Obama revives FDR, but accused Romney's speech of being one that should have been watched in b/w TV

media/Obama | 9/6/2013 | self

[shoedog]

We know the media won't jump on Obama's hypocritical statement that Romney's speech should have been seen on black and white TV, while Obama himself harkens back to FDR and the depression. Romney's team needs to jump on this.

[eddie willers]

No. It was designed to be in color and each and every episode was in color.

This came back as an answer to the question: Was Bonanza ever in B&W?

Bonanza was never filmed in black and white. According to The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (a great TV reference book) Bonanza was always in color: "Bonanza premiered on Saturday night in the fall of 1959, and was the first Western to be televised in color." (Page 123 of the Sixth Edition).

I researched and read where the last 14 episodes of season 1 had fallen into the public domain, so you may have a "bootleg" copy.

The first season DVD at Amazon (which they stress as offcial) is in color.

[cynwoody]

Slow Joe has harbored this delusion for some years now. Here he is with Katie Couric in September 2008:

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/biden-doesnt-know-his-fdr-history-very-well

[bobo1]

you are correct. i looked it up. kudos to you.

my discs are in BW. don’t know why. but you are correct.

thanks for your input. guess i will have to find the color ones.

on the upside, they were moral, and the good guys always won.

thanks for the correction, and Blessings to you!

bobo

[cynwoody]

The first convention broadcast on TV was the 1932 GOP convention where Hoover was renominated.

What were the ratings?

[eddie willers]

I loved Bonanza and watched for years.

We lived in a Levittown like suburb in Atlanta where only one neighbor made enough to get a Color TV.

He let us come over one night and we were all surprised to see that Little Joe’s jacket was GREEN! Could have knocked me over with a feather.

10 years later we got our first Color TV (Motorola)

[Gasshog]

The reason you have b/w episodes of a series that was filmed in color is because at that time there were still some TV stations that only broadcast in b/w — so the 16mm film prints
were produced in color and in b/w for these stations that lacked the color TV capabilities. Your video was sourced from one of those b/w prints

[bobo1]

okey dokey! thanks for the input.

shucks, i am old, but not too old to learn

Blessings to You!

bobo

[RRismyhero]

Spot on...I expressed the same sentiment earlier today - even before the FDR revival. Hard to believe He could even fix his mouth to say that on the campaign trail while the DNC featured Kennedy (video), Carter, and Clinton.

[RRismyhero]

Spot on...I expressed the same sentiment earlier today - even before the FDR revival. Hard to believe He could even fix his mouth to say that on the campaign trail while the DNC featured Kennedy (video), Carter, and Clinton.

[newzjunkey]

From the speech: (bold mine)

And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. It'll require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.