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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: 14gameshows on March 08, 2005, 02:49:36 PM
Ok, most of us can tell you the majority of game show occupants at the famed CBS Television City but can any of you all say what all shows were shot at NBC Studios in Burbank?  What I'm asking for is, what game shows during a undefined time period shot in the same studio.  Like for example, Password Plus was shot in the same studio for The Tonight Show.  Did Card Sharks tape in the same studio as Wheel of Fortune?  It looked really big.  Another question is during the 80s you had Wheel, Sale, Scrabble, SPassword, Blockbusters, Classic Concentration, Word Play, talk shows, soaps, who all shared studios and what were their taping schedules like.  I find it interesting how many can quote that PRICE taped shows every other day M-F and twice on some days and Feud taped on weekends, and Wheel taping during (the other two's) off season but no one can mention anything about NBC, and NBC had the most game shows.
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: SRIV94 on March 08, 2005, 03:29:43 PM
[quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 01:49 PM\']Ok, most of us can tell you the majority of game show occupants at the famed CBS Television City but can any of you all say what all shows were shot at NBC Studios in Burbank?  What I'm asking for is, what game shows during a undefined time period shot in the same studio. 
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My understanding is that HSq primarily taped in Studio 3 (where Leno tapes now).

For the most part, I believe all of NBC's shows were spread around.  I have on tape a SP episode (the 1/22/85 episode--first show actually taped in 1985) where Bert Convy makes mention that "we're in Johnny Carson's studio [Studio 1], where the audience is all banked up--we'll take a shot of it later" [which they never did]).  Convy made reference to Inaugaration Day having been the day before, which is how I know the date (yes, I know Inaugaration Day is 1/20, but 1/20/85 was a Sunday so the decision was made to move Reagan's swearing-in to the next day).  

When I had the pleasure of having dinner with Chris C. and Randy in L.A. last summer, I asked Chris at which studio P+ primarily taped.  He told me they taped at all four majors (1, 2, 3 or 4) at one time or another.  So it would stand to reason that all of NBC's games would be moved around.

Doug
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: uncamark on March 08, 2005, 04:22:56 PM
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 03:29 PM\'][quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 01:49 PM\']Ok, most of us can tell you the majority of game show occupants at the famed CBS Television City but can any of you all say what all shows were shot at NBC Studios in Burbank?  What I'm asking for is, what game shows during a undefined time period shot in the same studio. 
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My understanding is that HSq primarily taped in Studio 3 (where Leno tapes now).

For the most part, I believe all of NBC's shows were spread around.  I have on tape a SP episode (the 1/22/85 episode--first show actually taped in 1985) where Bert Convy makes mention that "we're in Johnny Carson's studio [Studio 1], where the audience is all banked up--we'll take a shot of it later" [which they never did]).  Convy made reference to Inaugaration Day having been the day before, which is how I know the date (yes, I know Inaugaration Day is 1/20, but 1/20/85 was a Sunday so the decision was made to move Reagan's swearing-in to the next day).  

When I had the pleasure of having dinner with Chris C. and Randy in L.A. last summer, I asked Chris at which studio P+ primarily taped.  He told me they taped at all four majors (1, 2, 3 or 4) at one time or another.  So it would stand to reason that all of NBC's games would be moved around.

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Studio 3 was unofficially named "the game show studio," since the logos were painted on the backstage doors to the main hallways of Color City in the same way a portrait of Carson graced Studio 1's doors.  But they pointed out that the shows taped everywhere in the building.

The NBC shoeshine man was in between 1 and 3, with lots of signed photos of network stars on the wall behind him--for our purposes, I remember Jim Perry's picture when I took the tour back in 1979.
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: tvrandywest on March 08, 2005, 04:31:35 PM
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 12:29 PM\']When I had the pleasure of having dinner with Chris C. and Randy in L.A...
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MY pleasure! Yes, everything moved at NBC.

Generally, my personal recollection is LMAD in 1 (Carson, Bob Hope); HS in 3 (Leno, CPO Sharkey); SOTC in 3; WOF in 3; Concentration, P+ and SP in 2 and 4 (Laugh-In, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Days of Our Lives); I did TTTT90 in 3 and Hit Man in 4. Like that.

