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3, 2, 1!
Contact
It's the secret
It's the moment
When everything happens
Contact
It's the answer
It's the reason
Why everything happens
Contact
Let's make contact
3, 2, 1, (4 quick drum beats) contact!

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

Youtube

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Youtube here

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

LOVIN IT.

― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Wonderful show. And I subscribed to the magazine too -- and its spinoff! We all remember Enter, I hope...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Dogpound Gang yo

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

Bloodhound Gang yo

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

ooh, this is the one I remember. 1983-1986 intro

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, when educational TV came with themes from the Salsoul library

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Bloodhound Gang.

Does anybody remember the earlier episodes where the regular cast's clubhouse was the basement of somebody's house? And there was an edition in a thunderstorm where the power went out? There was a cast member named ... I think... Diego?

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Under The Umbrella Tree

― :):):):):):):):):):):) Smiling Friend (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(: (Uri Frendimein), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

the lyrics are stoneriffic! "dude, if you think about it, CONTACT is the reason why everything happens." "whoa."

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

The chorus is pure Moroder, though

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

Not quite as cool theme
So 80s

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously you know Giorgio would be down for scoring an early '80s grade-school science program:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre900/e917/e91764z0108.jpg

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Also thnx to youtube (and I got a little chill up my spine watching this) Reading Rainbow theme.

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

and finally Square One TV.

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

the 3-2-1 contact theme song is so great. i love it - it's going to be in my head all day and that's okay.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

The Electric Company

― :):):):):):):):):):):) Smiling Friend (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(: (Uri Frendimein), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone remember POWERHOUSE?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_%28television_series%29

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PuAqRQLKA

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

TODAY'S SPECIAL

― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

i don't rememeber today's special at all!

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

It was my favorite! The mannequin came alive when you took off his hat!

― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

OMG EASY READER
i love youtube. electric company really was the grooviest!

i very clearly remember singing the Electric Co and Today's Special theme songs as a kid.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Screw Reading Rainbow. It's all about Readalong

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

hocup pocus alamazocus!!

HOLY SHIT nickalicious -- thanks for that, i used to be all about that show

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

i always liked that the Today's Special intro laid out the story about the mannequin (Jeff). And holy heck, if these were my favourite shows as a 7-yr-old, it is no wonder i turned out as i did - i mean, disco synths, rainbows and dancing mannequins? jody otm re: "dude, everything is, y'know, CONNECTED!"

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Square One is the major nostalgia trip for me on this thread. I loved that show.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

what was the last "golden year" of educational tv? my memory for this stuff ends around 1983. but the stuff that's most deeply ingrained into my brain is late '70s/early '80s sesame street.

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Not very educational, but which one of these do you remember?
Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost2

― :):):):):):):):):):):) Smiling Friend (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(: (Uri Frendimein), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/63/171436719_c55068744e_o.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

okay that is killing me right now

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

sesame street

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

SUBWAY!

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

what was the last "golden year" of educational tv? my memory for this stuff ends around 1983. but the stuff that's most deeply ingrained into my brain is late '70s/early '80s sesame street.

it was never the same after mr. hooper died.

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff from Today's Special was in the film of Jesus Christ Superstar!

The girl from the Bloodhound Gang has been on Law and Order multiple times.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

My girlfriend (b. 1983) is only four years younger than me, but she doesn't remember Mr. Hooper. GENERATION GAP.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

but mr. hooper died before she was born. why would she remember him?

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

correction (sorta) - the actor died in 1982 but they didn't show the "mr. hooper died" episode until november 1983. i forget how they accounted for the time in between.

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

the only one of these shows I actually remember at all is Today's Special.

― Allyzay will never stop making pancakes (allyzay), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff from Today's Special was in the film of Jesus Christ Superstar!

Okay, this is totally BLOWING my MIND.

― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

does anybody remember that show "the edison twins"? totally scientific.

http://www.rickstv.com/tvo/edison5.jpg

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Vegetable Soup, anyone?
http://nicksagan.blogs.com/nick_sagan_online/2006/05/vegetable_soup.html

― patita (patita), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://members.aol.com/goriddles/page/gnu24.jpg

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

For the record, I couldn't stand Today's Special. But I loved 3-2-1 Contact.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

I also remember the program "Pinwheel"

― Allyzay will never stop making pancakes (allyzay), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

PINWHEEL, DUDES

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

xpost right on, ally

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

that show had Simon on it, didn't it?

― Allyzay will never stop making pancakes (allyzay), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

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eat your own bullets, death to smoochy, the get-along gang are my friends

― ath (ath), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

Kids Incorporated

― ath (ath), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Vegetable Soup totally rocked. I included the link mainly because it had good screenshots. The theme was badass!

