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3-2-1 Contact — Storyline

3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program wouldn't replace a classroom but would open the viewers to ask questions about the scientific purpose of things.

Cast & Crew

3-2-1 Contact — Series Details

3-2-1 Contact — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound (1980-01-14) — A sixty-second tease introduces the cast and previews some of their scientific adventures. This is followed by a four-minute film showing the recording of the 3-2-1 Contact theme.
• E2: Noisy/Quiet: The Ear (1980-01-15) — Same 60-second tease as in first episode precedes an invasion of noises into Marc's world. Knowing that ""noise annoys,"" Marc illustrates (with a decibel reader) that loud noises
• E3: Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound (1980-01-16) — Lisa goes to Hawaii to see how dolphins use sonar. Another segment sees sonar of bats. Trini sees an ultrasound apparatus at work. The Bloodhound Gang finds a wrinkle in The Cas
• E4: Noisy/Quiet: Music (1980-01-17) — Dizzy Gillespie shows off his jazz talents. Trini checks out the behind-the-scenes work at a Kiss concert. The Bloodhound Gang cracks the Case of Princess Tomorrow.
• E5: Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration (1980-01-18) — Lisa, Marc, and Trini are given a puzzle. They hear a bell ring and, as instructed, put the bell in a closed jar and take out some of the air with a vacuum pump. Since they don't
• E6: Forces and Motion (1980-03-24) — Trini becomes concerned when and where a hurricane is projected to strike. Marc visits Six Flags Great America to learn the mechanics and design of roller-coasters and talks to Fr
• E7: Forces and Fields (1980-03-25) — Hurricane Rufus is turning inland, heading toward the workshop. This prompts Trini to give a brief description of a hurricane. Jerome Barkum of the New York Jets visits the works
• E8: Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity (1980-03-26) — Hurricane Rufus is now abutting the workshop. Trini prepares herself with a lifeboat. She proves to Marc and Lisa that boats will float because of their shape. Trini gets a less
• E9: Forces and Machines (1980-03-27) — Hurricane Rufus strikes the workshop. Calmer discussion of the Earth's forces are seen at a circus, in the paths of satellites, and at the Bay of Fundy. The Bloodhound Gang teams
• E10: Forces: A Spectacle of Forces (1980-03-28) — REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Roller coaster design; stuntman; orbiting satellites. Also: what forces propel a bicycle.
• E11: Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds (1980-03-10) — Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Akers farm. Trini sits in on an expectant mother's ultrasound. At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young
• E12: Growth/Decay: Human Growth (1980-03-11) — Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a premature baby. Trini and others at Staten Island discuss adolescent changes. ANIMATIONS: Einstein images; Human from conception
• E13: Growth/Decay: Decay (1980-03-12) — Lisa ventures into a sewage treatment plant in Chicago.Film inserts: Msima Spring in Kenya houses a massive food chain, and it all centers around hippos; the recycling of aluminum
• E14: Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms (1980-03-13) — Lisa sees a volcano that is almost ready to erupt. Marc demonstrates a model volcano. Trini joins a group of young archaeologists uncovering fossils along the Illinois River.ANIM
• E15: Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles (1980-03-14) — REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa sees a volcano that is almost ready to erupt. Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Akers farm. ANIMATION: One
• E16: Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down (1980-01-28) — Trini and Lisa stage a surprise birthday party for Marc. It revolves around a tape recording which Marc must play at various speeds. Features Harry Blackstone's complex magic act
• E17: Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature (1980-01-29) — Lisa gets some instructions on rhythms from a professional drummer and witnesses the wicked tides at the Bay of Fundy. Trini examines migratory birds. Marc learns about human hea
• E18: Fast/Slow: Lifetimes (1980-01-30) — Recycled from Episode 12: Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a premature baby.A make-up artist transforms Marc into an old man, explaining human aging along the way.
• E19: Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing (1980-02-07) — Marc and Lisa give Trini a psychological boost prior to Field Day. Lisa checks out a professional motorcycle racer (filmed Oct. 1979). Marc gets a lesson on tennis serves from Ar
• E20: Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again (1980-02-01) — REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa checks out a professional motorcycle racer (filmed Oct. 1979) and witnesses the wicked tides at the Bay of Fundy. A make-up artist t
