Stop whining. This is exactly how most of us saw it.It was years before most families broke down and made the big move to a color TV. I would guess we got ours in about 1965.
@NJtoTX don't forget....we had to wait for the price to go down. Nobody cannot afford a $1000 color TV at that time; Lucky for my family in 1966, it was given to us as a prize.
The announcer messed up on "following" after realizing his line was merely a lie giving that the color was lively shades of gray and not the "living color" he was told about. He went on with it anyway knowing it would get him a swimming pool if he did it "right."
That sounds like Wendell Niles. If you were lucky enough to own an expensive RCA Victor color set at the time ($1000 and up), you probably saw this in "Living Color". If not, too bad; NBC didn't save a color kinescope of this program. In fact, very few people could afford a color set in 1957- and VERY few programs were telecast in color, even on a daily basis [only NBC, and to a lesser extent, CBS, were nationally telecasting color shows back then].
Actually, what I think happened, is that this was aired **in color**, but like mca1218 said, the kinescope was B & W. But not only that, I would venture to say that most of the country saw this in B & W because not only were there not very many color sets in '57, few STATIONS transmitted in color. NBC pushed color hard cuz RCA built color sets, yes, but it'd be years before other networks broadcast in color, not to mention TV stations themselves acquiring color transmitters.
I've seen this one before.. It was from an episode of "The Jerry Lewis Show" back in '57.. This particular episode featured Jerry's Dad Daniel and his son Gary, and also a pre "Laugh-In" appearance by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin..
It was possible to film TV broadcasts in color, although most kinescopes (films of TV programs) were black & white. The first color videotape recordings were done in 1958 and a few of them still exist; a Fred Astaire special is one of them.
The whole point of showing the peacock in b&w and announcing that the following program was brought to you in living color was to inspire people to buy color TVs, at a time when they were very expensive and almost nobody had one.
I have one of these as well, only mine has the same announcer saying, "this program is being presented in *compatible* color." It's a b&w kinescope with a still image of the Peacock from what must've been a live color broadcast of the Royal Ballet production of the Prokofiev "Cinderella" for "Producer's Showcase." Cool stuff.
see this interesting site:
brunosupershow.blogspot.com
odilonbruno1 2 months ago
Color - Living Color
B&W - Lively Black & White
Sepiatone - Alive But Chocolatey Sepiatone?
Black - Deadly Black :(
ChiuahuaTubeALT 4 months ago
Roy G. Biv just changed his name to Ggg G. Ggg.
TheLegoboy1997 4 months ago
The ffffffffollowing program xD
ChiuahuaTubeALT 4 months ago
We pretty much had B&W TV sets back then, so NBC was "programmed" in color, but B&W on B&W TV sets. So it's still in living color.
ChiuahuaTubeALT 4 months ago
The color died
xd
andrezlatin 6 months ago
Someone oughta fire the announcer! He screwed up!
pookerville 10 months ago
at the beginning it sounds like the announcer forgot what he was supposed to say
LJK193 10 months ago
Stop whining. This is exactly how most of us saw it.It was years before most families broke down and made the big move to a color TV. I would guess we got ours in about 1965.
NJtoTX 1 year ago 3
@NJtoTX don't forget....we had to wait for the price to go down. Nobody cannot afford a $1000 color TV at that time; Lucky for my family in 1966, it was given to us as a prize.
MooseShady 11 months ago 2
The color is not living... YOU KILLED THE COLOR!!!!!!
TheComicfreak10 1 year ago
this is black and white!!! bitch.
RQBtv 1 year ago
The announcer messed up on "following" after realizing his line was merely a lie giving that the color was lively shades of gray and not the "living color" he was told about. He went on with it anyway knowing it would get him a swimming pool if he did it "right."
RkivUnderground 1 year ago 3
begins with what sounds like a blooper or mess up...hesitation has no part in perfect advertising...shame on you nbc...
VTMCompany 1 year ago
That color does not look living to me.
GypsyFairy85 1 year ago
The following program is brought to you in living black and white color on NBC *drum beats*
StelarCF 1 year ago
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altfactor 1 year ago
That sounds like Wendell Niles. If you were lucky enough to own an expensive RCA Victor color set at the time ($1000 and up), you probably saw this in "Living Color". If not, too bad; NBC didn't save a color kinescope of this program. In fact, very few people could afford a color set in 1957- and VERY few programs were telecast in color, even on a daily basis [only NBC, and to a lesser extent, CBS, were nationally telecasting color shows back then].
fromthesidelines 1 year ago 2
first peacock
TheComicfreak10 1 year ago
Actually, what I think happened, is that this was aired **in color**, but like mca1218 said, the kinescope was B & W. But not only that, I would venture to say that most of the country saw this in B & W because not only were there not very many color sets in '57, few STATIONS transmitted in color. NBC pushed color hard cuz RCA built color sets, yes, but it'd be years before other networks broadcast in color, not to mention TV stations themselves acquiring color transmitters.
wannawatchu66 2 years ago 2
I've seen this one before.. It was from an episode of "The Jerry Lewis Show" back in '57.. This particular episode featured Jerry's Dad Daniel and his son Gary, and also a pre "Laugh-In" appearance by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin..
professor1966 2 years ago
I'd be nervous, if I were announcing a program in color too.
CartoonNothing 2 years ago 3
@CartoonNothing
Probably one of the first colour programming too.
PeterOnoLennon 1 year ago
It was possible to film TV broadcasts in color, although most kinescopes (films of TV programs) were black & white. The first color videotape recordings were done in 1958 and a few of them still exist; a Fred Astaire special is one of them.
The whole point of showing the peacock in b&w and announcing that the following program was brought to you in living color was to inspire people to buy color TVs, at a time when they were very expensive and almost nobody had one.
hebneh 2 years ago 4
I'm prolly wrong, but in those days, the broadcast may have been in color, but the only way to record it was in black and white - if at all.
Also, the practice of wiping (deleting the contents) of recordings makes it amazing anything survived.
Nowadays, networks record every bit of programming and keep it stored somewhere.
8ooO0Ooo8 2 years ago 3
Color? Isn't this black and white?
ColumbiaPicturesFan 2 years ago
the fffolowing program is brought to you on nbc:))
Terrorcowboy 2 years ago 21
Talk about defeating the purpose.
sarniatownreggae 2 years ago 13
I have one of these as well, only mine has the same announcer saying, "this program is being presented in *compatible* color." It's a b&w kinescope with a still image of the Peacock from what must've been a live color broadcast of the Royal Ballet production of the Prokofiev "Cinderella" for "Producer's Showcase." Cool stuff.
mca1218 2 years ago 2
NBC introduced the Peacock in the 1956-57 season, and this still shot of the bird predates the first animated Peacock ID.
dnm72863 2 years ago