[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 03:35 PM\'] [quote name=\'RMF\' date=\'Jun 27 2004, 09:11 PM\'][quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' date=\'Jun 26 2004, 06:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jun 23 2004, 02:55 PM\'] In fact, the existence of "PDQ" and syndie "T or C," among other shows, is almost exclusively because of the demand of stations at that time for cheap color programming. [/quote]
Huh? Are you saying episodes of "PDQ" still exist? I thought they were all wiped. [/quote]
Uncamark meant (or, at least, I presume that he meant) "exist" in the "why was it made" sense of the term, with no connection to current survival.[/quote]
Bingo.
With everyone converting to color in the mid-60s, putting on "My Little Margie" reruns became less palatable--but no station wanted to spend a lot of money. We all know one of the reasons people do game shows are that they're cheap to produce. Hire H-Q to do "PDQ" for syndication and you have a half-hour of color daytime programming at an economical cost.
And Herbert Ziv all of a sudden had a justification for shooting "The Cisco Kid" in color on film back before there was even a color TV system. [/quote]
Actually, Mr. Ziv's first name was Frederic or Frederick. Sorry to correct you.
