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Thread Number: 68351
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Anyone watch "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in color? |
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Post# 910868 , Reply# 1 12/12/2016 at 23:04 (2,690 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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Post# 910870 , Reply# 2 12/12/2016 at 23:07 (2,690 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 910875 , Reply# 3 12/12/2016 at 23:28 (2,689 days old) by MixGuy (St. Martinville, Louisiana) | ||
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Caloric Appliances At the time the show was created Powder Blue was an available color option. They offered more colors than the white, coppertone, pink, yellow and turquoise that most manufactured at that time. | ||
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Post# 910876 , Reply# 4 12/12/2016 at 23:36 (2,689 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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| Post# 910884 , Reply# 5 12/13/2016 at 03:14 (2,689 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 I didn't watch it. I don't have broadcast TV (over air doesn't work well/at all in my specific area, and I'm too cheap for cable). That said, I guess I prefer it when black and white stays black and white. But I'm not bothered by black and white. Some people, I gather, can't stand black and white. It may help that my family never had a color TV, so this folks is what I grew up with, whether it was a 1960 Perry Mason episode, or a 1980s Perry Mason movie. The only difference you could see on screen was style of clothes/houses/cars/etc, and how close to "Dirty Laundry" type references they could get away with...
Sometimes, now, I also think black and white adds something... I like old Perry Mason TV shows, and one thing I like is the black and white, which seems to work well for the show.
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| Post# 910886 , Reply# 6 12/13/2016 at 03:26 (2,689 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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vintage color slides taken of the set I guess I can see using those slides. That said...the actual set colors were probably chosen simply for practical reasons of what would work for black and white filming. I can't imagine that anyone gave any thought to what would be right for this family's character? For example, were they a powder blue appliance family, or not?
They did one episode of Perry Mason in the 60s that was in color. It was apparently a trial run--if the series had lived another year, it would likely gone color. (As much as I like the black and white, I wish they'd done one year in color. Just that one episode is fun seeing everyone in color!) But apparently that resulted in a great deal of work, because everything was geared for black and white. Color imposed different requirements. IIRC, it meant even tinkering with sets and the like. It was more--a lot more--than slapping a roll of color film in the camera that week. | ||
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Post# 910910 , Reply# 7 12/13/2016 at 05:24 (2,689 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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 I love the look of black-and-white vintage TV and films, but am also very aware that makes me the old man who stands in his driveway shaking his cane. "You keep your damn Cadillac; nothing compares to my horse and buggy!"
As several have mentioned, colorization has come a long way in the last 15 years. I no longer have cable and watch CBS on an app. Have been so busy at work (musicians and caterers have to make every buck they can during the Christmas season) that I haven't checked to see if the colorized versions of I Love Lucy and the Dick Van Dyke Show are available to watch on demand.
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Post# 911022 , Reply# 9 12/13/2016 at 19:53 (2,689 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 911066 , Reply# 10 12/14/2016 at 00:26 (2,688 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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