I wonder which HGTV show will be the winner to redo the house back to what it was on tv and recreate the original inside.
"The Brady Bunch" House is for Sale
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Amen to the good shepherd!
I suppose HGTV will bring the Brady home into the 21st century, but I doubt the finished product will show any trace of the home's original interior design . Perhaps they'll work in a nod to the stage sets from the show, though. If they put a real window where Hollywood placed a fake one, I wouldn't blame them.
I'll take a wild guess and say the highly promoted Property Brothers may be involved.
I suppose HGTV will bring the Brady home into the 21st century, but I doubt the finished product will show any trace of the home's original interior design . Perhaps they'll work in a nod to the stage sets from the show, though. If they put a real window where Hollywood placed a fake one, I wouldn't blame them.
I'll take a wild guess and say the highly promoted Property Brothers may be involved.
launderess
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Have learned to avoid or at least ignore
Much of the MeTv commercials. The ones for My Pillow get up my nose!
However what really bothers one about MeTv is their editing of vintage programs for commercial breaks.
All of these television shows originally aired on network television and thus have cuts for "station announcements" or whatever already. MeTv takes things further by adding additional breaks and the resulting editing ruins programs.
Love Designing Women, but cannot stand the show as MeTV does episodes. They cut out so much and or stop for commercials right during key sequences.
What kills me is when watching Mannix or Cannon, there are only four or less minutes in the program, and MeTV *still* cuts to another commercial before broadcasting the final minute or so; much of which are the ending credits.
Much of the MeTv commercials. The ones for My Pillow get up my nose!
However what really bothers one about MeTv is their editing of vintage programs for commercial breaks.
All of these television shows originally aired on network television and thus have cuts for "station announcements" or whatever already. MeTv takes things further by adding additional breaks and the resulting editing ruins programs.
Love Designing Women, but cannot stand the show as MeTV does episodes. They cut out so much and or stop for commercials right during key sequences.
What kills me is when watching Mannix or Cannon, there are only four or less minutes in the program, and MeTV *still* cuts to another commercial before broadcasting the final minute or so; much of which are the ending credits.
Okay, so I was wrong, the window (fake) was added--don't know why it had to be put on, as it does' make much aesthetic difference to me, with, or without...
Let's just see how much & how well, then future generations really will know the history of & behind this property; the show was the last escape from reality of how the American family would be rapidly changing, and trying to cling on the brief, half-hour fantasy of a "what was", available on just about every TV screen...
-- Dave
Let's just see how much & how well, then future generations really will know the history of & behind this property; the show was the last escape from reality of how the American family would be rapidly changing, and trying to cling on the brief, half-hour fantasy of a "what was", available on just about every TV screen...
-- Dave
good-shepherd
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the resulting editing ruins programs.
Oh, I forgot to mention how cable channels speed up episodes around 10% to squeeze in more commercial time.
Ever notice how things don't sound quite right with familiar theme songs and the dialogue.
Add in the depressing commercials, station promos and they become borderline unwatchable.
Oh, I forgot to mention how cable channels speed up episodes around 10% to squeeze in more commercial time.
Ever notice how things don't sound quite right with familiar theme songs and the dialogue.
Add in the depressing commercials, station promos and they become borderline unwatchable.
launderess
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Adverts are down right depressing
Bladder incontinence, life insurance, Life Alert (help I've fallen and I can't get up), hearing aids, male "virility" aids...
Makes old age sound line one thing dropping off after an other....
Bladder incontinence, life insurance, Life Alert (help I've fallen and I can't get up), hearing aids, male "virility" aids...
Makes old age sound line one thing dropping off after an other....
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I wonder which HGTV show will be the winner to redo the house back to what it was on tv and recreate the original inside.
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I guess I don't quite understand this comment. What was shown on tv of the inside was not of the actual house. They only used shots of the exterior for the show. All inside shots were on a sound stage. The layout of the house would never fit inside the actual house
I wonder which HGTV show will be the winner to redo the house back to what it was on tv and recreate the original inside.
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I guess I don't quite understand this comment. What was shown on tv of the inside was not of the actual house. They only used shots of the exterior for the show. All inside shots were on a sound stage. The layout of the house would never fit inside the actual house
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However what really bothers one about MeTv is their editing of vintage programs for commercial breaks.
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While MeTV is bad for that, its nowhere near as bad as TV Land. They will turn a 30 minute time slot into a 45 minute time slot to run more commercials on top of cutting the episode. About the only TV I watch on network TV is the Buzzr channel and Cozi TV. I like Buzzr because they play a lot of the older game shows. Kind of like the Game Show Network used to do.
launderess
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There is at least one website out there
By an architect showing floor plans of famous sitcom homes as they appear on the set; then again as they would have to look in order to accommodate what we are told are the living quarters.
Most famous and frequently visited is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Darrin Stephens (Bewitched), but there are others.
Quite honestly no television sitcom home can think of has ever had a set that matched what layout is supposed to be. How could it?
https://legallysociable.com/2012/04...unch-house-and-architecture-in-tv-and-movies/
https://hookedonhouses.net/2018/08/06/brady-bunch-house/
https://hookedonhouses.net/2009/10/04/bewitched-house-1164-morning-glory-circle/
By an architect showing floor plans of famous sitcom homes as they appear on the set; then again as they would have to look in order to accommodate what we are told are the living quarters.
Most famous and frequently visited is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Darrin Stephens (Bewitched), but there are others.
Quite honestly no television sitcom home can think of has ever had a set that matched what layout is supposed to be. How could it?
https://legallysociable.com/2012/04...unch-house-and-architecture-in-tv-and-movies/
https://hookedonhouses.net/2018/08/06/brady-bunch-house/
https://hookedonhouses.net/2009/10/04/bewitched-house-1164-morning-glory-circle/
launderess
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Another case in point
Would be the "Golden Girls" house.
