# Peter Gunn's wallpaper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212 "2021-03-05T01:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/1 "2021-03-05T01:01:23Z")
The 50s television series, “Peter Gunn”. Gunn’s apartment has strange wall paper. It is also used in several other sets in the series. It looks like sheet rock with diagonal lines of out of focus writing, or even smudges at 45 degrees. Was this some popular wall covering in the 1950s? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/2 "2021-03-05T03:16:04Z")
Is this the stuff? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/dc/73/f0dc7323249e724efa5c791530b8e62e.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/dc/73/f0dc7323249e724efa5c791530b8e62e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/3 "2021-03-05T03:20:30Z")
Faux marble, maybe? I doubt it’s unique to the '50s. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/4 "2021-03-05T04:12:35Z")
@carnivorousplant, got a screen shot or an example of what you’re looking at? Even if I got hold of an episode, it might be different and not what you’re wondering about. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/5 "2021-03-05T11:46:58Z")
No, it really looks like white sheet rock someone has scribbled on with a magic marker, or smeared with paint. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/6 "2021-03-05T11:47:31Z")
I’ll see what I can do. Thanks, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/7 "2021-03-05T13:19:09Z")
Here it is in a still from “Cry Love, Cry murder”. Sorry for the bad quality. [Watch Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 25 - Cry Love, Cry Murder Online Now (yidio.com)](https://www.yidio.com/show/peter-gunn/season-3/episode-25/links.html) ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/8 "2021-03-05T13:57:03Z")
That link doesn’t take me to a still from the episode; it takes me to a video platform I’ve never heard of which wants me to log into Hulu to watch the episode. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/9 "2021-03-05T13:58:58Z")
There is a picture on the page that shows the wall. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/10 "2021-03-05T14:02:07Z")
Ahh, I missed that. Yeah, that looks like a faux marble pattern to me, as @terentii suggested. However, I Am Not A Paperhanger. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/11 "2021-03-05T14:42:29Z")
That looks more like drapes to me, at least in that picture. Something a bit like this: [bedroom curtains designs | Interior and Exterior Trends | Curtains to cover walls, Modern bedroom, Home (pinterest.com)](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/49750770853419047/) ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/12 "2021-03-05T15:16:18Z")
I think you’re looking at the background to the viewer’s left, which are clearly drapes. What @carnivorousplant is referring to is the background to the viewer’s right, which sure looks like wallpaper to me, complete with seams between the strips. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/13 "2021-03-05T15:36:12Z")
I think he’s been scribbling on his walls; notes about cases in ball point pen? … Seriously, I’ve been googling “Peter Gunn walls/apartment/backgrounds” no luck… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/14 "2021-03-05T16:11:47Z")
Doh! Yes, sorry about that. It does have a faux marble look, but if so it’s the crappiest faux marble ever. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/15 "2021-03-05T19:03:57Z")
Fake brick wallpaper? [![](https://cdn.homedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Brick-Wallpaper-Easy-Way.jpg) ](https://cdn.homedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Brick-Wallpaper-Easy-Way.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/16 "2021-03-05T21:03:22Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > it’s the crappiest faux marble ever. Indeed. It appears, I believe, in the last season. Perhaps they were out of money. It is also used on a least one other set on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/17 "2021-03-05T21:23:41Z")
That looks like lines of writing to me. One of my aunts had kitchen wallpaper(ca. '63) that was sort of like that. The background resembled aging paper, and there were random lines of script all over it that supposed to look like menu items from a french restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/18 "2021-03-05T22:53:11Z")
The first clue that something like that actually existed. Thanks, Bayaker. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/19 "2021-03-05T22:59:13Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > That looks like lines of writing to me. One of my aunts had kitchen wallpaper(ca. '63) that was sort of like that. The background resembled aging paper, and there were random lines of script all over it that supposed to look like menu items from a french restaurant. I remember seeing that type of wall paper as a child. The linked photo isn’t quite what I recall, but it’s been a long time. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212/20 "2021-03-06T03:11:24Z")
Youtube, “Peter Gunn Till Death Do Us Part”. I can’t load it, but my DVD has scenes with the wallpaper. It looks like splattered paint. Why would anyone want this on their wall? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunns-wallpaper/937212.md?page=2)