- Clips appear in the teaser for the next week's special.
The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV Special 1989)
Updates provided as clips shown from the episode.
Captain Blood (1935)
A clip is shown. Roger Ebert cites it as a movie about to be colorized.Topper (1937)
Colorized clips are shown.Dark Victory (1939)
A clip is shown. Roger Ebert cites it as a movie about to be colorized.High Sierra (1940)
A clip is shown. Roger Ebert cites it as a movie about to be colorized.Citizen Kane (1941)
Footage of this movie is shown.
"Hill Street Blues" It Ain't Over Till It's Over (TV Episode 1987)
Before he leaves Buntz's apartment, Sid complains that colorizing is ruining movies."The Interviews: An Oral History of Television" Roger Ebert (TV Episode 2005)
Roger Ebert says he & Gene Siskel may had a role in stopping the practice of colorization.
Camille (1936)
Gene Siskel reads off a memo written by Gene Allen, who mentions the movie.Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Gene Siskel says the businessmen in the colorization industry know this movie can't play on prime-time TV unless it's offered in color.The Third Man (1949)
Roger Ebert mentions that the movie is out of copyright and therefore anyone is free to vandalize it.The Honeymooners (TV Series 1955–1956)
Roger Ebert imagines the men in the colorization industry watching reruns of this show and imagining what they can do to them.The Color Purple (1985)
In the teaser for the next week's show, which will review "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986), Roger Ebert mentions that Whoopi Goldberg also starred in this movie.
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