Hello,

This may sound a little weird, but I know I saw this somewhere.

Around 1983, I believe there was an episode about blindness. To
simulate blindness, one of the cast members was hypnotised to believe
she was blind, and was then led around a room by the hand.

I believe it was 3-2-1 Contact, but it may have been a different show
altogeher. I did see in the episode listings a few mentions of
episodes in the second season that may have fit this description.

It was Contact's innovation that surely made it a cut above the rest
and I would love to see this again.

I hope you don't think I'm too weird for asking. :)

JenX
http://jenx.web1000.com/

Hi Daniel,

Nice to meet you! Would you be willing to do a tape trade, by any
chance? I have an extensive list:

http://tinyurl.com/6yp9x

JenX
http://jenx.web1000.com/

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "overmandaniel" <odannyo53@a...> wrote:
>
> I have no logical explanation or excuse for why it has taken me all
> of these years to try searching "3-2-1 Contact" on my computer, but
> boy, am I glad I did. It's quite obvious that I am homesick for the
> show. I raised both of my daughters on this science show during the
> 80's and we continue to visit the same identical locations used on
> the show. We call these "3-2-1 Contact Experiences". I have every
> episode of 3-2-1 Contact on VHS tape and would like to convert to a
> DVD format. Nothing beats the original cast in the early episodes!

Welcome, Lizi! Glad to have you here!

JenX
http://jenx.web1000.com

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "lizimoses" <lizib@r...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm Lizi Moses and I played "Lisa" in the 1st season. I just
came across this
> website  by accident and to tell you the truth,I wasn't even aware
of this being
> the 25th anniversary.  It certainly doesn't seem like it was that
long ago!
> Anyway, it's pretty cool that you guys remember the show.  It was a
lot of fun to
> do  and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I spoke to "Trini" and she's going
to drop by to
> say hi also.Thanks to boboblong33 for puttig this site together.

Hello,

Let me introduce myself: I'm Jeni, aka DJ JenX. I grew up on this show
and have been looking for a group like this. If one hadn't been
started, I was thinking of starting one myself.

I am most impressed by 3-2-1 Contact's fearless approach to discovery,
and their willingness to be bold...never afraid to ask the right
questions and to try new things.

I love their contagious fascination with how the world worked, and
their passion for discovery, which has ultimately helped shape me into
the bold truthseeker I am today.

Thank you for putting this site together, complete with a detailed
show guide.

Most of all, a huge thank you to anyone involved with the show that
may be reading this message now.

JenX
http://jenx.web1000.com

I have no logical explanation or excuse for why it has taken me all
of these years to try searching "3-2-1 Contact" on my computer, but
boy, am I glad I did. It's quite obvious that I am homesick for the
show. I raised both of my daughters on this science show during the
80's and we continue to visit the same identical locations used on
the show. We call these "3-2-1 Contact Experiences". I have every
episode of 3-2-1 Contact on VHS tape and would like to convert to a
DVD format. Nothing beats the original cast in the early episodes!

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "lizimoses" <lizib@r...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm Lizi Moses and I played "Lisa" in the 1st season. I just
came across this
> website  by accident and to tell you the truth,I wasn't even aware
of this being
> the 25th anniversary.  It certainly doesn't seem like it was that
long ago!
> Anyway, it's pretty cool that you guys remember the show.  It was
a lot of fun to
> do  and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I spoke to "Trini" and she's
going to drop by to
> say hi also.Thanks to boboblong33 for puttig this site together.
>
   Welcome LIzzi.

----- Original Message -----

From: lizimoses

To: 321contact@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:14 PM

Subject: [321contact] 25th anniversary

Hi, I'm Lizi Moses and I played "Lisa" in the 1st season. I just came across this
website  by accident and to tell you the truth,I wasn't even aware of this being
the 25th anniversary.  It certainly doesn't seem like it was that long ago!
Anyway, it's pretty cool that you guys remember the show.  It was a lot of fun to
do  and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I spoke to "Trini" and she's going to drop by to
say hi also.Thanks to boboblong33 for puttig this site together.

