3-2-1 Contact -- Episode 130 -- Food and Fuel -- 1980

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  • Опубліковано 23 жов 2018
  • Here is a 3-2-1 Contact segment of Food and Fuel. Rebroadcast segments of Bakers Akers Farm in Iowa, how to make a loaf of bread from a bread factory in CT. Also a segment of fuel effeciant. You also see a short episode of The Bloodhound Gang in "The Case of a Dead Mans Pigeon.
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  • @horrorfandad7782
    @horrorfandad7782 5 років тому +221

    When I was a kid I use to watch this show everyday after school on PBS.

  • @JIMMYJREVIEWS_thaiM-A-F-I-A
    @JIMMYJREVIEWS_thaiM-A-F-I-A 2 роки тому +53

    Can I get a like for all my fellow 80’s kids that didn’t have cable so this show was Our little lives!!!

  • @superggernandez8240
    @superggernandez8240 4 роки тому +181

    Wow this brings memories when I had no obligations, no mortgage, bills, etc, lol

  • @DJBSharpMusic
    @DJBSharpMusic Рік тому +18

    37 years old, watching this. I've learned more in a few minutes than I ever remember learning in school. That's a sign of good "lesson structure" in an educational show

  • @arlettatapaha3027
    @arlettatapaha3027 4 роки тому +70

    OMG, my teacher use to let us watch this every day in junior high and do a story about it, I use to hate it but loved the shows, funny 😃😂😀now I’m 46, I was 12 back then, miss the 80’s

    • @GUNMETALGUYUSA
      @GUNMETALGUYUSA 2 роки тому +4

      Back in a time when teachers actually taught instead of converting!

    • @L0kias1
      @L0kias1 2 місяці тому

      @@GUNMETALGUYUSAno one is converting u

  • @Shadowban69
    @Shadowban69 2 роки тому +25

    Simple times and the people look so much happier. Watched this show and searched for it to show my kids. Hope everyone on the program lived a good life.

    • @derekroberts6654
      @derekroberts6654 10 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/vG1bxnQLHEY/v-deo.htmlsi=u1_Xyxj52wJ67c4C

    • @pjangels609
      @pjangels609 9 місяців тому +4

      Totally. My mother was a teacher, and myself born in mid 70s...321 Contact, the Electric Company, and many trips to the Shed Aquarium, Field Museum, and Art Institute in Chicago, what a blessing compared to today!

    • @nerdygerdy
      @nerdygerdy 8 місяців тому +3

      Watching this made me mourn for the past, good times that need to return.

  • @fosterchild72
    @fosterchild72 4 роки тому +39

    PBS was such a joy all day when I was at home "sick". ;)

    • @DJBSharpMusic
      @DJBSharpMusic Рік тому +2

      Definitely a productive use of a "sick day." My mom was too slick to fall for that one when I was a kid, although my actual sick days would be spent reading a book or playing a game on my Playstation. Not as productive, but fulfilling at least.

  • @ddubfan
    @ddubfan 3 роки тому +37

    Oh my lord you guys! This show was so amazing back in the day! I learned more by watching this than I did in actual science classes

  • @inujosha
    @inujosha 4 роки тому +30

    It's always amazing to me what the brain can do via nostalgia and how it can make you feel and remember things by things such as a TV show I used to watch every day as a kid.

    • @csmith2321
      @csmith2321 2 роки тому +4

      So true my friend! I am so old now but watching this brought back fond memories. Life was great back then.

  • @signalsoldier
    @signalsoldier 4 роки тому +40

    RIP Robert Guillaume

    • @spark20
      @spark20 3 роки тому +1

      aka Eli Vance of Black Mesa

  • @chuckbracken
    @chuckbracken 5 років тому +51

    OMG You are making me feel my age!! I haven't seen this show in forever

    • @mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990
      @mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990 5 років тому +4

      And to think the cute girls on this video have been pumped silly. They worn out all dry in the koch now

    • @mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990
      @mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990 5 років тому +1

      @@crackpipejoe3508 She's dead, so you're going to have to lend me yours who walks with hanging flaps 😂

    • @catharsis222
      @catharsis222 4 роки тому

      @@mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990 Dank Nuggz got pwned!

    • @inujosha
      @inujosha 4 роки тому

      @@mobilephonesgettingtoobig3990 Apparently the comment by the other person was deleted lol so what was said out of curiosity?

  • @kjemradio
    @kjemradio 4 роки тому +24

    Oh man the feels! The opening CTW crawl and Moog synth with the lead in 3-2-1 Contact intro. I am 5 again! :-)

    • @epcotman32
      @epcotman32 3 роки тому

      I still prefer the electric shock shining logo.

