I remember watching every episode of this show at the age of 12 or so....I was always into science and wound up becoming a doctor. They need more shows like this today! Sadly, all kids care about nowadays is their Facebook page. I'm so fortunate to have been raised during the last generation that played outside all day and imagination ruled!
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...
it just feels incredibly awkward between the two women...there are large gaps in the conversation...off-beat timing, considering it's about synths and music, which is about being on time. all the time.
This is nice because it seems genuine. Now a lot on TV has been planned and edited. The BBC has been in trouble for faking competition results and rigging a vote to name the Blue Peter cat. Reality TV manipulates reality to suit the aims of the production team! This clip reminds me of "Tomorrow's World".
Interesting talk by a very talented woman. (Did she ever meet Elisabeth Parker?) I'm from UK, never seen this. She's a good teacher. The other woman is really interested. Sexist comments and put downs from male viewers about lesbians and drugs are pathetic. I hope this is an inspiration to other women!
@Laura041974 Very well said. Sometimes i don't know what the heck is wrong with the people. Is ist that they are anonymous? I mean this is such a great inspiring video. To see a woman with that kind of knowledge and passion in that era is rare and all that they come up with is this shit? Do you know respect and good manners people?
@robfergusonjr: Oh...there are some companys that still produce analog Synthesizers these days (even the modular ones). But of course this isn't Yamaha or Korg. And we are talking about small production quantities (mostly handmade). So it's an expensive hobby.
Ciani has such an incredibly soothing voice. She sounds so in-tune with her electric instruments when she's going on about them that I'm starting to think her calming tone is embedded with a computer language, lol.
I could listen to her talk for quite some time now.
Sigh. I so dearly miss television like this, in an age before quick jump cuts and flashy graphics constantly assaulting and insulting the viewer. Look at how they assume that their audience is smart and will get it, if just given a clear, simple explanation. Can't we have that back? Maybe a little? Please?
if someone have an OB-X first version like Ciani i will be interessed to buy or trade with other synth (OB-X version 3, Jupiter 6, TB-303, TR-808, etc)
if someone have an OB-X first version like Ciani i will be interessed to buy or trade with other synth (OB-X version 3, Jupiter 6, TB-303, TR-808, etc)
Dont mean to lower the tone here, this is a great synth video. But it looks like they are one toke away from her first lesbian experience :) Peace, love and synths baby.
It is "Sesame Street" from the '83~84 season; with Tatiana Ali, Herbie Hancock, & the Fairlight synthesizer. Subsequent research I did based on what "king560056" said above has confirmed this. It's available on here. Type in the keywords "Sesame Street" & "Tatiana Ali" to find the actual clip here on youtube. It even contains Sesame Street characters such as Maria. I only had to see it to set myself straight. LOL
I love 321-contact. Does anyone remember the episode where Lisa was doing some glass blowing with this guy and she broke the glass? The guy that was teaching her looked like he wanted to smack the crap out of her.
wasn't it one of these episodes where a kid said "Mohammad Ali" into a synthesizer and they played it back in various pitches according to the keyboard?
LOL I had the wrong Ali! I entered the search criteria and you're exactly right. What an awesome flashback it was! I was surprised at how well I remembered it as I was watching it! Thanks!
OMG, I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS CLIP FOR DECADES!!!! I could have SWORN that it was Laurie Spiegel in this clip, but thanks for clearing that up! Peace.
I would like to make this clear: 3-2-1 Contact was an American science educational television show which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988. It was an 80s show ... not 70s.
Suzanne Ciani has been around for quite a while. This video would have been made somewhere in the 80's...probably early 80's, around the time of her first album ("Seven Waves"). Most of her music nowadays seems to be more piano and less spacey electronic sounds.
Wow, remember the days before watered-down discovery channel style documentary or science shows? In 7 minutes you could fit the same amount of interesting information that it now takes 1/2 hour or more plus commercial breaks to do. I guess you have to be stoned to make good TV science shows...
Even dumb sounding questions like "what is sounds anyway?" lead into great info. Thanks for posting!
