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3-2-1 Contact Season 1

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1x01 Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound aired Jan 14, 1980

A sixty-second tease introduces the cast and previews some of their scientific adventures. This is followed by a four-minute film showing the recording of t... read more

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1x02 Noisy/Quiet: The Ear aired Jan 15, 1980

Same 60-second tease as in first episode precedes an invasion of noises into Marc's world. Knowing that "noise annoys," Marc illustrates (with a decibel rea... read more

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1x03 Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound aired Jan 16, 1980

Lisa goes to Hawaii to see how dolphins use sonar. Another segment sees sonar of bats. Trini sees an ultrasound apparatus at work. The Bloodhound Gang fin... read more

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1x04 Noisy/Quiet: Music aired Jan 17, 1980

Dizzy Gillespie shows off his jazz talents. Trini checks out the behind-the-scenes work at a Kiss concert. The Bloodhound Gang cracks "The Case of Princess... read more

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1x05 Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration aired Jan 18, 1980

Lisa, Marc, and Trini are given a puzzle. They hear a bell ring and, as instructed, put the bell in a closed jar and take out some of the air with a vacuum ... read more

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1x06 Forces and Motion aired Mar 24, 1980

Trini becomes concerned when and where a hurricane is projected to strike. Marc visits Six Flags Great America to learn the mechanics and design of roller-c... read more

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1x07 Forces and Fields aired Mar 25, 1980

Hurricane Rufus is turning inland, heading toward the workshop. This prompts Trini to give a brief description of a hurricane. Jerome Barkum of the New Yor... read more

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1x08 Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity aired Mar 26, 1980

Hurricane Rufus is now abutting the workshop. Trini prepares herself with a lifeboat. She proves to Marc and Lisa that boats will float because of their sh... read more

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1x09 Forces and Machines aired Mar 27, 1980

Hurricane Rufus strikes the workshop. Calmer discussion of the Earth's forces are seen at a circus, in the paths of satellites, and at the Bay of Fundy. Th... read more

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1x10 Forces: A Spectacle of Forces aired Mar 28, 1980

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Roller coaster design; stuntman; orbiting satellites. Also: what forces propel a bicycle.

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1x11 Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds aired Mar 10, 1980

Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Akers farm. Trini sits in on an expectant mother's ultrasound. At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on t... read more

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1x12 Growth/Decay: Human Growth aired Mar 11, 1980

Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a premature baby. Trini and others at Staten Island discuss adolescent changes. ANIMATIONS: Einstein images... read more

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1x13 Growth/Decay: Decay aired Mar 12, 1980

Lisa ventures into a sewage treatment plant in Chicago.Film inserts: Msima Spring in Kenya houses a massive food chain, and it all centers around hippos; the... read more

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1x14 Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms aired Mar 13, 1980

Lisa sees a volcano that is almost ready to erupt. Marc demonstrates a model volcano. Trini joins a group of young archaeologists uncovering fossils along ... read more

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1x15 Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles aired Mar 14, 1980

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa sees a volcano that is almost ready to erupt. Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Aker... read more

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1x16 Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down aired Jan 28, 1980

Trini and Lisa stage a surprise birthday party for Marc. It revolves around a tape recording which Marc must play at various speeds. Features Harry Blackst... read more

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1x17 Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature aired Jan 29, 1980

Lisa gets some instructions on rhythms from a professional drummer and witnesses the wicked tides at the Bay of Fundy. Trini examines migratory birds. Marc... read more

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1x18 Fast/Slow: Lifetimes aired Jan 30, 1980

Recycled from Episode 12: Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a premature baby. A make-up artist transforms Marc into an old man, explaining hum... read more

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1x19 Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing aired Feb 07, 1980

Marc and Lisa give Trini a psychological boost prior to Field Day. Lisa checks out a professional motorcycle racer (filmed Oct. 1979). Marc gets a lesson o... read more

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1x20 Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again aired Feb 01, 1980

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa checks out a professional motorcycle racer (filmed Oct. 1979) and witnesses the wicked tides at the Bay of Fun... read more

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1x21 Communication: Human Communication aired Mar 17, 1980

Marc and Lisa discover too late that Trini is stranded in the desert with an empty gas tank, setting the stage for three episodes. At Shea Stadium, Marc obs... read more

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1x22 Communication: Animal Communication aired Mar 18, 1980

Trini is still lost in the desert, despite several attempts to get messages across. Marc illustrates his expertise on bugs. He visits a researcher determin... read more

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1x23 Communication: Machinery of Communication aired Mar 19, 1980