• E21: Communication: Human Communication (1980-03-17) — Marc and Lisa discover too late that Trini is stranded in the desert with an empty gas tank, setting the stage for three episodes. At Shea Stadium, Marc observes the Mets' signals
• E22: Communication: Animal Communication (1980-03-18) — Trini is still lost in the desert, despite several attempts to get messages across. Marc illustrates his expertise on bugs. He visits a researcher determining how bees communicat
• E23: Communication: Machinery of Communication (1980-03-19) — After two days and contact, Marc sends out the Goodyear Blimp for Trini. Marc visits Bell Laboratories to see a computer that is programmed to speak (intermixed with portion of Hu
• E24: Communication with Other Species (1980-03-20) — Trini returns from the desert. She gets in her first segment of the week, visiting the University of Tennessee, where an ape named Chantek learns sign language. Trini also checks
• E25: Communication: Feedback (1980-03-21) — Trini recounts her attempts to send distress signals from the desert. Lisa and Marc remind her that her messages had to reach somebody for a good response.REHASHED FROM THE PREVIO
• E26: Food/Fuel: Animal Food (1980-02-04) — Trini decides to bring a pet to the workshop, but she didn't count on a friend bringing a wolf. At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young veterinarian feeding baby ani
• E27: Food/Fuel: Human Food (1980-02-05) — Marc illustrates the truth about calories while baking a pizza. A group of school kids at Staten Island learn about nutrition. Lisa's cousin, a lumberjack, visits the workshop to
• E28: Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food (1980-02-06) — Lisa, Marc, and Trini have been invited to a canoe trek in Maine. They have difficulty at first trying to decide what food to bring. Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs
• E29: Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines (1980-02-07) — True fuel is discussed in this episode, first with the 1980 phenomenon ""gasohol"" and with real gasoline at a motorcycle race. The gasohol segment takes Lisa to a rural factory w
• E30: Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go (1980-02-08) — RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Gasohol, Baker's Akers, baking bread. Another sequence believed to be in this episode is a race of fuel efficiency between a school bus a
• E31: Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures (1980-01-21) — Trini has been standing in the freezing cold, threatening to become almost as sick as Marc. Lisa gives a demonstration on feeling hot and cold. But the biggest surprise comes whe
• E32: Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations (1980-01-22) — The desert and polar regions demonstrate how plants and animals react to extreme heat or cold. The Bloodhound Gang unlocks ""The Case of the Secret Message.""
• E33: Hot/Cold: How Hot or Cold Can It Get? (1980-01-23) — Marc and Trini relate temperature to each other as they make ice cream and candied apples respectively. Lisa demonstrates extreme cold temperatures with liquid nitrogen. A ""volc
• E34: Hot/Cold: Heat and Work (1980-01-24) — Lisa is bitter over her cold. As Marc and Trini try to warm her spirits, Lisa thinks back to her visits with the motorcyclist and the hot-air balloons. The Bloodhound Gang must wo
• E35: Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space (1980-01-25) — A solar astronomer explains how the sun produces the seasons. He tells Marc that the sun is closer to Earth in winter than in summer, but the angle of sunlight is far different.RE
• E36: Light/Dark: The Sun (1980-02-18) — Marc wants to set up a model solar system. To simulate the sun, he and the others get the largest light bulb they can buy. Only after they blow a fuse do they learn (from a guest
• E38: Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum (1980-02-20) — Trini follows the crew that sets up the lighting on a Kiss concert (recorded during their 1979 tour). At the workshop, Trini uses a prism to split white light into the color spect
• E39: Light/Dark: The Eye (1980-02-21) — Everyone celebrates Trini's birthday with a piñata. Marc visits a visually-impaired boy navigating around his school and neighborhood. Trini discovers a boy whose vision was impro
• E40: Light/Dark: Light Sources (1980-02-22) — Marc proposes to burn a hole through a piece of cardboard using a magnifying glass and the sun. It doesn't harm the cardboard, but Lisa and Trini get the message.REHASHED FROM THE
• E41: Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing (1980-03-03) — Lisa and Trini enter an Eames Room to play tricks on Marc. Marc gets an up-close look at things through a scanning electron microscope. The Bloodhound Gang is called on to observ
• E42: Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home (1980-03-04) — Marc visits a researcher determining how bees communicate. Then, in a segment previously used in Light/Dark: The Eye, Marc watches a visually-impaired boy navigate around his neigh
• E43: Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth (1980-03-05) — For the bulk of the show, a guest at the workshop is Willis Brown, a transcontinental pilot who discusses air travel. Trini examines homing pigeons. Marc goes on a sailing adventu
