Were parts of the "Over Our Heads" set recycled for other NBC shows

[TMC]

Most specifically, the diner set (The Max) on Saved by the Bell. I mean the color schemes (with the pinks and what not) on each set are awfully similar.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by TMC

Most specifically, the diner set (The Max) on Saved by the Bell. I mean the color schemes (with the pinks and what not) on each set are awfully similar.

I don't think so. The pink walls were just a sign of the times: the late 1980s. It's like asking if the costumes on The Facts of Life came from Miami Vice.

The only part of the two sets that really even look the same are the glass block windows, which were common in the 1980s. The OOH set had pillars to hold merchandise; the Max set had booths so people could eat. The only chairs in the OOH set were metal and would have probably been very uncomfortable to sit in. The neon signs couldn't have been recycled.

['80sSitcoms]

Yeah, probably just how the times were (also of note: I have never seen a full episode of SBTB).

Miss Bliss must be juuuuuuust off camera

This "block windows" talk also reminds me of the game show "Scrabble". While not windows, blocks were everywhere!

Man, I loved watching S at my grandparents'.

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['80sSitcoms]

(and what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks are GEESE replicas doing in a "hot", trendy '80s store?? )

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Yeah, probably just how the times were (also of note: I have never seen a full episode of SBTB).

That totally shocks me, '80s! You're such a child of the '80s. I mean, sure, SBTB didn't start until 1989, but counting GMMB, it would have been 1987.

Miss Bliss must be juuuuuuust off camera

...in every episode. Sure.

This "block windows" talk also reminds me of the game show "Scrabble". While not windows, blocks were everywhere!

Man, I loved watching S at my grandparents'.

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Yep! It was a fun show! I don't remember watching Scrabble at my grandparents', but I do remember watching Family Feud there.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

(and what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks are GEESE replicas doing in a "hot", trendy '80s store?? )

I wonder if they ever sold?

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

That totally shocks me, '80s! You're such a child of the '80s. I mean, sure, SBTB didn't start until 1989, but counting GMMB, it would have been 1987.

I think part of it was the time slot. It seems to me like it came on really early in the mornings or something---obviously, that would be in syndication. I have no idea when it originally aired, lol. And wasn't it a cable show in its first run? I grew up with no cable.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

...in every episode. Sure.

She became a "Lost Teacher"!

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Yep! It was a fun show! I don't remember watching Scrabble at my grandparents', but I do remember watching Family Feud there.

Oo! OO! They could've done a FOL edition of FF! "Lost Girls" versus "Garrett's Girls"!

Team 1:

• Miss Mahoney - team captain
• Nancy
• Sue Ann
• Cindy
• Molly

Team 2:

• Mrs. Garrett - team captain
• Blair
• Jo
• Natalie
• Tootie

This means, at the buzzer stand, the "'Facts' Face-Offs" would be:

• Miss Mahoney versus Mrs. Garrett (a.k.a. Emily versus Edna)
• Nancy versus Blair
• Sue Ann versus Jo
• Cindy versus Natalie
• Molly versus Tootie

(Note: One may replace Miss Mahoney with Mr. Bradley if one wishes. Then it would be "Bradley's Brood" versus "Garrett's Girls", lol)

Oohhhh, to go back in time and make this happen!!

[Lorimar Television]

Yeah that was a common look of 80's sets. So did you watch GMMB then, Eights?

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Yeah that was a common look of 80's sets. So did you watch GMMB then, Eights?

Well, wasn't GMMB only on The Disney Channel? I do have a hazy beloved memory of seeing a few minutes of an episode at I think my grandparents' in the evening (they got a satellite dish when I was a kid), because I thought so highly of Hayley Mills thanks to her Disney movies (I'd seen "The Parent Trap" as a kid, and would see more when I was older).

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Well, wasn't GMMB only on The Disney Channel? I do have a hazy beloved memory of seeing a few minutes of an episode at I think my grandparents' in the evening (they got a satellite dish when I was a kid), because I thought so highly of Hayley Mills thanks to her Disney movies (I'd seen "The Parent Trap" as a kid, and would see more when I was older).

