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Jude The Obscure · 02-23-2010, 10:29 PM

You know those things that bug you when you watch your favorite sitcom...such as the back door in the Evans' kitchen on Good Times, the doorbells on Friends, that indoor grill on The Brady Bunch......

catlover79 · 02-23-2010, 10:35 PM

How about the mysterious upstairs room on the Brady Bunch?

Jude The Obscure · 02-23-2010, 11:30 PM

And wasn't that a second stove/range we saw in the Beverly Hillbillies kitchen, near the laundry room? Never saw that used (or the washer/dryer either LOL).

treky · 02-24-2010, 04:38 AM

or that room beside the entrance hall, or any of the other rooms in that mansion, and any of the bedrooms-in fact none of the upstairs. I remember they showed one of the bedrooms in a color episode. And they also just showed one end of their pool. And they never showed any parts of the Commerce bank except for Mr. Drysdales and Miss Hathaways offices and the front entrance.

treky · 02-24-2010, 05:19 AM

and on "MASH", they never showed the outside of the kitchen or showed where it was.
On "THE ODD COUPLE" they never showed the outside of their apt. building expept in the opening.
On "TWO AND A HALF MEN" they never show the outside of their house exept for the area in front of the front door. A couple times they showed the inside of the garage (just part of it though) and once they showed part of the driveway.

Jude The Obscure · 02-24-2010, 06:19 PM

On the Lucy Show--during the first season, there was a like a separate little room between the living room and the kitchen, we only got glimpses of it, but were never told what is was or how it was used.

In the second season, before the new kitchen was added, the old kitchen was never shown (this is the start of the color era).

factsoflife · 02-24-2010, 09:53 PM

On "Desinging Women" there was a mysterious door behind the kitchenett that at one time was said to be a storage room; but at other times was explained to house a bathroom and a hallway leading to Julia's dining room.

on "Friends" we never see the inside of Ross's bedroom, though we see his living room and kitchen frequently.

on "The Golden Girls" the kitchen undergoes a make-over in season two, replacing apart of the kitchen wall with a big shelf. The wall paper changes every season.

treky · 02-25-2010, 04:16 AM

also on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" we never saw what was behind that door in Mr. Drysdales office.

comedyfreak · 02-25-2010, 05:18 AM

On Lost In Space on board the Jupiter 2 in the galley there were cakes on the wall that were not used strange for props.

ekkostar · 02-25-2010, 02:14 PM

On 'Night Court' we got to see the roof top and the hallways on the floor that Harry's court room was on and the basement if the plot called for it, but we never saw the lobby of the building. We also got to see everyones' apartment at some point, except for Dan's infamous bedroom, which I recon probably looked like a sex shop.

Chocolate Moose · 02-25-2010, 04:45 PM

good thread !!!

BensonFan · 02-25-2010, 08:20 PM

On "The Honeymooners", why don't we ever get to see Ralph and Alice's bedroom? We even got to see the Nortons' in one episode.

Chocoholic · 02-25-2010, 08:28 PM

We never saw inside Roy's office or Helen's kitchen on Wings.

NewsRadio had some radio control room in one of the early episodes that became the break room later on.

Jude The Obscure · 02-25-2010, 11:01 PM

On The Brady Bunch, we saw a glimpse in the Brady master bedroom's bathroom--at least we saw a sink. And we all wonder, did Alice have a bathroom or did she just use the tub used to wash Tiger in the service porch?

70s show watcher · 02-26-2010, 12:19 AM

how about the sienfeld ep where kramer is riding around in a car with a giant stuffed tweety bird without any explianiton as to why it is there

02-23-2010, 10:29 PM	#1
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Sitcom props/sets never used or explained You know those things that bug you when you watch your favorite sitcom...such as the back door in the Evans' kitchen on Good Times, the doorbells on Friends, that indoor grill on The Brady Bunch......

02-23-2010, 10:35 PM	#2
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02-24-2010, 04:38 AM	#4
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02-24-2010, 09:53 PM	#7
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02-25-2010, 05:18 AM	#9
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02-23-2010, 11:30 PM	#3
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	And wasn't that a second stove/range we saw in the Beverly Hillbillies kitchen, near the laundry room? Never saw that used (or the washer/dryer either LOL).

02-24-2010, 05:19 AM	#5
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	and on "MASH", they never showed the outside of the kitchen or showed where it was. On "THE ODD COUPLE" they never showed the outside of their apt. building expept in the opening. On "TWO AND A HALF MEN" they never show the outside of their house exept for the area in front of the front door. A couple times they showed the inside of the garage (just part of it though) and once they showed part of the driveway.

02-24-2010, 06:19 PM	#6
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	On the Lucy Show--during the first season, there was a like a separate little room between the living room and the kitchen, we only got glimpses of it, but were never told what is was or how it was used. In the second season, before the new kitchen was added, the old kitchen was never shown (this is the start of the color era).

02-25-2010, 04:16 AM	#8
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	also on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" we never saw what was behind that door in Mr. Drysdales office.

02-25-2010, 02:14 PM	#10
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02-25-2010, 04:45 PM	#11
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02-25-2010, 08:20 PM	#12
BensonFan Board Psychologist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 16, 2004 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 2,733	On "The Honeymooners", why don't we ever get to see Ralph and Alice's bedroom? We even got to see the Nortons' in one episode.
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02-25-2010, 08:28 PM	#13
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	We never saw inside Roy's office or Helen's kitchen on Wings. NewsRadio had some radio control room in one of the early episodes that became the break room later on.

02-25-2010, 11:01 PM	#14
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	On The Brady Bunch, we saw a glimpse in the Brady master bedroom's bathroom--at least we saw a sink. And we all wonder, did Alice have a bathroom or did she just use the tub used to wash Tiger in the service porch?

02-26-2010, 12:19 AM	#15
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