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The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961 - 1966)
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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 312880" data-attributes="member: 7"><p style="text-align: justify">Colorization is tricky and I'm not always on board for it -- in fact, I'm almost always against it.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">The first five years of ANDY GRIFFITH wouldn't have worked -- at least for me -- if they were in color. I typically avoid the color seasons of the show out of strong preference for the earlier, warmer B&W seasons. And it speaks volumes that the B&W seasons are consistently more popular in syndication. Few channels have found success with airing the color seasons.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Colorizing something like THE TWILIGHT ZONE is practically unthinkable. The tone and atmosphere of that show would be completely altered if those beautiful B&W prints were colorized. That show was practically made for some stylized B&W camerawork.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">The first two seasons of BEWITCHED are better in B&W as well, but that opinion might be drawn from the poor colorized prints I've seen over the years. Had I seen better colorized versions of those episodes, I might not be as much against it.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">There are other shows from the same period that I wouldn't be so dogmatic about not having them colorized. Shows like GILLIGAN'S ISLAND and I DREAM OF JEANNIE really look quite lovely in color, and if colorized versions of their first seasons were done properly, I don't think I'd be too bothered by it. The DVD set I once had of JEANNIE had the colorized first season, but it was so sloppily done that I always turned off the color when I watched those episodes so they appeared to be in their original</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">And speaking of colorization done properly: I have seen some good colorized clips of THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE MUNSTERS online. The little clips I've seen are very well done, but those two shows belonged in B&W as well. The dark, mundane humor that they tried to exploit was just lost in the conversion to color. Quite frankly, they weren't even as funny.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">I'm much more forgiving of classic TV being colorized over classic film.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 312880, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]Colorization is tricky and I'm not always on board for it -- in fact, I'm almost always against it. The first five years of ANDY GRIFFITH wouldn't have worked -- at least for me -- if they were in color. I typically avoid the color seasons of the show out of strong preference for the earlier, warmer B&W seasons. And it speaks volumes that the B&W seasons are consistently more popular in syndication. Few channels have found success with airing the color seasons. Colorizing something like THE TWILIGHT ZONE is practically unthinkable. The tone and atmosphere of that show would be completely altered if those beautiful B&W prints were colorized. That show was practically made for some stylized B&W camerawork. The first two seasons of BEWITCHED are better in B&W as well, but that opinion might be drawn from the poor colorized prints I've seen over the years. Had I seen better colorized versions of those episodes, I might not be as much against it. There are other shows from the same period that I wouldn't be so dogmatic about not having them colorized. Shows like GILLIGAN'S ISLAND and I DREAM OF JEANNIE really look quite lovely in color, and if colorized versions of their first seasons were done properly, I don't think I'd be too bothered by it. The DVD set I once had of JEANNIE had the colorized first season, but it was so sloppily done that I always turned off the color when I watched those episodes so they appeared to be in their original And speaking of colorization done properly: I have seen some good colorized clips of THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE MUNSTERS online. The little clips I've seen are very well done, but those two shows belonged in B&W as well. The dark, mundane humor that they tried to exploit was just lost in the conversion to color. Quite frankly, they weren't even as funny. I'm much more forgiving of classic TV being colorized over classic film.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]
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