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Old 11-25-2008, 06:28 PM
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Skippy

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Originally Posted by Sandy G View Post
That's what I've NEVER understood- Why wasn't the population in every country that DIDN'T have color TV raising hell about it ? It wasn't like it was some big American state secret that we wouldn't share w/anyone...And England, Italy, Australia aren't exactly backwards 3rd world shitholes, either... And Australia sent at least ONE program to America in the 60s-early '70s-"Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo"-that was most assuredly in color...I remember seeing it when I was a kid. So they HAD the equipment then, they just weren't willing to use it. Politicians....they could screw up a 2-car funeral...
Maybe Skippy was produced using film techniques, so no colo(u)r video
equipment was involved. I don't believe this series was ever rebroadcast
in Canada after 1976, as we didn't get a color TV until 1977 (in my
household, I mean) and I never saw it in color. Just my two cents' worth.

P.S.: a look at Wikipedia confirms that it was produced on 16-mm color film.

Last edited by electroking; 11-25-2008 at 06:31 PM. Reason: added info
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