After two days and contact, Marc sends out the Goodyear Blimp for Trini. Marc visits Bell Laboratories to see a computer that is programmed to speak (interm... read more

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1x24 Communication with Other Species aired Mar 20, 1980

Trini returns from the desert. She gets in her first segment of the week, visiting the University of Tennessee, where an ape named Chantek learns sign langu... read more

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1x25 Communication: Feedback aired Mar 21, 1980

Trini recounts her attempts to send distress signals from the desert. Lisa and Marc remind her that her messages had to reach somebody for a good response. ... read more

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1x26 Food/Fuel: Animal Food aired Feb 04, 1980

Trini decides to bring a pet to the workshop, but she didn't count on a friend bringing a wolf. At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young veteri... read more

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1x27 Food/Fuel: Human Food aired Feb 05, 1980

Marc illustrates the truth about calories while baking a pizza. A group of school kids at Staten Island learn about nutrition. Lisa's cousin, a lumberjack,... read more

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1x28 Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food aired Feb 06, 1980

Lisa, Marc, and Trini have been invited to a canoe trek in Maine. They have difficulty at first trying to decide what food to bring. Marc learns about the ... read more

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1x29 Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines aired Feb 07, 1980

True fuel is discussed in this episode, first with the 1980 phenomenon "gasohol" and with real gasoline at a motorcycle race. The gasohol segment takes Lisa... read more

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1x30 Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go aired Feb 08, 1980

RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Gasohol, Baker's Akers, baking bread. Another sequence believed to be in this episode is a race of fuel efficiency... read more

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1x31 Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures aired Jan 21, 1980

Trini has been standing in the freezing cold, threatening to become almost as sick as Marc. Lisa gives a demonstration on feeling hot and cold. But the big... read more

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1x32 Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations aired Jan 22, 1980

The desert and polar regions demonstrate how plants and animals react to extreme heat or cold. The Bloodhound Gang unlocks "The Case of the Secret Message."

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1x33 Hot/Cold: How Hot or Cold Can It Get? aired Jan 23, 1980

Marc and Trini relate temperature to each other as they make ice cream and candied apples respectively. Lisa demonstrates extreme cold temperatures with liq... read more

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1x34 Hot/Cold: Heat and Work aired Jan 24, 1980

Lisa is bitter over her cold. As Marc and Trini try to warm her spirits, Lisa thinks back to her visits with the motorcyclist and the hot-air balloons. The ... read more

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1x35 Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space aired Jan 25, 1980

A solar astronomer explains how the sun produces the seasons. He tells Marc that the sun is closer to Earth in winter than in summer, but the angle of sunli... read more

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1x36 Light/Dark: The Sun aired Feb 18, 1980

Marc wants to set up a model solar system. To simulate the sun, he and the others get the largest light bulb they can buy. Only after they blow a fuse do t... read more

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1x37 Light/Dark: Adaptation of Plants/Animals aired Feb 19, 1980

Lisa, Marc, and Trini all wonder what can be done to recover a plant that had been kept from windows. The Bloodhound Gang cracks "The Case of the Missing Bl... read more

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1x38 Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum aired Feb 20, 1980

Trini follows the crew that sets up the lighting on a Kiss concert (recorded during their 1979 tour). At the workshop, Trini uses a prism to split white lig... read more

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1x39 Light/Dark: The Eye aired Feb 21, 1980

Everyone celebrates Trini's birthday with a piñata. Marc visits a visually-impaired boy navigating around his school and neighborhood. Trini discovers a boy ... read more

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1x40 Light/Dark: Light Sources aired Feb 22, 1980

Marc proposes to burn a hole through a piece of cardboard using a magnifying glass and the sun. It doesn't harm the cardboard, but Lisa and Trini get the me... read more

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1x41 Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing aired Mar 03, 1980

Lisa and Trini enter an Eames Room to play tricks on Marc. Marc gets an up-close look at things through a scanning electron microscope. The Bloodhound Gang... read more

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1x42 Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home aired Mar 04, 1980

Marc visits a researcher determining how bees communicate. Then, in a segment previously used in Light/Dark: The Eye, Marc watches a visually-impaired boy na... read more

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1x43 Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth aired Mar 05, 1980

For the bulk of the show, a guest at the workshop is Willis Brown, a transcontinental pilot who discusses air travel. Trini examines homing pigeons. Marc go... read more

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1x44 Near/Far: Space Travel aired Mar 06, 1980

This program goes to Houston to observe the space shuttle. The Bloodhound Gang has to stop a swindle in "The Case of the Educated Pig."

