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 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 show and then went to color. it didn't get any better when it went to color.