But folks like Bricon who have the tickets can add to this and prove that most everything I typed could have been elsewhere at various times. You might see the EOTVGS for more info.


Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: SRIV94 on March 08, 2005, 05:00:56 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 03:31 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 12:29 PM\']When I had the pleasure of having dinner with Chris C. and Randy in L.A...
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MY pleasure!
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Thanks!  That whole trip was one I'll never forget as long as I live.  :)

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 03:31 PM\']Concentration, P+ and SP in 2 and 4 (Laugh-In, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Days of Our Lives); I did TTTT90 in 3 and Hit Man in 4. Like that.

But folks like Bricon who have the tickets can add to this and prove that most everything I typed could have been elsewhere at various times. You might see the EOTVGS for more info.
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Trebek once appeared on LENO after Jay moved from 1 to 3, where he mentioned, "I did CLASSIC CONCENTRATION in this studio,"  which gave me the sense that 3 was its primary home.  Obviously with all the moving around ClCon  would wind up in 2 on certain days (maybe more often than Trebek cared to mention).

I've seen ticket stubs that show that GONG also taped at 1, 2 or 3 at various points (I'd think 4 would've also been utilized).  There were two weeks of GONGs where the band was on stage (the 6/5-9/78 and 6/12-16/78 episodes [EDIT:  sorry, screwed up the dates]), leading me to wonder if GONG taped in a smaller NBC-Burbank studio for those two weeks (is that even possible?).  

See, it's been 25 years since I've been to Burbank (my last trip West didn't take me out there), and I didn't get to see much on the studio tour (I got the "death tour").  I didn't even get to see Johnny's luxury car--David Letterman was guest hosting for him that night.

Anyway, I'm just as interested as "14gameshows" in any other odds, ends, nuggets, tidbits, so if Randy or Brian want to add anything I'm all ears.

Doug
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: johnnya2k3 on March 09, 2005, 03:42:11 AM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 8 2005, 01:31 PM\']Generally, my personal recollection is LMAD in 1 (Carson, Bob Hope)
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Weakest Link, Twenty-One (the 2000 version), and now Access Hollywood.

But what about Scrabble, Sale of the Century, Battlestars, MG/HS Hour, $1.98 Beauty Show (which was a syndicated show, but did tape at NBC nonetheless), Card Sharks (Perry), Blockbusters (both versions), Just Men!, and of course Wheel of Fortune (long before they moved to TV City and now the Sony lot)?

Jonathan Allen
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: Chief-O on March 09, 2005, 07:23:58 AM
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 03:42 AM\']But what about Scrabble, Sale of the Century, Battlestars, MG/HS Hour, $1.98 Beauty Show (which was a syndicated show, but did tape at NBC nonetheless), Card Sharks (Perry), Blockbusters (both versions), Just Men!, and of course Wheel of Fortune (long before they moved to TV City and now the Sony lot)?
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As per EOTVGS, Just Men! was in 1.

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Please, no more Pat O'Brien talk. Why not go after Bill O'Reilly?

I'm just surprised no one's mentioning Lara Spencer.
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: jrjgames on March 09, 2005, 07:48:33 AM
When I saw Super Password, it was in Johnny's studio...years later when I saw Weakest Link, that too was in Johnny's old stomping grounds.  I don't recall which studio I saw Wheel and Sale in, but I did see them both on the same day, so they were in seperate studios.

Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour was also visited that very first trip to LA and I recall that studio being very big (for the digital display unit not the actual set which was tiny as hell), and the studio was DEF on the bank incline, I remember that part, and as I recall that was the only studio like that, so that too much have been in Studio 1 too.

John
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: zachhoran on March 09, 2005, 08:06:39 AM
[quote name=\'jrjgames\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 07:48 AM\']When I saw Super Password, it was in Johnny's studio...years later when I saw Weakest Link, that too was in Johnny's old stomping grounds. 

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Add the first season of Bullseye to the list of shows taped at Johnny's studio, right?
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: Ian Wallis on March 09, 2005, 09:02:20 AM
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I had the studio tour in 1983, and saw "Battlestars" later that day.  During the tour, they had talked about the "big" studio, where "Fantasy" was set up at the time.  We were told that was also the studio where "Hollywood Squares" was done, because it's the only studio where the set would fit into!