This video was originally posted on Suzanne Ciani's website. Thanks magneticring for posting her video on YouTube. There are several more vintage videos including her appearance on the David Letterman show at sevwave dot com. There is a link at the bottom of the page that will take you there.
cool ending..with the trumpet "brrrmp!" heh. They both seem a little baked in this video. Well, it was the 1970's after all..adds that extra surreal dimension to synthesized sound.
yep..i know hers is rev 1! I was saying *my* OB-X is possibly 'rev 4' {last version with Computer Interface/DSX port on left wood panel...} not foxy Suzanna's. cheers,
This just made me so happy. Nice people making nice sounds and teaching others what they know. Suzanne Ciani made the sound signatures for both Coca-Cola and Pepsi watching this video make me think maybe she was going to try for KFC as well. A Prophet 5, an OBx, and a fully righteous Buchla. It's all West Coast but was prob'ly filmed in New York. Was this actually from the 3-2-1 Contact Show on PBS? I must have missed that episode growing up. Thanks for posting this.
ciani is one foxy synth babe. her current music and website is cheesey, however. kinda crushed my fantasy of somehow meeting her in some cluttered manhattan appartment full of gear and having tea with the gray-haired and surely still sexy suzanna. too many 70s modular folks went new age...
@mackitymac 3 2 1 Contact was a children's show that emphasized science, math, and technology for 4 and 5th and 6th graders. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications ... -2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine.
want to love her
WeCantBeSeen 6 days ago
I remember watching every episode of this show at the age of 12 or so....I was always into science and wound up becoming a doctor. They need more shows like this today! Sadly, all kids care about nowadays is their Facebook page. I'm so fortunate to have been raised during the last generation that played outside all day and imagination ruled!
MyberTube 1 month ago
Nice Prophet 5, when are you going kiss?
pHr33kAcHu 2 months ago
I remember loving this show, and i was only seven years old in 1980. it really is a shame they don't have quality tv like this anymore.
I think some people do have to loosen up a bit though- my girl and I thought the "sexual tension" comment hilarious!
rnfr 8 months ago
lol the sexual tension! Great video informative.
H4NDCRAFTED 9 months ago 4
Her first name is actually Suzanne, not Suzanna.
FilmFreak82 11 months ago
awesome equipment
kinmanyuen 1 year ago
A beautiful, educational, and inspiring video.
Nanteos 1 year ago 2
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...
GoodGirlMovieStar 1 year ago
@GoodGirlMovieStar Its sad we don't have this today. It seems the USE gets dumber and dumber. We need a NEW 3-2-1 Contact so we can catch up!
farcher3 10 months ago
I really want to buy copies of these episodes for my kids or view them through Netflix, but they are not available ANYWHERE!
To the original producers of 3-2-1 Contact: PLEASE release this show to the public for purchase or viewing..
Samuel Y. Gibbon, Jr. - original creator, original executive producer
Dr. Edward G. Atkins - science content
Al Hyslop - executive producer
Ozzie Alfonso - director
Please contact me if you know when this show will ever become available again.
GoodGirlMovieStar 1 year ago
it just feels incredibly awkward between the two women...there are large gaps in the conversation...off-beat timing, considering it's about synths and music, which is about being on time. all the time.
both women are lovely ;)
:sigh
jaecht83 1 year ago
This is nice because it seems genuine. Now a lot on TV has been planned and edited. The BBC has been in trouble for faking competition results and rigging a vote to name the Blue Peter cat. Reality TV manipulates reality to suit the aims of the production team! This clip reminds me of "Tomorrow's World".
Laura041974 1 year ago
Interesting talk by a very talented woman. (Did she ever meet Elisabeth Parker?) I'm from UK, never seen this. She's a good teacher. The other woman is really interested. Sexist comments and put downs from male viewers about lesbians and drugs are pathetic. I hope this is an inspiration to other women!
Laura041974 1 year ago
@Laura041974 Very well said. Sometimes i don't know what the heck is wrong with the people. Is ist that they are anonymous? I mean this is such a great inspiring video. To see a woman with that kind of knowledge and passion in that era is rare and all that they come up with is this shit? Do you know respect and good manners people?
lordoid 1 year ago
oh my! thank you so much for posting this. and yes... turning to mush.
alexookpik 1 year ago
I can never find women who are into synths like me, its sad really! Suzan is brilliant.
Novaheart1998 1 year ago
@Novaheart1998 hi there :-)
alexookpik 1 year ago
@alexookpik hi back :)
Novaheart1998 1 year ago
70s analog instruments were so great ... shame they are replaced by digital junk today.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
@robfergusonjr: Oh...there are some companys that still produce analog Synthesizers these days (even the modular ones). But of course this isn't Yamaha or Korg. And we are talking about small production quantities (mostly handmade). So it's an expensive hobby.
lordoid 1 year ago
They are so chill. So open and laid back. I love it. Making connections!
patrickdafunkable 2 years ago
This is so sexy.
patrickdafunkable 2 years ago 5
Ciani has such an incredibly soothing voice. She sounds so in-tune with her electric instruments when she's going on about them that I'm starting to think her calming tone is embedded with a computer language, lol.