• E44: Near/Far: Space Travel (1980-03-06) — This program goes to Houston to observe the space shuttle. The Bloodhound Gang has to stop a swindle in ""The Case of the Educated Pig.""
• E45: Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are (1980-03-07) — RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Marc sees a sailing ship chart its return course and observes how a blind boy finds his way around; astronauts training for navigating the
• E46: Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns (1980-03-31) — Lisa is looking for a quilt design, which she can't quite place. Trini suggests that Lisa use a computer to create a new quilt design. Marc sees ordinary objects look extraordina
• E47: Order/Disorder: The Body – An Ordered System (1980-04-01) — A student of neuropharmacology visits the workshop to discuss the order of the human body and all its systems. Marc observes how a pacemaker works. Trini seeks how a doctor could
• E48: Order/Disorder: Social Order (1980-04-02) — Animals keep a semblance of order, whether they are bees in a hive or people in the Kalahari Desert searching for melons. Music and games are also part of social order, as we shal
• E49: Order/Disorder: Disordered (1980-04-03) — Marc, Lisa, and Trini become helter-skelter at the beginning, but they calm down and devise plans. In the process, Lisa finds a pattern for her quilt. On location, Lisa sees a se
• E50: Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts (1980-04-04) — A composer visits the workshop to discuss writing music. Marc sees the specialized work of honey bees. Trini gets the full story on setting up a rock concert.
• E51: Surfaces: Protection (1980-04-07) — Clothes are humans' number-one source of protecting the skin. Trini finds out what clothing works best when climbing a mountain. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted with ""The Case
• E52: Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface (1980-04-08) — Field locations include cacti in the Arizona desert, a Zamboni, and a scanning electron microscope. The Bloodhound Gang decodes Mr. Bloodhound's whereabouts in ""The Case of the M
• E53: Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles (1980-04-09) — Lisa rides a hot-air balloon and gets tips from a glassblower on making goblets. A film insert discusses bubbles and how they are used. The Bloodhound Gang is kidnapped in Part On
• E54: Surfaces: Surface of the Earth (1980-04-10) — A geologist appears in the workshop for a discussion on the three types of Earth rock. In Hawaii, Lisa sees a volcano and takes a novice surfing lesson. Film insert: Searching fo
• E55: Surfaces: The Atmosphere (1980-04-11)
• E56: Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling (1980-02-25) — At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young veterinarian feeding baby animals. Marc visits Miami Seaquarium to see whales trained.Film insert: Leaf-cutter ants; flea ci
• E57: Big/Small: Animal Habitats (1980-02-26) — Everyone is perplexed when they find bugs living on just about everything. Trini examines a salt marsh. (Continues in Episode 59.) A guest biologist discusses water and food cha
• E58: Big/Small: Dinoaurs (1980-02-27) — Trini is convinced she has discovered a dinosaur bone. A visit to a American Museum of Natural History shows that she actually has the femur of a horse. Also at the museum, a you
• E59: Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency (1980-02-28) — At an aquarium, Lisa and Trini learn about volume. Marc and Lisa head out to see a supertanker. Trini stakes her case about oil spills. This includes an extension of Trini's vis
• E60: Big/Small: How Big is Big? (1980-02-29) — REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Trini is convinced she has discovered a dinosaur bone. A visit to a American Museum of Natural History shows that she actually has the fe
• E61: Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding (1980-02-11) — The workshop welcomes a guest to discuss the human psyche of crowding.Film inserts: Building a skyscraper; the Gui people of Africa do a little minor socializing; New York City lif
• E62: Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature (1980-02-12) — A wildlife expert visits the workshop to extoll on the impact humans have had on animals such as the wolf. FILM INSERT: Kudzu takes over parts of the South. The elephant struggle
• E63: Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials (1980-02-13) — Trini pilots around New York City in the Goodyear blimp. Lisa gets to ride a hot-air balloon. The Bloodhound Gang gets an eyesight-full in Part Two of ""The Case of the Cackling
• E64: Crowded/Uncrowded: Down Among the Atoms (Liquids & Solids) (1980-02-14) — Marc adds too much food coloring to the frosting on a birthday cake for his sister, starting a discussion of molecular density in solids and liquids. The Bloodhound Gang solves ""
• E65: Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities (1980-02-15) — REHASHED FROM PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa rides a hot-air balloon. FILM INSERT: The elephant struggles for survival in Africa. ADDITIONAL: The black hole.

