Oh man, this intro is seared in my brain. It's so funny...I can't have watched this in 25 years, and I remember every part of that intro after watching this as though it were yesterday.
I could listen to this theme song over and over again. I remember being 5 years old and enjoying this stuff. We need more educational programming like this today. 3-2-1 Contact!
Listen to the words. It is not impossible it was all catchy programming preparing us for alien contact...same with V and Star Wars and Trek. It's the secret. It's the moment. It's the answer. Let's make contact.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin My niece's husband, a millennial, was taking a family photo and said, "Okay...3, 2, 1..." And with a knee jerk reaction, I yelled, "Contact!!!" He laughed and said Okay, "Contact." Everyone just giggled. I was like, "Come on, guys...The science show for kids from the 80's...321 Contact??!!" The response was puzzled looks and crickets so I felt the need to sing and dance to the theme song." My nephew-in-law excitedly snapped a couple pics of me and everyone else laughed. I'm sending the whole family this video, as I am 44 and feel they are missing out on a fantastic pastime 😉
@@audreycortez2341 it was our programming...getting us ready for alien contact. Listen to the words. Remember V? Eating mice? Greatest American Hero? Got the tech but no instruction manual... I am convinced EVERYTHING is a psyop.
i remember when i was a young kid, for some inexplicable reason that i can't entirely explain today.... i was so fascinated with this intro song..... and i forced my dad to watch it, as soon as he got home from work. i felt like it was something he just had to see. lol i think afterwards he was just as confused as why i wanted him to see it... but i think i felt like this song explained something... that i thought was important, or important to me. i still feel that connection with this song today.
Hello Traveler! I'd just like to say that Dragonlance is the shit and Dan Parkinson paints very well with words (!). As for that intro theme...I feel like it was programming. Permanently imprinted on my brains. Heavy alien contact lyrical vibe to it I never caught when I was young. All latchkey kids watched PBS at some point. If it was on we at minimum heard it. TV is highly addictive and appeals to multiple senses. There's a frequency they produce that...when combined with new cannabis strains makes the brain feel very tingly and good and relaxes the person. That is hard to compete with.
@@captainorangesburner Fellow Dragonlance fan; you're awesome already. My favorite is Raistlin, but I've learned the importance of everyone else. They're what makes Krynn work.
I kinda wished they'd expanded this theme into a single. It's a really cool piece of work, and the instrumentation is totally lush for a 50 second intro to a kids' show.
About making alien contact. They have been conditioning Boomers and Gen X to it our entire lives. Getting us ready to accept being conquered. Otherwise we probably always revolt.
For a long time, I've been searching for this song. All I remember is "3-2-1 Contact" followed by some humming. It aired in Malaysia when I was just five years old, back in 1985. Then, suddenly, the show ended. At the same time, Sesame Street was also very popular. All of this is a cherished memory from my childhood.
Watching this show EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL is what gave me a foundation to answer 80% of ALL of my science test questions/homework assignments from 7th grade all the way through 12th grade... I MEAN it... and because they ran the episodes over and over throughout the years, there was constant memory re-enforcement...
I don't remember a thing I learned from the show, but the song's impressive. I think to this day, whenever I come across a problem, this little tune charges in like adrenaline. :)
I remember when this show was on, though I was kind of young at the time and didn't really pay much attention it. I do, however, remember this theme song.
Eric Cartman brought me here. 321 Contact was mentioned in an episode of South Park I watched recently and it rang a bell. I used to watch this in the school summer holidays when I was a nipper (UK). I also still remembered most of the lyrics hehe.
OMFGosh! I watched this show with a passion. I love you people for putting the rarest stuff on youtube. It was just a random, "I wonder if..." and here it is! You people are awesome! Shout out to everyone that remembers this and the Bloodhound Gang!
All I know is when I have kids in the VERY near future...they'll be raised on the shows I was raised on...reading rainbow, OLD sesame street, mister rogers, this...and those are just the GREAT pbs shows that were around...what a great time it was to be a kid...
