What's the best stuff to watch on a roundie?

[veg-o-matic]

Had a brainstorm. Well, for me it's a brainstorm; for a normal person, it wouldn't even be a drizzle.
Let's Make A Deal would look great on a roundie. I don't think I've ever seen the lovely Carol Merrill in color! Not to mention those fabulous prizes. If memory serves, they tended to give out the same stuff over and over. Let's see:

Curtis Mathes televisions
Gibson refrigerators
Capehart stereo consoles
Broyhill furniture
Tappan stoves
King Koil mattresses
Silver from the Michael C. Fina Co.
Furs from Decker & Decker of Beverly Hills

What am I forgetting? Rice-A-Roni?

[Eric H]

"A years supply of Turtle Wax"
That would be about one bottle for most people

Originally posted by veg-o-matic
Had a brainstorm. Well, for me it's a brainstorm; for a normal person, it wouldn't even be a drizzle.
Let's Make A Deal would look great on a roundie. I don't think I've ever seen the lovely Carol Merrill in color! Not to mention those fabulous prizes. If memory serves, they tended to give out the same stuff over and over. Let's see:

Curtis Mathes televisions
Gibson refrigerators
Capehart stereo consoles
Broyhill furniture
Tappan stoves
King Koil mattresses
Silver from the Michael C. Fina Co.
Furs from Decker & Decker of Beverly Hills

What am I forgetting? Rice-A-Roni?

[Steve D.]

I guess the "Price is Right" is the only game show left that still has the lovely models gesturing at and demonstrating many of the same manufacturers products day after day. Bob Barker's hosted the show for over 30 years.

I remember countless TV sets made in the style of "Spanish Mediterranean" and supplied by "Spiegel catalog, Chicago Illinois, 60619"

Speaking of old color shows, a couple of years ago at the NYC museum of broadcasting (or whatever it's correct name is) they were showing some of the classic 60's/70's variety shows and I was struck by how blurry the color was. Seemed to have a certain amount of bleed around the edges like somehow it was off convergence but it made me think that it wasn't the set but the actual tape or recording process. Anyone else notice this?

Anthony

[orthophonic]

I can offer one possible explanation. Many of the live shows
from the '60s were recorded on Kinescopes instead of video
tape. A special 16mm camera filmed the image directly off
a color monitor. Conrac and Setchell Carlson "Roundie" monitors
were common then, and if they were not tweaked almost
daily, they would have convergence, focus and purity problems
that would of course be recorded on the film. I know that
Color kinescopes were made as late as '71, possibly even later.

I am a Telecine Colorist (transfer and color correct film, usually
camera negative, to video tape for editing) and about 16 years
ago or so I was working for a company that was doing alot
of film for the the NYC Museum of Broadcasting, NBC had donated
their entire vault of Kinescopes to them and they were in the
process of getting it catalogued and transferred to tape.
Most of the stuff I worked on was B/W material from late
40's and early 50's, but I did do several color kinescopes
from the late 60's, '67 & '68 Tony Awards are two that come
to mind, and they had that out of convergence look especially
on the edges.

[Eric H]

The last few minutes of the last episode of the first season of Lost In Space (on DVD) suddenly switches to color!

The intensity of the change from B&W to color was quite shocking because of all the bright colors used.
Season two, which is being released in September should be quite a treat to watch on a roundie (or a modern set)

[Eric H]

In this picture she looks like one of the alien women in "Mars Attacks"

[Aussie Bloke]

A very interesting topic and great pictures too!

What I'd love to see on a vintage roundie would be some mid 70s episodes of the Australian rock show "Countdown", unfortunately we didn't get colour til 1974 so all our colour sets are rectangular. So for a bit of fun I've taken some stills from various Countdown clips dating 1974-76 of cool Aussie glam rock artists like AC/DC (early Bon Scott era), Hush, Skyhooks, John Paul Young and Sherbet and superimposed them onto a 1958 RCA CTC-7 colour TV set pic which I downloaded from an old TV collector's site which I can guess he's probably joined to this forum too. Anyways Countdown used Philips LDK-5 colour cameras right from 1974 to when it finished in 1987 and they were well adjusted giving really rich colour pictures!!! Aussie glam rock group Skyhooks (seen on bottom left and centre pics) were pretty much the first Aussie rockers to be seen in colour and took full advantage of it with their fancy costumes and makeup.

[Eric H]

Yes, I know the guy that owns that set, he's a bit of a dullard though, not too bright at all

Originally posted by Aussie Bloke
a 1958 RCA CTC-7 colour TV set pic which I downloaded from an old TV collector's site which I can guess he's probably joined to this forum too.

Those weren't kinescopes that I saw at the museum but actual videotape. Was amazed at the poor quality and had a hard time believing that was state of the art of the time. I do recall that older camera technology did suffer from "burns" and a certain lag quality when panned quickly, but this color bleed was horrible.

Don't recall if this was projected or shown on a actual TV (over 10 years ago now).....so perhaps if it was projected then that may be where the trouble lies.

As for Aussie color TV, I've had my fill of Skippy and Dame Edna thank you very much Mate. LOL

Anthony

[classicradios]

How about any of the Bob Hope Specials.

<said in a Bob Hope voice> "And how about those Bob Hope specials?"

LOL!

Anthony (guess you had to be there)

[veg-o-matic]

Originally posted by classicradios
How about any of the Bob Hope Specials.

Neat set! Wish I had one. I'm just going to have to break down and buy a bigger house!

Hey, isn't that the same Magnavox that captainmoody has?

[classicradios]

Originally posted by veg-o-matic
Neat set! Wish I had one. I'm just going to have to break down and buy a bigger house!

Hey, isn't that the same Magnavox that captainmoody has?

The same Magnavox captainmoody had!
captainmoody's the best resource in Michigan for cool vintage stuff. Thanks again captain! Thank you very much.

[classicradios]

Remember this one?