While I still prefer my I Love Lucy in black and white, this special from several years back was pretty good. It featured the non-syndicated I Love Lucy Christmas episode (Desi Arnaz pulled it from the syndication package because he didn't want people watching a Christmas episode in July) and the episode "Lucy Gets into Pictures." In the past, during the Christmas episode, when they showed the flashback scenes, the flashbacks were in black and white. This year, they colorized the flashbacks. There was also another flaw--the Christmas bulbs on the Christmas tree were white. The "colorizers" forgot to color the bulbs.
This time, they fixed that and the bulbs were colored. "Lucy Gets into Pictures" was gorgeous and just as entertaining as always. I really like these CBS colorized specials and find them very interesting. I like to see how Lucy's wardrobe (for example) may have looked in color. I know for a fact, that the show was mostly a conglomeration of greys, whites and blacks as they looked the best on black and white film. However, to be presented with the idea that the Ricardos' couch may have been mustard yellow is an interesting proposition. I always envisioned it being beige. I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that the people colorizing the episodes were actually using color photographs and other memorabilia as a reference when choosing colors.
This time, they fixed that and the bulbs were colored. "Lucy Gets into Pictures" was gorgeous and just as entertaining as always. I really like these CBS colorized specials and find them very interesting. I like to see how Lucy's wardrobe (for example) may have looked in color. I know for a fact, that the show was mostly a conglomeration of greys, whites and blacks as they looked the best on black and white film. However, to be presented with the idea that the Ricardos' couch may have been mustard yellow is an interesting proposition. I always envisioned it being beige. I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that the people colorizing the episodes were actually using color photographs and other memorabilia as a reference when choosing colors.
