Friday, July 26, 2024

The Bewitched Kitchen "Forced Perspective" Staircase


In the long shots of The Stephen's kitchen, the new staircase looks great in the background. However, on closer examination, you can see it for the fake, flat, unusable set decoration that it is. 




As the seasons went on, they seemed to get a little less careful about filming the staircase.

The shots below are interesting.  On occasion, the actors would enter, or exit, the shot using the staircase. They would stand or climb along the few real stairs that are there.  The camera would always cut away, or move to keep the illusion. 





The Here's Lucy set in 1968 also featured a secondary, kitchen staircase,


Totie Fields

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Mannix Visits The Atlas Computing Service

Kathyrn Hays
Ep.: "The End Of The Rainbow' 1968

Computers

Monday, July 22, 2024

Sunday, July 07, 2024

More Brady Locations in The Valley


  Mike Brady‘s house in the pilot episode.



           The Brady Brides exterior

Saturday, July 06, 2024

A Visit to the Brady Bunch House






I was pleasantly shocked to see The Bradys’ station wagon parked out front! I don’t know what the heck was going on there. 

Zooming in down the driveway, it was cool to see the top of the Brady carport and a replica of the dunk tank.

The house has been more than well documented in photographs, and some fans know the LA Aqueduct runs behind the house, keeping the property's backyard space to a minimum. This video shows the aqueduct coming up to the house, from a less common angle. 

From there, the aqueduct runs through CBS Radford Studios, which is less than a mile away. In this photo you see it cut through the studio with soundstages to the left. (Zoom in you can see “The Connors” soundstage on the far left and “Seal Team”  on the far right.)