  • @ohiyotrippole6645
    @ohiyotrippole6645 2 роки тому +10

    When there were entertaining and educational shows for kids. The value of this program cannot be overstated.

  • @HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome
    @HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome 2 роки тому +22

    This show was everything. Absolutely everything. I never knew Black People let alone other Black Kids were into science the way I was. One of the many, many reasons I still give to PBS.
    They intentionally reached out to me, and brought me in. I'm grateful. My Kids will be as well.

    • @kidmack3556
      @kidmack3556 Рік тому +2

      Best comment ever, Here here! Well said.
      You can come to the barbecue.

    • @hypnos9336
      @hypnos9336 6 місяців тому

      why did you capitalize "black" "people" and "kids?" lol

    • @HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome
      @HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome 6 місяців тому +1

      @@hypnos9336 - I don't reply in detail to people who are afraid of their own faces, let alone showing it to anyone else.

    • @theexpresidents
      @theexpresidents 6 місяців тому

      ​​@@HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome Good point. I'm also afraid of people who don't know the difference between "you're" and "your."
      I guess Science is more important than Language.

  • @UglyJaguar
    @UglyJaguar 4 роки тому +28

    From a simpler happier time

  • @knowpassword
    @knowpassword 4 роки тому +20

    I love VHS tape lines on the side..👍😉

  • @FlickFusionOfficial
    @FlickFusionOfficial 4 роки тому +26

    I didn’t discover 321 contact until 1988. This and square one were awesome.

    • @brotendo
      @brotendo 4 роки тому +7

      Mathnet!

    • @RenoEdits
      @RenoEdits 3 роки тому +1

      I remember 3-2-1 prior to that. As soon as I was getting into Square One, our PBS affiliate started acting funny and stopped airing it for a while.

    • @greerchilds3467
      @greerchilds3467 2 роки тому +2

      That’s it! Square one... i was recently trying to remember the name of tht show... thx homie 😎

  • @Latino_n_proud
    @Latino_n_proud 2 роки тому +6

    The theme song to this show is as iconic as much as it is nostalgic 🏆
    3-2-1……..CONTACT!

  • @vince376
    @vince376 3 роки тому +8

    So nostalgic. Listening to the theme song, it magically transports me 40 years back in time.

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 2 роки тому +7

    PBS use to have great educational shows . I don’t know about now. But I remember learning so much watching them on my old black and white TV.

    • @DJBSharpMusic
      @DJBSharpMusic Рік тому +1

      Speaking as someone who has helped a single mom with her kids, it's just a bunch of garbage programs for toddlers, plus Sesame Street. They really went downhill.

    • @kengilreath1915
      @kengilreath1915 11 місяців тому +1

      I enjoyed it back in the day and alot of tv Ontario shows on PBS!!!!!

  • @corym8358
    @corym8358 3 роки тому +14

    So nostalgic. I remember watching this show in science class at school when I was 10. I'm 50 now :-)

  • @MattMontag0
    @MattMontag0 3 роки тому +6

    used to copy BASIC programs out of 3-2-1 Contact magazine as a kid. Quality content that inspired countless STEM careers, these folks are heroes.

    • @kidmack3556
      @kidmack3556 Рік тому +1

      I didn't know about the companion magazine until I read some of the comments on the other videos.

  • @gaywizard2000
    @gaywizard2000 4 роки тому +11

    The best theme song of any show in history!!!!!

  • @firesocks2017
    @firesocks2017 Рік тому +6

    Why can’t we have more kid friendly shows like this?

    • @cartoonist1975
      @cartoonist1975 9 місяців тому +2

      powers that be take such delight ruining future generations

  • @salvatorecapaccio8760
    @salvatorecapaccio8760 3 роки тому +20

    I loved this show. Too bad kids today grow up on mindless nonsense.

  • @kitkune
    @kitkune 3 місяці тому +1

    Made me feel old when i realized how old this show was but the feel good memories are worth it ❤

  • @samgod
    @samgod 3 роки тому +8

    Watching this when I was 6, I didn't realize how young the beautiful Liz was. It seems like children's programming like 3-2-1 Contact, Electric Company, and Mister Wizard wouldn't hold attention spans of today's audiences, especially children.

  • @TheScottycap25
    @TheScottycap25 Рік тому +1

    This show brings it all back! We watched everyday. Excellent show!

  • @geraldinekearns8198
    @geraldinekearns8198 4 роки тому +7

    Awesome show! Thanks to Children's Television Workshop!

  • @marshagrebjohnston8669
    @marshagrebjohnston8669 8 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely loved this series growing up!!!!!