During the tour, we got to sit in the audience of the Carson set where the tour guide explained that "we don't stop tape for anything on the Tonight Show; if a performer forgets the words to a song and wants to stop tape, we don't do that".

"Battlestars" taped in a completely different studio than the two mentioned above.  Sorry I don't know the numbers; and I don't have the EOTVGS in front of me.  Also, "Wheel of Fortune" was taping that same day, and they had another studio.

Hope that helps!
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: Jimmy Owen on March 09, 2005, 09:48:09 AM
I just wonder what they're doing with all those empty studios these days!
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: SRIV94 on March 09, 2005, 09:54:02 AM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 07:06 AM\']Add the first season of Bullseye to the list of shows taped at Johnny's studio, right?
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I thought the EOTVGS had said that Johnny walked in on a BULLSEYE taping and complimented Ron Greenburg on the set.  Johnny didn't strike me as the type who would come to a studio during a day off, so it would stand to reason that BULLSEYE didn't tape in 1.

Doug
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: tvrandywest on March 09, 2005, 12:29:00 PM
If Johnny walked in on "Bullseye, it's almost guaranteed that the show was in studio 3 on that day. But in that era most stuff moved around. Yes, I can attest to the fact that all 398 episodes (plus pilots)of WL and all 19 (plus 3 test shows) of 21 were DEFINITELY in studio 1   ;-)

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 06:48 AM\']I just wonder what they're doing with all those empty studios these days!
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Space is still at a premium. At present:

1- Access Hollywood (and I believe Dennis Miller) just moved to the larger quarters. Miller had been in the cramped MS-NBC/CNBC news closet on the second floor (originally the home of those 5 minute newscasts at :55 of some hours)

3- Leno (and nothing else)

5- Telemundo (Access was ousted)

2&4- Days of Our Lives

9- Ellen

10- KNBC News

11- ? right now


Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: dzinkin on March 09, 2005, 12:35:28 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 12:29 PM\']1- Access Hollywood (and I believe Dennis Miller) just moved to the larger quarters.
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But where was Access Hollywood when Pat O'Brien was hosting?
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: aaron sica on March 09, 2005, 12:36:20 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 12:29 PM\']Space is still at a premium. At present:

1- Access Hollywood (and I believe Dennis Miller) just moved to the larger quarters. Miller had been in the cramped MS-NBC/CNBC news closet on the second floor (originally the home of those 5 minute newscasts at :55 of some hours)
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That's a shame that Pat O'Brien is not on AH anymore. It would be a short commute if a studio and game show opened up for him...I know I'd never miss an episode if that happened!
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Post by: bricon on March 09, 2005, 12:36:57 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 12:29 PM\']9- Ellen
11- ? right now
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Ellen is in 11, Miller in 9 currently.

Add Blockbusters (Cullen) to shows that used studio 1 occasionally...I'll try to dig out some tickets and post the revolving studio changes.
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Post by: tvrandywest on March 09, 2005, 01:57:48 PM
[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 09:36 AM\']Ellen is in 11, Miller in 9 currently.
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Then Ellen is where Paula Poundstone was last seen on a game show, and Dennis is now sitting in the former Sweep deli section!

Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: uncamark on March 09, 2005, 04:53:23 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 01:57 PM\'][quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 09:36 AM\']Ellen is in 11, Miller in 9 currently.
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Then Ellen is where Paula Poundstone was last seen on a game show, and Dennis is now sitting in the former Sweep deli section!

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And if all of a sudden one night Miller jumps up and says, "and now it's time for the Round Robin game!", we'll know.
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: johnnya2k3 on March 09, 2005, 05:06:01 PM
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 09:35 AM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 12:29 PM\']1- Access Hollywood (and I believe Dennis Miller) just moved to the larger quarters.
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But where was Access Hollywood when Pat O'Brien was hosting?
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When the show debuted in 1996 (with Larry Mendte and Giselle Fernandez; Pat didn't come in till the following year and of course Nancy O'Dell's been there since day one), they were at Studio 5 which they shared with "Later." Access moved to Studio 1 early last year before Pat left.

Speaking of Ellen DeGeneres now taping at Studio 11...where was The Other Half?