Anyone else remember The Magic Garden?
http://www.caroleandpaula.com/themagicgarden.html

― patita (patita), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

WHO IN THIS BITCH READ HIGHLIGHTS?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AO51RI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I CAN'T FIND THE TOASTER IN THE TREE FAGGOTS

― PappaWheelie 2 (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

they always had highlights in the doctor's office

― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002VDL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

the energy and passion put in the way they are singing the phrase "Let's make contact", shows the lack of it , and their desire for a universe less alienated and sad.
that is the source of the power of the song..

― emekars (emekars), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

WAIT. I DID FIND THE TOASTER IN THE TREE. NO HELP TO YOU FUCKASSES

― PappaWheelie 2 (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

The electricity area in the boston museum of science reminds me of 321 Contact

― Persecuted Decals (ex machina), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Highlights, yes, and Boys' Life, with great features like Dear Pedro (the donkey editor), monthly instructionals on what's new in whittling and crystal radio kids, and DINK AND DUFF cartoons!!!

― ath (ath), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

Carole from the Magic Garden was the original Sandy in Grease.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 22 June 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

ha, Boy's Life. I'd flip to the back page and read the comic adaptation of The Tripods book series and then toss it in the trash.

― XD (eman), Thursday, 22 June 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, when educational TV came with themes from the Salsoul library

-- Stupornaut (natepatri...) (webmail), Yesterday 1:43 PM. (natepatrin) (later) (link)

what an age. there has to be a connection here not just between PBS and disco, but also with electronic music and the nascent field of video art, as almost all the shows from this period use moogs or paik/abe synthesizers in their intros. figures that people on research grants at PBS stations would influence others involved in producing shows.

much love for the pointer sisters pinball song
...

-- Dan Selzer (danselze...) (webmail), Yesterday 10:13 PM. (Dan Selzer) (later) (link)

"Pinball Number Count" by the Pointer Sisters was a holy grail among diggers (there are loads of Sesame Street records), but the funny thing was it never actually existed in a commerical format. Ninja Tune figured this out, they licensed the original recordings and even stretched em out a little. you can buy it here: http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=763

if anyone needs proof of Nate's Salsoul/essential disco assertion, check the b-side on that above recording: Cookie Monster as remixed by Larry Levan(!)

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 22 June 2006 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

What was the name of the show on PBS where a guy would take an older kids' book, like Bridge to Terabithia, and read excerpts from the book while, at the same time (or maybe it was just voiceover), drawing scenes from the story using pastels?

I have a shockingly vivid memory of him illustrating a Choose Your Own Adventure book called "The Third Planet From Altair," but why he would throw a CYOA book in with all these young adult classics is beyond me.

In a similar vein - how about Commander Mark's "Secret City"? I loved that shit. Especially the way at the end of each episode he would add only one new thing to this one giant ridiculous drawing featuring all his wacky, vaguely Seussian trademarks...

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

what about fucking stanley goodbody and his afro and disturbing bodysuit!?!?!??!

― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Disney Channel. "Read, Write, and Draw." With Vincent Price.

If anyone can find a image of this, I will paypal one dollars.

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

I, like Raggett, received the magazine regularly.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pop-arena.com/articles/disneymag/disney8.jpg

You're welcome.

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and a link to the site: http://www.pop-arena.com/articles/disneymag.html

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

.··-.¸.-··. (`'·.¸(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)¸.·'´)
ROCKET ROBIN HOOD!!!
`·´ (¸.·'´(¸.·'´ `'·.¸)`'·.¸)`·´)'

― :):):):):):):):):):):) Smiling Friend (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(: (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

FUCKING SLIM GOODBODY! ARRRGHHHH!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/347a.jpg/180px-347a.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/347a.jpg/180px-347a.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/347a.jpg/180px-347a.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/347a.jpg/180px-347a.jpg

― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

O.M.G.
I HAD TTLY FORGOTTEN
FORMATIVE STUFF

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

this is the only video featuring slim goodbody on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzjSGueWe3w&search=slim%20goodbody

― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

Chaki OTM

he creped me out a kid. something about his intestinal tract being so naked, so out there.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

whoa, cory haim at the beginning of that clips video. speaking of funny drug-induced behaviour... "i thought that NOT ONLY COULD I SING, BUT I COULD DANCE TOO. ALSO: I AM LIVE AND IN YR FACE!"

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 23 June 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

3 - 2 - 1 - Contact! (123 new answers, last at 12:08 pm)

haha!