OMG! The 80's!!! Care free days! Before the internet, bills, rent, cell phones and credit cards. There were no play stations or xbox, but instead we had atari!! I miss the feeling the 80's give me. DOB 1978!!!
Believe it or not, when I was really little, that frog used to scare the living daylights out of me (man, was I ever a pathetic little girl!) I also remember getting angry at Contact when they changed the title (1987, I believe), and they took out the cat. Being the crazy cat lady that I am, that just really made me mad. But then, I was only five at the time.
Here's a more technical related question to the intro. Does anyone have any idea if the animated imagery during the intro was done with a Scanimate? I always thought it had that look.
Shit, I haven't thought of this intro since 1989, and yet as soon as I heard it...it ALL came back right away! Guess it's true what the song says..."Contact is the secret, It's the moment when everything happens."
In 3-2-1 Contact's 1986 season, da video quality of its opening intro is clean'd up, slightly enhanced, and updated by addin' an orangutan lookin' str8 2 da camera and a volcano's eruption. Gone from this intro (shown here) r astronaut in space and a rocketship blastin' off. BTW; I was a fan of 3-2-1 Contact from da early 1990s 'til 2003 when Noggin took it off da air 4 good.
3-2-1 Contact, Reading Rainbow, Square One TV, and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood...the classic PBS days.
Oh man, this intro is seared in my brain. It's so funny...I can't have watched this in 25 years, and I remember every part of that intro after watching this as though it were yesterday.
I love this theme music. It's one of the best sounds I've ever heard. Who else agrees?
It's one of my favorites, I also like Newton's Apple.
I'm with you, Tara.
I'd put this just below the 1987 theme. (I grew up with Classroom Contact.)
It’s got that wonderful 70s wah-pedal charm 😂
Learning was even fun back then.48 seconds,I feel young again.
I could listen to this theme song over and over again. I remember being 5 years old and enjoying this stuff. We need more educational programming like this today. 3-2-1 Contact!
Listen to the words. It is not impossible it was all catchy programming preparing us for alien contact...same with V and Star Wars and Trek. It's the secret. It's the moment. It's the answer. Let's make contact.
Why do I remember this vividly??
I use to love watching this after school right before Square One came on.
forgot how catchy this theme was--love the bass part in the beginning.
One of my favorite these songs to this day still. Glad to finally hear it again after all these years.!
From time to time. This theme would pop into my head.
Joshua Rodriguez Banks it popped in mine today for some reason 12/31/2019 lol
Especially if someone says 3-2-1 even remotely close to the beat.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin My niece's husband, a millennial, was taking a family photo and said, "Okay...3, 2, 1..." And with a knee jerk reaction, I yelled, "Contact!!!" He laughed and said Okay, "Contact." Everyone just giggled. I was like, "Come on, guys...The science show for kids from the 80's...321 Contact??!!" The response was puzzled looks and crickets so I felt the need to sing and dance to the theme song." My nephew-in-law excitedly snapped a couple pics of me and everyone else laughed. I'm sending the whole family this video, as I am 44 and feel they are missing out on a fantastic pastime 😉
@@audreycortez2341 it was our programming...getting us ready for alien contact. Listen to the words.
Remember V? Eating mice? Greatest American Hero? Got the tech but no instruction manual...
I am convinced EVERYTHING is a psyop.
i remember when i was a young kid, for some inexplicable reason that i can't entirely explain today.... i was so fascinated with this intro song..... and i forced my dad to watch it, as soon as he got home from work. i felt like it was something he just had to see. lol i think afterwards he was just as confused as why i wanted him to see it... but i think i felt like this song explained something... that i thought was important, or important to me. i still feel that connection with this song today.
Me too, Warren.
I completely get it.
How did you force him to watch it before TV on demand was a thing?
@@Rhewin There was this thing... called "TV Guide"... and the Prevue Channel... and VCRs...
@@GGoAwayy do you always answer other people’s questions?
