If you can remember watching a black and white television

[the other mike]

All shows after 1965 were color

That's true but most people still saw them on B&W television sets because they couldn't afford the new expensive color ones.

 

[the other mike]

 

[the other mike]

TV Shows that went from black & white to color

 

[rightwinger]

All shows after 1965 were color

That's true but most people still saw them on B&W television sets because they couldn't afford the new expensive color ones.

We didn’t get a Color TV till 1972 when our black and white TV finally died

 

[the other mike]

 

[the other mike]

 

[Flopper]

Then you're getting old like me.
Did you ever wonder why nobody ever said "white and black" ?
Feel free to share any favorite white and black shows, films, commercials or images from the pre-color days.

Ever heard the phrase as clear as black and white which means the utmost clarity; clearly defined or differentiated. That was the thought they wanted in the minds of a potential TV audience.

 

[Vandalshandle]

It never got any better than Ernie Kovacs….

 

[leftwinger]

 

[impuretrash]

I used to play nintendo on one!

 

[Vandalshandle]

 

[the other mike]

Some craziness in this old flick.

 

[Vandalshandle]

 

[Billo_Really]

 

[Billo_Really]

Any Broderick Crawford fans?

 

[Billo_Really]

 

[Billo_Really]

 

[Dalia]

TV Shows that went from black & white to color

One of my passion i did made a thread about it ...
Bewitched

 

[Flopper]

One of the most interesting aspects of the Golden Era of Television which ran from the late 40's through the mid fifties was the era of live TV drama/comedy presentations, something you don't see much of anymore. Anyone remember the "Kraft Television Theater", "Playhouse 90", "The Philco Television Theater", or "Westinghouse Studio One"? They present live theater. No second takes and no canned laugh tracks. The only type of video recording was film in those days which required days of processing and editing. This was a period in which networks believed to woo audiences away from the movies they needed to present quality live programming. Boy were they wrong.

Many of the dramatic presentations were original scripts by some of greatest writers of the time that went on to become movies and Broadway plays, for example, "The Days of Wine and Roses', "The Great Gatsby", "The Time of Your Life", "Heart of Darkness", "The Wings of a Dove", "Judgement at Nuremberg", "The Hiding Place", "Requiem for a Heavyweight", "Eloise", "The Miracle Worker", "Invitation to a Gunfighter", "The Last Tycoon".

For comedy there was the "Jackie Gleason Show", "The Sid Caesar Show', "Red Skeleton Show" "The Jack Benny Show", and "The Milton Berle Show' all presented live before a live studio audience.

By the mid 50's, the networks discovered video recording which ended most live presentations except for news, sports, and special events.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

The only black and white movie that I have ever seen is Its A Wonderful Life.

God bless you always!!!

Holly