Has anyone else started recognizing the same rooms, buildings and scenery used in different shows?

[wcmagumba]

I know there is a finite number of arrangements using available scenery. I need to watch less TV...

[underpants]

1. Standard sitcom house

Door is stage left.
Sitting area with the same staircase in the background
Moving screen right left: there’s a dinner table (usually round) with a never used back area
then the kitchen - often through a (swinging door) that’s actually another set.

All in the Family
Cosby
Married with Children
Everybody loves Raymond.

All the same.

[Xavier Breath]

3. Nearly every sitcom kitchen has had the swinging door.

I've been seeing them since I was a kid, but I've never in my life been in a house that actually has one.

[underpants]

4. I've never had a door to a kitchen I don't think.

I’ve moved 18 times not including going to college and 6,000 miles away in the Army.

In The Fan (Richmond) I’ve had kitchens that are closet sized AND had a couple places without a closet (wardrobes).

When we walked into this house 2019 I hit the room I’m in now. Kitchen to the left - nook - den TV room to the right. A “great room” set up but my wife and I grew up in with our families. Chili going…football on. I like it.

[bamagal62]

5. I had a swinging door in my house growing up.

Went from the dining room to the kitchen. I think the house was built in the 1930s.
But, yes, I’ve noticed many of the sets are the same.

[FakeNoose]

6. "I Love Lucy" did it first

All the other sitcoms are patterned after the original show with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

[underpants]

7. That makes sense.

I’ve never watched a complete Lucy show. Weird I know but I’ve just never watched one.

[Xavier Breath]

2. The other night I was watching the Twilight Zone Marathon.

I don't recall which episode it was, but the main character was walking bewilderedly around a town square, and I swear it was the same town square as Back to the Future. Some of the buildings looked a little different, but I recognized it immediately.

Its important to recycle

[parkia00]

8. It's all about cost efficiency.

Studios own many properties around Los Angeles where they can shoot their scenes without having to pay to property owners. If you look carefully especially with cop shows you can see the same buildings used. A perfect example is the old Union Oil Building is Los Angeles. Now it houses the Los Angels Center Studios. The building was used in numerous shows and movies. From Hospital to FBI Headquarters. The lobby and parking served as numerous hotel lobbies and office scenes. Once the shot is taken, the recorded files are brought upstairs for processing and editing.

It's not just properties but also includes company names and telephone numbers. Imagine a scene when a police inspector finds out the address and telephone number of a suspect and informs his partner. That telephone number and address does not exist in real life. The script writer cannot simply add a random telephone number and address. It has to be from a list of approved numbers and addresses. This limits any lawsuits.

Company names are also treated the same way. That's why you will hear the same company names used. If it's a Casino, it's the Tangiers. If it's an airline it's Oceanic.

It's a fascinating industry.

[LessAspin]

9. V and the Twilight Zone Movie - Jaws and Murder, She Wrote!

Murder, She Wrote and Jaws were shot on the same studio lot.

As were the mini series V and the Twilight Zone Movie.

On the DVD commentary of the original V the guy that created the series mentioned that they used the same lot Twilight Zone the Movie used.

V starts with a battle that involved helicopters. It was the same lot where actor Vic Morrow and 2 child actors were recently killed by a helicopter while filming Twilight Zone.

[LessAspin]

10. Lost - Magnum PI

Hawaii Five-0 and all the Hawaiian based cop shows were shot in the same studio..

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103724960

Which makes sense given real estate in Hawaii comes at such a premium.