Has anyone else spotted the Canadian made televisions in the movie
Hairspray? This is not surprising when you know that most of the
production work was done in Toronto. I saw at least two Electrohomes
(including a 1960 Tampico 21-inch just like the one I own and a similar
looking set with a larger screen), as well as a Fleetwood (I do not know
those so well).

Funny that they would spend such big money on a film and include
TV sets that were so much unlikely to be found in Baltimore. Also,
I would expect U.S. made TVs to be much more commonly available,
but maybe they just wanted to save some insurance/customs/
transportation worries... Any comments appreciated, this is my first
post after I introduced myself a few weeks ago.

I haven't seen the new version yet, but I've seen the 1988 version many times and the one thing that bugged me about those TVs was that the Von Tussles had a black and white tv. I would think that the rich owner of an amusement park would have had a color set back then...

Ah ha!
I paused the DVD to get a look at the brand name and "Fleetwood" was what I saw. Didn't put two and two together, so didn't realize it was a Canadian set.
All through the movie I kept seeing the sets and trying to figure out what they were (particularly the ones in the TV store window.) Were they all Canadian? I kept seeing sets where some of the knobs looked very "Olympic-ish", but it might just be my imagination.
I guess it didn't help that I watched the original version right before the musical, so I may be getting the two movies confused. Does anyone know what kind of set Penny Pingleton had in her room in the original movie? It's a really cool looking portable but I couldn't tell the brand.
For that matter, anyone know what kind of sets Rob Petrie had in his living room and office?
Can you tell I got some DVDs for Christmas?

veg