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Burzum25 · 12-20-2003, 10:13 PM

Does anyone know if there has ever been any colored episodes of leave it to beaver? Maybe colorized later on for reruns but someone were cut out for syndication? Did they ever do this?

Also, wasn't it around 1961 or 62 where they had color tv? I remmeber some episodes where lumpy said to wally "yeah my dad is gonna show off his color slides tonight" This tells they had color at the time so why couldn't they film the show in color even if it was for just one season? They did this for other shows. I for one would ahve liked to see what their clothes and house looked like.

If anyone is still readin my post, lol, there is also a point that I never got. In black and white episodes, they would say stuff like "does this color look good on me" and they would reply "yeah its fine" even on leave it to beaver he had to paint something green and he got a stain on his shirt or something like that and june said "oh beaver look at that green" WHy bother saying anything like this at all if the viewers are going to see things in black and white? it doesnt make sense. I love lucy even says "oh my red hair"

BlueEyes1767 · 12-20-2003, 11:37 PM

The first person I knew that had a color TV was around 1968. I imagine that very few homes had color TVs much before then, and shows didn't film in color until the mid 60s. People didn't buy TVs as often then, and the first color ones were pretty high-priced.

frani · 12-24-2003, 11:34 AM

I am from the 50's and 60's and we didn't have a color set till I was probably a teenager or even later, say closer to the 70's. It was not common for people to have color sets or even multiple sets. Usually, there was a main set in the living room and it was not portable, it was a piece of furniture in itself. Even the one the cleavers have in the later ep is like that. I think there is a scene where beav and wally have a portable in their bedroom.

Also, about the color thing. For a very long time, only shows on NBC were in color. That's why they are the peacock network. If a show was broadcast in color, then the peacock would come on and spread its "fan" of multi-colored feathers. I loved black and white tv.

BlueEyes1767 · 12-24-2003, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by frani
I am from the 50's and 60's and we didn't have a color set till I was probably a teenager or even later, say closer to the 70's. It was not common for people to have color sets or even multiple sets. Usually, there was a main set in the living room and it was not portable, it was a piece of furniture in itself. Even the one the cleavers have in the later ep is like that. I think there is a scene where beav and wally have a portable in their bedroom.

Also, about the color thing. For a very long time, only shows on NBC were in color. That's why they are the peacock network. If a show was broadcast in color, then the peacock would come on and spread its "fan" of multi-colored feathers. I loved black and white tv.

Yes, I remember the peacock! Back then, my family had 1 TV in the living room, it was blond wood. And when a tube blew out you had to run to the drugstore to replace it. The show I couldn't wait to see in color was Bonanza. I was always trying to guess what color of clothes the Cartwrights wore. But I do love black & white shows too,, they remind me of a simpler, nicer era. I couldn't imagine Beaver in color!

UncleBilly · 12-26-2003, 10:30 AM

I remember we got our first color TV in either 1967 or 1968. It was a really big deal to get a color TV back then. It's hard to believe that back then we only could get a few channels to watch though. We got NBC, ABC and CBS. And every once in a while if the conditions were right we could pick up a UHF channel that was from a city near us. UHF channels were the best because they played reruns of shows (kind of like the cable channels today). And back then you could get by with only one TV in the house because everything shown was appropriate for family viewing so the families sat around together in the evening and watched TV together. Nowadays I have to utilize the channel and rating blocker on the TV to prevent my kids from stumbling upon some of the more racy shows that are on any time of the day.

And onto the subject of talking about colors on the shows.........the world still lived in color even though we couldn't receive the colors on our TV sets, so why ignore the fact that things had different colors? ( Although, I really would have liked to actually "see" the color of Wally's awful suit the time he purchased it himself )

1954Boomer · 12-29-2003, 05:55 AM

Like most of you, we grew up with only one television set in the house, located in the living room (or parlor as we called it). It was b/w and only received three or four local stations. No remote! You actually had to get up and change the channel, and at the same time adjust the rabbit ears. It wasn't until the late 60s that we got a portable set for the kitchen, which was also b/w. We didn't get a color tv set until '73.