Jonathan Allen
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: tvrandywest on March 09, 2005, 06:10:06 PM
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 02:06 PM\']Speaking of Ellen DeGeneres now taping at Studio 11...where was The Other Half?
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Anne Heche has moved on. Don't you watch Access Hollywood?!

Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: mystery7 on March 09, 2005, 06:14:19 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 06:10 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 02:06 PM\']Speaking of Ellen DeGeneres now taping at Studio 11...where was The Other Half?
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Anne Heche has moved on. Don't you watch Access Hollywood?!

Randy
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He's probably moved on to watching The Insider.
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: johnnya2k3 on March 09, 2005, 07:17:05 PM
I was just asking you where was The Other Half (with Danny Bonaduce, Dick Clark, and Mario Lopez) taped? I know it was probably somewhere in the NBC lot.

Jonathan Allen
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: bricon on March 09, 2005, 08:12:11 PM
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 07:17 PM\']I was just asking you where was The Other Half (with Danny Bonaduce, Dick Clark, and Mario Lopez) taped? I know it was probably somewhere in the NBC lot.
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NBC studio 11, then Sunset Gower Studios.
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Post by: joshg on March 10, 2005, 07:15:03 AM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 09:29 AM\']1- Access Hollywood (and I believe Dennis Miller) just moved to the larger quarters. Miller had been in the cramped MS-NBC/CNBC news closet on the second floor (originally the home of those 5 minute newscasts at :55 of some hours)
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Are the AH offices still in those trailers out back on the NBC lot? You know, the beige trailers that parallel Bob Hope Drive.

Josh
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Post by: tvrandywest on March 10, 2005, 12:43:38 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 03:10 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 02:06 PM\']Speaking of Ellen DeGeneres now taping at Studio 11...where was The Other Half?
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Damn, and I thought that was gonna be "line of the day"!

But back on-topic... Both NBC Burbank and CBS-TV City were built at approximately the same time. The motion picture industry that had previously forbidden their contract stars to appear on the up-start, competitive medium of television had relaxed that prohibition. The networks and studios (particularly Universal, at first) were now in business together as traditional Hollywood was filming the dramas, westerns and sitcoms that filled the TV schedule. Access to the West Coast stars, the growing need for a Hollywood presence and more sophisticated production facilities were among the motivations to move West. CBS was mostly working from a bunch of converted theaters scattered around mid-town Manhattan and a few converted radio studios in Hollywood.

NBC's studios 1 and 3 were designed for shows with audiences with the "stadium seating" high-angle audience tiers. The audience members climbed a flight of stairs outside of the studio so they could be seated and escorted in a way that never allowed them access to the stage floor. Each of those two studios had an audience entrance that fronted along the building's main facade. More than one star asked for an office above those Alameda Avenue entrances so they could see the audience members well before show time.

Studios 2 and 4 had no audience accommodations, and they were positioned at the other end of the building. Each has a huge stage making them versatile for all sorts of dramatic applications, and 1 even sits atop a water tank with glass windows for underwater shooting; the floor is removeable in sections to open the pool as needed. It's empty now for several reasons including the smell of the chemicals needed to keep algae from growing, and the problem with floor tiles that curled in the humid environment.

The other studios, such as 5 and 10, were smaller, located more in the heart of the building making accommodating audiences impractical, and were less versatile. Studios 9 and 11 were added decades later.

The coolest thing about NBC Burbank: the underground passages and tunnels.


Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: uncamark on March 10, 2005, 01:06:09 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 12:43 PM\']The other studios, such as 5 and 10, were smaller, located more in the heart of the building making accommodating audiences impractical, and were less versatile. Studios 9 and 11 were added decades later.
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Was 5 the local public affairs shows studio?  When I took the NBC tour, they mentioned that they shot "Fight Back! with David Horowitz" in the local public affairs studio with a small audience.  (It's been so long that I can't remember if they let the audience alone or Mother MacKenzied it on the show.)
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Post by: MikeK on March 10, 2005, 01:19:18 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 01:06 PM\']When I took the NBC tour, they mentioned that they shot "Fight Back! with David Horowitz" in the local public affairs studio with a small audience.  (It's been so long that I can't remember if they let the audience alone or Mother MacKenzied it on the show.)[/quote]
The Fight Back! audience wasn't sweetened, at least during the years I avidly watched FB! (mid 80s to the end of its run in the early 90s).

