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>> television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. ♪ ♪ ♪ the tv was the center of the house. i dont remember a time without tv. >> by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. >> when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. >> keep an awakened eye on the world. >> suddenly television was the ma...

Cbs presents this program in color. >> i didnt have color television until i was 16 years old. yes, i lived like an animal. >> the following program is being brought to you in living color on nbc. >> getting the color tv was huge because suddenly we could watch "walt disneys wonderful world of color" on sunday nights, which was like just an acid trip of a show. we just could not believe it. tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing. and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a caro...

>> it also happened just coincidentally at the time when what we think of as the mod 60s came in. colors were all over the place just as tv could start to take advantage of them. >> hi. >> well, glad you could make it. >> i remember saying stay tuned for "gidget" next, in color. wednesday nights, in color, on abc. it was a big marketing thing. >> color tv was a huge step forward as far as the technology went. and yet, i think of "lost in space." "lost in space" started off as a black and white s...

♪ the world is a carousel of color ♪ ♪ >> it also happened just coincidentally at the time when what we think of as the mod 60s came in. colors were all over the place just as tv could start to take advantage of them. >> hi. >> well, glad you could make it. >> i remember saying stay tuned for "gidget" next, in color. wednesday nights, in color, on abc. it was a big marketing thing. >> color tv was a huge step forward as far as the technology went. and yet, i think of "lost in space." "lost...

♪ the world is a carousel of color ♪ ♪ >> it also happened just coincidentally at the time when what we think of as the mod 60s came in. colors were all over the place just as tv could start to take advantage of them. >> hi. >> well, glad you could make it. >> i remember saying stay tuned for "gidget" next, in color. >> wednesday nights at 10:15, in color, on abc. >> it was a big marketing thing. >> color tv was a huge step forward as far as the technology went. and yet, i think of "lost i...

Of color" on sunday nights, which was like just an acid trip of a show. we just could not believe it. tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing. and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a carousel of color ♪ ♪ >> it also happened just coincidently at the time when what we think of as the mod 60s came in. colors were all over the place just as tv could start to take advantage of them. >> hi. >> well, glad you could make it. >> i remember saying stay tuned for "gidget" next, in...

Cbs presents this program in color. >> i didnt have color television until i was 16 years old. yes, i lived like an animal. >> the following program is being brought to you in living color on nbc. >> getting the color tv was huge because suddenly we could watch "walt disneys wonderful world of color" on sunday nights, which was like just an acid trip of a show. we just could not believe it. tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing. and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a caro...

>> i didnt have color television until i was 16 years old. yes, i lived like an animal. >> the following program is being brought to you in living color on nbc. >> getting the color tv was huge because suddenly we could watch "walt disneys wonderful world of color" on sunday nights, which was like just an acid trip of a show. we just could not believe it. tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing. and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a carousel of color ♪ ♪ >> it also hap...

Cbs presents this program in color. >> i didnt have color television until i was 16 years old. yes, i lived like an animal. >> the following program is being brought to you in living color on nbc. >> getting the color tv was huge because suddenly we could watch "walt disneys wonderful world of color" on sunday nights, which was like just an acid trip of a show. we just could not believe it. tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing. and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a caro...

Tinkerbell going bing, bing, bing, and it was like special effects par excellence. ♪ the world is a carousel of color ♪ >> it also happened, just coincidentally, at the time when what we think of as the mod 60s came in. colors were all over the place just as tv could start to take advantage of them. >> hi! >> well, glad you could make it. >> i remember saying, stay tuned for "gidget," next, in color. >> next wednesday night in color on nbc. >> it was a big marketing thing. >> color tv was a ...