And my childhood comes back so fast it smacks me straight in the heart. ❤️💖❤️
Hello Traveler! I'd just like to say that Dragonlance is the shit and Dan Parkinson paints very well with words (!).
As for that intro theme...I feel like it was programming. Permanently imprinted on my brains. Heavy alien contact lyrical vibe to it I never caught when I was young. All latchkey kids watched PBS at some point. If it was on we at minimum heard it. TV is highly addictive and appeals to multiple senses. There's a frequency they produce that...when combined with new cannabis strains makes the brain feel very tingly and good and relaxes the person. That is hard to compete with.
@@captainorangesburner Fellow Dragonlance fan; you're awesome already.
My favorite is Raistlin, but I've learned the importance of everyone else. They're what makes Krynn work.
For a children's show, I always thought that opening was one groovy jam! lol
I miss this show! It was a great concept, production was great, topics were great! I miss Triny!
I kinda wished they'd expanded this theme into a single. It's a really cool piece of work, and the instrumentation is totally lush for a 50 second intro to a kids' show.
About making alien contact. They have been conditioning Boomers and Gen X to it our entire lives. Getting us ready to accept being conquered. Otherwise we probably always revolt.
I remember singing this every time it started.
PBS rocked the 80’s!
Wow, I loved this show! They don't make 'em like they used to.
Grew up on this, hadn't heard it since those days. Dang that song slaps!!!
You got that right! I remember very fondly watching this in elementary school.
Still a banger.
I miss those days
For a long time, I've been searching for this song. All I remember is "3-2-1 Contact" followed by some humming. It aired in Malaysia when I was just five years old, back in 1985. Then, suddenly, the show ended. At the same time, Sesame Street was also very popular. All of this is a cherished memory from my childhood.
Thanks for posting this. This really brought back memories. :)
I was getting into my late 'teens when this came out and I remember watching it a year or 2 before I went off to the Navy.
My favorite 3-2-1 Contact Intro!
Was literally just singing this, which is why I'm here.
Now I know why I love the bass guitar
Watching this show EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL is what gave me a foundation to answer 80% of ALL of my science test questions/homework assignments from 7th grade all the way through 12th grade... I MEAN it... and because they ran the episodes over and over throughout the years, there was constant memory re-enforcement...
27 here! and I remember the opening theme and the goodness of PBS!
Shows like 3 2 1 Contact need to be back on the air!
This song is one of my favorite alarm ringtones...Ahhh nostalgia...3-2-1 CONTACT!!! 🤗
Great theme. Love this one and the trippy Polka Dot Door theme from another PBS show and of course any of Mr Rogers hit songs!
What a cool theme song!
I don't remember a thing I learned from the show, but the song's impressive. I think to this day, whenever I come across a problem, this little tune charges in like adrenaline. :)
This sounds like a theme song for a 70's action drama.
I loved this show.
daaam this is the earliest childhood memory I have of a tv show,1983-84ish
My youth has come back to life!
The good ole days
Who doesn't love that guitar intro?
(C)1986 Children’s Television Workshop (CTW). All rights reserved.
(C)1990 Golden Book Video, Inc. All rights reserved.
I'm curious to know who produced this opening theme song. on point. i remember it being uplifting & inspiring as a kid. 👍
Tom Anthony is the composer/producer. He also was one of the singers.
I remember being allowed a few times to watch this in school. I'm 37, and I think I was in 3rd grade when we watched.
I remembered this when I was a little girl.
I remember when this show was on, though I was kind of young at the time and didn't really pay much attention it. I do, however, remember this theme song.
3-2-1 contact never mentioned to the children of this era the possibility of watching this on youtube 30+ years later. 😢
Eric Cartman brought me here.
321 Contact was mentioned in an episode of South Park I watched recently and it rang a bell. I used to watch this in the school summer holidays when I was a nipper (UK).
I also still remembered most of the lyrics hehe.
Loved this series even in Middle School. Especially liked he Bloodhound Gang on it.
OMFGosh! I watched this show with a passion. I love you people for putting the rarest stuff on youtube. It was just a random, "I wonder if..." and here it is! You people are awesome! Shout out to everyone that remembers this and the Bloodhound Gang!