ObGS:  The IMDB says Lloyd Thaxton produced Fight Back!
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Post by: SRIV94 on March 10, 2005, 01:22:22 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 11:43 AM\']Studios 2 and 4 had no audience accommodations, and they were positioned at the other end of the building.
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Just to make sure I'm understanding you correctly, are you saying that any show taped in 2 or 4 had no audience?  Or were accommodations added later (even if it was merely bridge chairs)?

There would be occasional moments during an NBC game where the cameras would be turned around to reveal audience members (Jim Perry getting a standing ovation on CS for his 3000th show, GONG audience members dancing to Gene Gene's music, to name a few--I'm not even counting putting the first few rows of SCRABBLE's audience in camera range).  So if the answer to question 1 is "they had no audience" would it be be safe to assume that any show where you saw an audience was taped in either 1 or 3?

One thing I do recall from GSN having shown it and me getting it on tape--when they showed the audience giving Perry a standing ovation on CS for that classic "3000th" episode (aired in July 1980), the back of the studio was adorned in yellow.  From just that little bit of info is it ascertainable what studio that was (or were they ALL yellow)?

Sorry for rambling--sometimes "the game behind the game" fascinates me just as much (hmmm, good title for a book ;-) ).

Doug
Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: bricon on March 10, 2005, 01:39:52 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 9 2005, 03:10 PM\']NBC's studios 1 and 3 were designed for shows with audiences with the "stadium seating" high-angle audience tiers. The audience members climbed a flight of stairs outside of the studio so they could be seated and escorted in a way that never allowed them access to the stage floor. Each of those two studios had an audience entrance that fronted along the building's main facade. More than one star asked for an office above those Alameda Avenue entrances so they could see the audience members well before show time.
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Studios 2 and 4 had no audience accommodations, and they were positioned at the other end of the building.

Both have the same type of retractable bleachers.  In fact depending on the size of the set, they would use variable rows of seats.  For something like "Real People", they would use the full house of seats.  When I saw Wheel Of Fortune for the first time, I don't think there were more than 5 or 6 rows used (was either studio 2 or 4).

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The other studios, such as 5 and 10, were smaller, located more in the heart of the building making accommodating audiences impractical, and were less versatile. Studios 9 and 11 were added decades later.

Audiences were definitely used in 5 as stated for Fight Back, and various game shows like You Don't Say and It's Your Bet.  They'd have audiences assemble in the tour lobby then march them through the middle of the building to the stage.

Studio 9, I was told, was originally a storage building, converted to studio for Days Of Our Lives some years back.

The other odd thing is that studios 1 and 3 were built first, and numbered as such; 2 and 4 were several years later.  Randy, have you ever heard why they weren't numbered consecutively as they were built?
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Post by: tvrandywest on March 10, 2005, 02:33:05 PM
A lotta questions. let me take a shot.

I was referencing information dating back to the facility's construction. 1 and 3 had the audience enter from Alameda Avenue via the second floor. Brian, I don't know when that was closed off, it was quite some time ago. Indeed the original permanent seating was replaced with bleachers, likely at the same time. But you should know that even to this day many in the Leno audience in 3 are loaded via stairs, although it is not the original flight of stairs. While that original rear, second floor entry still exists in studio 1, folks were loaded for at least the last few audience shows in that studio (WL, 21, etc.) as you remember in studio 3 (HS, SOTC, etc.), walking on the stage, mostly for the audiences' convenience and to comply with ADA rules - there is no elevator to accommodate the disabled when using the second floor entrance.

5 and 10 were not designed for audiences, although they were later "audience rated", and indeed did seat a small audience for shows such as "Fight Back" and as recently as that late night show that ended a few years back (I forget the name). That set was on the opposite wall from AH. The public affairs shows that used 5 are now in a corner of studio 10 where the KNBC news is a permanent set.

