Were PYL & Pyramid taped in Studio 33?
Christopher Bogart
T Forbe 68
Dick Clark did mention on one ep of $100,000 Pyramid that the show does tape in
the same studio as The Price is Right, then jokingly said that whenever Bob
Barker's name is mentioned, the walls begin to scream. As for Press Your Luck,
can't tell you, even John liked that show better than I did, and that's saying
alot.
chris319
Mark J.
>in
>the same studio as The Price is Right, then jokingly said that whenever Bob
>Barker's name is mentioned, the walls begin to scream.
"Pyramid" taped in whatever studio was available.
As for Press Your
>Luck,
>can't tell you, even John liked that show better than I did, and that's
>saying
>alot.
As far as I know, never taped in 33. The audience section behind the
contestants in the board rounds seem to be elevated *above* the set, not below,
as in 33.
Mark Jeffries--Yes I did, Geoff.
Mike W
the other people here.
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> Anyone know?
According to the Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, Pyramid was taped in Studio
33. At least the CBS $25/100K versions were. The 1991 version was taped in
Studio 31. The $10,000 Pyramid spent its first season in the Ed Sullivan
Theater, with a little time in CBS TV-City Studio 31, and spent 1974-1981 in
ABC Studio 15.
As for PYL, it was taped in CBS TV-City Studio 41.
One of the GOOD AOL users
>contestants in the board rounds seem to be elevated *above* the set, not
>below,
>as in 33.
Not to mention those blue windows behind the audience.
The ONE and ONLY, Brandon Foster-Gray
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Brett
So you are saying that Pyramid would set up where-ever available.
Wouldn't that be kind of time consuming to move the whole set each
time they went into production (or did I just misunderstand the
comment)
chris319
>time they went into production (or did I just misunderstand the
>comment)
Pyramid's set, like those of all other shows taped in 33, moved in and out all
the time. How do you think they did TPIR, Carol Burnett and so many other shows?
FF/TTTT are the exception now, sharing NBC studio 11 as they do. In the '70s and
'80s, the weekend game show tapings at NBC were a real game of musical studios.
And no one should take EOTVGS' studio designations as gospel.
Robert Mackey
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> FF/TTTT are the exception now, sharing NBC studio 11 as they do. In the
'70s and
> '80s, the weekend game show tapings at NBC were a real game of musical
studios.
And back in the 1980's you could go to NBC nearly any day in the year and
something was cooking. That's why Dave and I liked to go to LA in January,
because just about everything was in production then or was going to be
in the future.
Haven't been back in 12 years!
--Robair
Brett
I guess I never realized that so many shows would tape in the same
studio. So 3 follow up questions?
1. Where did they put the stuff for the show when not in production?
2. Was any part of certain sets recycled into another show, to avoid
moving them?
3. Do shows still share studios?
Dolfan500
>moving them?
I'. sure of it. The exterior of the mall where Barbara Cooper and Max (One Day
at a Time) was the same as the one Al Bundy worked in. ANd those shows were on
two different networks.
If you looked hard enough, I am sure you will see "recycled sets".
Guy
John Sergent
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I've read somewhere that some part of the parents' kitchen on Everybody
Loves Raymond used to belong to the Bunkers.
chris319
>moving them?
With game shows, usually not. Game show sets are generally highly customized,
giving them little use on other shows.
Sherman Potter
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> So you are saying that Pyramid would set up where-ever available.
> Wouldn't that be kind of time consuming to move the whole set each
> time they went into production (or did I just misunderstand the
> comment)
Have you ever seen theatrical or television sets? They are just groups of
flats that are routinely knocked down and moved around. The pieces like the
main game desks, the winner's circle, the category pyramids, were more than
likely on wheels. The main pyramid was obviously just six boxes mounted in
a big flat.
ROBDON33
Studio 33 (the same studio that occupied Bullseye, both of which did light
chase demos from time to time).
chris319
>a big flat.
A flat is a piece of fabric stretched on a wooden frame. It is not rigid and
would not withstand the punishment of repeated set-up and striking. The Pyramid
was part of a wooden set piece.
Dave Mackey
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I once saw part of the "Gong Show" set being used on "Fernwood 2-Night" (one
of those starburst backdrops Sivi used to stand in front of). How it got
from NBC to Metromedia is beyond me. (Maybe Alan Thicke borrowed it?)
Dave
chris319
By truck through the Cahuenga pass.
The shows may have had the same art director.
Dave Mackey
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> >How it got from NBC to Metromedia is beyond me.
>
> By truck through the Cahuenga pass.
>
> The shows may have had the same art director.
Can anyone check this out? E. Jay Krause designed the "Gong Show" set but
"Fernwood 2-Night", may have been Chuck Murawski.
Dave
ROBDON33
City?
;)
Anne Robinson's Worst Nightmare
>How do you think Bullseye got from NBC Studios to Studio 33 at CBS Television
>City?
>
I guess the stagehands kissed some moving company's butt.
But you already knew that...
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> How do you think Bullseye got from NBC Studios to Studio 33 at
CBS Television
> City?
Because B & E's moron director, Richard S. Kline, threw a temper
tantrum and was declared personna non grata at NBC Burbank, you
obsequious cretin!
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JC
Television
> City?
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Probaly a big "RYDER" truck via the Hollywood Freeway. ;-)
John