Yes it was on Disney

[RetroGuy2000]

Weirdly enough, the original pilot of GMMB aired on NBC. I watched it in 1987 on my local NBC station. Perhaps '80s saw it there as well?

Not sure why they used such a sappy theme song. I think that may be the same school set as Boy Meets World; it certainly looks similar, and it was the same production company (Touchstone) that produced both BMW and the GMMB pilot.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Weirdly enough, the original pilot of GMMB aired on NBC. I watched it in 1987 on my local NBC station. Perhaps '80s saw it there as well?

mmmm, I don't have a memory of it, but it's possible! I just remember that hazy Disney Channel memory from my grandparents'.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Not sure why they used such a sappy theme song.

Wow...that sure is..."different", lol. I liked the cool sketches of her throughout her life though, those are neat.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

This means, at the buzzer stand, the "'Facts' Face-Offs" would be:

• Nancy versus Blair

[NANCY and BLAIR approach game podium, shake hands with fake smiles, place hands on podium]

[RICHARD DAWSON asks game question]

[BLAIR excitedly points downstage]

Blair: "LOOK! Nancy, isn't that ROGER out there in the audience?!"

Nancy: "WHERE?!"

[NANCY whips her head around to scan for Roger in the audience, while BLAIR slams down her buzzer with a smug, self-satisfied smile on her face. NANCY realizes she's been tricked and turns back around icing down BLAIR a glare-y stare]

OOOOoooooo!

By the way, for those of you who here who "know" 227, this is one of my favorite moments of a sitcom appearance of "Family Feud"!

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[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

[NANCY and BLAIR approach game podium, shake hands with fake smiles, place hands on podium]

[RICHARD DAWSON asks game question]

[BLAIR excitedly points downstage]

Blair: "LOOK! Nancy, isn't that ROGER out there in the audience?!"

Nancy: "WHERE?!"

[NANCY whips her head around to scan for Roger in the audience, while BLAIR slams down her buzzer with a smug, self-satisfied smile on her face. NANCY realizes she's been tricked and turns back around icing down BLAIR a glare-y stare]

OOOOoooooo!

I knew that was coming! The writers would never allow Nancy to answer a question! That would entail giving Felice a line, and they already did that.

Now what is Blair's answer? Likely something snobby.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

I think part of it was the time slot. It seems to me like it came on really early in the mornings or something---obviously, that would be in syndication. I have no idea when it originally aired, lol. And wasn't it a cable show in its first run? I grew up with no cable.

GMMB originally aired on Wednesdays on the Disney Channel in 1988, and then moved to Saturdays in 1989. SBTB (the original series, anyway) originally aired on Saturday mornings on NBC because it was considered light kiddie fare. It later aired in syndication on TBS in the afternoons. For syndication, the producers even spliced in the GMMB episodes, using the GMMB episodes and replacing the original credits with SBTB credits to create a "Season Zero", bringing the syndication package up to (I think) 126 episodes.

She became a "Lost Teacher"!

She did, indeed! And, like Molly, she never talks about it. Ever.

Oo! OO! They could've done a FOL edition of FF! "Lost Girls" versus "Garrett's Girls"!

Team 1:

• Miss Mahoney - team captain
• Nancy
• Sue Ann
• Cindy
• Molly

Team 2:

• Mrs. Garrett - team captain
• Blair
• Jo
• Natalie
• Tootie

This means, at the buzzer stand, the "'Facts' Face-Offs" would be:

• Miss Mahoney versus Mrs. Garrett (a.k.a. Emily versus Edna)
• Nancy versus Blair
• Sue Ann versus Jo
• Cindy versus Natalie
• Molly versus Tootie

(Note: One may replace Miss Mahoney with Mr. Bradley if one wishes. Then it would be "Bradley's Brood" versus "Garrett's Girls", lol)

Oohhhh, to go back in time and make this happen!!

Definitely!

Sue Ann vs. Jo: "She's gonna get beat, BAD!"

Cindy vs. Natalie: "If you're looking for a fight, you're going to get it!"

Molly vs. Tootie: "There's gonna be troubllllle...."