Who of us will remember that Donny Most introduced 3-2-1
Contact's "Fast/Slow" Week back on January 28-February 1, 1980?  It's
safe to say no one from the Hayy Days lot remembers.  Now is the time
we can remind Donny of his minute appearance of 25 years past.
Donny Most will appear at The Big Apple Con Comic Book, Art & Toy
Show.  The event will be held across from Madison Square Garden, at
Seventh Ave. at  33rd St. January 22 from 10a-7p, and January 23 from
10a-6p.  If you want to alert Donny Most in advance of his role on 3-
2-1 Contact, send your letters to The Big Apple Con, The Penn Plaza
Pavilion, 401 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
The details are given in http://www.bigapplecon.com/prod01.htm

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "lizimoses" <lizib@r...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm Lizi Moses and I played "Lisa" in the 1st season. I just
came across this website  by accident and to tell you the truth, I
wasn't even aware of this being the 25th anniversary.  It certainly
doesn't seem like it was that long ago!  Anyway, it's pretty cool
that you guys remember the show.  It was a lot of fun to do  and I'm
glad you enjoyed it. I spoke to "Trini" and she's going to drop by to
say hi also.Thanks to boboblong33 for puttig this site together.

As the founder of The 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society, I had planned
to leave some telephone message at the old Workshop on Lincoln Plaza,
reminding the current workers what a historic day this is.  But Lizi
has surprised us all, far more than I could.
But I had all these things going through my mind for months about the
little details from the show, who guest-starred, what The Bloodhound
Gang mysteries were, who did the music, etc.  I also remember the
near army of The Electric Company veterans who made surprise shots.
Who can forget Jimmy Boyd as Fred C. Dobbs in "Growth/Decay" week, or
Skip Hinnant, old Fargo North, and a future Screen Actors Guild VP,
as a con in The Bloodhound Gang's "Case of the Human Whale"?

I have recently gotten in touch with Jim Thurman, an original 3-2-1
Contact writer/voice actor.  He hasn't responded to my second email
yet, but he may provide us with the names of specific animators.  As
of now, the only certainties are Paul and Helena Fierlinger, who did
things like "The History of Communication" and the Germ cartoon.

Bless you, Lizi Moses!

Hi Lizi!!!

I can't believe it's you!!

It's such a surprise that you happened to find this group right on
time for the 25th anniversary!

I was a big fan of yours back in the early 80s :)

Welcome to the Group!  You're a star!!

3-2-1 Contact was the greatest!  The first season was my most
favorite and it got me really interested in science. I remember:

-Hurricane Rufus and how Trini kept a boat inside for preparation.
-Programming a quilt design on an Apple II Computer.
-Vicky Johnson in an Astronaut's Space Suit.
-Mark preparing his sister a green cake for her birthday.
-Jerome from a football team coming over and Trini out weighing him.
And lots more!

I'm waiting for 321 contact to come out on DVD.  There are some
Bloodhound Gang episodes out but I would rather have "Marc, Lisa and
Trini and their Adventures".

They don't make television shows like they use to!

It would be great if "Trini" also joins the group!  It's neat to
know you two still keep in touch after all these years!

If I recall correctly, today's the anniversity from when the show
first aired: January 14, 1980.  Time sure does fly.

HAPPY 25th, 321 CONTACT!!!


Adam

Hi, I'm Lizi Moses and I played "Lisa" in the 1st season. I just came across
this
website  by accident and to tell you the truth,I wasn't even aware of this being
the 25th anniversary.  It certainly doesn't seem like it was that long ago!
Anyway, it's pretty cool that you guys remember the show.  It was a lot of fun
to
do  and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I spoke to "Trini" and she's going to drop by
to
say hi also.Thanks to boboblong33 for puttig this site together.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the 321contact
group.