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 23 June 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

slim goodbody came to my elementary school.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 23 June 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, help me out ILX: there was a PBS mini-series set in a bookless future and there was something about a bookmobile and the bad guys were called "wipers" and it had some totally tweaky synth music and I don't know, something like that. Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about, or was this just some kind of childhood fever dream?

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I don't need to know the name or get linked to youtube of it or anything, I just want to know I'm not making it up.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

i used to be scared SHITLESS at gary gnu

― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

Hot Fudge! Hot Fudge!

On at 6 in the mornings, long before the first cartoons appeared!

― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Nick -- Apparently it was called Tomes and Talismans.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomes_&_Talismans

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

OMG OMG YOU HAVE SOOOOO MADE MY DAY!

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

the theme song was probably my favorite for a few years. and I think Trini (?) was my first crush.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 23 June 2006 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

OMG NICKALICIOUS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO

THE FUCKING "WIPERS" DUDE

― Werner Herzog Netflix Quine (ex machina), Friday, 23 June 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

didn't the wipers have static rays or something

― Werner Herzog Netflix Quine (ex machina), Friday, 23 June 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

I have mentioned this elsewhere, but ten years ago I was dating the older brother of Paco from the Bloodhound Gang. Who was then working on his hiphop career. It was a bit ridiculous.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

Hot Fudge! Hot Fudge!
On at 6 in the mornings, long before the first cartoons appeared!

HOT FUDGE! RIGHT ON! WHOAH! COMIN' ATCHA NOW!

http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hotfudge.htm

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 24 June 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

Highlights, yes, and Boys' Life, with great features like Dear Pedro (the donkey editor), monthly instructionals on what's new in whittling and crystal radio kids, and DINK AND DUFF cartoons!!!

― ath (ath), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:16 PM (3 years ago)

wouldn't you know it, Pedro's still answering questions, electronically, via his e-bag. guess he eats tacos cause his name is Pedro.

http://boyslife.org/home/pedros-weblog/12234/youre-a-funny-burro/

― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 05:38 (sixteen years ago)

everybody who posted to this thread needs this:

http://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=01127

Tens of millions of people have seen these films. No one knows who made them.

Curled up on our couches in the wee hours of the morning, in reruns, and nostalgic You Tube forwards, filmmaker Al Jarnow has touched our lives and changed the way we look at the world without us ever knowing. Beginning with his work for a certain public television show that featured a big yellow bird, Al Jarnow captured life's scientific minutia and boiled it down for easy consumption between cookie eating monsters and counting vampires. Coupling time-lapse, stop motion, and cel animation with simple objects found in every day life, Jarnow deconstructed the world for an entire generation.

From the third floor of his Long Island gingerbread home, his mind wandered beyond the confines of educational programming. Delving into New York's avant-garde film scene alongside Harry Smith, Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, Jarnow created a body of awe-inspiring films that remain in the collections of MOMA and Pompideau Center.

Employing the archival skills honed during the excavation of over 40 full-length albums, Celestial Navigations marks The Numero Group's first foray into the world of cinema. The 45 films collected have been transferred and color corrected from the original 16mm prints, along with fully remastered sound. Special features include a 30-minute documentary on Jarnow's creative process, as well as film playlists designed for both children and adults alike. The deluxe package includes a 60-page book loaded to the gills with essays, ephemera, storyboards, photos, and a complete film index, all housed in the iconic Numero slipcase.

― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 05:54 (sixteen years ago)

Hmm, nice!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 06:06 (sixteen years ago)

Wow, sounds good! Kinda makes me think of the wonderful epic Norman McLaren DVD box that came out:

http://www.amazon.com/Norman-McLaren-Masters-Grant-Munro/dp/B000H7J9OY

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:15 (sixteen years ago)

Does his son Jesse ever post here?

― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:23 (sixteen years ago)

I love that Norman McLaren DVD.

I'm not gonna re-read this thread, but I only recently discovered the uk comedy Look Around You.

― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 March 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

fyi

http://cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html#celestial

― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 11 March 2010 06:00 (fifteen years ago)

ten years pass...

About 50 percent of my musical taste has roots in the Contact theme, the Mr. Rogers outro piano trio music, the Sesame Street theme, and the Sesame Street twelve song.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 19 July 2020 21:33 (five years ago)

Bloodhound Gang was appointment tv for me

― this has been the best year fuiud (rip van wanko), Sunday, 19 July 2020 22:42 (five years ago)

'70s CTW music was proper funky

― Why does this relates to Yoda? (Old Lunch), Sunday, 19 July 2020 22:45 (five years ago)

the Sesame Street twelve song.

always sticks in my head. probably 1/3 of any given weeks’ waking hours I have this bouncing around in there.

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Sunday, 19 July 2020 23:01 (five years ago)

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