To Tell the Truth (1990)/Photos

Set Model
This model was created prior to the set construction so M.G. could approve the set design. Mark preferred a complete model to a set rendering or two so all the camera shots, logistics of the set etc could be planned in advance. Some shows the entire audience was included in the model when the audience was part of the show (The Price is Right, The Better Sex, etc.) Ted Cooper worked for first Goodson-Todman and then Mark Goodson Productions from 1960 until the company was sold after Mark's death. As, among other things, the in-house set designer, Ted designed virtually all the sets from 1960 to the early 1970's until the company's creative teams moved to California, which was a different union. Ted oversaw all set designs however, and he enjoyed making a set model for each design, no matter who the designer was.