[TriLUG] Waaaay off topic, but....

[Mike Voss via TriLUG]

My parents had some fun with us boys in 1973? 75? whenever dad brought home
our family's first Color TV. We got home from school and there it was,
turned off, waiting for the Wizard of Oz that night, and us kids suspected
*nothing* about the color-jump, having watched on B&W every holiday, for
like, ever. We got all excited, and then it started, in b&w, and BOOO, it
was so disappointing, awww, CBS must not be showing it in color this year,
kids, we're sorry, we didnt know.... And of course then, you just forget
about it... Until, suddenly, POW, MUNCHKINLAND.
I remember we all three jumped straight up.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 2:06 PM Sean Korb via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org wrote:

> Some movies of that era were released in both B&W and in color
> especially in 16mm and shorts in 8mm.  It was a cost and distribution
> consideration but since that's before I was born, all this is second
> hand.  Before VHS there was a pretty robust 16mm and 8mm trading
> economy.
>
> I saw it first on a B&W TV set and same for Star Trek.  Boy what *I*
> surprised!
>
> sean
>
> On 11/14/18, Aaron Schrab via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > At 12:40 -0500 14 Nov 2018, Brian McCullough via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> > wrote:
> >>Oh, Yes, I know Mouse That Roared, but, as I said in my first message,
> >>I discounted it, because my friend said that the movie that he was
> >>watching was in Black And White, while Mouse is, and was, in Colour.
> >>
> >>
> >>Maybe he was mistaken, although I don't know how.
> >
> > Maybe he was watching on a black&white TV. Or perhaps Ted Turner has
> > started decolorizing classic movies.
> >
>
>
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