Next to Sqaure One TV, Shining Time Station, and Reading Rainbow, this was one of my favorite PBS shows growing up.
The Theme is a remake of Star In My Life - Paradise Express
I'am sure you can find it here...
All I know is when I have kids in the VERY near future...they'll be raised on the shows I was raised on...reading rainbow, OLD sesame street, mister rogers, this...and those are just the GREAT pbs shows that were around...what a great time it was to be a kid...
Only after listening to it so many years later do I now notice the goofy timpani and trombone sounds sprinkled in. LOL
THIS IS SOO OLD SCHOOL 80S WERE CALM N COOL
This is how I fell in love with science!
best public show and theme
Facts.
Ha, in fifth grade we'd always watch this and they'd turn out the lights and everyone in my class would sing along at the tops of their lungs. Nerds!
Loved this theme song. ^^
This song was always the best.
Great show. I even had the bi monthly magazine of 3.2.1. Contact.
Three words: The Bloodhound Gang. It all came down to them.
OMG! The 80's!!! Care free days! Before the internet, bills, rent, cell phones and credit cards. There were no play stations or xbox, but instead we had atari!! I miss the feeling the 80's give me. DOB 1978!!!
I loved 321 contact!!! All the old PBS shows were da best!
the synths give away its 80's apperance
We had an Atari set too! It was loads of fun!
Oh that would be a dream come true!
Now every time I put a stylus on a record, pet a cat, kiss a baby, strike a match or crack an egg I think about 321 Contact
Believe it or not, when I was really little, that frog used to scare the living daylights out of me (man, was I ever a pathetic little girl!)
I also remember getting angry at Contact when they changed the title (1987, I believe), and they took out the cat. Being the crazy cat lady that I am, that just really made me mad. But then, I was only five at the time.
You’re not alone. When I was little, the slow motion drops of water would creep me out because it looked like some weird dark liquid
Yes, that is correct.
I love this show when I was a kid growing up in Malaysia.
we broke out and disco danced everytime the teacher put this on
this is the jam
Paco was my favorite!
Kids now will never understand. I thank God I was an 80's baby.
OMG i remember this show.
Damm I forgot about this. Wow!
That is correct.
Remember the Bloodhound Gang....on this show...
OMG. they don't make tv shows like this anymore, sad.
god, i thought i will never see it again
oh yeah, in school we watched this, the electric company and reading rainbow. hurray for PBS
let's go back to school! old style!
No, It ended in 1988 the series run, then showed re-runs, and extras until production ceased in 1992. Go to winkapedia (sp) for assistance.
Perfect American child program..
Here's a more technical related question to the intro. Does anyone have any idea if the animated imagery during the intro was done with a Scanimate? I always thought it had that look.
Science in the 80s. Now look where we are now 2024.
I miss this show to death!
This show owns more than fucking skeletor!!
god damn im having major goose bumps
So, this is what MatPat meant.
hells yeah
PREACH!!!
@moznico
Hell yea bro, right there with ya.
Shit, I haven't thought of this intro since 1989, and yet as soon as I heard it...it ALL came back right away! Guess it's true what the song says..."Contact is the secret,
It's the moment when everything happens."
lmao.. this is my song... wish it was 1985 all over again..
The gratuitous use of the guitar’s wah-pedal, and a four-on-the floor disco beat. Peak 70s theme song 😂
Except it was the 80s... 🤔
You forgot Zoom :)
Any know where I can download MP3s of the intros, very catchy jingles. ; )
In 3-2-1 Contact's 1986 season, da video quality of its opening intro is clean'd up, slightly enhanced, and updated by addin' an orangutan lookin' str8 2 da camera and a volcano's eruption. Gone from this intro (shown here) r astronaut in space and a rocketship blastin' off.
BTW; I was a fan of 3-2-1 Contact from da early 1990s 'til 2003 when Noggin took it off da air 4 good.
Back when educational shows for kids where actually educational.