Season 2

• E1: Survival: Breathing (1983-10-31) — A computer program introduces the names of the new cast. Robin surprises Miguel and Kathy with a used car, but all three are surprised when the carburetor is faulty. During their
• E2: Survival: Temperature (1983-11-01) — Robin goes on a survival trek in the mountains of Wyoming.In Part Two of the New York City Marathon story, Lauren explains the importance of keeping cool.Film insert: warm-blooded
• E3: Survival: Protection (1983-11-02) — Miguel, Robin, and Kathy help epidemological detectives in their investigation on a food poisoning case. Jackie searches with schoolkids for jumping frogs. In ""The Bloodhound Ga
• E4: Survival: Energy (1983-11-03) — Paco attempts to surprise the others by preparing bread–and ends up surprising himself. In The Bloodhound Gang, Vikki senses something afoul at the séance.
• E5: Survival: Teamwork (1983-11-04) — Miguel, Robin, and Kathy have a computer game in waiting for a contest. Can they get anything done by splitting the responsibilities?

  In Denver, Miguel puts a hospital's Flight f

• E6: Sports: Training Analysis (1983-10-24) — Before Miguel can put together a training program for his friends, they spend the day organizing the closet. Miguel and Jackie go to a serious West Point gym drill. Robin discove
• E7: Sports: Time, Rate, Measurement (1983-10-25) — Robin helps Kathy and Miguel to coordinate their schedule of errands, splitting the duties among themselves to get everything done faster.Robin finds out from a pair of jockeys the
• E8: Sports: Energy Transfer (1983-10-26) — Carol Lewis (Carl's brother) and her trainer illustrate the mechanics of the long jump. Kathy witnesses a pole-vaulter in training. Robin discovers a variety of bicycles.Film Ins
• E9: Sports: Impact Analysis (1983-10-27) — Kathy is downstairs, exercising while waiting for Miguel to return.

  Miguel is with Judy Clarke, who discusses the design of athletic shoes. She leads Miguel to two other research

• E10: Sports: Coordination (1983-10-28) — Robin sees two synchronized swimmers in perfect coordination. The Biography segment features a neurologist discussing people's motor skills. A team of high-school boys uses infor
• E11: Flight: Flying Animals (1983-10-17) — Miguel invites Kathy and Robin to Lincoln Park Airport, where he is taking flying lessons. After a brief discussion of the four forces, Miguel acquaints himself with the plane's co
• E12: Flight: Air Resistance (1983-10-18) — Miguel, Robin, and Kathy join the crew of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as they inflate balloons. Robin takes her first parachute jump.FILM INSERT: Air is there. ANIMATION: F
• E14: Flight: Thrust (1983-10-20) — Miguel has entered himself and Robin in a boomerang-throwing competition. But neither knows how to throw a boomerang properly. They get a demonstration on boomerang flight from a
• E15: Flight: Acceleration (1983-10-21) — Kathy brings a telescope to talk about the changing constellations in the night sky. In the process, Kathy discusses Newton's Laws of Motion. Robin visits NORAD as it observes sa
• E16: Babies: The Code of Life (1983-11-07) — Paco is trying to find out what DNA is. Not everyone has the complete answer until somebody calls the wrong number repeatedly. Robin is fortunate to talk with one of the biologis
• E17: Babies: Growth and Development (1983-11-08) — Miguel has had it up to his ears with duplicates. He goes to a florist to get the perfect orchid for his mother's birthday. The florist tells him all the orchids in the shop are
• E18: Babies: Behavior (1983-11-09) — While Miguel, Robin, and Kathy go off on a picnic, Paco is left to examine Miguel's ants. He then has to scramble for the ants when they get loose. Immediately, Miguel senses tha
• E19: Babies: Colonization (1983-11-10) — Robin visits Mount St. Helens two years after its historic 1980 eruption to see where plant life in the area is attempting a comeback. In the weekly studio experiment, Miguel expl
• E20: Babies: Change (1983-11-11) — Paco sets up a school report on his walk on the beach. He teams up with a chimpanzee and a biologist who studies animal locomotion. At the university, the biologist shows Paco pa
• E21: Senses: Taste and Smell (1983-12-05) — Miguel, Robin, and Kathy are prepared for a fishing campout. On their way back from fishing, Kathy discovers she has lost the matchbook and ventures out to find it. She finds it,
• E22: Senses: Sight (1983-12-06) — Main Concept: In order for us to see, the eye must convert light energy to electrical energy, which is interpreted by the brain as an image. Robin learns that sight is the dominant
• E23: Senses: Hearing (1983-12-07) — The kids assemble glasses with varying water amounts for a musical scale. In the process, Paco learns that certain frequencies are beyond the human hearing range. Vikki of The Bl
• E24: Senses: Touch (1983-12-08) — Paco surprises everyone with a gecko as his present for Robin's birthday. We meet a neurologist who studies the sense of touch in Brooklyn. In ""The Bloodhound Gang,"" Vikki atte
• E25: Senses: Special Sensors (1983-12-09) — After a close call, Miguel, Robin and Kathy drill themselves (and the basement) in case of fire. The Bloodhound Gang, en masse, breaks down ""The Case of the Girl from Outer Space
• E26: Shapes in Nature (1983-11-21) — Miguel and Paco start the week in the back of a pick-up truck, riding through San Diego Wild Animal Park. They see the prehensile tongue of a giraffe up close. A worker explains ho
• E27: Shapes and Gravity (1983-11-22) — From the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Miguel and Paco observe elephants flipping dust and dirt on their backs. An evolutionary expoert at the Wild Animal Park explains why elephant
• E28: Shapes: Streamlining (1983-11-23) — Miguel and Robin attach a speedometer on a bicycle so they and Paco can see how fast Paco can really ride his bike.

