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Brent
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13/03/2008 6:42 pm  

I'm curious to see if anyone can name TV shows that use mid-century modern furniture. On the O.C., a bright blue Herman Miller shell chair is seen in one character's bedroom. And recently I noticed that I Dream of Jeanie used at least two of these chairs in yellow. Any other cameos by MCM furniture?


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13/03/2008 6:52 pm  

"The Brady Bunch"
resided in a credible MCM interior, with brick (and stone) and greyish-stained wood, and an open-riser stair with massive handrail -- and an orange-and-olive kitchen with plain slab doors -- but I don't recall the furniture being anything notable.


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13/03/2008 6:55 pm  

on Brothers and sisters the brother that is Gay has several mid century modern pieces in his apartment as well as the Uncle,the brother to Sally Field. All My Childen the Fusion office is all done by Herman Miller in White furniture they were the first to have the pcp eames Armshells,the Nelson swag table, The marshmellow sofa, and lots of task chairs, Great look from Herman miller I think that on American Idol they use the Eames soft pad chair that Randy, Simon, Paula sit in,


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13/03/2008 7:14 pm  

Dexter
Check out Dexter. His apartment is kitted out with MCM including a great Cherner chair.


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RetroSixty
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13/03/2008 7:54 pm  

Mastermind use the soft pad from Eames.


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James Collins
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13/03/2008 8:29 pm  

The Colbert Report
Has two Eames Aluminum group chairs in the interview arena.


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13/03/2008 8:50 pm  

'Madmen' has just started over here (about the US advertising industry in the 50s, made by the same team as the Sopranos) lots and lots of MCM, Danish modern' great lights etc. My daughter was watching an early episode of 'Bewitched' the other day - Wegner Papa Bear in the lounge!


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13/03/2008 8:54 pm  

'Big Al' in Toy Story 2 also has a very retro pad - Cherner chair, Zanuso lady chair etc. Must be an MCM fan at Pixar


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mjhaynes21
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13/03/2008 9:08 pm  

just watch an episode of house md on fox. his entire office is filled eames dining chairs eames lounge chair nelson bubble lamps noguchi floor lamp one episode featured an egg chair looks like they furnished it from design within reach or something


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mjhaynes21
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13/03/2008 9:10 pm  

the incredibles movie is full of it too, nelson ball clock etc they live in a house supposedly patterned after eichler homes, i think some of the pixar guys actually live in eichler homes i read an article on it once


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14/03/2008 2:44 pm  

sets and shows
In our 22 years of dealing in Danish furniture we have supplied to the following shows and films
Married with children, UK version only as pilot
A room for Romeo brass, Feature film by shane meadows. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202559/
Once upon a time in the midlands, Feature film by Shane Meadows. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301684/
Peak practice, TV show
Children of men, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/
Note the Finn Juhl dining table, egg chair, desk, erik kirkegaard chair etc.
Goal 3, which has not yet been released!
and that is just a few where mid century pieces have been used


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alexandersforum
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14/03/2008 4:09 pm  

Joey Tribiani has a Wegner Papa Bear chair and a Noguchi Cyclone table in the 'Joey' series. There's a bunch of other stuff as well, but I can't remember right now.... CSI Miami is packed with Bertoia Diamond chairs, Nelson benches and bubble lamps etc etc...
Found this book on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/TV-Sets-Fantasy-Blueprints-Classic/dp/1579121071/r...


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alexandersforum
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14/03/2008 4:17 pm  

It seems that a lot of the stuff from Pixar and Disney uses MCM furniture as inspiration for their interiors... The whimsical playful lines of much of this periods furniture fits perfectly to be inhabited by funny cartoon characters. Some of it, such as the 'Lady' chair looks almost as if it was designed for a cartoon interior from the beginning...
And I always thought that Tony Paul's beautiful Bar Cart looked like a cartoon character on the run...
http://www.architonic.com/mus/gal/4105849


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ID Guy
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14/03/2008 8:14 pm  

Frazier had an Eames Lounge by the window....they did a retrospective on pbs about Newhart and I thought I saw Nelson CSS shelves in his office, couldn't tell for sure though. I've also noticed lots of commercials lately using MCM stuff, none off the top of my head though.


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Robert Leach
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14/03/2008 9:53 pm  

If If we're talking Frasier.. let's be inclusive and mention Martin's chair 😉


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