I could listen to her talk for quite some time now.
dyemooch 2 years ago
lol the last sound asked for a base line
pr-ograms
amazing shit
authmaax 2 years ago
Sigh. I so dearly miss television like this, in an age before quick jump cuts and flashy graphics constantly assaulting and insulting the viewer. Look at how they assume that their audience is smart and will get it, if just given a clear, simple explanation. Can't we have that back? Maybe a little? Please?
twylo 2 years ago 10
I used to watch 3-2-1 Contact, and I used to listen to Suzanne Ciani, but not at the same time in my life. Thank you for sharing this video.
marasu66 2 years ago
This is hardcore
blapo38 2 years ago 3
Beautiful women and synthesizers, I am a happy camper.
afxmono 2 years ago 5
Is that the sound of chicken frying or of the electric attraction between the two of them?
billy2bob 2 years ago 4
Ms. Ciani composed the Columbia Pictures Television jingle from 1976 to 1988.
lno2k6 2 years ago
Nice one Magneticring! Cool...
edgaroliviercharles 2 years ago
Ciani talks in that soft whisper voice and it turns me into jelly.
eddtoro 2 years ago 23
everyone is so chilled out
countryshmountry 2 years ago 5
This is so many things. Interesting, hilarious, bizarre, engrossing and yes, sexy. God bless synths... and females.
dwjm1984 2 years ago 2
this makes me feel high
jcmoonraker 2 years ago
I use to love this show....
metalzone2000 2 years ago
Synthesizer Patel owns these bitches!!
johnbourbon 3 years ago 4
"If you like, you can go and play in the A.."
Pure filth.
MrSafetyUK 3 years ago
man, i'd luv to smoke it up with her and play with all those toys.
jdb83xl 3 years ago
Her name is spelled "Suzanne" ... throw in a model D maybe a cs80 and a 2600 and what else do you need, besides some opiates and baby oil.
MOSacid 3 years ago
good vibes, but who are you calling a pitch?
this is too fun to watch (and comment on ;)
fireclownfish 3 years ago
That synth. music sounds like a porn soundtrack.
happy7117 3 years ago
man, she looks totally baked :D
chinard 3 years ago 5
When Ciani was patching, I had to adjust myself.
robotpickle 3 years ago 19
good, it wasn't just me then
darkvisionmedia 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
if someone have an OB-X first version like Ciani i will be interessed to buy or trade with other synth (OB-X version 3, Jupiter 6, TB-303, TR-808, etc)
oberheimobx 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
if someone have an OB-X first version like Ciani i will be interessed to buy or trade with other synth (OB-X version 3, Jupiter 6, TB-303, TR-808, etc)
oberheimobx 3 years ago
it's like they've filmed my own personal sexual fantasy.....
deejaydubla 4 years ago 4
incredibly cool. Beautiful sounds and beautiful women. Thanks for posting this!
fireclownfish 4 years ago
gear porn?
im oldschool: wish they would just turn the release knob up and then: kiss and make out on the modualar!
malteberg 4 years ago 2
Dont mean to lower the tone here, this is a great synth video. But it looks like they are one toke away from her first lesbian experience :) Peace, love and synths baby.
shootyyy 4 years ago 5
Agreed, this whole video definitely plays out like the clothed part of an 80's lesbian porn scene.
synthastia 3 years ago 4
I have a feeling they knew each other quite a bit before they taped this.
athoughtfulname 3 years ago
I'd love to be that OBX and be touched so smoothly by her hands.
blapo38 4 years ago 4
It is "Sesame Street" from the '83~84 season; with Tatiana Ali, Herbie Hancock, & the Fairlight synthesizer. Subsequent research I did based on what "king560056" said above has confirmed this. It's available on here. Type in the keywords "Sesame Street" & "Tatiana Ali" to find the actual clip here on youtube. It even contains Sesame Street characters such as Maria. I only had to see it to set myself straight. LOL
wawawis 4 years ago
Sesame Workshop itself posted the long version of that classic clip! Peace.
MuzikJunkyAES 2 years ago
Could you post the URL? Is it still on youtube? That would be great. Thank you!
lordoid 2 years ago
Dude, the video is titled "Sesame Street: Herbie Hancock Makes Sounds," and the poster is SesameStreet [sic]. Peace.
