10 TV Shows You Didn't Know Shared The Same Sets
If you thought a set looked familiar, it's more than likely that you have seen it before...
The feeling of Deja-vu is something we can all relate to. Usually it comes in our day to day lives when we live through a moment and get an unexplainable gut-feeling that we've lived that moment before. Sometimes our Deja-vu can come about from something more manufactured - like a Christmas advert used two years in a row or a song that samples another old tune. Those things are quite obvious and usually creators are quite upfront about the use of something old and familiar, but when it comes to TV and movies, the key to keeping an audience is to immerse them into the world. This means that the behind the scenes secrets tend to be just that... secret.
But in the world of technology and social media, it is a lot harder nowadays to keep the mystery intact. With sites like Reddit and Tumblr, where fans can connect and discuss their favourite shows in detail, it is so much easier to devour any knowledge you can when it comes to a project you enjoy.
It is no surprise then, that when two fandoms team up and do some supersleuthing, TV set secrets come to light that blow your mind!
10. Full House And Friends
Two HUGE 90s sitcoms!
The sets from Friends are probably the most recognisable television sets of all time. They're been recreated in several countries as pop-up attractions for fans to visit and the iconic design aesthetic has inspired countless merchandise sets. From make-up to home wear, Friends' quirky look can be found in almost every shop you go to and that iconic purple door with the yellow pop-art photo frame is ingrained into the brain of pretty much every human being.
It's hard to imagine the set being used for anything but friends. I know what you're thinking: how could a set dresser look at the iconic apartment and think... this could be reworked for something else. It almost feels like a betrayal. Well, don't worry - this is not a story about another show stealing from one of the best sitcoms of all time. No. It's about Friends stealing a set from someone else and making it ten... times... BETTER.
The original set for the girls' apartment and the hallway between theirs and the boys' was actually used in Full House - which is actually kind of hilarious when you think about it. The concept of Full House was exactly that a, family house that was FULL. So to then reuse that set for an apartment building, that's supposed to house 100s of people, is actually kind of genius. It just gets funnier when you think that the staircase set functions as both a large apartment block's staircase AND a a family home's and no one once bats an eye about it. Genius!