   File        : /CONT 4.doc
   Uploaded by : boboblong33 <boboblong33@...>
   Description : Program Rundown for Fast/Slow Week (Shows #116-120), originally
broadcast Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 1980

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/321contact/files/CONT%204.doc

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

boboblong33 <boboblong33@...>

Within the last seven days, CTW veteran Walt Rauffer submitted his
name to the Crew Credits that appear in the 3-2-1 Contact guide at
TV Tome.  Upon reflection, he is correct: Walt Rauffer was the
technical advisor for the first season of shows.
Yesterday, I began work on detailing the contents of Shows #116-
120, "Fast/Slow" week.  I will continue getting details during this
holiday weekend, so that by New Year's Day, I may have them posted
in a new File.
This is the founder of The 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society wishing
you and yours a pleasant holiday.  REMEMBER: just 20 days before the
Silver Anniversary of 3-2-1 Contact's birth.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the 321contact
group.

   File        : /CONT 19.rtf
   Uploaded by : boboblong33 <boboblong33@...>
   Description : Program Rundown for Shapes Week (Shows #226-230), originally
broadcast Nov. 21-25, 1983

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/321contact/files/CONT%2019.rtf

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
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Regards,

boboblong33 <boboblong33@...>

I love this show I grew up on it!  I want to watch it again can
anyone help me out???

> As for the role of Mr. Q in that other Bloodhound Gang mystery, that
> credit is locked up in Show #129, which CTW pulled out after the
> summer of 1987.  If you know someone with all five episodes of
> Order/Disorder Week (#146-150) or Food/Fuel Week (#126-130), ask them
> to read the crawl from these shows.  We need info from both weeks too
> (synopses of these weeks would be spelled out and placed in the Files
> section).

I have tapes of those weeks at home and, if I remember, I will check them out
over
Christmas break, when I'm home from college.
-Brian

i'm sure most of you know she's the founder of the CTW now Sesame
Workshop. today she turns 75.

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "mikebennidict" <mactach@s...>
wrote:

> in the 1980 episode where the mummy from the museum was stolen,
what was the name of the older man who was 1 of the thieves? if
anyone here rememebrs a Sesame Street episode from about the same
time where Mr. Hooper's brother come to vist, and actually there were
2 such episodes but the 1st one i recall was around 1979 or 80 and
the man playing Mr. Hooper's brother was that same elderly man who
was 1 of the guys to stoled the mummy and kidnapped the bloodhound
Gang.
Also The Bloodhound Gang episode, The Case of Mr. Q, who was the man
playing him? i swore i saw him if some music video.

The Case of the Thing in the Trunk co-starred Joe Silver (Midas),
Christopher McCann (Creep) and Marcus Smythe (Fuzz).  I know nothing
of Joe Silver's other work, but he probably did play a role in Sesame
Street.  Recall that in 1980, 3-2-1 Contact recruited a lot of people
who had graced The Electric Company: Jimmy Boyd, Rita Moreno, and
Gene Wilder (voice of Letterman) among them.  Hattie Winston and,
later, Skip Hinnant played guest-starring roles in The Bloodhoung
Gang mysteries.

A TV Tome editor posted a bio of Joe Silver, available at
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-
14074/Joe_Silver/  Nowhere in the Guest Starring Roles section is
Sesame Street mentioned.  Then again, the Sesame Street guide at TV
Tome was overhauled within the last eight weeks.  I ask mikebenedict
to give production info to those editors.  Their names are at the
bottom of http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-
887/

As for the role of Mr. Q in that other Bloodhound Gang mystery, that
credit is locked up in Show #129, which CTW pulled out after the
summer of 1987.  If you know someone with all five episodes of
Order/Disorder Week (#146-150) or Food/Fuel Week (#126-130), ask them
to read the crawl from these shows.  We need info from both weeks too
(synopses of these weeks would be spelled out and placed in the Files
section).

in the 1980 episode where the mummy from the museum was stolen, what
was the name of the older man who was 1 of the thieves? if anyone
here rememebrs a Sesame Street episode from about the same time where
Mr. Hooper's brother come to vist, and actually there were 2 such
episodes but the 1st one i recall was around 1979 or 80 and the man
playing Mr. Hooper's brother was that same elderly man who was 1 of
the guys to stoled the mummy and kidnapped the bloodhound Gang.
>
     also The Bloodhound Gang episode, The Case of Mr. Q, who was the
man playing him? i swore i saw him if some music video.