MuzikJunkyAES 2 years ago
Thanx a lot!
lordoid 2 years ago
I love 321-contact. Does anyone remember the episode where Lisa was doing some glass blowing with this guy and she broke the glass? The guy that was teaching her looked like he wanted to smack the crap out of her.
phoneke 4 years ago 2
i played a buchla before they are nice beasts
pauleyh 4 years ago
i love my prophet 5 and obx
pauleyh 4 years ago
That was COOL :D
mcklain 4 years ago
wasn't it one of these episodes where a kid said "Mohammad Ali" into a synthesizer and they played it back in various pitches according to the keyboard?
wawawis 4 years ago
HAHA that was from Sesame Street and it was that girl Tatiyana Ali from Fresh Prince. They went to see Herbie Hancock.
King560056 4 years ago
LOL I had the wrong Ali! I entered the search criteria and you're exactly right. What an awesome flashback it was! I was surprised at how well I remembered it as I was watching it! Thanks!
wawawis 4 years ago
no that was tatiana ali, and that was a fairlight CMI there is a video bout thta from sesame street demonstarted by herbie hancock
pauleyh 4 years ago
Nice try... but it was Tatiana Ali on *Reading Rainbow*, not Sesame Street.
cygfrydd 4 years ago
Suzanne Ciani is a genius.
NYdrone 4 years ago
She is so hot !!!
I want a soft talking synth goddess!!
N8Sound 4 years ago 2
so pure...
theau61 4 years ago
suzanne rocks!
Richinator2000 4 years ago 3
Suzanne Ciani of Neverland
flapjackpaddywhack 4 years ago
i was looking for the 321 contact with bigfoot on it
Musicjuicebox 4 years ago
OMG, I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS CLIP FOR DECADES!!!! I could have SWORN that it was Laurie Spiegel in this clip, but thanks for clearing that up! Peace.
MuzikJunkyAES 4 years ago
hmmmm girls sure where interesting at those days
aurapat 4 years ago
This music is so new age! Very indicative of the technological advances of the 80s. Pure genius!
avonee1976 4 years ago
I love that goofy synth+thc grin at 5:00.
coldhandmurr 4 years ago
@coldhandmurr what do you mean thc grin?
jaecht83 1 year ago
vibrations :) muhahaha
enemyindisguise 4 years ago 4
is that young thing legle back then i rember when young teengas girl look like that back in the late 70 or early 80s
jasonhdvideoman 4 years ago
you can cut the sexual tension between these two with a knife....
frankramirez22 4 years ago 4
@frankramirez22 at 4:31 "this looks like a big toy here. do you just play around with it?"
:)
jaecht83 1 year ago
This is a GREAT clip...but hey, that's Dizzy Gillespie at the end!!! Can you upload THAT?
powerpop81 4 years ago
Two hotties in a studio playing with modulars.... I thought Youtube didn't let people post porn!
cephal0p0d 4 years ago
Boy,been mouthwatering to the point I got my knickers wet...Fortunately the guy at 3'10 got me back to harsh reality.
blapo38 4 years ago
god damned hippies
mekonin 4 years ago
wooow this stuff really makes me hot ..I mean 2 fantastic women ...awesome gear ...damn ..
WARDISWARD 4 years ago
Did anyone catch the Buchla Music easel... it's the one that she demonstartes the sine wave with.
they were so high, she probably just got done hitting the bong to celebrate programming a frying chicken.
love the Alan alda engineer/slave guy.
MattGeiger 4 years ago 2
@MattGeiger That's not an easel. It's a 200 in a shipping case. The same one is visible later in the video.
boobtube356 1 year ago
All I can say is that Lisa as hot!
Motorcyclephil 4 years ago
Trini is also!
happy7117 3 years ago
She was really good!
George84Oliviere 4 years ago
I would like to make this clear: 3-2-1 Contact was an American science educational television show which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988. It was an 80s show ... not 70s.
robfergusonjr 4 years ago
They are both smashed on drugs
Electravox 4 years ago
I remember watching these on PBS.. good show... I liked the theme song too. hah.
narfy 4 years ago
She was also the voice of Xenon, the pinball game, and composed the music & sounds for it!
sammyreed 4 years ago
Suzanne Ciani was a master of the synthesizer. She did the musical/sound logos for Columbia Pictures, Coca-Cola, and AT&T.
TServo2049 4 years ago
Suzanne Ciani has been around for quite a while. This video would have been made somewhere in the 80's...probably early 80's, around the time of her first album ("Seven Waves"). Most of her music nowadays seems to be more piano and less spacey electronic sounds.
Nice bit of vintage footage here :)
magsusulat 4 years ago
Suzanne Ciani was pretty hot. Oh synth girls fapfapfapfap.
xishimarux 4 years ago 3
Wow, remember the days before watered-down discovery channel style documentary or science shows? In 7 minutes you could fit the same amount of interesting information that it now takes 1/2 hour or more plus commercial breaks to do. I guess you have to be stoned to make good TV science shows...
