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60's TV Fan · 02-05-2015, 05:20 PM

I just watched the season 5 episode "going ape", and the spiral staircase that Lou Antonio crawled up at the photo shoot looked a lot like the staircase in the Monkees' pad. Has anyone else noticed this, or could anyone possibly verify it as true? Both shows were produced by Screen Gems, and it seems to me that the set of the Stevens' living room was used at least once on the Monkees.

MichaelKeith · 02-05-2015, 06:26 PM

I have noticed that shows shot at Columbia Studios/Screen Gems like Jeannie, Bewitched, Hazel, Gidget, Donna Reed, Monkees do use some of the same sets. But they usually re-dress them a bit to try and mask that it's a neighboring shows regular set.

tcr1701 · 02-09-2015, 10:24 PM

I Dream of Jeannie used the exterior of the BW house often (as the Bellows house). They used the interior (heavily redressed) a few times. Only once did they use the BW house set at the interior of the Bellows house. The other times they used a generic set that in no way matched the exterior.

It must have bugged Liz that they used her set for a show she despised...it would have me (and I love IDOJ).

02-05-2015, 05:20 PM	#1
60's TV Fan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 17, 2012 Location: United States Posts: 21	set question I just watched the season 5 episode "going ape", and the spiral staircase that Lou Antonio crawled up at the photo shoot looked a lot like the staircase in the Monkees' pad. Has anyone else noticed this, or could anyone possibly verify it as true? Both shows were produced by Screen Gems, and it seems to me that the set of the Stevens' living room was used at least once on the Monkees.

02-05-2015, 06:26 PM	#2
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	I have noticed that shows shot at Columbia Studios/Screen Gems like Jeannie, Bewitched, Hazel, Gidget, Donna Reed, Monkees do use some of the same sets. But they usually re-dress them a bit to try and mask that it's a neighboring shows regular set.

02-09-2015, 10:24 PM	#3
tcr1701 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2012 Posts: 461	I Dream of Jeannie used the exterior of the BW house often (as the Bellows house). They used the interior (heavily redressed) a few times. Only once did they use the BW house set at the interior of the Bellows house. The other times they used a generic set that in no way matched the exterior. It must have bugged Liz that they used her set for a show she despised...it would have me (and I love IDOJ).