3-2-1 Contact - Season 4
Season 4
Network
Episodes20
DatesSep 23, 1985 - Oct 18, 1985
Episodes
Season 4Episode 130 min
Tropics: Rubber
Paco introduces the tropics and points out that Miguel is in Malaysia. Miguel and Anitha see how rubber is tapped from trees and processed.
Sep 23, 1985
Season 4Episode 230 min
Tropics: Metals
People use the word ""tin"" without really understanding it. Miguel goes to various sites in Malaysia see tin being extracted and used.
Sep 24, 1985
Season 4Episode 330 min
Tropics: Rice
Miguel sees Malaysian rice, from planting to harvesting.
Sep 25, 1985
Season 4Episode 430 min
Tropics: Working Animals â€" Monkeys and Elephants
Miguel learns firsthand how elephants and monkeys can help humans in their tasks. Paco gives a little monologue on domestication.
Sep 26, 1985
Season 4Episode 530 min
Tropics: Endangered Animals
Miguel takes a day-long observation of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Malaysia.
Sep 27, 1985
Season 4Episode 630 min
Light: From the Sun; To Your Eyes
Light is observed through lenses such a telescope and the eye. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted with ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
Sep 30, 1985
Season 4Episode 730 min
Light: Color
Kathy learns that there is more color in a green leaf than meets the eye. At the Exploratorium, Robin discovers what drives a magnificent light sculpture (the sun and many mirrors). Paco and Mary create their own light sculpture in the studio demonstration. The Bloodhound Gang tries to piece together ""The Case of the Missing Memory"" with a cassette tape that includes a snowy tree cricket chirping. (Concludes in next episode.)
Oct 1, 1985
Season 4Episode 830 min
Light: Eyes
Darlene Librero dissects a cow's eye before a class of intermediate-schoolers. Later we get to hear about Librero's scientific background. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
Oct 2, 1985
Season 4Episode 930 min
Light: How Animals See
Mary gets her eyes examined. Technically, it's the second straight show on the eye, but not just the human eye. Visual effects simulate the world as other animals see it.
Oct 3, 1985
Season 4Episode 1030 min
Light: Bending and Bouncing
Diego and Robin start the day on a ship off the California coast, observing the individual patterns of a lighthouse's beam. They find out how lenses concentrate the rays of light emanating from a lighthouse or a buoy. Robin illustrates the convex lens at the Exploratorium. Also at the Exploratorium, Miguel bounces light with a curved mirror. He goes to the University of Arizona to see the grinding of a glass lens for the telescope at nearby Kitt Peak.MUSIC VIDEO: Light energy from the sun.
Oct 4, 1985
Season 4Episode 1130 min
Farms: Sheep and Pigs â€" Selective Breeding
MMiguel and Robin spend most of the day watchiing and learning from a sheep shearer. Paco and Mary anchor ""Pig News,"" a gimmick that will run throughout the week.
Oct 7, 1985
Season 4Episode 1230 min
Farms: Plants and Pigs â€" Plant Production
Mass population puts heavy demands on growing and producing plans. This program looks at some advances in agriculture.
Oct 8, 1985
Season 4Episode 1330 min
Farms: Hybrids
A mutt is a hybrid, as Paco and Miguel discover. Much of this show is set in the Animal Emergency Room at a veterinarian hospital. But there is time to show another hybrid, this one from cattle.
Oct 9, 1985
Season 4Episode 1430 min
Farms: Cows and Pigs â€" Animal Products
Much of this show is set in a modern dairy. Cows give milk, and that milk is turned into other foods. The Bloodhound Gang investigates a well-disguised pickpocket in Part One of ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers."" (Concludes in next episode.)
Oct 10, 1985
Season 4Episode 1530 min
Farms: Chickens and Pigs â€" Animal Production
Kathy talks with none other than Frank Perdue about his high-yield poultry farm. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers.""
Oct 11, 1985
Season 4Episode 1630 min
Stuff: Metals
Robin, Miguel, and Kathy observe different facets of the Statue of Liberty's restoration.
Oct 14, 1985
Season 4Episode 1730 min
Stuff: Clay
Paco gets the low-down on making a coffee cup out of clay. Kathy discovers how clay is used to make toilets. The Bloodhound Gang is called to investigate mass car theft in Part One of ""The Case of the Dark Night.""
Oct 15, 1985
Season 4Episode 1830 min
Stuff: Shaping It
Heat It, Beat It is the music video that sums up this episode. We see the bending of glass and (in a scene recycled from ""Tropics"" week) the making of a Malaysian dagger. The Bloodhound Gang cracks ""The Case of the Dark Night.""
Oct 16, 1985
Season 4Episode 1930 min
Stuff: Feathers and Rubber
In ""Part 1,"" a makeup man gets Miguel in his chair to make a monster mask. For ""Part 2,"" Kathy goes on a mission with a ""feather detective"" to see what bird made a serious impact with an Air Force jet. The Bloodhound Gang enters a greenhouse to start ""The Case of the Funny Money."" (Concludes in next episode.)
Oct 17, 1985
Season 4Episode 2030 min
Stuff: Using It
Schoolchildren design egg containers that prevent the egg from breaking when dropped. Miguel sees a plane that is lighter than its pilot go for a speed record. The Bloodhound Gang makes fast work in battling ""The Case of the Funny Money.""
Oct 18, 1985
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