quote:Originally posted by violet Blue Horse:
I remember vaguely from my childhood that Taklking odc color asAmerican Television was a combination of B&W and Color for many years after the first "color" broadcast. Some shows were shot in color, some where not.
I reckon you are correct there Violet
I well tremember seing canadian colo(u)r television sometime in probably 1967. It actually made me watch some Canadian Ice Hockey games at parties there. (much more exciting in colo(u)r). In comparison the market for colo(u)r tv opened up rather later in the UK and mainly due to the promotion of snooker games (it was
pretty stupid and difficult trying to work out What In Hell Was Happening on a Black and White set!!
Talking of color as we are Violet just before we all left the chat room last Friday I noted that a "violet" came in for a few seconds-was that you??If so please do try again next friday and be less shrinking then OK?? Janice from your neck of the woods often chats BTW
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