Recycled Game-Show Sets

[chris319]

The set for Tattletales II was new construction.

The FF set had warped in places but they used it anyway when it moved to CBS just as Ray Combs was coming in.

[steveleb]

My understanding is the 70s newlywed set was at least in part the same.  Years after it concluded the original backdrop curtain was still visible on a Ktla soundstage when I attended some taping, and one of the studio workers contended it was the original set piece.

[TimK2003]

My understanding is the 70s newlywed set was at least in part the same.  Years after it concluded the original backdrop curtain was still visible on a Ktla soundstage when I attended some taping, and one of the studio workers contended it was the original set piece.

True. You usually briefly saw the Newlywed Game "forest" backdrop at the beginning of most episodes on Dick Clark's version of It Takes Two, when they panned the audience.

https://youtu.be/WLt_ww_HTNY?feature=shared

At about the 1:30 mark...

[Stackertosh]

I thought the old Navy Family Fleece Commercials repurposed  the combs and Dawson return set pieces?

https://youtu.be/l_a9xz6rT9Q?si=qX4EaQdtm2Bww12l


Weakest Link set used for the Dirty Rotten Cheater Pilot
I believe Whammy used Card Sharks 01 set pieces.

[Adam Nedeff]

I thought the old Navy Family Fleece Commercials repurposed  the combs and Dawson return set pieces?

https://youtu.be/l_a9xz6rT9Q?si=qX4EaQdtm2Bww12l

Definitely not--the faceoff podium can't be the real one (Combs coloring with Dawson light-up, and I can tell you first-hand that the lockout lights from Combs' run have never been replaced in the real one). tthe three-digit bank readout on top gives the gameboard away as being a recreation. The contestant desks are DAMN good if they aren't the real ones, but I strongly suspect that the real desks of that design wound up in the dumpster when the Bullseye format was introduced.

[alfonzos]

Jack Narz Concentration reused many set pieces and the game board from New York.

It is my understanding that the entire game board and price racks were shipped from New York to Los Angeles. The machinery in each trilon was replaced which is why they rotate faster than in the original series. The original control panel was used but it became unreliable with age which is why the director cuts away from the game board after non-match.

[BrandonFG]

IIRC the Feud commercial set was used as a display in the Chicago or NYC Old Navy stores. I was in New York in spring/summer of ‘03 and wanna say I remember seeing the display.

[chris319]

Jack Narz Concentration reused many set pieces and the game board from New York.

It is my understanding that the entire game board and price racks were shipped from New York to Los Angeles. The machinery in each trilon was replaced which is why they rotate faster than in the original series. The original control panel was used but it became unreliable with age which is why the director cuts away from the game board after non-match.

A completely new controller was built per Ev Penn.

[gsfan85]

A couple to add to the mix here:

Food Network had two 1-season game shows.  First "Pressure Cooker."  A year later, a show called "Taste Test" used an updated set.



Sports Geniuses on FOX Sports used the same podiums as Vs. on Comedy Central.

[KrisW73]

The FF set had warped in places but they used it anyway when it moved to CBS just as Ray Combs was coming in.

Good to know - thanks for the update! I will note that.

[Jeremy Nelson]

I’ve always wondered about this…was the set for Davidson Pyramid rebuilt? The trilons and the flashing $100,000 sign look slightly different.

You're right on both accounts. The Davidson version looks like it used a bolded version of the $100,000 sign font.

The big tell for me was the Winner's Circle board. For the '82 revival, they kept the same design language of previous versions- the blue space below the bottom row of trilons is still large enough to house a fourth row. This wasn't the case on the Davidson version.

[aaron sica]

The big tell for me was the Winner's Circle board. For the '82 revival, they kept the same design language of previous versions- the blue space below the bottom row of trilons is still large enough to house a fourth row. This wasn't the case on the Davidson version.

Wow - all these years and I never noticed that. You are correct!

[steveleb]

Tim, that was exactly when and where that repurposing of the TNG set was pointed out to me.  I sat through several tape days of that effort.  Forgive me if the years eroded my attention to detail...

[clemon79]

Wow - all these years and I never noticed that. You are correct!

Something never looked quite right about the Davidson set. This must have been it.

[KrisW73]

Wow - all these years and I never noticed that. You are correct!

Something never looked quite right about the Davidson set. This must have been it.

I noticed at least one star moving their heads trying to read the $100 trilon as it appeared to line up right with the receiver's head.