Architectural fan-drawings of classic sitcom houses

Jay sez, "MARK BENNETT (b 1956) is a Santa Monica, CA letter carrier. A compulsive television watcher in his youth, he makes careful observations of the sets inhabited by popular tv shows, transforming them into fully realized architectural drawings. Wicked fun."

Mark Bennett - Mark Moore Gallery (Thanks, Jay!)

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Where’s the part of the house they’d run through when Fred was chasing Barney around for some transgression or another? Remember how the same window would go by in the background, over and over again? I always envisioned a long, long hallway during those scenes.
bunaen

You can see some (or maybe all) of these drawings in Bennett’s book, “TV Sets”. Here’s a link to the book on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/TV-Sets-Fantasy-Blueprints-Classic/dp/1575000172

I bought the book for my kid ten years ago or so. It’s great!
Pantograph

I’m disappointed not to see Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment. That kitchen/livingroom had no relation to reality.
angrystan

Was Bedrock in the United States?
- CastanhasDoPara
  
  Technically yes, Bedrock would be in the US as the show was originally created under a post-apocalyptic theme. It was changed to be more kid friendly.
  
  And what the hell is up with those tiny ass pictures on the site? That’s about as close to useless as they could get. Geez people, what do they think, we’re going to steal the plans and build our own Wayne Manor or something.
LeftyX

This is from his book “TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes”: http://www.amazon.com/TV-Sets-Fantasy-Blueprints-Classic/dp/1579121071
Marshall

I saw his work at Mark Moore when it was up, and it’s worth a visit in person if it’s showing near you. It’s not art of “world shifting importance” or anything, but it is really fun.
Doombuggyman

Not all of those are in the book — especially the newer ones (Frasier Crane’s apartment).
Chris Tucker

Mark Moore Gallery?

Yes, the year 2010 would like you to know that the 1024 X 768 screen size is SO last millennium!
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  You don’t have a telescope set up in front of your monitor?
EH

are they even that? i was thinking 640×480.
Anonymous

I’ve always understood that the layout of the radio station offices in “WKRP in Cincinnati” was physically impossible: Given the connecting corridors between the bullpen, DJ booth and the front office, and the views from the windows in those rooms, it appears that the whole of Cincinnati (and, possibly, the Earth) sits within an interior courtyard of the WKRP building.
Evil Timmy

They’ve got a whole set of these up on the walls at Microsoft Studios in Redmond, WA (where virtually all of their internal video, and most MSN shows, are produced), and it’s cool to see them blown up to poster size, as you can really take in all the little details.