Pop Quiz!!

[cameraguy]

time to put this to bed since I didn't intend for it to be a 2 week marathon. Its clear that only the regulars are going to give replies and it was my intention that for those who don't easily reckognize the difference between film and video can watch some of these shows knowing the correct answer. Should also be pointed out that the oldest show on the list is video!! ha ha. Overall it seems to find primetime sitcoms that are shot on video you have to got back to the 70's and 80's.

I also want to mention Monty Python's Flying Circus. Everytime they are outside its film and 95% of the time they are inside it is video. This was due to the portability of film at the time and video being stuffed indoors with the giant floor cameras. The film footage is 16mm taken with Arri cameras.

Answer list:

V -- All in the Family
F -- Mash
F -- Happy Days
V -- Married with Children
F -- Cheers
V -- Three's Company
V -- O'Reilly Factor (no spin zone guy)
F -- Charmed
F -- West Wing
V -- Regis & Kelly Live
V -- Survivor
F -- X-files
F -- Seinfeld
V -- Cosby
V -- Joe Millionare

[Mike Buckles]

The studios have started to shoot some things on video, then using software to try and make it look like film...remember LA Law? The series was shot on film, and looked beautiful and professional...they recently had a reunion show, and although they shot it on video and tried to make it look like film, you could so tell the difference....even with their best efforts, you could tell at a glance it was video....Same with the new "Oceans 11"...when i saw it in a theater, I didnt know it was shot on video, but I knew something was wrong...fuzzy, dull looking...thought it would improve on video, but no...watched part of it on HBO, and it was bad, bad, bad looking...

[Alex]

Cosby being in video was a BIG mistake. I hear Cosby is quite the businessman and probably profited
extra by shooting in video.

That show should have been shot in film because the content of the show was family and character driven, versus a show like three's company (shot on video) was was "zany".