Pilot episode in color?

[Mr. Crowley]

Pardon me if this topic has been addressed already, but I read that the AYBS? pilot episode has been returned to full color by some sort of process. Has anyone seen it of heard anything about it?

[One-Legged Tapdancer]

Look no further, Mr. Crowley- it's here on YouTube, complete with Comedy Playhouse intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yghL1_Uq4

The process somehow could figure out the original color from the tone of gray on the copy. I don't know if there's a name for it.

[Lucas The Tucas]

The ..... Pilot ..... was made in color and black & white.

But, the color one grew legs and walked off. :shrug:

:? Or got tossed or recorded over. :yes:


But, I did hear something a year or so ago, that someone was hoping to recolor the ..... Pilot.

Just look at every movie, that Ted Turner has had colored.


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And Thanks ... OLT !

[UnanimousInThat]

It is called "colour recovery". Nothing like the Ted Turner type colorization process thankfully. The difference being that the Turner process mostly came from guesswork.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_recovery

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

The ..... Pilot ..... was made in color and black & white.

But, the color one grew legs and walked off. :shrug:

:? Or got tossed or recorded over. :yes:



It was recorded over. Remember that "The Pilot" was just another entry in the "Comedy Playhouse" series. No one every thought it would have made it to a first series let alone 10 so they just reused the tape it was originally recorded on.

[Mr. Crowley]

Thanks, everyone!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

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