Even dumb sounding questions like "what is sounds anyway?" lead into great info. Thanks for posting!
pfoxsounds 4 years ago
It was the 80's, rg...not 70's.
gundhurat 4 years ago
@gundhurat BUT, it was conceived in the 70s ... 1980 is practically the 70s.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
This video was originally posted on Suzanne Ciani's website. Thanks magneticring for posting her video on YouTube. There are several more vintage videos including her appearance on the David Letterman show at sevwave dot com. There is a link at the bottom of the page that will take you there.
specialkvi 4 years ago
321 Contact was such a cool show!
thefeebles 4 years ago 2
At least the first two seasons were. Then it became simply unwatchable. Peace.
MuzikJunkyAES 2 years ago
cool ending..with the trumpet "brrrmp!" heh. They both seem a little baked in this video. Well, it was the 1970's after all..adds that extra surreal dimension to synthesized sound.
rg2027x 4 years ago
Nice OB-X (first Version), i have the Second Version.
oberheimobx 4 years ago
OB-X here too. Mines a rev. 4 I believe. Has a "computer interface" {aka: DSX port..} on left side panel. The lushest sounding Oberheim.
rg2027x 4 years ago
No it's the rev 1, the fist obe Oberheim with grey light Panel.
oberheimobx 4 years ago
yep..i know hers is rev 1! I was saying *my* OB-X is possibly 'rev 4' {last version with Computer Interface/DSX port on left wood panel...} not foxy Suzanna's. cheers,
rg2027x 4 years ago
Sorry man, can you send me a foto of your Oberheim, i am curious to see a version 4
oberheimobx 4 years ago
This just made me so happy. Nice people making nice sounds and teaching others what they know. Suzanne Ciani made the sound signatures for both Coca-Cola and Pepsi watching this video make me think maybe she was going to try for KFC as well. A Prophet 5, an OBx, and a fully righteous Buchla. It's all West Coast but was prob'ly filmed in New York. Was this actually from the 3-2-1 Contact Show on PBS? I must have missed that episode growing up. Thanks for posting this.
insektgod 4 years ago
@insektgod i didn't think she did the kfc theme but i could be wrong.
jaecht83 1 year ago
Hey ladies--show us your synths!
funkmike 4 years ago 3
THANK YOU!
owlbeemoth 4 years ago
I want my OBX honey. I wouldn't mind a prophet either I guess
dutchfucker 4 years ago
ciani is one foxy synth babe. her current music and website is cheesey, however. kinda crushed my fantasy of somehow meeting her in some cluttered manhattan appartment full of gear and having tea with the gray-haired and surely still sexy suzanna. too many 70s modular folks went new age...
sssnacksss 5 years ago
lol! cool scenario...
rg2027x 4 years ago
If I could get my hands on an OBX I'd provably faint before even twisting a knob on it. Man AMAZING synthesizer. Wicked BIG looking too.
francogenio 5 years ago
Thanks for this video and all the others too!
jjuup 5 years ago
This is why people my age get into techno.
wormfighter 5 years ago
Who cares about the chicks. give me the Oberheim OBX
monosound81 5 years ago 4
i don't know which is better; watching girls play with synths or watching naked girls playing with synths.
BassTooth 5 years ago 2
what was 321 contact? never heard of it.
mackitymac 5 years ago
@mackitymac 3 2 1 Contact was a children's show that emphasized science, math, and technology for 4 and 5th and 6th graders. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications ... -2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
Thanks for posting!!! OBX and P5!!
glennwinstanley 5 years ago
Damn, Suzanne Ciani was so sexy.
cthulufunk 5 years ago 3
yes, but the long haired brunette hippy chick is the smarter one ;)
prosoloist 5 years ago
Can I have them both..
;-)
adewolf 5 years ago 3
How do you mean? Suzanne is telling her everything. Suzanne is the one operating the gear and talking about timber and overtones.
sleestack808 2 years ago
yes, I know which one is Ciani. But to me, the blonde is the prettier one. Not that it matters.
prosoloist 2 years ago
Everytime they cut to the the Blonde her face says "Huh?"
Spacirelei 2 years ago
@Spacirelei blonde? there was no blonde on 3 2 1 Contact, there was a Red Head.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
lovely haircut on the engineer. Ah the 70's. Not good time for the follicly challenged.
sleestack 5 years ago
i miss 321 contact
Wyrehedd242 5 years ago
NICE SYNTHS ...
m31570 5 years ago