As I scan through the "3-2-1 Contact" guide I created at TV Tome, I
find I am only twenty episode synopses short of a "complete" guide.
By the standards of TV Tome, "complete" means I have synopses for all
episodes.
Ideally, I would like synopses organized into sections, much the way
another member of this Society gave synopses for "Island" week.  Over
the Thanksgiving holiday, I will try to get synopses for six of the
twenty programs.  Below is a list of episodes whose synopses I do not
know and need outside help to get:
222. Senses: Sight
224. Senses: Touch
302. Space: Getting There
303. Space: Living There
304. Space: Working There
305. Space: Anybody Out There?
312. Earth: Maps
316. Electricity: What is It?
317. Electricity and Magnetism
318. Electricity: Where Do We Get It?
320. Electricity: You Are Electric
I know some members will help provide episode synopses.  How quickly
I will respond is another matter.
Note too that I have rearranged a couple of the Photos.  I have added
a pic for director/senior producer Ozzie Alfonso.  His pic is up
front so that members will not have to strain to find it.

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "boboblong33" <boboblong33@y...>
wrote:
>
> --- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "mikebennidict" <mactach@s...>
> wrote:
> 1 thing I've wondered since Noggin 1st debuted and aired the CTW
> shows is why was the 1st season on 321 Contact not aired.
>
> There was ONE episode of the old "3-2-1 Contact" that temporarily
saw
> the light of Noggin.  Naturally, Noggin aired the very first
episode
> of the series.  I only caught the last scene, when Trini
thanks "Stan
> the Robot" for attending the workshop, as the studio set came to
be
> called.
>
> Through the efforts of a Noggin viewer and a Web site called
> Digiguide, I have singled out all the Noggin-rebroadcast programs
> in "3-2-1 Contact's" repertoire.  Check out the Episode List on
> the "3-2-1 Contact" guide at TV Tome and you will see those
programs
> marked with the letter N in the Production Codes column.
>
   i still don't understand why most of the 1st season episodes
weren't aired.

hey all - thanks go to boboblong for getting this going.
i just put up a bunch of pics in the photos section.

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "mikebennidict" <mactach@s...>
wrote:
1 thing I've wondered since Noggin 1st debuted and aired the CTW
shows is why was the 1st season on 321 Contact not aired.

There was ONE episode of the old "3-2-1 Contact" that temporarily saw
the light of Noggin.  Naturally, Noggin aired the very first episode
of the series.  I only caught the last scene, when Trini thanks "Stan
the Robot" for attending the workshop, as the studio set came to be
called.

Through the efforts of a Noggin viewer and a Web site called
Digiguide, I have singled out all the Noggin-rebroadcast programs
in "3-2-1 Contact's" repertoire.  Check out the Episode List on
the "3-2-1 Contact" guide at TV Tome and you will see those programs
marked with the letter N in the Production Codes column.

well it's nice to see a group about the series. 1 thing i've
wondered since Noggin 1st debuted and aired the CTW shows is why was
the 1st season on 321 Contact not aired. as far as i was concerned
that was the best season and while i won't crriticize the other
seasons, i just didn't like the others. there fore it bugged me when
season 1 didn't air.
>
    also why was it that they only made new episodes every few years
or so. now i kind of figured funding probably had a lot to do with
it. durring the late 70s and early 80s. a few shows ceased
production and eventually left the air. such as The Electric
Company, Zoom, and Villa Alegre. i know for sure VA fell victim to
this. i think this was also the case with TEC, i can recall reading
on a yahoo group that it became to costly to produce ceasing
production in 1976 or 77 and continued in reruns till 1985. this
might of been the case with the original Zoom series. that ran from
1972-1981 but was in reruns the last 3 years of it's run.

