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RetroGuy2000 · 11-28-2015, 02:37 AM

For years, I had heard rumors that the FOL set from the first season (the main dorm level) had been recycled from another show. As it turns out, that show was "Co-Ed Fever", an extremely short-lived Animal House-style show (six episodes were filmed; only one aired).

Check out this clip of Eastland School before it was Eastland School.

Co-Ed Fever clip

BigManMike · 11-28-2015, 09:27 AM

I heard that too. Someone else had posted about that here a few years back. Not only did it have the same set, but it used the same font for the credits that FOL would later use for Seasons 7-9.

RetroGuy2000 · 11-28-2015, 10:05 AM

Same font, too? Haha, good eye!

I guess what surprises me the most is that they made so few modifications to the set before re-using it. I think they swapped out the back door, because the back door of the Eastland dorm is more ornate. They added a grandfather clock... and I think that's it.

Torgo · 11-28-2015, 12:06 PM

Even had someone on roller skates!

'80sSitcoms · 11-30-2015, 09:38 AM

Whoa! What a rare find RetroGuy, awesome...also, I do believe they used a season one bedroom set on an episode of Maude when she is reunited with an old friend. I remember being amazed when I saw that.

opus · 11-30-2015, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Check out this clip of Eastland School before it was Eastland School.

Co-Ed Fever clip

Plus, at the 19 second mark, a bonus Valerie Bertinelli sighting. And a horrible CBS slogan.

RetroGuy2000 · 12-01-2015, 04:01 PM

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Plus, at the 19 second mark, a bonus Valerie Bertinelli sighting.

Yep. She looks so young there! And the Farrah hair! Hee!

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And a horrible CBS slogan.

It was the '70s...

RetroGuy2000 · 12-01-2015, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Whoa! What a rare find RetroGuy, awesome...also, I do believe they used a season one bedroom set on an episode of Maude when she is reunited with an old friend. I remember being amazed when I saw that.

Guess it's not so rare; checking the old messages on this forum, someone already noticed this back in 2012... oops! But it was news to me. When I saw that clip, I had to share it with my fellow FOL-lovers. I was all, "Whhhhaaa??? What are those college kids doing in Dorm B?! And where are Cindy, Molly, and Mr. Bradley? And why is there a jukebox and a piano in the dorm? And where did the clock go? And who's that old lady?"

So they recycled a dorm room that had been on Maude? Was it the left bedroom or the right?

'80sSitcoms · 12-02-2015, 10:02 AM

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So they recycled a dorm room that had been on Maude? Was it the left bedroom or the right?

Oh it's been a few years since I saw it, I'd have to see it again. But we did have more than two bedrooms in our favorite dorm, lol; there was the girls' "main" room, Cindy (and unmentioned roommates') room, and Blair's room. It could have even been what became Mrs. Garrett's room, but I do think it had more of the "feel" of the girls' upstairs rooms.

Johnny be good! · 01-08-2016, 07:02 PM

At least they were able to save money by recycling.

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11-28-2015, 09:27 AM	#2
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,021	I heard that too. Someone else had posted about that here a few years back. Not only did it have the same set, but it used the same font for the credits that FOL would later use for Seasons 7-9.

11-28-2015, 10:05 AM	#3
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Same font, too? Haha, good eye! I guess what surprises me the most is that they made so few modifications to the set before re-using it. I think they swapped out the back door, because the back door of the Eastland dorm is more ornate. They added a grandfather clock... and I think that's it.

11-30-2015, 09:38 AM	#5
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Whoa! What a rare find RetroGuy, awesome...also, I do believe they used a season one bedroom set on an episode of Maude when she is reunited with an old friend. I remember being amazed when I saw that.