Any 3-2-1 Contact! TV fans out there?

[blewis17]

All right kids of the 1970s and 1980s, if you ever watched PBS in the afternoons then I am SURE you remember the catchy 3-2-1 Contact intro. Stuck in the depths of your mind, the perfect blend of 70s orchestral music synched to 80s optimism. Reminds me of Disney/EPCOT in the early days, and the gut-punch that was TESB.

Time is a cruel mistress.... the young people of the show would be in their 60s and 70s today.

I cane across this video, of how they recorded the into/theme song. Memberries FTW!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Yep—right up there with The Electric Company, for me, as a kid.

Well, mostly because of Spider-Man, truth be told…

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

My friends & I wanted to start a BLOODHOUND DETECTIVE AGENCY!

Answering the phone when we thought it was a friend, saying, "Bloodhound Detecting Agency. Whenever there's trouble, we're there on the double."

Dear Lord... What a nerd.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I totally forgot about that one! The song started in my head when I read the title! I can't remember how much I watched it, because I remember watching Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, and The Electric Company more.

 

[pengbuzz]

How about The Great Space Coaster?

 

[CB2001]

God, a blast from my past!

 

[tcsmit29]

Loved this show as a kid. Big fan of Newton's Apple too.

 

[N2darkness]

Must add Reading Rainbow to this list as well!

 

[ssdesigner]

This show really inspired me growing up. Secret City:

 

[Laspector]

Aw man--Secret City!! I was majoring in Graphic Design in college at that time (around '85 or 86?). It would come on in the morning and I would just get stoned out of my mind and watch it....Then go to class thinking of Zebtron! I loved that show! Sometimes I think I learned more from that show than I did in class!

 

[Lost in Trek]

I loved watching 321 Contact. And I loved the the theme song as well.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

How about The Great Space Coaster?

Gary Gnu FTW! I remember loving that character, but can't remember anything about the show beyond the theme!

 

[blewis17]

Gary Gnu FTW! I remember loving that character, but can't remember anything about the show beyond the theme!

You don't remember when Luke Sykwalker was a guest??!!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Oh yeah I do! I was always confused as a kid (I would have been 4yo in 81) because I would get excited thinking the Luke actor was going to be on Sesame Street or whatever and it would turn out to be Scott Hamilton (figure skater).

 

[el toro]

This show really inspired me growing up. Secret City:

I’ve never heard of this show. The uniformed dude drawing on glass looks like a reject from the V tv show from the 80s.

 

[sbaxter]

It would have been a bit after my time, but my brother is ten years my junior, so I saw a lot of it with him. Always thought it was cleverly done.

"The story you're about to see is a fib, but it's short."

SSB

 

[JoeG]

It would have been a bit after my time, but my brother is ten years my junior, so I saw a lot of it with him. Always thought it was cleverly done.

"The story you're about to see is a fib, but it's short."

SSB

That sounds like Mathnet, a parody of Dragnet with a math theme, which was a segment of Square One TV. One of my favorite PBS shows back in the day.

 

[sbaxter]

That sounds like Mathnet, a parody of Dragnet with a math theme, which was a segment of Square One TV. One of my favorite PBS shows back in the day.

Yes -- you're right, now that I think of it. That was pretty well done too. I think they must have been airing around the same era -- I saw them both, but I was no longer in the target audience by that point.

SSB

 

[pengbuzz]

Yes -- you're right, now that I think of it. That was pretty well done too. I think they must have been airing around the same era -- I saw them both, but I was no longer in the target audience by that point.

SSB

Don't forget Dirk Niblick and the Math Brigade!

 

[publiusr]

There was a 1970s kid show that showed a kid in a horror movie at a cinema…he ran out, only to see a man in a movie seat with a scar.