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johntealman · 02-01-2008, 04:04 AM

I wanted to start this thread as a way of identifying props used in sitcoms. I find it interesting to notice the way the production designers add interesting props to the backgrounds of shows. Things you wouldn't notice back in the 70's or 80's because they didn't have the shows available on video for purchase.

Since I began buying some of my favorite shows on DVD and watch them over and over again I start to look at the props in the background. One nite while watching What's Happening Now!! I noticed a picture hanging on the wall next to the front door. To my amasement it was the same picture I have hanging in my house downstairs! I rewound the dvd and did a zoom and sure enough it was a Maurice Utrillo Painting! I was so shocked!

What are the odds of that!

My next venture would be to obtain the "Life" Poster hanging in Three's Company's apartment.

duckie · 01-09-2012, 05:57 PM

On the Brady Bunch series there was a picture of a clown hanging in the boys room. My mom had that same picture in our living room when we were kids.

Will Dockery · 02-09-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by johntealman

I wanted to start this thread as a way of identifying props used in sitcoms. I find it interesting to notice the way the production designers add interesting props to the backgrounds of shows. Things you wouldn't notice back in the 70's or 80's because they didn't have the shows available on video for purchase.

Since I began buying some of my favorite shows on DVD and watch them over and over again I start to look at the props in the background. One nite while watching What's Happening Now!! I noticed a picture hanging on the wall next to the front door. To my amasement it was the same picture I have hanging in my house downstairs! I rewound the dvd and did a zoom and sure enough it was a Maurice Utrillo Painting! I was so shocked!

What are the odds of that!

My next venture would be to obtain the "Life" Poster hanging in Three's Company's apartment.

My friend George Sulzbach's mother had the same painting (a print of course) as the one that hung just inside the Stevens house on Bewitched.

02-01-2008, 04:04 AM	#1
johntealman Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 53	Background Props in Sitcoms I wanted to start this thread as a way of identifying props used in sitcoms. I find it interesting to notice the way the production designers add interesting props to the backgrounds of shows. Things you wouldn't notice back in the 70's or 80's because they didn't have the shows available on video for purchase. Since I began buying some of my favorite shows on DVD and watch them over and over again I start to look at the props in the background. One nite while watching What's Happening Now!! I noticed a picture hanging on the wall next to the front door. To my amasement it was the same picture I have hanging in my house downstairs! I rewound the dvd and did a zoom and sure enough it was a Maurice Utrillo Painting! I was so shocked! What are the odds of that! My next venture would be to obtain the "Life" Poster hanging in Three's Company's apartment.

01-09-2012, 05:57 PM	#2
duckie Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 13, 2011 Location: south Posts: 1,784	On the Brady Bunch series there was a picture of a clown hanging in the boys room. My mom had that same picture in our living room when we were kids.