Outdoor scenes in sitcoms

[opus]

It strikes me that most sitcoms are set indoors.

So

1) give me some that aren’t, like I’ll say Gilligan’s Island

or

2) pick a show that’s usually indoors and tell me when the action went outside.

I can think of 3 times with One Day At A Time:

- Julie and Chuck are living in his van when they run away

- Julie gets married in the park

- Barbara and Mark driving in a car

[Bonniegirl]

Brady Bunch

Going camping , Grand Canyon and Hawaii

[opus]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Brady Bunch

Going camping , Grand Canyon and Hawaii

Some other times the Bradys ventured outside was to climb (or more accurately, fall) treehouses, bounce on trampolines, and when they got older, walk around schools.

[opus]

WKRP left the radio station to play some softball

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by opus

Some other times the Bradys ventured outside was to climb (or more accurately, fall) treehouses, bounce on trampolines, and when they got older, walk around schools.

Yes. Or ride a bike without her new glasses on and wreck the parents anniversary gift.

[Bonniegirl]

On Roseanne, Jackie and Roseanne driving a big rig to Kansas City to check out their Dad's mistress.

The tornado episode scene, showing how the wind was whipping up outside before the tornado.

Dan and his buddies working on a truck.

A BBQ they had on Mother's day.

Darlene's wedding in.the park.

[Torgo]

The British sitcom The Last Of The Summer Wine, the majority of the series took place outside. If you want to see the English countryside, it's worth it alone for that.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by opus

WKRP left the radio station to play some softball

Wow thats awesome Opus

[opus]

Fonzie jumped various things on his motorcycle outside, like garbage cans and sharks.

[Alan Brady's Hair]

I think the Dick van Dyke Show only has one scene that was shot outdoors, when Rob rides back into town at the beginning of The Gunslinger's dream sequence.

There are also a couple of establishing shots, of a car and a (model?) airplane, and then a few outdoor scenes that were obviously filmed in the studio.

[biffbronson]

I believe one of those studio outdoor scenes on The Dick van Dyke Show is when Rob buys a motorcycle; he's seen with it out at a stop where a group of bikers are having something to eat.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

I believe one of those studio outdoor scenes on The Dick van Dyke Show is when Rob buys a motorcycle; he's seen with it out at a stop where a group of bikers are having something to eat.

Yes, many three-camera sitcoms are shot totally on the soundstage.

For Two and a Half Men, the only location shot I can recall is Jake getting on the school bus one time. For Raymond, I remember only the trip to Italy. Anything else supposedly outdoors appeared to be on the soundstage.

[opus]

“Outdoors” on a soundstage are perfectly legit responses. Anything where the characters are supposed to be outside. They don’t really have to be on location, although that’s good too.

There’s a Honeymooners where Ralph and Ed are in the front of the building in a car early in the morning trying to sneak away for the day. But Alice and Trixie are already hiding in the back seat.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Baywatch

[ThisLittlePiggy]

In Seinfeld, the characters were seen walking on the sidewalk to visit the soup stand.