UncleBilly · 12-29-2003, 10:16 AM

I had forgotten about not having remotes back then! How spoiled we have become with technology. I can't imagine having to get up and change channels like we used to. Back then, we would look in the tv guide to see what was on and turn it to that channel and leave it there for the whole show (no channel surfing during the commercials) How did guys survive back then without being able to change the channel every 5 seconds

junecleaver · 12-29-2003, 04:11 PM

i get despirate when my remote is missing!!

evermore · 12-29-2003, 05:08 PM

IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT GETTING UP TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL, SINCE THERE WERE ONLY 7 CHANNELS TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. BUT TODAY, I CAN BARELY GET PAST 10 CHANNELS WITHOUT HAVING A WITHDRAWAL FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL.

BlueEyes1767 · 12-29-2003, 06:29 PM

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Originally posted by UncleBilly
I had forgotten about not having remotes back then! How spoiled we have become with technology. I can't imagine having to get up and change channels like we used to. Back then, we would look in the tv guide to see what was on and turn it to that channel and leave it there for the whole show (no channel surfing during the commercials) How did guys survive back then without being able to change the channel every 5 seconds

If I remember correctly, there weren't as many commercials back then and they only interrupted the program at 10 or 15 minute intervals. There are so many more commercials now! And when cablevision began, it would go on the fritz all the time. Sometimes for hours.... But it was a lot better than relying on an antenna, because if the weather was bad or it was really windy the reception was poor.

jehobden · 01-25-2004, 04:13 AM

My family must have been one of the last to get a color tv, second-hand, in Dec. 1979. I remember in Dec. 1969, when I was 4 yrs. old, we got a 25' B&W set w/ remote control. We had to get a channel converter for that set to pick up the local PBS station on UHF.

MikeZ · 01-25-2004, 04:46 PM

See if any of you guys remember this.....back in the 50's, my dad ordered from a magazine a "convert your TV to COLOR!" thing, for about $3. After waiting for about a month for it to arrive, it finally came, and what a great day that was! We tore open the box, and found a flat piece of colored plastic, about 2 1/2 feet square. The plastic had a blue color strip at the top, going across the plastic from right to left. The middle of the plastic was colored a light brown, and the bottom stripe was green. The instructions told us to fasten this to the tv screen, being careful not to install it upside down. This was our color tv!! Actually, on the westerns, it was not too bad....you had the blue sky, brown horses and cowboys, and green grass. However, on a closeup of someone's face, it looks like they had some strange sickness, with blue and green lines running across their faces!

Just Popped In · 01-25-2004, 11:02 PM

That's what I love about these boards.

After reading these posts I just learned 2 things I didn't know about the TV sets of the 50's and 60's:

1. That B&W sets had remote controls,

-and-

2. That there was a device that allowed people to "convert their TV to COLOR!"

I just wish that I grew up duing that era

junecleaver · 01-25-2004, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by Just Popped In

I just wish that I grew up duing that era

me too

GidgetCleaver · 01-26-2004, 07:42 PM

Oh, those color tv converter things! I remember seeing those advertised and wished my parents would order one soooooo bad. Thanks for that memory. I had completely forgotten about that! We never did get one. I'm envious!

12-20-2003, 10:13 PM	#1
Burzum25 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 35	Leave it to Beaver color episodes? Does anyone know if there has ever been any colored episodes of leave it to beaver? Maybe colorized later on for reruns but someone were cut out for syndication? Did they ever do this? Also, wasn't it around 1961 or 62 where they had color tv? I remmeber some episodes where lumpy said to wally "yeah my dad is gonna show off his color slides tonight" This tells they had color at the time so why couldn't they film the show in color even if it was for just one season? They did this for other shows. I for one would ahve liked to see what their clothes and house looked like. If anyone is still readin my post, lol, there is also a point that I never got. In black and white episodes, they would say stuff like "does this color look good on me" and they would reply "yeah its fine" even on leave it to beaver he had to paint something green and he got a stain on his shirt or something like that and june said "oh beaver look at that green" WHy bother saying anything like this at all if the viewers are going to see things in black and white? it doesnt make sense. I love lucy even says "oh my red hair"

01-25-2004, 11:02 PM	#13
Just Popped In Lucy & Ricky forever Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 16, 2002 Location: Monterey Peninsula, California Posts: 304	That's what I love about these boards. After reading these posts I just learned 2 things I didn't know about the TV sets of the 50's and 60's: 1. That B&W sets had remote controls, -and- 2. That there was a device that allowed people to "convert their TV to COLOR!" I just wish that I grew up duing that era
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12-20-2003, 11:37 PM	#2
BlueEyes1767 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 26, 2003 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 95	The first person I knew that had a color TV was around 1968. I imagine that very few homes had color TVs much before then, and shows didn't film in color until the mid 60s. People didn't buy TVs as often then, and the first color ones were pretty high-priced.

