Hi Everyone,
Since watching the Pluto TPIR episodes, I've been wondering about set changes. I haven't noticed it as much on other shows, but with TPIR some of the changes were very slow.
I know there were a few style changes during the first few years, but in 1975, the orange/brown/black set was in, but the turntable stage had a green border, long before the rest of the set changed. Then in 1982, one side of turntable wall was changed to the padded purple/red/orange, while the rest of the stage stayed the same. Then when the rest of the turntable area was updated, the carpet didn't match the green boarders until 1984 or 85.
Just curious if anyone knows why the sets took so long to get finished. Was it a testing phase to see how it would look on air and they didn't want to commit to the total set change? Was it a taping/scheduling issue? Was there not enough down time to get the whole set updated? If that was the case, it was strange they wouldn't do the turntable area completely.
Just found it odd that when other shows had set changes, they were usually completed, although may have been tweaked a bit after.
Thanks