3-2-1 Contact -- Opening/intro Theme 1987-1988

[4squaredby4times4]

I had forgotten about this show. Never really watched it as I was very young when it came on. I only remember the theme song. Cartman briefly mentioned it on an episode of South Park.

[rxshea]

when they cut open that sheep's eye i lost my shit.

[radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of "3-2-1 Contact" Video Open From October 26, 1987.

[wolftickets1969]

This version, especially the logo, creeped me out as a kid.

[wolftickets1969]

@wolftickets1969 Specifically, the zooming triangle, the V of Doom-style zooming numbers, the electric sphere, the eyeball, the split brain, and the lightning zigzag at the end.

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

Back from when people gave a sh*t about TV intros...

[zshaw7549]

Everytime I see that Children Television Workshop logo in the beginning it takes me back to watching educational tv as a child. Time flies!

[RoboRager1]

I miss this show. Anyone think they should remake the series?

[zshaw7549]

@RoboRager1 They already remade The Electric Company and it is crap compared to the original. I hope that they do not remake 3-2-1 Contact (along w/ Ghostwriter).

[wolftickets1969]

@zshaw7549 They also remade Ghostwriter once, as "The New Ghostwriter Mysteries", and it bombed.

[chromethink]

Reminds me of the "We...build...ex...cite...ment­...PONTIAC!" commercial jingle. I don't know who copied who...

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

OH MY GOSH WE WATCHED THIS TODAY IN MY SCIENCE CLASS!!

[culturaleyes]

some of the images from the intros to this show were strange as a kid, and they still are.  however, this intro song is amazing.

[ZacharyHere]

destorm

[k0vert]

ah man i used to love this show. i never realized how kickass the theme song was though! :)

[KenoshiAkai]

I definitely liked the older version of the theme song better. The new logo..with the triangle in the background and the pink zizag....way too 80's for its own good. And I loved the 80's.

[BlueNight134]

Remember how the magazine had type-in BASIC programs for Apple ][, Commodore 64, and IBM PC? Yeah, those were the days.

[FroggyMe6581]

@BlueNight134 I typed those listings every month! BASICA forever.

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

@FroggyMe6581 wait which one is BASICA? I program in TI-BASIC

[FroggyMe6581]

@BlueNight134 Remember the "Slipped Disk" column?

[jaytamine]

Ha Ha This is hilarious! Thank you. I remember identifying with PACO, LOL, and who was his big bro? Miguel? ha ha ha

[DianaLMorales]

oh how this takes me back..!!!

[jj1oo2ee3]

Memories

[Jennafu832]

I loved this song...I can remember dancing to it as a three year old. I was too young to get anything out of the show, but I sure did love the intro. :)

[mrzero1982]

isnt it amazing how a few now shoddy special effects, a rock guitar and a damn wooshing sound made EVERYTHING cooler in the 80s?

[harleykman]

Never saw this intro.

I guess by this point I had stopped watching

PBS and was watching Buck Rogers/ Star Trek reruns instead (they aired 6 pm and 7pm each nght).

[SillyGirl26]

hey I was wondering in the begining in the lower left corner theres a number and it says 6 11. what does that number mean?

[pressmin]

The 611 is the episode number. So it is episode #611.

[check86]

Just to clarify, that doesn't mean there were at least 611 episodes produced (there were 225 regular episodes in total). 611 probably means season 6, episode 11

[thevisualboy37]

Correct. That is EXACTLY what it means.

[harenchi]

@pressmin To be more precise it means season 6 episode 11

[BriSchwa82]

@pressmin I was told it was the season then episode number (Season 6 Episode 11).

[LastNetwork2]

@pressmin Or more specifically, the 11th episode of Season 6

[jaykay200809]

This was the theme intro that I remembered watchin way back when I was in 3rd grade back in the early 90s. Haha, classic

[blondeelfgirl]

love this show!

[dynakyris]

Gyahahahaha...that frickin' frog... He's so classic...he was in it for the long haul!

[Zoloft77]

That frog is the most awesome of all frogs. There is none no higher.

[Zoloft77]

I also notices its left eye.. like its winking to us and saying, "I'm still here folks. Ha! Ha!"

