Tv sitcoms typically act as a window into the comedic sensibilities of the period through which they aired. However oftentimes, the reveals that made the most important impression pushed boundaries and subverted expectations, thereby influencing the following wave.
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The fashionable sitcom would not even exist with out “The Dick Van Dyke Present.” A staple of ’60s tv, the CBS hit from comedy legend Carl Reiner adopted the hilariously chaotic life-style of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) attempting to make his approach as a comedy author for a spread present, whereas additionally attempting to juggle his household life. Whereas loads of jokes exist inside its time capsule sensibilities, it holds up significantly better than you’ll think about thanks largely to Reiner’s scripts, Van Dyke’s lovable expressiveness, and the presence of comedy icon Mary Tyler Moore as Rob’s spouse, Laura. Van Dyke and Moore introduced a screwball power to the present that made their onscreen marriage a hilarious delight to tune into each week, paving the best way for extra reveals of its ilk.
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Because the sitcom advanced over the following few a long time, so did the sort of characters that would seem on them. The “aw shucks” tenderness on the coronary heart of earlier packages opened itself as much as embrace an ensemble who by no means discovered their lesson by the top of an episode. Enter “Seinfeld,” the hilarious conception of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld a few group of NY buddies who reveled of their dangerous habits, but remained so infinitely lovable. It turned Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jerry himself into next-level comedy stars.
It isn’t sufficient that “Seinfeld” and “The Dick Van Dyke Present” share the glory of being two of the perfect sitcoms ever made, additionally they — a minimum of for some time — shot in the identical location.
Each Seinfeld and The Dick Van Dyke Present filmed at Desilu-Cahuenga Studios
The interiors of “Seinfeld” had been largely shot at CBS Studio Middle in Los Angeles. However for its first batch of episodes, the blossoming sequence filmed at Desilu-Cahuenga, a former soundstage location owned by Desilu Productions, which itself was owned by comedy legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. That will be thrilling by itself accord, however in a featurette chronicling the making of the pilot episode, Rob Reiner talks about how unimaginable it was to find that the Fortress Rock-produced present could be filming on the identical stage that “The Dick Van Dyke Present” did a long time in the past:
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“I spent each single day of all my teenage years in the summertime on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Present,’ which was shot at Desilu-Cahuenga. So once I heard that they had been going to shoot the pilot episode of ‘Seinfeld’ there, it was like, I could not consider it. It was like serendipity, the planets lining up.”
Reiner goes on to replicate about how his firm’s new present being arrange in the identical location of his father’s felt like omen for its future. “The truth that we shot it on the identical stage, stage 8, it was luck appeal,” says Reiner. Not solely did “Seinfeld” find yourself lasting so long as “The Dick Van Dyke” present, however it surpassed its longevity by 4 seasons and made Reiner’s Fortress Rock firm insanely worthwhile within the course of.
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A few of the different reveals that additionally shared the glory of taking pictures at Desilu-Cahuenga had been “I Love Lucy,” “The Jack Benny Program,” “The Andy Griffith Present,” “The Golden Women,” and even “Barney & Mates.” The lot operated underneath a unique identify in 1984 as Ren-Mar Studios when it turned independently operated. As of 2010, nonetheless, it goes underneath the identify Crimson Studios Hollywood, having been bought by Crimson Digital Cinema.
Each episode of “Seinfeld” is at present streaming on Netflix, whereas each episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Present” is at present streaming on Prime Video.
