3-2-1 Contact -- Episode 159 -- Big/Small - Size volume -- 1980

A view of a big ship/tanker with efficiency, effects of an oil spill in the water after a big wreck and demonstration of oil and its stickiness. Trini visits a salt mash and its life around it (cycle). Also the positive side of oil and its uses. In addition, The Bloodhound Gang in the conclusion of "The Case of the 264 Pound Burglar."

[@chrisnorwood903]

I'm so glad I can watch this again

[@dirtyd7931]

Watched all these as a kid. Theme song reminds me of being a little kid thanks for posting

[@Coconutcountryliving]

21:00 It's a good point about petroleum. There are better ways , but in the end you have to choose to live a simpler life

[@pinedelgado4743]

This is one of my FAVORITE 3-2-1 CONTACT episodes when Trini (Ginny Ortiz) wants there to be no more supertankers because the oil that is transported in them can devastate the environment and make it look horrible if those tankers wreck or spring a leak causing an oil spill. So, Lisa (Liz Moses) and Marc (Leon W. Grant) convince her that crude oil, while a messy and potentially hazardous substance, actually DOES have its merits and benefits. :)

[@robadams5799]

Trini the Little Environmentalist.

[@arihaviv8510]

I like how they show strong points for both sides of the argument without telling you what you should think. "Alright you've made your point. But mine's a strong point too"

[@crushingvanessa3277]

Why do I remember this episode so much?

[@arihaviv8510]

I like how they tried to make strong points for both sides of the argument instead of telling you what you should think

[@derekroberts6654]

The music during the bus and the car race sounds like something from “A Clockwork Orange”. 😆

[@will.a.benjamin]

yeah because it was in that movie.

[@chuckbracken]

lord this makes me feel old

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

Now you're two years older.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Makes me feel young at the same time.

[@darren2514fv]

Carl Weathers in the big/small shoe sketch

[@namelessjedi2242]

And Billy Barty. RIP to both.

[@Robnoxos]

Team Trini

[@robadams5799]

That was a very helpful pet shop employee. Most of the time they just read the label on the tank to me.

[@kenswireart88]

memories wow. can u imagine all those background people where r they now...

[@namelessjedi2242]

Sometimes I look them up after watching these. I looked up the supertanker they visited. It was new in 1979 but scrapped in 2015.

[@tinytanks]

20:50 40+ years later and Just Stop Oil's arguments are operating at a pre-school level from 1980 while they're destroying priceless works of art from antiquity...

[@marklechman2225]

5:00 - insert Debbie Downer sound effect here

[@CJODell12]

0:00. Rare slow variant of the rare CTW Snake logo.

[@robadams5799]

I wonder why they didn't just call the three teens Liz, Ginny and Leon? Those are perfectly good names and they wouldn't affect the show in any negative way. BTW, I thought I saw Liz Moses in a commercial. Dish soap or something. Can anyone confirm or deny my memory?

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

1:19 -- Hey that's Apollo Creed!

[@kristinlambert8811]

I have been looking for a water turtle for a pet for many years

[@wcs494]

Hang in there Ronald Reagan becomes peresident in 1980 and fix the gas shortest problem. That’s why we need the Key Stone Pipeline so we depend less on getting the oil from other countries and no spills in the Oceans and the gas prices are much cheaper for people. This is a good episode.