Stan was Stan Lemkuil (1949-2013) of Sacramento, California. Stan was a very creative entertainer, comedian, & artist. His unique talents included being a master of over 300 vocal sound effects, 100 voices and impressions. In his career 'Siren Stan' was the world's loudest man doing a 125 decibel human siren, was on TV and radio shows, in news articles, parades and performances. He did voice-overs, radio/TV commercials, and was Fire Marshall for Old Sacramento. At the California State Fair he performed in his human siren juke box and had the world's largest ventriloquist dummy on the State Fair water tower. He was also deaf in one ear which gave him monaural, rather than stereo hearing.
I was about 6 or 7 when this show came out. Of course, a lot of the stuff went right over my head at the time. But I loved it! So glad to see pieces of it popping up @ places like CZcams. Very informative, even if the world has changed a lot since then.
I was only 8 years old when this show came out, but I was super into Lisa and wanted to hang out with her on one of those bean bag chairs at the 3-2-1 Contact set.
@@noahpartic7586 I would dare to say that the machinery shown here was fairly high-end for 1980. As this was Bell Labs, I'm tempted to guess it was a UNIX system of some kind.
It's strange to realize that I actually had a longer attention span when I was a kid than I do now... I used to watch this show very attentively, but now I'm amazed that it was able to hold my attention. Today's children would be absolutely horrified by it, and they would refuse to watch it.
I knew a guy in college who dated Kelly Pino (Lisa). He was going to school at the same time as his daughter, who was named Kelly after her. Kelly told me that once her mom kicked them out and they slept on Kelly Pino's floor. Kelly's dad also knew Bruce Campbell, who confirmed it by e-mail back in the '90s. Both of the younger Kelly's parents passed away not long after college. All four of us (me, Michael Coatney, Debbie Coatney, Kelly Coatney) were involved with a production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Wait, I'm confused. Lisa, the red head in the 1980 first season shown in this CZcams clip, was played by Lizi Moses. Wasn't Kelly Pino a host in a later season?
Notice how people talked WAY different back then? They sounded so natural; like how REAL HUMAN BEINGS are supposed to be! WTF is happening to the world now?
Wait, so acting American teens are the only people who've ever sounded Iike real humans? So apparently every other type of human in the world, especially those who AREN'T acting, and use natural inflections, somehow don't sound like actual humans?
This is a RERUN of the first episode. The FIRST broadcast of the first episode did NOT feature Glenn Scarpelli in the 'Bloodhound Gang' opening credits.
Complete with C-Band like black sparklies. The frequency is set slightly too low on that satellite receiver! Ahh you don’t see stuff like that anymore - or awesome shows like this
Or the dish was slightly out of alignment, that would also cause the "sparklies" too. Ah, the anomalies of analog FM video used for C-band satelllite video then, now taken over by macroblock breakup with today's digital MPEG-based broadcast video :).
The only time Mr. Bloodhound can be "seen" is in part two of The Case of the Secret Message. Just as he drops the detectives off by the bay, you can just barely see him through the window of the car.
The way I can tell that 3-2-1 contact is for big kids is that it's not as exciting as sesame street for preschoolers and electric company for younger elementary school kids, an' I couldn't understand the show when I was in 3rd grade watching it at school where we had a t.v.
Does anyone ever remember there being an animated segment on 3-2-1 Contact where there was a Pac-Man like character and a tornado character, moving around on a Pac-Man layout like in the game? I remember it from my really young years but I can't find it.
"Both 3-2-1 contact & the bloodhound gang originates from the historic lyman-howe studios stage-h in millerville-city luzerne-county ioml" 🇺🇸📺🎬👭🧑🤝🧑👭🧑🤝🧑👭🧑🤝🧑⚡&🔍🎥.
"Bowzer from sha na na my late father mr. elwood milo miller used to do his sha na na imatation rest in peace dad & i'll do my best but however you'll be missed by everybody always & forever amen" 🇺🇸🧔🕯️🙏⚰️🪦👼☮️❤️🤝.
I was thinking about creating a social media community page for 3-2-1 Contact fans. But with all the problems we all hear about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook I’m not sure. Give me good reasons as to why should and I will think about it. Any other alternative social media sites out there?