  Jackie meets with MIT engineers who built a streamlined bicycle

• E29: Shapes: Form and Function (1983-11-24) — Miguel is chopping wood because he wants to play the violin. He asks Robin to take the wood to Carlene Hutchins, who makes violins, a musical acoustician. She tells how the violi
• E30: Shapes: Clues (1983-11-25) — Robin has her hands full trying to develop pictures in the makeshift darkroom set up in the basement. In the field, Robin gets a first-hand look on how police use fingerprints as
• E31: Water: 3 Phases – Gas, Liquid, Solid (1983-11-28) — Robin is ready to ski down a mountain. Miguel and Kathy, who have never skied before, spend their time witnessing a snow-making machine. All three discover a geologist at the mou
• E32: Water: Medium for Life (1983-11-29) — A dry tour of the solar system shows no substantial water on the other planets. Back on Earth, water contains just about all life.Miguel visits the Okefenokee Swamp, hoping to see
• E33: Water and People (1983-11-30) — Miguel helps Robin complete a homework project before heading to a harbor on the Hudson River. He and Kathy are worried that a houseboat may be sinking. A marine biologist tells
• E34: Water: Distribution (1983-12-01) — Miguel discovers a leak in the water pipes and tries valiantly to fix it. Kathy discusses Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, which supply water and electricity for Las Vegas. Robin and Ja
• E35: Water in the Body (1983-12-02) — Paco, Kathy and Robin set up an aquarium to surprise Miguel. Two scientists from different fields lead Robin to study bears in the Minnesota winter. They take samples of bear blo
• E36: Building: Materials (1983-11-14) — Jackie gets an up-close look at the Teflon roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Bloodhound Gang is called to investigate ""The Case of the Veiled Thief.""
• E37: Building: One of a Kind (1983-11-15) — Leonardo da Vinci's vision of a spring-driven car is put to the test in the ""Olympics of the Mind,"" where youngsters test ideas. The Bloodhound Gang solves ""The Case of the Vei
• E38: Building: Standard Parts (1983-11-16) — Among the field visits in this program is an automobile assembly line. The Bloodhound Gang gets involved in ""The Case of the Bottled Boat.""
• E39: Building: Modular (1983-11-17) — Paco envisions the concept of modular components. Among the sites visited is a video-games manufacturer. The Bloodhound Gang try to shed light on ""The Case of the Bottled Boat."
• E40: Building: Communication (1983-11-18) — Broadway Video provided production facilities for 3-2-1 Contact for six seasons. In this episode, editors at Broadway Video show their work in assembling a film (later seen in its

Season 3

• E1: Space: Weightless (1984-10-22) — Almost all the kids use their own ways to change the force of gravity. Paco rides a fast-rising elevator. Kathy takes a G-force scale with her on a roller coaster. Robin works a
• E2: Space: Getting There (1984-10-23) — Projected into this episode: Miguel launches a model rocket in Allentown. The Bloodhound Gang begins to pick up clues in ""The Case of the Missing Memory."" (Concludes in next ep
• E3: Space: Living There (1984-10-24) — Paco entices Kathy into a pretend space mission launching from the basement. The Bloodhound Gang solves ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
• E4: Space: Working There (1984-10-25) — Main Concept: Astronauts get special training to function in the weightlessness of space.

  Preview: Astronaut Sally Ride explains to Robin the function of the remote manipulator ar

• E5: Space: Anybody Out There? (1984-10-26) — How would you communicate with extra-terrestrials? It's being tried out at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
• E6: Measurement: How Long? How Far? (1984-10-29) — Paco enlists Miguel and the others to determine the length of string wound into a worn baseball. Mount Rushmore heads the set of field reports. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted
• E7: Measurement: What's the Area? What's the Volume? (1984-10-30) — Miguel, Robin and Kathy begin by discussing how much paint would be needed to cover the walls in a room. Headlining the field reports is the expanding Great Salt Lake. The Bloodh
• E8: Measurement: How Heavy? How Dense? (1984-10-31) — Miguel helps Paco weigh his dog. Kathy gets a pointer on how to pan for gold. In ""The Bloodhound Gang,"" a mann claiming to be an ex-tennis player hires the Gang to search for a
• E9: Measurement: How Many? How Much? (1984-11-01) — Miguel, Robin, and Kathy are in the midst of conducting a survey on how people try to cure their hiccups. The Bloodhound Gang discovers the identities of their client and the man
• E10: Measurement: How Fast? How Slow? (1984-11-02) — Paco and the others stage a race between a snail, a turtle, a worm, and a millipede. Robin sees a biologist studying animal locomotion. Astronaut Charlie Bolden shows Miguel a co
• E11: Earth is Change (1984-11-05) — Miguel has set up something in his basement that works like a seismograph. But it's not as sensitive as the real thing.
• E12: Earth: Maps (1984-11-06) — Among the highlights of this episode: Mapping techniques are put to work at Grant's Pass, Oregon and in the orienteering expedition in Peekskill, New York.
• E13: Earth: Climate (1984-11-07) — Robin finds a lot of varying climates in Hawaii. Miguel steps into a Costa Rican rain forest. The Bloodhound Gang begins their work in ""The Case of the Haunted House.""
• E14: Earth: Flora and Fauna (1984-11-08) — Robin and Kathy have several plants in their basement as part of a ""Flora and Fauna"" shop. It attracts some interest, until Paco shows up with some unusual fauna. The Bloodhoun
• E15: Earth: Building Models (1984-11-09) — Paco convinces Miguel and Robin to try and protect their sand castle from the rising tide. The Bloodhound Gang unravels The Case of the Haunted House.
• E16: Electricity: What is It? (1984-11-12) — Coming out of a thunderstorm, the kids huddle in the basement to talk about lightning. In the field, Miguel finds out what makes neon lights work. The Bloodhound Gang confronts "
• E17: Electricity and Magnetism (1984-11-13) — Robin, Kathy, and Miguel go to a junkyard in search of a car. When they see a crane use an electromagnet to pick up and move a used car, they speak directly with the crane operato
• E18: Electricity: Where Do We Get It? (1984-11-14) — Not all ways of generating electricity are ""conventional."" Kathy goes to a dairy farm that produces its electricity from cow manure. The Bloodhound Gang is confounded with ""Th
• E19: Electricity Runs in a Circuit (1984-11-15) — A blackout grips the entire city at a critical time for Miguel, Robin, and Kathy. The Bloodhound Gang makes quick work in ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers.""
• E20: Electricity: You Are Electric (1984-11-16) — During his check-up, Paco learns that the cells of all living things generate small electric charges. Miguel learns the ins and outs of a myoelectric arm.