A few days back, pduran did only the second post on this Society,
hoping to find a site where the old "3-2-1 Contact" theme could be
accessed.  I have contacted people, and once I was able to find
bearings, I could pin down the old theme.
The site is http://www.80stvthemes.com/potpourri/misc.html and it
includes (as I have mentioned before) the video sequence used on "3-2-
1 Contact" in its first season.  two mp3 tracks exist as well: the
closing theme and the crawl music used in thirteen of the 65 episodes.
I hope pduran and others can support the sophisticated equipment
needed to run these audio and video clips.

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, "boboblong33" <boboblong33@y...>
wrote:

I have found video of the original "3-2-1 Contact" theme, taken from
the 54th episode of the first season.  It was part of a collection of
soundtracks and video tracks from 1980s TV.  The site also had the
music played during Season 1's crawl.  At present, I am not in a
position to get that Web site for you now.

That link may have been destroyed at the insistence of The Estate of
CTW (notice how I phrase that).  I'll need to comb the Web more
closely.
What was short-sighted of me, though, was my hint of the page where
the show lyrics are kept.  I can tell you now that the full and
correct lyrics to the "3-2-1 Contact" theme can be found at the page
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-
23691/epid-293498/.

--- In 321contact@yahoogroups.com, Pablo Duran <pduran@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone have a .wav or .mp3 file of the 3-2-1 Contact opening
theme song from 1980?  The original theme song?  Thanks.

I have found video of the original "3-2-1 Contact" theme, taken from
the 54th episode of the first season.  It was part of a collection of
soundtracks and video tracks from 1980s TV.  The site also had the
music played during Season 1's crawl.  At present, I am not in a
position to get that Web site for you now.  When I do, I'll let you
know.  In the meantime, let me announce that the full and correct
lyrics to the "3-2-1 Contact" theme are posted at the "3-2-1 Contact"
guide at TV Tome.  Just go to www.tvtome.com, keyword "Contact" and
click on the "3-2-1 Contact" entry (the middle of three possibilites).

Does anyone have a .wav or .mp3 file of the 3-2-1 Contact opening
theme song from 1980?  The original theme song.....?
Thanks.

=====
Pablo Duran
2004



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Yahoo! introduces you to the 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society

We are coming up on 25 years since the original 3-2-1 Contact was
first broadcast to a small portion of the world.  From its first
airing January 14, 1980 on selected affiliates of the Public
Broadcasting Service, it gradually became an educational phenomena.

The original season of 3-2-1 Contact looked very much like any other
TV series that the Children's Television Workshop was so known for.
Field sequences were used in several shows, allowing the first 3-2-1
Contact season to go 65 episodes.  Correlating with each theme week
was "The Bloodhound Gang," young sleuths working from the Bloodhound
Detective Agency in Kenilworth, New Jersey.

The rebirth of 3-2-1 Contact in October 1983, introduced a new
element of reality to those exploring science concepts.  For the next
six years, 3-2-1 Contact was recognized around the world as one of
the best children's shows on television.

Today, though, the original 3-2-1 Contact is virtually forgotten.
Archives of the former Children's Television Workshop have virtually
disappeared.  The coveted names "3-2-1 Contact" was taken by a
contact-lens maker (adding an exclamation point at the end to avoid a
lawsuit).  And the sacred name "The Bloodhound Gang" has been ripped
off by a musical group of suspect character.

