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Product Identifiers
PublisherRunning Press
ISBN-101579121071
ISBN-139781579121075
eBay Product ID (ePID)357753
Product Key Features
Book TitleTV Sets : Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes
Number of Pages132 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicTelevision / History & Criticism, Television & Video
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Technology & Engineering
TypeTextbook
AuthorMark Bennett
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight23.1 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Table Of ContentFOREWORD: CHRISTOPHER FORD, MARK MOORE GALLERY PREFACE: MARK BENNETT TV SETS I. SUBURBAN BLISS Leave it to Beaver - Ward & June Cleaver Father Knows Best - Jim & Margaret Anderson House The Donna Reed Show - Dr. Alex & Donna Stone House The Patty Duke Show - Home of Martin & Natalie Lane Hazel -Home of George & Dorothy Baxter II. HOME ON THE RANGE Mister Ed - Wilbur & Carol Post House Green Acres - Oliver & Lisa Douglas The Andy Griffith Show - Andy Taylor Big Valley - Home of Victoira Barkley The Wild, Wild West - Train Coach Home of Jim West III. THE NEW YORK APARTMENT I Love Lucy - Lucy & Ricky Ricardo Family Affair - Home of William "Bill" Davis The Odd Couple - Home of Oscar Madison & Felix Unger IV. TO THE MANOR BORN The Beverly Hillbillies - The Clampett Mansion The Munsters - Herman & Lily Munster House The Addams Family - Home of Gomez & Morticia Adams V. SUBURBAN BLISS: PART II The Dick Van Dyke Show - Rob & Laura Petrie House Bewitched - Darrin & Samantha Stevens House The Brady Bunch - Mike & Carol Brady House Happy Days - Home of the Cunninghams The Jetsons - Home of the Jetsons VI. HOME IS WHERE THE HARD HAT IS The Honeymooners - Home of Ralph & Alice Kramden The Flintstones - Home of Fred & Wilma Flintstone All in the Family - Home of Archie & Edith Bunker VII. SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES My Three Sons - Stephen Douglas Gidget - Home of Frances "Gidget" Lawrence Flipper - Home of Porter Ricks The Partridge Family - Home of Shirley Partridge & Family VIII. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Home of Mary Richards Laverne and Shirley - Laverne DeFazip & Shirley Finney IX. HOME AWAY FROM HOME Lost in Space - Home of Professor John Robinson & Crew Gilligan's Island - Gilligan's Island M A S H - The MASH Compound X. FOR LAW SUITS, WRITE Perry Mason - Office of Perry Mason
Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition
SynopsisAuthor and artist Mark Bennett compiles his entertaining collection of blueprints extrapolated from the storylines and sets of the 1950s to 1980s television sitcom homes millions of Americans grew up with. An extraordinary work of imagination, these blueprints of TV homes that are as familiar to us as our neighbor's den and backyard give us a fascinating "real life" view that the camera angles never offered. From Ward and June Cleaver's house to Rob and Laura Petrie's apartment to Mary Richards's Minneapolis bachelorette apartment to the Jetson's "house" in the clouds, each home is lovingly recreated with painstaking precision in the fine blue lines of architectural blueprints.
I too am a set designer and really love this kind of work but years ago when this book was first released I was not happy with it. I nit picked every piece, critiqued more than enjoyed. Later I realized that I was simply envious that this author created something that I should have done myself. Mark was bound by the same issues I was, no internet and very few reference materials available other than watching these shows on VHS. Doing a lot of freeze frames and sketches. Now that I own a copy I have nothing but respect for Mr. Bennett's work, love this book. Well done, highly recommended.