Season 4

• E1: Tropics: Rubber (1985-09-23) — Paco introduces the tropics and points out that Miguel is in Malaysia. Miguel and Anitha see how rubber is tapped from trees and processed.
• E2: Tropics: Metals (1985-09-24) — People use the word ""tin"" without really understanding it. Miguel goes to various sites in Malaysia see tin being extracted and used.
• E3: Tropics: Rice (1985-09-25) — Miguel sees Malaysian rice, from planting to harvesting.
• E4: Tropics: Working Animals ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Monkeys and Elephants (1985-09-26) — Miguel learns firsthand how elephants and monkeys can help humans in their tasks. Paco gives a little monologue on domestication.
• E5: Tropics: Endangered Animals (1985-09-27) — Miguel takes a day-long observation of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Malaysia.
• E6: Light: From the Sun; To Your Eyes (1985-09-30) — Light is observed through lenses such a telescope and the eye. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted with ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
• E7: Light: Color (1985-10-01) — Kathy learns that there is more color in a green leaf than meets the eye. At the Exploratorium, Robin discovers what drives a magnificent light sculpture (the sun and many mirrors
• E8: Light: Eyes (1985-10-02) — Darlene Librero dissects a cow's eye before a class of intermediate-schoolers. Later we get to hear about Librero's scientific background. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case
• E9: Light: How Animals See (1985-10-03) — Mary gets her eyes examined. Technically, it's the second straight show on the eye, but not just the human eye. Visual effects simulate the world as other animals see it.
• E10: Light: Bending and Bouncing (1985-10-04) — Diego and Robin start the day on a ship off the California coast, observing the individual patterns of a lighthouse's beam. They find out how lenses concentrate the rays of light
• E11: Farms: Sheep and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Selective Breeding (1985-10-07) — MMiguel and Robin spend most of the day watchiing and learning from a sheep shearer. Paco and Mary anchor ""Pig News,"" a gimmick that will run throughout the week.
• E12: Farms: Plants and Pigs – Plant Production (1985-10-08) — Mass population puts heavy demands on growing and producing plans. This program looks at some advances in agriculture.
• E13: Farms: Hybrids (1985-10-09) — A mutt is a hybrid, as Paco and Miguel discover. Much of this show is set in the Animal Emergency Room at a veterinarian hospital. But there is time to show another hybrid, this
• E14: Farms: Cows and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Products (1985-10-10) — Much of this show is set in a modern dairy. Cows give milk, and that milk is turned into other foods. The Bloodhound Gang investigates a well-disguised pickpocket in Part One of
• E15: Farms: Chickens and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Production (1985-10-11) — Kathy talks with none other than Frank Perdue about his high-yield poultry farm. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers.""
• E16: Stuff: Metals (1985-10-14) — Robin, Miguel, and Kathy observe different facets of the Statue of Liberty's restoration.
• E17: Stuff: Clay (1985-10-15) — Paco gets the low-down on making a coffee cup out of clay. Kathy discovers how clay is used to make toilets. The Bloodhound Gang is called to investigate mass car theft in Part
• E18: Stuff: Shaping It (1985-10-16) — Heat It, Beat It is the music video that sums up this episode. We see the bending of glass and (in a scene recycled from ""Tropics"" week) the making of a Malaysian dagger. The B
• E19: Stuff: Feathers and Rubber (1985-10-17) — In ""Part 1,"" a makeup man gets Miguel in his chair to make a monster mask. For ""Part 2,"" Kathy goes on a mission with a ""feather detective"" to see what bird made a serious i
• E20: Stuff: Using It (1985-10-18) — Schoolchildren design egg containers that prevent the egg from breaking when dropped. Miguel sees a plane that is lighter than its pilot go for a speed record. The Bloodhound Gan

Season 5

• E1: Signals: Lingo (1986-09-22) — This week sees the new hosts of 3-2-1 Contact gather at the Blue Sky Café in Montclair, New Jersey. David Quinn and his French friend, David (stress the last syllable), wonder wh
• E2: Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms (1986-09-23) — Debra sees an anthropologist understanding a parrot's simple form of English. Chantal enters a hospital room that responds to a person's voice to open doors, etc.