Just how severe is the breach?  Recall that on October 4-8, 2004,
Sesame Workshop dusted off and replayed "Hurricane Week" from late in
Sesame Street's 32nd season (June 2001).  There was no attempt to
locate, let alone dust off and re-air, Hurricane Rufus' invasion of
the original 3-2-1 Contact from the spring of 1980.

Thus I have created the 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society.

ABOUT MYSELF:

As a teenager, I kept track of all 225 episodes of 3-2-1 Contact and
collected a handful of one-sentence synopses.  I paid close attention
to what episodes were discarded over time, keeping written notes
about their last airdates.  When I learned CTW had printed a 3-2-1
Contact episode rundown for the surviving 205 shows, I asked for a
copy (since lost).  So devoted was I to the series that, when I
learned PBS was quitting 3-2-1 Contact in the fall of 1992, I
desperately called a friend of a friend in Orange County to see if he
could record the last 20 broadcasts off KOCE (they were not going to
run in my area).

I have held on to my files all these years in the hope that it would
benefit somebody.  Once my interest in the Internet jumped into the
passing lane, I discovered almost no online page kept a master list
of the original 3-2-1 Contact and its 225 shows.

IMDb did provide a page acknowledging 3-2-1 Contact, but its crew
credits were very shallow.  The only writing credit was to Michael
Winship.  After an exchange of emails, I found Winship had written
back-to-back-to-back 3-2-1 Contact Extras, which were, in truth, the
antithesis of the original series.  (See A FEW RULES below.)

When I discovered TV Tome in the summer of 2003, I quickly learned
that Web site had no page devoted to 3-2-1 Contact.  I established
and now edit the 3-2-1 Contact guide at TV Tome.  Just about
everything found in that guide, is my effort.

On the early morning of January 5, 2004, I went through a Google
search, hoping that some Web head devoted a site to 3-2-1 Contact's
memory in the fashion of the Square One TV Recognition Drive.  The
closest I came was a man who has tapes of many 3-2-1 Contact shows.
(He has helped me flesh out some episode synopses in the TV Tome
guide.  Other synopses came from a very substantial video library in
the 661-Land.)

Yahoo! has societies devoted to Sesame Street, The Electric Company
and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.  Nothing of 3-2-1 Contact existed
until now.


A FEW RULES:

Since some people, many in official positions, have gotten the
details of the original 3-2-1 Contact confused, let me provide them.
The original 3-2-1 Contact consisted of 225 half-hour programs.  The
first season consisted of 65 shows, followed by 40 shows in the
second season, 20 each in Seasons 3-5 and 30 shows in Seasons 6 and
7.  The 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society is devoted only to those
programs.  It will try not to involve itself with the eight 3-2-1
Contact Extras (more a spin-off of the late ABC Afterschool Specials
than anything else) or the 30-part 3-2-1 Classroom Contact.  Both of
those have been the source of confusion, in fact.  Web sites run by
PBS affiliates and libraries have sometimes used the simple title 3-2-
1 Contact on these spin-offs.

The 3-2-1 Contact Awareness Society will devote itself to the
original 225 shows and the people involved in them.  I have been able
to track some of them down:

Director and senior producer Ozzie Alfonso now runs Terra Multimedia
in New York.
Writer and voice actor Jim Thurman is retired.
Season 2 producer Alyce Myatt accepted a major position at PBS in
2000.
David Quinn is an English professor at the University of Washington.
Leon W. Grant (Marc) and Kelly Pino (Kathy) have further pursued
their acting careers.
Benjamin H. Carlin (Paco) still lives in Brooklyn.  (He would, in
fact, verify that Marcelino Sanchez, who played Ricardo on "The
Bloodhound Gang," died of cancer in 1986.)
Vice-President of Production David D. Connell died of cancer in 1995.
I have read suggestions online that Stephanie Yu graduated from
Harvard in 1999.  I can't confirm this without consulting a Harvard
graduate; only he/she can access the Web page called "Post Harvard."
Other Web pages suggest Stephanie is a lawyer in New York City.  Only
tried contacting that office once.