Yes, 2 and 4 did have audiences in the 70s and 80s; those audience shots were real. Again, I was discussing the original design - there was never permanenent seating as was built into 1 and 3. Things have gone full circle in both rooms. On my last look it appeared they no longer had the retractable bleachers that Brian speaks of, that were added for the game shows discussed in this thread. The wall closest to the parking lot where they used to retract appears to now be a permanent wall. Let me add for clarity, some variety shows and specials that taped in those studios (such as "Midnight Special", Flip Wilson, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Sammy Davis, etc.) did have audiences in seating sections that were integrated into the sets for those specific shows. Some "Laugh-In" skits had small audiences in 2 and/or 4. And some of the Dean Martin Roasts were taped there using a variety of "audiences" that ran the gamut from tables and chairs on the stage floor to simply cardboard cut-outs of people, with the audio fully sweetened.

9 and 11 were built in an area that was partially used for storage; there is still a great deal of set storage adjacent to those stages. Props and the set fabricating shop are in the main building.

No, I don't know the motivation behind the numbering system at NBC Burbank, but nothing I ever saw suggested that there was an alternate blueprint that included any specificly planned accommodation for future construction.

The latter seems to be the case at CBS-TV City. I'm told that the hallway we all know and love housing 31, 33, 41 and 43 was to be one of TWO such wings. Under that plan the corresponding studios in the other hallway were to be numbered 11, 13, 21 and 23. What happened to the even numbers in those sequences? I was told 32, 34, 42 and 44 were saved for possible future construction near the existing wing. But even Cappy, among the oldest of the old-timers at TV City seems unclear on all of this. I say that with great respect. But the original motivation behind much of this appears to be long gone, as Cappy was in the conversation at the Carruthers memorial in 33 where there was confusion about which of the sunken audience stages utilized which of the non-audience stages as "slaves" for commercial cut-aways.

Enough for now.


Randy
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Title: Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA
Post by: Chief-O on March 10, 2005, 02:52:28 PM
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Although they would turn the cameras on them at the end of the show [since Chuck usually talked to them].

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One thing I do recall from GSN having shown it and me getting it on tape--when they showed the audience giving Perry a standing ovation on CS for that classic "3000th" episode (aired in July 1980), the back of the studio was adorned in yellow.  From just that little bit of info is it ascertainable what studio that was (or were they ALL yellow)?
I can probably rule out 1----every time I've seen its audience area, they had a blue curtain.
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Post by: mystery7 on March 10, 2005, 08:29:43 PM
[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 01:19 PM\']ObGS:  The IMDB says Lloyd Thaxton produced Fight Back!
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Quite right. He was also Dr. Freon on the show.
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Post by: uncamark on March 11, 2005, 05:42:12 PM
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 02:33 PM\']5 and 10 were not designed for audiences, although they were later "audience rated", and indeed did seat a small audience for shows such as "Fight Back" and as recently as that late night show that ended a few years back (I forget the name).
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"Later with Greg Kinnear/Cynthia Garrett/Whoever Just Parked Their Car."
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Post by: tvwxman on March 11, 2005, 05:53:09 PM
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"Later with Greg Kinnear/Cynthia Garrett/Whoever Just Parked Their Car."
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Tremendously funny, and tremendously true. Didn't Monty Hall host a night, or am I dreaming?
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Post by: Desperado on March 11, 2005, 06:09:31 PM
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"Later with Greg Kinnear/Cynthia Garrett/Whoever Just Parked Their Car."
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Tremendously funny, and tremendously true. Didn't Monty Hall host a night, or am I dreaming?
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I believe I may have hosted it once!
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Post by: zachhoran on March 11, 2005, 07:16:28 PM
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"Later with Greg Kinnear/Cynthia Garrett/Whoever Just Parked Their Car."
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Monty was a guest on Later in early 1998, but he did not host.
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Post by: chris319 on March 12, 2005, 10:11:31 PM
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Monty was a guest on Later in early 1998, but he did not host.
What month?
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Post by: ChuckNet on March 13, 2005, 09:35:52 PM
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What month?

Sarcasm, I know, but for those who might be interested, it was Jan. 1998 and the guest host that night was Richard Jeni.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Post by: Winkfan on March 13, 2005, 11:35:36 PM
"Later with Greg Kinnear/Cynthia Garrett/Whoever Just Parked Their Car."

I think the latter would be Whit Bissell.

Well, I can be sarcastic, too!

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Linda Hooks of the Big Board!'