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Sepia and German Shepherds

posted 14 years ago by jknuttel-2
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I know I’m being-nitpicky (after all, this was a program designed to entertain children and not necessarily to provide a history lesson) but weren’'t German Shepherds introduced into the United States after World War I and, therefore, not to be found in the Old West?

Also, I seemed to remember seeing this show in syndication in the early 1970s (in the Los Angeles area) with the episodes presented in sepiatone and bookended by newly filmed color “wraparounds”. Does anyone else remember seeing it this way?

[–] jgbook2007 14 years ago

...I , too , remember this 1970s version of this (Presumably!) Rin Tin Tin series , just as you describe it , color intro sequences (showing 1970s-y hair and clothing styles and IIRC at least one non-Caucasian kid among kids being told the stories !) for toned RTT material , on New York City TV (We lived in the northern suburbs) in my case , I believe !

[–] LindaY 12 years ago

Yes, they did this in the 1970s to bring the show "up to date." They never did explain how "modern" kids were able to meet a Rip Masters who must have been 130 years old by then!

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[–] gayspiritwarrior 12 years ago

The German Shepherd breed was recognized in 1899, so you are correct it would not have been in the old West.

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