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CBS tries to pretend it’s still airing I Love Lucy
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Ubiquitous
Dec 20, 2013, 12:52:12 PM12/20/13
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I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What�s this? CBS has
reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
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reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
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Q: Why is ObamaCare like a turd?
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Barry Margolin
Dec 20, 2013, 1:24:02 PM12/20/13
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In article <l9204c$7dm$2...@dont-email.me>,
The first one is a Christmas episode that hasn't been part of the
never-ending rerun package. The second is the trip to Italy with the
grape stomping scene, one of the most popular episodes of the series.
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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What�s this? CBS has
> reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
> a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
> network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
> television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
> packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
> so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
> one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
> 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
That's what they're doing.
> I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What�s this? CBS has
> reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
> a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
> network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
> television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
> packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
> so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
> one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
> 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
The first one is a Christmas episode that hasn't been part of the
never-ending rerun package. The second is the trip to Italy with the
grape stomping scene, one of the most popular episodes of the series.
--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
Ubiquitous
Dec 20, 2013, 5:58:31 PM12/20/13
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bar...@alum.mit.edu wrote:
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What�s this? CBS has
>> reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
>> a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
>> network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
>> television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
>> packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
>> so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
>> one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
>> 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
>
>That's what they're doing.
I thought that colorizing thing ran its course in the 1980's.
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What�s this? CBS has
>> reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
>> a new episode with them? That�s the only possible explanation, right? The
>> network wouldn�t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
>> television that�s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
>> packaging it as something �new� and �special,� right? Well, this is CBS,
>> so maybe the network�s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
>> one, figure they�ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
>> 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
>
>That's what they're doing.
Michael Black
Dec 20, 2013, 10:24:46 PM12/20/13
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2013, Ubiquitous wrote:
> bar...@alum.mit.edu wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>> I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What?s this? CBS has
> bar...@alum.mit.edu wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>> reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
>>> a new episode with them? That?s the only possible explanation, right? The
>>> network wouldn?t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
>>> television that?s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
>>> packaging it as something ?new? and ?special,? right? Well, this is CBS,
>>> so maybe the network?s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
>>> one, figure they?ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
>>> 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
>>
>> That's what they're doing.
>
> I thought that colorizing thing ran its course in the 1980's.
>
I think they try to give you the option.
>>
>> That's what they're doing.
>
> I thought that colorizing thing ran its course in the 1980's.
>
I think that the deluxe "Miracle on 34th Street" (the original theatrical
release, not the 1994 one, or the 1974 made for tv movie with Sebastian
Cabot as Kris Kringle, MeTV should have aired that) that I bought has the
black and white and colorized version on it, plus two made for tv in the
fifties versions. I had really hoped they'd include the 1974 one, but no.
Michael
Hunter
Dec 21, 2013, 5:49:44 AM12/21/13
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In article <barmar-CEAFD5....@news.eternal-september.org>,
bar...@alum.mit.edu says...
> > I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What?s this? CBS has
> > network wouldn?t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
> > television that?s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
> > packaging it as something ?new? and ?special,? right? Well, this is CBS,
> > so maybe the network?s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
> > one, figure they?ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
I have to hand it too them, the Colorization technology has improved greatly.
If I didn't know better I would've said it was real color film they used back
in the mid 1950s. It was broadcast in standard definition but picture was nice
and sharp and not not washed out as it was with the old 1980s process. The skin
tones still do look to uniform in shade thought.
I can fully appreciate black & white, but I am always curious to know what
color the clothes are, the hair a street scene so I don't mind it as long as it
is done well. Back in the 1980s the technology just wasn't ready with its
"crayon effect", as I call it.
Oh and according to wikipedia the original date it was aired was December 24,
1956. It was filmed a month before on November 22nd. CBS broadcasted it
December 18, 1989 and 1990 so it has been over 23 years since it was last seen
prior to last night.
--
----->Hunter
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
bar...@alum.mit.edu says...
> > I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m., Friday): What?s this? CBS has
> > reanimated the corpses of the various I Love Lucy cast members and filmed
> > a new episode with them? That?s the only possible explanation, right? The
> > network wouldn?t go to the lengths of, say, dusting off an episode of
> > television that?s over 50 years old at this point, colorizing it, then
> > packaging it as something ?new? and ?special,? right? Well, this is CBS,
> > so maybe the network?s core audience will wake up in the middle of this
> > one, figure they?ve time traveled back to when they were only in their
> > 70s and do a little jig. Hurrah! Hurrah for Christmas magic!
>
> That's what they're doing.
>
> The first one is a Christmas episode that hasn't been part of the
> never-ending rerun package. The second is the trip to Italy with the
> grape stomping scene, one of the most popular episodes of the series.
---
>
> That's what they're doing.
>
> The first one is a Christmas episode that hasn't been part of the
> never-ending rerun package. The second is the trip to Italy with the
> grape stomping scene, one of the most popular episodes of the series.
I have to hand it too them, the Colorization technology has improved greatly.
If I didn't know better I would've said it was real color film they used back
in the mid 1950s. It was broadcast in standard definition but picture was nice
and sharp and not not washed out as it was with the old 1980s process. The skin
tones still do look to uniform in shade thought.
I can fully appreciate black & white, but I am always curious to know what
color the clothes are, the hair a street scene so I don't mind it as long as it
is done well. Back in the 1980s the technology just wasn't ready with its
"crayon effect", as I call it.
Oh and according to wikipedia the original date it was aired was December 24,
1956. It was filmed a month before on November 22nd. CBS broadcasted it
December 18, 1989 and 1990 so it has been over 23 years since it was last seen
prior to last night.
--
----->Hunter
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
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