  • @asterix7
    @asterix7 2 роки тому +3

    These put the vision in television 🙏🏼

  • @henrys3629
    @henrys3629 3 роки тому +9

    The reason this is not on DVD? Someone might learn something. Oh no. Can't have that.

  • @alexandrea73
    @alexandrea73 3 роки тому +10

    Absolutely loved this show and the Bloodhound Gang!!!!

  • @MontgomeryMall
    @MontgomeryMall Рік тому +3

    About 15 students were left at the parking lot, forgotten and never picked up by either the bus nor the Volkswagen. I wonder what happened to them.
    Her uncle is cheap, only buying a single gallon of gas!
    This was filmed in or around Yonkers, New York. The school bus is owned by the Amberwood Coach Company which is based in Yonkers.

  • @foxmulder4196
    @foxmulder4196 2 місяці тому +1

    These shows were made for us to think outside the box and make innovative products and live life with purpose and meaning make the world a better place.

  • @bullsboat1
    @bullsboat1 5 років тому +19

    I'm so old I remember this lol

  • @Scarpia9111
    @Scarpia9111 3 роки тому +4

    When this show came on my life as a kid elevated!

  • @aoiahiru670
    @aoiahiru670 3 роки тому +7

    They should play this on Nick at Night for all us X'ers and Millennials! LoL

    • @jonesy7425
      @jonesy7425 2 роки тому +1

      About 15 years ago, Noggin would play this show regularly. That's how I saw it.

  • @iwuzafisherman
    @iwuzafisherman 7 місяців тому +1

    Nice to watch 321 contact again after all these years

  • @toucansam3
    @toucansam3 4 роки тому +5

    It seemed like 3/4 of the time they would play the Bloodhound Gang intro but then say there was no episode this week.

  • @tdrewman
    @tdrewman 4 роки тому +9

    I remember watching this episode as a kid

  • @eelponna3145
    @eelponna3145 2 роки тому +2

    I used to watch this in the UK at the weekends in the early 80s with The Red Hand Gang. The US fed us so many great kids shows at that time I grew up almost speaking with an American accent!

  • @michaelabercrombie7698
    @michaelabercrombie7698 5 років тому +11

    Used to love this. 46 now.

  • @TisTheDamnStickSeason
    @TisTheDamnStickSeason 2 роки тому +2

    Used to watch this here in New Zealand in the early 80s. Ah nostalgia. Damn you adulthood lol.

  • @CitizenVids
    @CitizenVids Рік тому +2

    How come I'm about to try that bread recipe! LoL I watched this as a 7 year old back in the early 80s. What an awesome flashback!❤️

  • @fuzzfrancis435
    @fuzzfrancis435 2 роки тому

    Making me feel like a kid again. I was 9 and this was a daily staple in my life. Thank you so much.

  • @katprowler6805
    @katprowler6805 2 роки тому +4

    How many of you wants to go back to the 80s?

  • @TheChiefSteel
    @TheChiefSteel 3 роки тому +4

    I completely remember the Bus vs the compact car segment. I probably haven't seen it or thought about it since 1981. But as I watched this I remembered everything almost perfectly. I knew when the car was going to run out of gas etc. Pretty amazing.

    • @MrFluffykat
      @MrFluffykat Рік тому

      Bus girl was so F'ing smug about the effectiveness of the bus........but what bus girl didn't acknowledge was that the bus and the car had vastly different applications......no way would bus girl use a bus as a daily driver...also what car girl was really after was that riding on a school bus SUCKED

    • @TheChiefSteel
      @TheChiefSteel Рік тому +1

      @@MrFluffykat I'm pretty sure bus girl was an actor and didn't give two shits after her check was cut.

    • @MrFluffykat
      @MrFluffykat Рік тому

      @@TheChiefSteel that's prolly very true.....my comment reflects my attitude when I first saw this back in the spring of 1980

  • @deborahdebooth5103
    @deborahdebooth5103 Рік тому +1

    Ty for posting. 🤩👍🏽👍🏽🌹 one of my favorites...especially the bloodhound gang. 💎

  • @Bernie3000
    @Bernie3000 4 роки тому +3

    At least those piggies could walk and turn around.
    I’m surprised they mentioned tanning was bad for the skin back in 1980. 3-2-1 Contact was ahead of its time!

  • @MontgomeryMall
    @MontgomeryMall 11 місяців тому +2

    Actor Leon W. Grant, who portrayed the character Marc on this show, died at the age of 64 in May, 2023 in Hawaii.

  • @ooommm4024
    @ooommm4024 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed this show as a kid and am just now realizing the baby in the intro is over 40 years old.