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1x45 Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are aired Mar 07, 1980

RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Marc sees a sailing ship chart its return course and observes how a blind boy finds his way around; astronauts tra... read more

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1x46 Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns aired Mar 31, 1980

Lisa is looking for a quilt design, which she can't quite place. Trini suggests that Lisa use a computer to create a new quilt design. Marc sees ordinary o... read more

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1x47 Order/Disorder: The Body â€" An Ordered System aired Apr 01, 1980

A student of neuropharmacology visits the workshop to discuss the order of the human body and all its systems. Marc observes how a pacemaker works. Trini s... read more

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1x48 Order/Disorder: Social Order aired Apr 02, 1980

Animals keep a semblance of order, whether they are bees in a hive or people in the Kalahari Desert searching for melons. Music and games are also part of s... read more

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1x49 Order/Disorder: Disordered aired Apr 03, 1980

Marc, Lisa, and Trini become helter-skelter at the beginning, but they calm down and devise plans. In the process, Lisa finds a pattern for her quilt. On l... read more

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1x50 Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts aired Apr 04, 1980

A composer visits the workshop to discuss writing music. Marc sees the specialized work of honey bees. Trini gets the full story on setting up a rock concert. read more

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1x51 Surfaces: Protection aired Apr 07, 1980

Clothes are humans' number-one source of protecting the skin. Trini finds out what clothing works best when climbing a mountain. The Bloodhound Gang is con... read more

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1x52 Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface aired Apr 08, 1980

Field locations include cacti in the Arizona desert, a Zamboni, and a scanning electron microscope. The Bloodhound Gang decodes Mr. Bloodhound's whereabouts... read more

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1x53 Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles aired Apr 09, 1980

Lisa rides a hot-air balloon and gets tips from a glassblower on making goblets. A film insert discusses bubbles and how they are used. The Bloodhound Gang ... read more

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1x54 Surfaces: Surface of the Earth aired Apr 10, 1980

A geologist appears in the workshop for a discussion on the three types of Earth rock. In Hawaii, Lisa sees a volcano and takes a novice surfing lesson. Fi... read more

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1x55 Surfaces: The Atmosphereâ€"Skin of the Earth aired Apr 11, 1980

ANIMATION: What does permeable mean? REHASHED FROM PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Trini learns about protecting the human body from the cold while climbing a moun... read more

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1x56 Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling aired Feb 25, 1980

At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young veterinarian feeding baby animals. Marc visits Miami Seaquarium to see whales trained.Film insert: Le... read more

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1x57 Big/Small: Animal Habitats aired Feb 26, 1980

Everyone is perplexed when they find bugs living on just about everything. Trini examines a salt marsh. (Continues in Episode 59.) A guest biologist discu... read more

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1x58 Big/Small: Dinoaurs aired Feb 27, 1980

Trini is convinced she has discovered a dinosaur bone. A visit to a American Museum of Natural History shows that she actually has the femur of a horse. Al... read more

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1x59 Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency aired Feb 28, 1980

At an aquarium, Lisa and Trini learn about volume. Marc and Lisa head out to see a supertanker. Trini stakes her case about oil spills. This includes an e... read more

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1x60 Big/Small: How Big is Big? aired Feb 29, 1980

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Trini is convinced she has discovered a dinosaur bone. A visit to a American Museum of Natural History shows that... read more

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1x61 Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding aired Feb 11, 1980

The workshop welcomes a guest to discuss the human psyche of crowding. Film inserts: Building a skyscraper; the Gui people of Africa do a little minor socia... read more

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1x62 Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature aired Feb 12, 1980

A wildlife expert visits the workshop to extoll on the impact humans have had on animals such as the wolf. FILM INSERT: Kudzu takes over parts of the South.... read more

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1x63 Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials aired Feb 13, 1980

Trini pilots around New York City in the Goodyear blimp. Lisa gets to ride a hot-air balloon. The Bloodhound Gang gets an eyesight-full in Part Two of "The... read more

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1x64 Crowded/Uncrowded: Down Among the Atoms (Liquids & Solids) aired Feb 14, 1980

Marc adds too much food coloring to the frosting on a birthday cake for his sister, starting a discussion of molecular density in solids and liquids. The Bl... read more

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1x65 Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities aired Feb 15, 1980

REHASHED FROM PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa rides a hot-air balloon. FILM INSERT: The elephant struggles for survival in Africa. ADDITIONAL: The black hole. read more

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