3-2-1 Contact

  • Premiered: Jan 1980
  • Episodes: 225
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
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  • Children Family

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Season 5
5x1
Signals: Lingo
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 22, 1986
This week sees the new hosts of 3-2-1 Contact gather at the Blue Sky Café in Montclair, New Jersey. David Quinn and his French friend, David (stress the last syllable), wonder why .. show full overview
5x2
Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms
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Air date
Sep 23, 1986
Debra sees an anthropologist understanding a parrot's simple form of English. Chantal enters a hospital room that responds to a person's voice to open doors, etc. FILM INSERTS: Bird .. show full overview
5x3
Signals: Looking for Visual Clues
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 1986
French-born David says his dog obeys human speech, but it's clear he is signaling the commands to the dog. Mary goes to Sea World in San Diego, where Chuck Thompkins shows the hand .. show full overview
5x4
Signals: Getting Them Around
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 25, 1986
Debra sees how quickly USA Today uses satellites to send information for printing in the next day's paper. David does a two-minute lecture on television signals. The Bloodhound Gang traces the Human Whale.
5x5
Signals: Cracking Codes
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 1986
The final visit to the Blue Sky Café finds the hosts mystified. How does Maxine the waitress know what everyone wants if no one says anything? In Eastern France, Todd and Chantal .. show full overview
5x6
Oceans: On the Sea
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 1986
Todd gets to see, on the shore and in a lab, the motion of waves in the ocean. There are no still waters out there. The runner for this week is "The Wreck," an underwater search taking place in the Caribbean.
5x7
Oceans: In the Sea
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 1986
Adventures include: placing artificial reefs off the coast of Florida; moving two whales from one pool to another.
5x8
Oceans: From the Sea
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 1986
There are a lot of things in the seas, such as salt and kelp. This program talks of humans surviving on sea voyages, discusses kelp in depth, and continues that probe into "The Wreck."
5x9
Oceans: By the Sea
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 02, 1986
Oceanographer Jill Yager takes up much of this program with her studies around an island, followed by another installment of "The Wreck."
5x10
Oceans: Of the Sea
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 1986
Along with some previously-broadcast bits from earlier in the week, this program includes a visit to Penguin Encounter at Sea World in San Diego. "The Wreck" investigation concludes with nothing settled.
5x11
Motion: What's Up?
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 1986
The show begins at "Maggie's Machine Shop," where Maggie discusses pulleys. In Barre, Vermont, we see how granite is removed from a quarry and polished. In Paris, Todd and Monique .. show full overview
5x12
Motion: Bones
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Air date
Oct 07, 1986
David rides a bicycle with a skeleton at a Paris science museum. Robin visits veterinary radiologists in action. At Cal State Long Beach, Diego witnesses track students' video analyses.
5x13
Motion: Smashing
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Air date
Oct 08, 1986
Robin, Paco, and Mary learn about the illusion of impact in stunts. In Vitry sur Seine (near Paris), Chantal visits a collision research area to observe the buffers on high-speed .. show full overview
5x14
Motion: Getting a Grip
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 09, 1986
Friction is emphasized in demonstrations with snakes, TGV trains, and ice-gliding boats.
5x15
Motion: Heave Ho!
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 1986
Leverage is discussed at sea, in a French village, and at Maggie's Mechanical Shop.
5x16
Eating: Tooth Detectives
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Air date
Oct 13, 1986
David's dental visit anchors a discussion on teethkinds of teeth and their uses.
5x17
Eating: Picky Eaters
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Air date
Oct 14, 1986
The natural world is full of fussy eaters. In this program, the flea, koala bear and panda bear are singled out for their specialized dietary habits.
5x18
Eating: Zoo Food
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 1986
The bulk of this show is set in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where certain meals are arranged for the animals. The Bloodhound Gang begins "The Case of the Haunted House."
5x19
Eating: Down the Hatch
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 16, 1986
David polls people about digestion, without success. Todd discovers what digestion means to the body. The Bloodhound Gang questions several men in continues "The Case of the Haunted House." (Concludes in next episode.)
5x20 Season finale
Eating: Leftovers
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 1986
An online stat page says this episode "explores the ways in which food is processed by the body for energy and building material." Actually, this show has remains to be seen. An .. show full overview

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