I was just relaxing and the theme song hit me. This show helped me understand the world around me. Children today are missing out.
I wish 3-2-1 Contact is revived and will be seen 5 days a week on most of this PBS stations.
Stan was Stan Lemkuil (1949-2013) of Sacramento, California.
Stan was a very creative entertainer, comedian, & artist. His unique talents included being a master of over 300 vocal sound effects, 100 voices and impressions. In his career 'Siren Stan' was the world's loudest man doing a 125 decibel human siren, was on TV and radio shows, in news articles, parades and performances. He did voice-overs, radio/TV commercials, and was Fire Marshall for Old Sacramento. At the California State Fair he performed in his human siren juke box and had the world's largest ventriloquist dummy on the State Fair water tower.
He was also deaf in one ear which gave him monaural, rather than stereo hearing.
Michael Winslow
@@WhisperingOaks118 I remember him too, just as good & more extensive too.
Stan is no more?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO😭.
@@noahpartic7586 His wardrobe style is forever.
One of the greatest shows on PBS ever🤗
This is such a nostalgic show. I remember our teachers letting us watch these videos in class and I learned and loved every episodes. Subscribed!
Same here I was 6 In 1990 my teacher let us watch some episodes on vhs tapes including this one 😊
oh my, I seen this in 1980. I was 10yrs old at the time. 41 yrs later here we are.....
I was about 6 or 7 when this show came out. Of course, a lot of the stuff went right over my head at the time. But I loved it! So glad to see pieces of it popping up @ places like CZcams. Very informative, even if the world has changed a lot since then.
I learned everything I need to know from 3-2-1 Contact! Thank You so much for posting, I subscribed the instant I saw the title!
lol the Bass Vocalist from Sha Na Na. Many memories
repentant conservative Bowser
BBBBBBBBOOOOOOWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Bowser from Sha-Na-Na🤔.
I haven't watched Sha-Na-Na in years.
I was only 8 years old when this show came out, but I was super into Lisa and wanted to hang out with her on one of those bean bag chairs at the 3-2-1 Contact set.
9:40 WOW she pulled out that 200 megabyte disc pack.
Huge.
9:49...forty years later, we have hit-or-miss OCR.
That biiiiiiiiiiiig disk can be shrunk to a micro SD card. I've seen up to 2TB thus far & only found online.
All that, to make a computer talk.
No match for smartphones today😄
But you have to start somewhere😏.
@@noahpartic7586 I would dare to say that the machinery shown here was fairly high-end for 1980. As this was Bell Labs, I'm tempted to guess it was a UNIX system of some kind.
12:53 - Susan really wanted to get busy with Mark.
It's strange to realize that I actually had a longer attention span when I was a kid than I do now... I used to watch this show very attentively, but now I'm amazed that it was able to hold my attention. Today's children would be absolutely horrified by it, and they would refuse to watch it.
I knew a guy in college who dated Kelly Pino (Lisa). He was going to school at the same time as his daughter, who was named Kelly after her. Kelly told me that once her mom kicked them out and they slept on Kelly Pino's floor. Kelly's dad also knew Bruce Campbell, who confirmed it by e-mail back in the '90s. Both of the younger Kelly's parents passed away not long after college. All four of us (me, Michael Coatney, Debbie Coatney, Kelly Coatney) were involved with a production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Wait, I'm confused. Lisa, the red head in the 1980 first season shown in this CZcams clip, was played by Lizi Moses. Wasn't Kelly Pino a host in a later season?
@@protamine4 Yes Kelly played Kathy in the 83 shows.
Stan was Supernatural Talented!
I used to watch this while I was growing up. Didn't ever think about trying to learn from it pike I was supposed to thpugh.
Best pbs series 😊
Nice hosts ..
Notice how people talked WAY different back then? They sounded so natural; like how REAL HUMAN BEINGS are supposed to be! WTF is happening to the world now?
Wait, so acting American teens are the only people who've ever sounded Iike real humans? So apparently every other type of human in the world, especially those who AREN'T acting, and use natural inflections, somehow don't sound like actual humans?