  • @Auror37
    @Auror37 2 роки тому +2

    Wow my childhood is back. I had this theme song in my head and I had to look this up! I was 10, these “Kids” have got to be in there 60s now. I wonder whatever happened to them. I use to have a crush on one of the girls. Loved this show.

  • @byron916mauck
    @byron916mauck Рік тому

    The song just popped into my head for no reason...now I'm watching an episode

  • @lightenddragon100
    @lightenddragon100 2 роки тому +1

    I was one when this episode aired on TV so I don't remember this particular episode but I do remember the intro to this show. watched this show religiously for years lol

  • @DarthSinistris
    @DarthSinistris 5 років тому +16

    20:16
    Bloodhound gang

    • @fabfotog
      @fabfotog 4 роки тому +3

      you're doing the lord's work

  • @IAmSamThatIAM
    @IAmSamThatIAM 3 роки тому +4

    This brings back so much memories. This was the time when learning was fum. It's got that awesome catchy them song.

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 3 роки тому

      From now on I will say fum

    • @IAmSamThatIAM
      @IAmSamThatIAM 3 роки тому

      @@archlich4489 Hey That's mine. I stole that first from Patrick Star.

  • @davesworld7961
    @davesworld7961 5 років тому +15

    Lisa looks like Dana Plato but is Liz Moses.

  • @iamjaychase1
    @iamjaychase1 Рік тому

    Here we are 2022...
    I still love this show!
    Been watching since the beginning

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit47 7 місяців тому +1

    3-2-1 Contact aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, with reruns airing for 4 years until September 27, 1992. Reruns resumed the next year in 1993 on commercial television, with All American Television handling syndication. It later ran on Noggin (a joint venture between the CTW and Nickelodeon) from 1999 to 2003, and lastly on Nickelodeon from September 5, 2000 until January 24, 2003.

  • @thezaczone
    @thezaczone 3 роки тому

    My mom loved this show and the 80's!

  • @imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347
    @imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347 3 роки тому +3

    THIS was television.

  • @ChulazoPanama77
    @ChulazoPanama77 Рік тому +1

    I remember this, and a few other PBS shows, my preschool and elementary school teachers would always play for us before class.

  • @llamont2336
    @llamont2336 Рік тому +1

    The days before reality tv and social media with quality programming that stimulated the mind…

  • @Robnoxos
    @Robnoxos Рік тому +2

    Team Trini.... HUGE CRUSH!

  • @darkmader3898
    @darkmader3898 3 роки тому +3

    I miss these days. So fun. 43 now. Not so fun days anymore.

  • @symphantic4552
    @symphantic4552 Рік тому +1

    That intro song is such a slapp on the nostalgia button

  • @michaelsmith-ws2mb
    @michaelsmith-ws2mb Рік тому

    Man I remember watching this as a kid, great educational show. Miss those days….

  • @sethterwilliger9434
    @sethterwilliger9434 2 місяці тому

    I loved this show

  • @Panwere36
    @Panwere36 Рік тому +1

    The original cast was the show everyone loved. I wonder what ever happened to the three teens in it....

  • @kellylawson6740
    @kellylawson6740 Рік тому

    I was 11 years old when contact got me...lol when am back from school always glue to my dad old JVC black and white tv and living a life without responsibility, and the moral value of teaching and educating kids on tv was a virtue. I cry for the generations of kids now on what they watch now.

  • @Fenncer24
    @Fenncer24 3 роки тому +4

    Who's the blond gal in the Bloodhound Gang episode? She's hot. The black girl looks like one of my co-workers. And the black guy looks like Commander La Forge from Star Trek The Next Generation. And Lisa Moses oh my is she HOT. Oh the good days. The music in car vs bus sounds like music from my Commadore 64's game Defender of The Crown, love it.
    Thanks to UA-cam we can go back in time. Were would we be without UA-cam? Thank you.

    • @amiyarose9140
      @amiyarose9140 2 місяці тому

      Gwendolyn Lewis

    • @Fenncer24
      @Fenncer24 Місяць тому

      @@amiyarose9140 thank you for the reply.

  • @iwuzafisherman
    @iwuzafisherman 3 роки тому +1

    Brings back memories.

  • @tifmoore3985
    @tifmoore3985 2 роки тому

    Taking me back this was my show!!

  • @MichaelVileleagueofintrigue
    @MichaelVileleagueofintrigue 5 років тому +7

    Crazy! By today's standards!! The handling of the piglets to a slaughter house!!

  • @calebproductions5970
    @calebproductions5970 4 роки тому +3

    Love the intro!

