Incidentally, never do that one on a windy day. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/62 "2011-05-13T23:50:35Z")
I remember confusing the Slim Goodbody guy with Richard Simmons thanks to the 'fros. [Apparently I’m not alone.](http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/richard-simmons.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/63 "2011-05-14T00:42:21Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Or the cartoon superhero? You mean … Dirk Niblick of the Math Brigade? He’ll look you right in the eye! (He’s a hero, and what a guuuuuuy.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/64 "2011-05-14T00:43:10Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > You mean … Dirk Niblick of the Math Brigade? He’ll look you right in the eye! (He’s a hero, and what a guuuuuuy.) That’s who I’m thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/65 "2011-05-14T02:59:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “Bloodhound Detective Agency! Mr. Bloodhound isn’t here!” > > Mr. Bloodhound was NEVER there…I suspect a Remington-Steele-type thing going on where there WAS no Mr. Bloodhound but these three kids knew they’d never get any jobs or respect if everyone knew it was just them. There was an episode where Mr. Bloodhound was kidnapped and left a coded message written on his belt wrapped around his cane. The gang had to figure out how to decode it and rescue him. At the end, we do get to see Mr. Bloodhound, but not his face. He was a big fat guy, IIRC. Thanks, brain! Good thing I didn’t need that space for something more important! ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/66 "2011-05-14T05:29:54Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > It was Mathnet, parody of Dragnet. I loved Mathnet. You’re right. Damn faulty memory. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/67 "2011-05-14T06:21:29Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > I remember both 3-2-1 Contact and the Goodbody show. I remember there was some episode of Contact about the sun either dying or blowing up. I was up for days… [Al Jarnow’s Cosmic Clock?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppJEf3ZtFU) Yeah, it got to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/68 "2011-05-14T17:06:09Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I remember it…but barely. > > I definitely know the show existed…and I vaguely remember the theme song. > > So I will count myself in the “knows it” group. Same here. Watched it and subscribed to the magazine but don’t remember anything that was in them. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/69 "2011-05-14T20:28:20Z")
Speaking of magazines, I don’t think I subscribed to the one from the show, but I do remember many dog-eared copies of Cricket (which I was pleasantly surprised to see is [still being published](http://www.cricketmag.com/3-Company-History)) and Nat’l Geographic’s “World”, which is also still being published under a different name. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/70 "2011-05-15T15:41:31Z")
I got Cricket magazine! I remember the Cricket illustrations at the bottom of the pages… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/71 "2011-05-15T19:01:11Z")
From _Mathnet_: **George Frankly** : (_answers phone_) Mathnet. (_brief pause_) Who? Scarlet? No, this isn’t Kate. It’s Frankly, Scarlet, and I don’t give–oh, General Scarlet. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/72 "2011-05-15T19:54:06Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > There was an episode where Mr. Bloodhound was kidnapped and left a coded message written on his belt wrapped around his cane. The gang had to figure out how to decode it and rescue him. At the end, we do get to see Mr. Bloodhound, but not his face. He was a big fat guy, IIRC. > > Thanks, brain! Good thing I didn’t need that space for something more important! I love that episode! I tried to recreate it at home. Results were not quite as good. I could swear there was a lamp smashing element in there as well, but I think maybe that was another one. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/73 "2011-05-16T05:23:04Z")
Because of this thread, for the last three days, I’ve had that damn theme song interrupting my thoughts dozens of times a day. _Make it stop!_ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/74 "2011-05-16T14:07:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Because of this thread, for the last three days, I’ve had that damn theme song interrupting my thoughts dozens of times a day. _Make it stop!_ John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidtt! His name is my name too Whenever we go out The people always shout “There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidtt!” LALALALALALALA Better? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![groovie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@groovie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groovie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/75 "2011-05-16T14:12:05Z")
They did a segment on Kiss - the lights and effects etc. Great stuff. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bVJcaYJmRSM/hqdefault.jpg "3-2-1 Contact segment (Light/Dark)/KISS Concert 1979") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVJcaYJmRSM) I had quite a thing for Trini (sigh). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/76 "2011-05-16T14:20:57Z")
> [@groovie](#): > > I had quite a thing for Trini (sigh). Join the club. And I was a straight girl! Seems like she’s done nothing on film since. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/77 "2011-05-16T14:22:22Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > It was Mathnet, parody of Dragnet. I loved Mathnet. Mathnet was also responsible for one of the weirder dreams I’ve ever had (as evidenced by the fact that I still remember it). Other than the theme song, that’s the only part of 3-2-1 Contact I can remember right now. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/78 "2011-05-16T14:57:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Mathnet was also responsible for one of the weirder dreams I’ve ever had (as evidenced by the fact that I still remember it). Other than the theme song, that’s the only part of 3-2-1 Contact I can remember right now. MathNet wasn’t on 3-2-1, it was on Square One. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/79 "2011-05-16T15:22:22Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I totally remember 321 Contact, and Square One. I grew up with Sesame St, Reading Rainbow, Lambchop, Ghostwriter, The Elephant Show . . . I remember Square One had a corner called “Mathlock” which was a parody of Matlock. The funny thing is that I remember all of those shows except 3-2-1 Contact. After seeing the intro, and some clips, I don’t wonder why. They seem to be a lot more documentary style, which I found incredibly boring. I see someone else has already mentioned that it was “Mathnet.” And, for once, the parody wasn’t lost on me, as I also loved Dragnet which showed repeats on some channel–I think Nickelodeon. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761/80 "2011-05-16T16:44:06Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Because of this thread, for the last three days, I’ve had that damn theme song interrupting my thoughts dozens of times a day. _Make it stop!_ It’s my current earworm, too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-remembers-the-tv-show-3-2-1-contact/581761.md?page=5)