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Hazel Anyday · 10-30-2017, 09:26 PM

I watched the Father Knows Best Reunion today and I could almost swear that the house (from the outside) looks like Mr. Wilson's house from Dennis the Menace. Now it looked a bit different in that the white picket fence in front of the house was gone, it was now on the side but the tree on the right was there still and the white house next door looked like the white house next to Wilson's and the house on the right side looked like Dennis' old house. Now this was made in 1977 so things had changed some, but the round the block sidewalk across the street was there just as it was in Hazel & Gidget (2 other Columbia series that shared the same houses).

So if any you have seen 1977's Father Knows Best Reunion TV movie see if you don't think as I do that this was Mr. Wilson's house next to Dennis house too which can be seen also in a brief scene.

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schmave · 12-28-2018, 02:42 PM

Yes, that's definitely the Wilson house in the middle. I noticed the fence was gone from their yard and now was around the next house to the left, which was at various times was mentioned as belonging to Mrs. Elkins but generally seemed to change hands on a regular basis (I can think off-hand of at least four other people/families to have lived there, including the alleged robbers in Joseph Kearns' final episode!).
The church beyond the Elkins house at the intersection of Elm and Mississippi was gone, replaced by another house.
Crazy to think Joseph Kearns had already been gone for 15 years by this point. Also impossible for us hard-core fans not to think what the DTM universe was like by 1977 (were Dennis and Margaret married yet?

Did John and Eloise still live next door??).
It would have been nice to have such a reunion movie for DTM, although we all understand why it didn't happen.

schmave · 01-31-2019, 12:55 AM

The "Elkins house" also was shown in this episode of T.J. Hooker in 1982. Saw it last week on FETV.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0715488/

A few shots include the Wilson and Mitchell houses in the background, albeit briefly.

TV Guy · 02-02-2019, 10:22 PM

Columbia was mining their Screen Gems library for revivals in the 1980s. “I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later” was actually a pilot for a new series that didn’t happen. They also had a syndicated two-hour pilot for a “Partridge Family” revival set up. The pilot would have been a reunion of the original cast and the proposed subsequent series would have focused on single father Keith and his daughter forming a musical act. But David Cassidy pulled out and it didn’t happen. “Gidget” came back, recast, with a two-hour TV movie pilot and a subsequent two-season series. “The Monkees” came back with a short-lived series.

“Dennis the Menace” followed the “Gidget” template, recasting and keeping the characters younger. They had a 1987 TV-movie/pilot, but it didn’t lead to another series.

schmave · 02-05-2019, 04:47 PM

Not sure what you mean. There was never a DTM reunion or another live-action series (not counting the movie). The cartoon obviously has been around quite a while, and the show never recasted when it was on air to remain younger.
DTM never would or could have followed anything Gidget did anyway, considering Gidget did not come on the air until a few years after DTM did.

10-30-2017, 09:26 PM	#1
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,131	Great Scott, It's My House in 1977 I watched the Father Knows Best Reunion today and I could almost swear that the house (from the outside) looks like Mr. Wilson's house from Dennis the Menace. Now it looked a bit different in that the white picket fence in front of the house was gone, it was now on the side but the tree on the right was there still and the white house next door looked like the white house next to Wilson's and the house on the right side looked like Dennis' old house. Now this was made in 1977 so things had changed some, but the round the block sidewalk across the street was there just as it was in Hazel & Gidget (2 other Columbia series that shared the same houses). So if any you have seen 1977's Father Knows Best Reunion TV movie see if you don't think as I do that this was Mr. Wilson's house next to Dennis house too which can be seen also in a brief scene. Read more: Great Scott, It's My House in 1977 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...#ixzz4x2pjrSIE
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12-28-2018, 02:42 PM	#2
schmave Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 23, 2013 Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Posts: 653	Yes, that's definitely the Wilson house in the middle. I noticed the fence was gone from their yard and now was around the next house to the left, which was at various times was mentioned as belonging to Mrs. Elkins but generally seemed to change hands on a regular basis (I can think off-hand of at least four other people/families to have lived there, including the alleged robbers in Joseph Kearns' final episode!). The church beyond the Elkins house at the intersection of Elm and Mississippi was gone, replaced by another house. Crazy to think Joseph Kearns had already been gone for 15 years by this point. Also impossible for us hard-core fans not to think what the DTM universe was like by 1977 (were Dennis and Margaret married yet? Did John and Eloise still live next door??). It would have been nice to have such a reunion movie for DTM, although we all understand why it didn't happen.
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01-31-2019, 12:55 AM	#3
schmave Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 23, 2013 Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Posts: 653	The "Elkins house" also was shown in this episode of T.J. Hooker in 1982. Saw it last week on FETV. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0715488/ A few shots include the Wilson and Mitchell houses in the background, albeit briefly.

02-02-2019, 10:22 PM	#4
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Columbia was mining their Screen Gems library for revivals in the 1980s. “I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later” was actually a pilot for a new series that didn’t happen. They also had a syndicated two-hour pilot for a “Partridge Family” revival set up. The pilot would have been a reunion of the original cast and the proposed subsequent series would have focused on single father Keith and his daughter forming a musical act. But David Cassidy pulled out and it didn’t happen. “Gidget” came back, recast, with a two-hour TV movie pilot and a subsequent two-season series. “The Monkees” came back with a short-lived series. “Dennis the Menace” followed the “Gidget” template, recasting and keeping the characters younger. They had a 1987 TV-movie/pilot, but it didn’t lead to another series.

02-05-2019, 04:47 PM	#5
schmave Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 23, 2013 Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Posts: 653	Not sure what you mean. There was never a DTM reunion or another live-action series (not counting the movie). The cartoon obviously has been around quite a while, and the show never recasted when it was on air to remain younger. DTM never would or could have followed anything Gidget did anyway, considering Gidget did not come on the air until a few years after DTM did.