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TIL - B&W was switched to color TV by a button in a lot of countries. Australia, I don't know what you were up to.
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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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RollyJeho sh.itjust.works RollyJeho@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-06
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Well, we must admit that Australia had made the least boring color enabling TV show.
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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
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France. So chill.
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halfapage lemmy.world halfapage@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
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Dr. Bob wrote:
France. So chill.
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CompactFlax discuss.tchncs.de CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-02-14
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Et voici, le colour

The Germans demonstrating the button wasn’t hooked up to anything.
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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-25
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RollyJeho wrote:
Well, we must admit that Australia had made the least boring color enabling TV show.

The cunts know how to do telly mate!

https://youtu.be/eMvtzpigvo4
https://youtu.be/d-SUhJT3g1c
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plyth feddit.org plyth@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-05-11
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CompactFlax wrote:
Et voici, le colour The Germans demonstrating the button wasn’t hooked up to anything.

People could have noticed already then that SPD politicians weren't the ones making the decisions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Brandt
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lemmylommy lemmy.world lemmylommy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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German Color tv is so efficient it turns on before the button is pressed.
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felykiosa sh.itjust.works felykiosa@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-11
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halfapage wrote:
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La rance
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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
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"And now, for something very slightly different."
cut to wide shot of cleese staring indifferently at the camera, an anticlimactic pop sounds as the picture changes to colour
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