There were four of them (Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia) each supposedly having their own bedroom. If you look at shots of the exterior of house there is *NO* way there were that many bedrooms down that corridor.
Cannot recall if they all shared one bathroom, or if at least Blanche had her own.
For a house with four bedrooms (supposedly) just one bathroom would seem an odd design for a fairly modern home. If the thing was built back in the 1800's or early 1900's could see it happening. [this post was last edited: 8/8/2018-15:58]
Would be the "Golden Girls" house.
There were four of them (Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia) each supposedly having their own bedroom. If you look at shots of the exterior of house there is *NO* way there were that many bedrooms down that corridor.
Cannot recall if they all shared one bathroom, or if at least Blanche had her own.
For a house with four bedrooms (supposedly) just one bathroom would seem an odd design for a fairly modern home. If the thing was built back in the 1800's or early 1900's could see it happening. [this post was last edited: 8/8/2018-15:58]
vacerator
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Golden girls house
is on Saltaire avenue north of Sunset Blvd. in Bel Aire, not far from Betty Whites home.
is on Saltaire avenue north of Sunset Blvd. in Bel Aire, not far from Betty Whites home.
sudsmaster
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Sorry, I must be one of the few people here who never watched the Brady Bunch.
Perhaps in part because from '69 until '74 I watched little if any TV. I was too busy with other interesting things to do with my time in college. When I finally got a set around '74, sitcoms were not my thing.
Thanks to the internet however I'm aware of the "Marsha Marsha Marsha" meme and the housekeeper Alice. But I didn't know anybody in the '60's who had a housekeeper, aside from one high school classmate who lived in a relatively wealthy enclave of SF (Seacliff).
Perhaps in part because from '69 until '74 I watched little if any TV. I was too busy with other interesting things to do with my time in college. When I finally got a set around '74, sitcoms were not my thing.
Thanks to the internet however I'm aware of the "Marsha Marsha Marsha" meme and the housekeeper Alice. But I didn't know anybody in the '60's who had a housekeeper, aside from one high school classmate who lived in a relatively wealthy enclave of SF (Seacliff).
launderess
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You were'nt missing much
Never "got" the BB either, nor any of the other "west coast" shows like Flipper.
Watched the occasional odd episodes or kept it on TV when it came on instead of channel surfing, but BB was never must see television in our house.
Never "got" the BB either, nor any of the other "west coast" shows like Flipper.
Watched the occasional odd episodes or kept it on TV when it came on instead of channel surfing, but BB was never must see television in our house.
It was a syndicated after-school staple
from 1975 at least through the 80s, maybe longer. Millions of us watched it every day.
Sherwood Schwartz always claimed was a purposely simple show, made for kids.
I wouldn't expect anyone who missed the childhood indoctrination to watch it as an adult with any enthusiasm.
from 1975 at least through the 80s, maybe longer. Millions of us watched it every day.
Sherwood Schwartz always claimed was a purposely simple show, made for kids.
I wouldn't expect anyone who missed the childhood indoctrination to watch it as an adult with any enthusiasm.
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By an architect showing floor plans of famous sitcom homes as they appear on the set
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I have a book that shows the floorplans for tv show houses. While it is fun to look at, the sets weren't designed to fit inside of a real building/house. Usually the sets were more like a "V" so that the side walls were more spread out the closer toward the camera they were.
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Cannot recall if they all shared one bathroom, or if at least Blanche had her own.
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I think it changed depending on the episode. Blanche did have her own. They had at least two others shown. One episode where Dorthy was in the shower with Sophia's new husband, Max. Then another episode where Dorthy and Rose installed a new toilet in a bathroom.
Cannot recall if they all shared one bathroom, or if at least Blanche had her own.
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I think it changed depending on the episode. Blanche did have her own. They had at least two others shown. One episode where Dorthy was in the shower with Sophia's new husband, Max. Then another episode where Dorthy and Rose installed a new toilet in a bathroom.
TV and movie sets are usually designed to be practical for the filming crew. Cameras and lighting take up a lot of space, especially back then.
And to set Launderess straight, "Flipper" was set and filmed in the Miami, FL area.
And to set Launderess straight, "Flipper" was set and filmed in the Miami, FL area.
Well this should be interesting .......
Anything to stay relevant!
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...mer-brady-stars-working-on-iconic-sitcom-home
Anything to stay relevant!
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...mer-brady-stars-working-on-iconic-sitcom-home
It's too bad the original sound stage set wasn't preserved and placed in a museum. To me that would have been far more interesting than what they are doing now. But in 1974 they had no way of knowing it wasn't going to be just another forgotten sitcom.
Here's a website with some interesting behind-the-scenes photos of the set.
http://verybradyblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/on-set-of-going-going-steady.html
Another fun fact is that the Brady set was reworked after the show was cancelled (staircase taken out and kitchen repainted) and used for the 1975 horror movie Bug.
Here's a website with some interesting behind-the-scenes photos of the set.
http://verybradyblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/on-set-of-going-going-steady.html
Another fun fact is that the Brady set was reworked after the show was cancelled (staircase taken out and kitchen repainted) and used for the 1975 horror movie Bug.
I've always noticed what Launderess was saying about the interiors not matching up to the exterior shots. Here's the Designing Women house. Many people don't know that it is located in Arkansas!
https://www.southernliving.com/travel/arkansas/tour-real-designing-women-house-video
https://www.southernliving.com/travel/arkansas/tour-real-designing-women-house-video
