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Any Parts of a Set Used in One Show and Later Found in Another (see inside for note)

Davros2006

Davros2006

Somewhat open to interpretation. And I'm going with my memory partly on this, feel free to jump in. Also, I'm not sure if this has been bandied about before as a subject.

CHCH is (as of August 6, 2019) showing Season 7 of "The Facts of Life" and it marked the first use of the "Over Our Heads" set in which one of the color schemes is pink, but there are others. For whatever reason, that color scheme used on such set reminds me, and you may call me crazy for thinking about this, and along with some pieces of that set, of what might have been used as the diner set on "Saved By the Bell" in the early '90s. (Both shows did air on NBC in their original runs.)
 
The original Star Trek was said to have used props from The Outer Limits and possibly The Twilight Zone.

Also, Robby the Robot from the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet was used in numerous TV shows including The Twilight Zone and Lost in Space. I just recently saw a video on this on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huoeOIKVpOY

In movies Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein used the same lab equipment that was used in the 1930's Frankenstein movies.

Then there was also an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer found an old set from The Merv Griffin Show and set it up in his apartment. Whether it was the real thing or not I don't know.
 
There is a Matlock episode set in a scientific research institute that reused sets
from Star Trek, TNG. The sliding doors had been repainted, but when the light hits
them just right you can see the emblem of the Klingon Empire.
 
I am fully convinced the living/dining room set in the Netflix series “The Ranch” is nothing more than the same set from “Two and a Half Men”. Considering Netflix is known for cranking out series on the cheap, and Two and a Half Men had just recently ended its run, this doesn’t particularly surprise me.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
the first season of Hangin with Mr Cooper used the Growing Pains set
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From what I remember, they even made a joke about it in the first scene of the pilot episode by having Alan Thickes' character come on set to retrieve a leftover family photo from the mantle in the living room.
 
Of course the entire set of Gilligan's Island got re-used in another Sherwood Schwartz
production, It's About Time.

If you haven't seen it, only watch if you're into train wrecks.
It's one of the classic all-time stinkers.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Of course the entire set of Gilligan's Island got re-used in another Sherwood Schwartz
production, It's About Time.

If you haven't seen it, only watch if you're into train wrecks.
It's one of the classic all-time stinkers.
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I remember this show even though I was only 7 years old. I liked the theme song “It’s about time it’s about space” but don’t recall too much about the actual show...just that it captured my imagination.

EDIT: Here is that song! Thanks youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1G-TsdNWGg
 
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anotherguy said:
Along that line there's also the RKO/Desilu lot that was used for numerous TV shows and movies, including The Andy Griffith Show, Star Trek, King Kong, and Gone with the Wind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Forty_Acres
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I found a clip in this video on You Tube that had originally been on Me TV: https://youtu.be/rVkEFsawBsc?t=326 It's a combination of a clip from Star Trek (City on the Edge of Forever?) and the Andy Griffith Show that definitely look like they're from the same set. :)
 
Yes, look closely and you'll notice Shatner and Joan Collins walk past Floyd's Barber Shop.

The "It's About Time" theme lived on in a schoolyard parody: "It's about time to slap your face..."
 
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