12-24-2003, 11:34 AM	#3
frani Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 09, 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 445	I am from the 50's and 60's and we didn't have a color set till I was probably a teenager or even later, say closer to the 70's. It was not common for people to have color sets or even multiple sets. Usually, there was a main set in the living room and it was not portable, it was a piece of furniture in itself. Even the one the cleavers have in the later ep is like that. I think there is a scene where beav and wally have a portable in their bedroom. Also, about the color thing. For a very long time, only shows on NBC were in color. That's why they are the peacock network. If a show was broadcast in color, then the peacock would come on and spread its "fan" of multi-colored feathers. I loved black and white tv.

12-26-2003, 10:30 AM	#5
UncleBilly Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 107	I remember we got our first color TV in either 1967 or 1968. It was a really big deal to get a color TV back then. It's hard to believe that back then we only could get a few channels to watch though. We got NBC, ABC and CBS. And every once in a while if the conditions were right we could pick up a UHF channel that was from a city near us. UHF channels were the best because they played reruns of shows (kind of like the cable channels today). And back then you could get by with only one TV in the house because everything shown was appropriate for family viewing so the families sat around together in the evening and watched TV together. Nowadays I have to utilize the channel and rating blocker on the TV to prevent my kids from stumbling upon some of the more racy shows that are on any time of the day. And onto the subject of talking about colors on the shows.........the world still lived in color even though we couldn't receive the colors on our TV sets, so why ignore the fact that things had different colors? ( Although, I really would have liked to actually "see" the color of Wally's awful suit the time he purchased it himself )

12-29-2003, 05:55 AM	#6
1954Boomer Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 482	Like most of you, we grew up with only one television set in the house, located in the living room (or parlor as we called it). It was b/w and only received three or four local stations. No remote! You actually had to get up and change the channel, and at the same time adjust the rabbit ears. It wasn't until the late 60s that we got a portable set for the kitchen, which was also b/w. We didn't get a color tv set until '73.

12-29-2003, 10:16 AM	#7
UncleBilly Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 107	I had forgotten about not having remotes back then! How spoiled we have become with technology. I can't imagine having to get up and change channels like we used to. Back then, we would look in the tv guide to see what was on and turn it to that channel and leave it there for the whole show (no channel surfing during the commercials) How did guys survive back then without being able to change the channel every 5 seconds

12-29-2003, 04:11 PM	#8
junecleaver Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 28, 2003 Location: i'm a southerner! :D Posts: 1,298	i get despirate when my remote is missing!!

12-29-2003, 05:08 PM	#9
evermore Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 16, 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 906	IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT GETTING UP TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL, SINCE THERE WERE ONLY 7 CHANNELS TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. BUT TODAY, I CAN BARELY GET PAST 10 CHANNELS WITHOUT HAVING A WITHDRAWAL FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL.

01-25-2004, 04:13 AM	#11
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,005	My family must have been one of the last to get a color tv, second-hand, in Dec. 1979. I remember in Dec. 1969, when I was 4 yrs. old, we got a 25' B&W set w/ remote control. We had to get a channel converter for that set to pick up the local PBS station on UHF.

01-25-2004, 04:46 PM	#12
MikeZ The Phoenix Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 208	See if any of you guys remember this.....back in the 50's, my dad ordered from a magazine a "convert your TV to COLOR!" thing, for about $3. After waiting for about a month for it to arrive, it finally came, and what a great day that was! We tore open the box, and found a flat piece of colored plastic, about 2 1/2 feet square. The plastic had a blue color strip at the top, going across the plastic from right to left. The middle of the plastic was colored a light brown, and the bottom stripe was green. The instructions told us to fasten this to the tv screen, being careful not to install it upside down. This was our color tv!! Actually, on the westerns, it was not too bad....you had the blue sky, brown horses and cowboys, and green grass. However, on a closeup of someone's face, it looks like they had some strange sickness, with blue and green lines running across their faces!

01-26-2004, 07:42 PM	#15
GidgetCleaver Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 07, 2002 Posts: 85	Oh, those color tv converter things! I remember seeing those advertised and wished my parents would order one soooooo bad. Thanks for that memory. I had completely forgotten about that! We never did get one. I'm envious!