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• E3: Signals: Looking for Visual Clues (1986-09-24) — French-born David says his dog obeys human speech, but it's clear he is signaling the commands to the dog.

  Mary goes to Sea World in San Diego, where Chuck Thompkins shows the han

• E4: Signals: Getting Them Around (1986-09-25) — Debra sees how quickly USA Today uses satellites to send information for printing in the next day's paper. David does a two-minute lecture on television signals. The Bloodhound G
• E5: Signals: Cracking Codes (1986-09-26) — The final visit to the Blue Sky Café finds the hosts mystified. How does Maxine the waitress know what everyone wants if no one says anything?

  In Eastern France, Todd and Chanta

• E6: Oceans: On the Sea (1986-09-29) — Todd gets to see, on the shore and in a lab, the motion of waves in the ocean. There are no still waters out there. The runner for this week is ""The Wreck,"" an underwater searc
• E7: Oceans: In the Sea (1986-09-30) — Adventures include: placing artificial reefs off the coast of Florida; moving two whales from one pool to another.
• E8: Oceans: From the Sea (1986-10-01) — There are a lot of things in the seas, such as salt and kelp. This program talks of humans surviving on sea voyages, discusses kelp in depth, and continues that probe into ""The W
• E9: Oceans: By the Sea (1986-10-02) — Oceanographer Jill Yager takes up much of this program with her studies around an island, followed by another installment of ""The Wreck.""
• E10: Oceans: Of the Sea (1986-10-03) — Along with some previously-broadcast bits from earlier in the week, this program includes a visit to Penguin Encounter at Sea World in San Diego. ""The Wreck"" investigation concl
• E11: Motion: What's Up? (1986-10-06) — The show begins at ""Maggie's Machine Shop,"" where Maggie discusses pulleys. In Barre, Vermont, we see how granite is removed from a quarry and polished. In Paris, Todd and Moni
• E12: Motion: Bones (1986-10-07) — David rides a bicycle with a skeleton at a Paris science museum. Robin visits veterinary radiologists in action. At Cal State Long Beach, Diego witnesses track students' video an
• E13: Motion: Smashing (1986-10-08) — Robin, Paco, and Mary learn about the illusion of impact in stunts. In Vitry sur Seine (near Paris), Chantal visits a collision research area to observe the buffers on high-speed
• E14: Motion: Getting a Grip (1986-10-09) — Friction is emphasized in demonstrations with snakes, TGV trains, and ice-gliding boats.
• E15: Motion: Heave Ho! (1986-10-10) — Leverage is discussed at sea, in a French village, and at Maggie's Mechanical Shop.
• E16: Eating: Tooth Detectives (1986-10-13) — David's dental visit anchors a discussion on teethkinds of teeth and their uses.
• E17: Eating: Picky Eaters (1986-10-14) — The natural world is full of fussy eaters. In this program, the flea, koala bear and panda bear are singled out for their specialized dietary habits.
• E18: Eating: Zoo Food (1986-10-15) — The bulk of this show is set in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where certain meals are arranged for the animals. The Bloodhound Gang begins ""The Case of the Haunted House.""
• E19: Eating: Down the Hatch (1986-10-16) — David polls people about digestion, without success. Todd discovers what digestion means to the body. The Bloodhound Gang questions several men in continues ""The Case of the Hau
• E20: Eating: Leftovers (1986-10-17) — An online stat page says this episode ""explores the ways in which food is processed by the body for energy and building material."" Actually, this show has remains to be seen. A

