Another great episode John and Dana! One of my favorite TV facts; the original Edith and Archie chairs were acquired by the production from a Southern California secondhand furniture store for reportedly less than $20 for use in the show's pilot episode. They went on to star in eight seasons, and after the final episode of Season 8, believing it to be the show's last, they were donated to The Smithsonian Institution on September 18, 1978. However, in the weeks that followed, the network would order another season of the show, but the original chairs could not be reclaimed from the national collection, so a second set were specially designed and fabricated for the final season. A mill was found in England that produced custom textiles and fabrics were handmade to match the chairs' original fabric, then laboriously distressed with a wire brush and other tools to simulate the original aged chairs. The cost of producing the second set of chairs exceeded $15,000 in 1978.
@@geigerflee Wow! How interesting is that. I didn’t know the history behind them- how cool. Talk about inflation! LOL. Thank you for sharing this great intel.
Another great episode John and Dana!
One of my favorite TV facts; the original Edith and Archie chairs were acquired by the production from a Southern California secondhand furniture store for reportedly less than $20 for use in the show's pilot episode. They went on to star in eight seasons, and after the final episode of Season 8, believing it to be the show's last, they were donated to The Smithsonian Institution on September 18, 1978. However, in the weeks that followed, the network would order another season of the show, but the original chairs could not be reclaimed from the national collection, so a second set were specially designed and fabricated for the final season. A mill was found in England that produced custom textiles and fabrics were handmade to match the chairs' original fabric, then laboriously distressed with a wire brush and other tools to simulate the original aged chairs. The cost of producing the second set of chairs exceeded $15,000 in 1978.
@@geigerflee Wow! How interesting is that. I didn’t know the history behind them- how cool. Talk about inflation! LOL. Thank you for sharing this great intel.