@@ingloriousbetch4302 YES, and if you've been around long enough then you should prolly know... It's not really that hard to notice!
I remember when this show first came on. I think it replaced Electric Company.
Pretty sure Mark got action after that episode!
Weird seeing Fred from the Dunkin Donuts commercials in a different role.
At 14:13 it's time to make the donuts!
This is a RERUN of the first episode. The FIRST broadcast of the first episode did NOT feature Glenn Scarpelli in the 'Bloodhound Gang' opening credits.
Damn a pay telephone that was really back in the day s***
Complete with C-Band like black sparklies. The frequency is set slightly too low on that satellite receiver! Ahh you don’t see stuff like that anymore - or awesome shows like this
Or the dish was slightly out of alignment, that would also cause the "sparklies" too. Ah, the anomalies of analog FM video used for C-band satelllite video then, now taken over by macroblock breakup with today's digital MPEG-based broadcast video :).
9:00 Siri's great grandfather
Wait. Telephone calls travel through wires??
They travel by wireless antennas & satellites these days.
@@noahpartic7586 agreed 📼
Poor guy, I hear he has the same ailment as Michel Winslow. Very rare condition.
Mr. Bloodhound was never at work!
Somebody said he was in at least one episode. I haven't seen them all, so I'm not sure.
The only time Mr. Bloodhound can be "seen" is in part two of The Case of the Secret Message. Just as he drops the detectives off by the bay, you can just barely see him through the window of the car.
"Whenever there's trouble we're there on the double Mr. Bloodhound isn't here."
It makes one wonder if Robot Chicken will make a skit as to why.... really why.
@@Zoloft77 They need to.
Holy Shit! Is that Steve-O's dad hitting that gong?
Wrong! It's Jon "Bowzer" Bauman from Sha Na Na!
"Charts don't talk".
Me: YOU JUST DID, WTF😱?
The way I can tell that 3-2-1 contact is for big kids is that it's not as exciting as sesame street for preschoolers and electric company for younger elementary school kids, an' I couldn't understand the show when I was in 3rd grade watching it at school where we had a t.v.
The first AI.
Like the host..
Does anyone ever remember there being an animated segment on 3-2-1 Contact where there was a Pac-Man like character and a tornado character, moving around on a Pac-Man layout like in the game?
I remember it from my really young years but I can't find it.
It is NOT from 3-2-1 Contact. It is from Square One math TV show. The PAC-man is Mathman.
@@pressmin agreed it's on CZcams 😊
"Both 3-2-1 contact & the bloodhound gang originates from the historic lyman-howe studios stage-h in millerville-city luzerne-county ioml" 🇺🇸📺🎬👭🧑🤝🧑👭🧑🤝🧑👭🧑🤝🧑⚡&🔍🎥.
Cute girl with black hair n cute face..
4:07 Fox theme
I remember watching this in 1980 and saying, "Wait, that's the girl from the bodega in The Warriors!"
czcams.com/video/CySGz-N20Gg/video.html
For what?!
You got the stuff
Marc and Susan tryin to hook up... swing and a miss...
hey look sha na na bowzer and MOON ZAPPA? and the girl;s in tight jeans wow
0:45 how tight are those jeans?
I checked and I couldn't tell. Nothing looked particularly snug.
MichaelHansenFUN They really aren't.
"The children's television workshop is the same production-company behind sesame-street & the electric-company did you know that" 🇺🇸🧑🤝🧑📺💡🎥.
Wes Harrison does way better sound effects then the guy in this video.
"Bowzer from sha na na my late father mr. elwood milo miller used to do his sha na na imatation rest in peace dad & i'll do my best but however you'll be missed by everybody always & forever amen" 🇺🇸🧔🕯️🙏⚰️🪦👼☮️❤️🤝.
I was thinking about creating a social media community page for 3-2-1 Contact fans. But with all the problems we all hear about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook I’m not sure. Give me good reasons as to why should and I will think about it. Any other alternative social media sites out there?
Rembrandt from The Warriors @ 13:38!
"3-2-1 contact from stage-g @ the kaufman-astoria studios in millerville-city luzerne-county northeastern & central ioml" 🇺🇸🧑🤝🧑📺💡🎥.