  • @patrickkavanagh7371
    @patrickkavanagh7371 3 роки тому +3

    Oh my 80s. When life was simpler.

  • @kenith287
    @kenith287 Рік тому

    Loved this show growing up. Owl TV was another good one too.

  • @iceman1979c
    @iceman1979c 5 років тому +6

    Awesomeness

  • @booberfeldt5566
    @booberfeldt5566 2 роки тому

    I watched this from 1985-88 or age 3 to 6 loved it waz my favorite pbs show

  • @p3r3z92
    @p3r3z92 2 роки тому

    I used to watch this in grade school back in early 80s.

  • @timepoet77
    @timepoet77 5 років тому +10

    I remember having the biggest crush on Lisa and Trini.

    • @TheOfficialIceman
      @TheOfficialIceman 4 роки тому +1

      Thomas R. Skidmore same here

    • @b0h1ka
      @b0h1ka 4 роки тому

      Yup, I like "Trini" when she played the candy girl in The Warriors. Oh, and "Ricardo" from the Bloodhound Gang was in The Warriors too (RIP).

    • @Fenncer24
      @Fenncer24 3 роки тому +1

      Yep same here had a crush on Lisa and thought Trunk waz cute to. Oh the days, 11 years old such fun.

  • @blackamerica5974
    @blackamerica5974 2 роки тому

    I miss the shows when we were young they just feed our kids an grandchildren bull crap now watching this makes me happy an sad 😔

  • @FortitudineVincimus
    @FortitudineVincimus Рік тому

    I totally forgot about this show until someone mentioned it on Reddit. Total nostalgia...

  • @grimreaper7734
    @grimreaper7734 10 місяців тому

    Good Lord it's been like 38 years since I last saw this.

  • @keebmarketing
    @keebmarketing Рік тому

    I love this

  • @l.blanton3019
    @l.blanton3019 5 років тому +1

    Loved this as a kid,never realized Ricardo played in the warriors until now,lol

    • @TheOfficialIceman
      @TheOfficialIceman 4 роки тому +1

      Abdus-Shaheed Kaaba I did, but I didn't know Trini (real name: Ginny Ortiz) was in it as well. She played the girl operating the newsstand who got the candy bar thrown at her by Rogues Leader, Luther.

  • @bradwarfield
    @bradwarfield Місяць тому

    Watched this over-the-air on PBS in school when it was on. We had to schedule periods around the air times of PBS programs (pre-VCR's). Processed food, pigs, goo, poor diet advice, pretty typical 3-2-1 Contact stuff. II had forgotten about this show.

  • @kevinfairbanks1103
    @kevinfairbanks1103 Рік тому

    All we need now is a Sweet Pickles commercial

  • @kagemaru259
    @kagemaru259 3 роки тому

    It's been about 35 years since I've seen this show....

  • @tommym321
    @tommym321 Рік тому

    In the intro song, they pet the kitty right at the chord change. That was the first music lesson I ever learned

  • @David-yy7lb
    @David-yy7lb 3 дні тому

    Bring back so many memories as a child👍🏿 do anyone remember The Electric company I think it came on after 321 contact

  • @califinn
    @califinn 3 роки тому +2

    I can't say contact without humming that opening song.

  • @vt6spd
    @vt6spd 4 роки тому +3

    28:38 " I'm Jogging"...with a radio? Hahaha!

    • @jerrylawrence4433
      @jerrylawrence4433 4 роки тому

      Well, it was 1980, the Walkman wasn't even around yet!

  • @danithais5879
    @danithais5879 3 роки тому +2

    Rip Marcelino Sánchez

  • @aaronkasperek526
    @aaronkasperek526 3 роки тому

    This brings back memories. 3 2 1 contact. God brings back to my childhood. Too bad you have to grow up. But good memories.

  • @onice33
    @onice33 2 місяці тому

    Glad I was born in '79... saw this from '83 to '90... kids nowadays aint learning 💩 afterschool..

  • @hubbyhub2050
    @hubbyhub2050 2 роки тому

    The memories and feels are real………

  • @chrisamon80
    @chrisamon80 8 місяців тому

    I missed 3-2-1 Contact on most of the PBS stations. It's a production of the Children's Television Workshop. It is known as the Sesame Workshop.

  • @user-cx1zj7zz6x
    @user-cx1zj7zz6x 4 місяці тому

    This version of 130 watch broadcast between 1990 and 1992 because Show 129 never reran on PBS after 1987. The same thing went Show 104. So when Show 105 reran between 1990 and 1992, some scenes where removed to make room for the conclusion of The Bloodhound Gang's "Case of Princess Tomorrow".