[tedtug]

I think that's a toad instead of a frog

[dynakyris]

Oh, just speaking in general terms of four-legged, beady-eyed, something-gobbling amphibians who wink across the seasons. And rule. :]

[tedtug]

ribbit

[thecorduroysuit]

I mostly remember the guy holding that eyeball at 0:23

[SwedishBlonde79]

I so remember these! Oh, how I miss the 80's!

[jtomally9681]

I remember this too. Fantastic.

[jtomally9681]

I remember this too.

[TokyoXtreme]

I don't know who could prefer this sequence to the older Contact openings... the only good thing this version has going for it is an orca. Everything else? SUXXOR.

[eepruls]

I always liked the laser zap between '321' and 'Contact' right at the end of this version. For some reason, I always remembered that. The original didn't have it - it just went '321 Contact'.

[soseztheleadr]

Good memories. ^^

[Kreaden]

i stopped liking this show as much as i did after they stopped it being taking place in a basement.

[TokyoXtreme]

This version of the theme is castrated and sterile compared to the symphonic dynamics of the original mix. And that whistling chime when the numbers zoom in and out? I would be embarrassed to watch any show that had that kind of sound effect. My friends would all laugh at me! Luckily I can go watch the other versions here on YouTube, with the retro CTW "snakes" logo and scary synth.

[2TheDeath]

That frog is a mac daddy.

[shadowwolfz]

this show is one my top favorites from my kid days of watching PBS, the REAL PBS.

[jsupra]

Mine too!! I also liked Carmen Sandiego, both versions.

[kcmet79]

oh yea, i remember that eyeball

[rockergirl83]

Just wondering, is it still the Children's Television Workshop these days?

[murielsartre]

No. It's Sesame Workshop today.

[mozart20dlubos]

OMG the nostalgia almost aches.

[popoff21]

I loved this show it was cool to me, I watched this sesame street, reading rainbow, square one tv, shining time station, Mr Rogers, captain kangaroo and Learn to read, these were great legendary shows on PBS in the late 80's that I loved, I wish the WNYC-TV network aka 31 was still on and not sold because these shows came on this channel as well besides 13, 21, 25, even watched video music box during the process, all this at 3

[kc86er]

I like that sound effect at the end that goes "3-2-1...(zap)...CONTACT!" That (and the CTW logo at the start) have been etched in my brain for nearly 20 years!

[mbenzsl2000]

man at least we he had good quality educational shows among the non-educational shows in the 80's.

I feel bad for kids today. Both of their genres of shows on tv just SUCK.

[ChaunceyEXTREME]

Agreed.  It's all CGI garbage now.

[TruthSeeker24]

I saw this show when I was in Kindergarten. I

[funkyhunk]

I loved this version of the theme so much! Now I really like the older ones a little better, but this one is still awesome!

[2TheDeath]

This is the version I remember, great show. Kids programmng in the 80s was as good as it gets.

[Americanautistic]

OMG! I watched this show on video when I was in 6th grade! I'm 15 right now, but I think the theme song is kind of catchy.

[sexualpervert]

ummmmm because their stupid! no I'm just kidding actually I have no idea. maybe my name offends them or maybe because saying I wanna die is wrong to say. maybe we'll find out!

[sexualpervert]

some powerful moments from childhood are rushing back into my memory. All the feelings of coming home from school and watching shows like this just hit me and I could feel how I did back then for a second. Memories overwelm my heart. Gone on an instant. All of this is from the intro to a television show...It shows how deep some feelings are stored. They're triggered by something I once regarded as having little importance. The feelings keep on coming back from childhood...amazing! I wanna die!

[papatoony]

Why did people neg you?? I feel the EXACT same way! We didn't have cable when I was little so I was raised on PBS. I'll never, for as long as I live, forget that frog for some reason! And I still don't get what it's eating. 80's forever!!!

[silvertongue206]

"I'll never, for as long as I live, forget that frong for some reason! And I still don't get what it's eating..." That - is - hilarious!! Only because that frog has a permanent spot in my memory as well!! Yes...80's forever!!

[blueshogun96]

Same here, I can never forget that frog! O_O

[carnagerie]

love that "children's television workshop" segment.

[squidlyj]

me too !

[acb06172005]

Computer graphics sure have come a long way in 20 years, eh?

[AnDaTeSa]

BTW, favorite show also hopefully someone out there has the last seasons last episode intro/ending.

[AnDaTeSa]

Thank you for uploading this, this one im familiar with the most, with the ending zig zag sound connecting the numbers. The other intros are just as classic.