Season 6

• E1: Japan: Precious Oysters, Rare Salamanders (1987-10-12) — David and Kaori visit the Mikimoto Pearl Farm and see the 100-year process of culturing pearls. David and Kanae Nishio go wading in a forest stream, hunting for a giant salamander.
• E2: Japan: Landslide! (1987-10-13) — Impeding Japanese throughout is the erosion of Mmighty .t Fuji. David sees what steps are being guarded to help the Japanese society in spite of it. Included is a building where
• E3: Japan: Paper and Kites (1987-10-14) — David and Kaori visit the Furutas, whose family has been making paper by hand for two centuries. They follow the Furutas as they make a batch of fine paper. David, Kaori, and Chizu
• E4: Japan: Earthquake! (1987-10-15) — David and Kaori get a glimpse of architects designing buildings that can resist the force of some natural disasters.
• E5: Japan: Judo and Computers (1987-10-16) — How would you like to write your messages in a strictly-ordered way, knowing that one mistake could change the meaning of your sentence? It can happen in English, but it's easier
• E6: Detectives: Skin and Bone Detectives (1987-10-19) — Archaeologists are seen trying to demystify the Mayans, Egyptian mummies, and a prehistoric cave where flint was mined.
• E7: Detectives: Tool and Trash Detectives (1987-10-20) — There are ""archaeologists"" in Arizona that are analyzing modern humans from samples of their trash! It's a far cry from the tools of ancient man, or so you would think.
• E8: Detectives: Wildlife Detectives (1987-10-21) — This show observes owls in the wild and the ecosystems in a salt marsh.
• E9: Detectives: Dinosaur Detectives (1987-10-22) — In the centerpiece of this episode, a museum moves a large dinosaur exhibit into place.
• E10: Detectives: Pattern Detectives (1987-10-23) — Can you tell a pattern when you see it? A combination of new and recycled material shows all sorts of patterns in nature.
• E11: Architecture: Raising the Big Top (1987-10-26) — Basic architecture can be whittled down to beams and a sheet. This is seen through circus tents, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and other things.
• E12: Architecture: Home (1987-10-27) — The frame is vitally important to anything architectural. We see how animals make their perfectly-designed shelters, how the Japanese can join two boards without glue or nails, an
• E13: Architecture: Stack It Up (1987-10-28) — How do you build the world's largest Gothic cathedral? It all comes down to using marble cut in certain ways. The arch and the buttress are featured in the ongoing construction o
• E14: Architecture: Made to Fit (1987-10-29) — There is a branch of architectural science called ergonomics, which states how things are built to fit certain people. David Quinn sees if he can improve the ergonomics of a kitch
• E15: Architecture: Light But Strong (1987-10-30) — The shape and composition of architectural materials can prove vital for various reasons. The I-beam and the triangle brace are highlighted in this episode.
• E16: Mammals: Rats and Bats (1987-11-02) — Hard to believe mice and rats are mammals, as are bats. But this program shows why rodents are classified this way.
• E17: Mammals: Keeping Warm (1987-11-03) — Fur and hair are mammals' chief arsenal to stay warm. But what about sea otters?
• E18: Mammals: Live Birth, Warm Milk (1987-11-04) — This show witnesses the births of elephant seals and wildebeests. Also seen are young black bears and kangaroos.
• E19: Mammals at Play (1987-11-05) — Play is an important part of growing, as we see from watching babboons, chimpanzees, sheep dogs and even kids playing.
• E20: Big Mammals: The High Cost of Living (1987-11-06) — There is a price ecosystems pay when big animals are confined. This program shows the elephant, the rhinoceros and the tapir groping with spatial problems.
• E21: Modeling: Things on Wheels (1987-11-09) — Models are used to test ideas before they become large-scale. A class of intermediate-school students go through modeling tactics in building a spring-driven car. We also see new
• E22: Modeling: Through Ice and Air (1987-11-10) — Models observed in this episode include those of Canadian ice shields, fast bicycles, and modern airplanes.
• E23: Modeling: The Earth (1987-11-11) — Surveyors are seen at work, as are schoolkids who devise a map of their own neighborhood.
• E24: Modeling: Knees and Small Things (1987-11-12) — Models are shown in museums and in the medical world.
• E25: Modeling: Spaces (1987-11-13) — Much of this program focuses on a zoo's constructing an uncannily accurate rain forest for its animals.
• E26: In the Air: Finding Your Way (1987-11-16) — Built largely on material recycled from Season 1, this episode includes insight on how pigeons and bats negotiate their world. Bats rely on sonar, but as for pigeons and how they
• E27: In the Air: Drifting with the Wind (1987-11-17) — Main Concept: Variances in wind currents can be used to create different forms of transportation such as soaring, gliding and hot air balloons. Even inanimate objects like a kite d
• E28: In the Air: Born to Fly (1987-11-18) — Jan Carter, Entymologist at the Cincinatti Zoo and Botanical Garden teaches us about the life cycles of the butterfly. David speaks with Glen Wiggins, curator at the Royal Ontari
• E29: In the Air: Fat Things That Fly (1987-11-19) — Hopey finds a hibernating ground for ladybugs. David observes beetles at the Royal Ontario Museum. Todd gets fooled by Barbara Reinalda and her softball pitches.REHASHED FROM SEA
• E30: In the Air: Unbelievable Flying Objects (1987-11-20) — David visits Aerovironment Inc. where they are building a full scale Pterodactyl model that has been designed based on the few clues scientists have about the real animal. Then Dav

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How many seasons does 3-2-1 Contact have? 7 season(s) with 223 episodes.

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