Threes Company premiered on March 15th, 1977, and ran 8 seasons. Concluding on September 18th 1984. More years in the 80s than 70s. The series, which was situated off the beaches in Santa Monica, California, aired on ABC, and was based on the British sitcom, Man About the House.
The show had many different castings, and changes along the way, before the final original cast was decided. And we will get to that later. But every single cast, starred. John Ritter as Jack Tripper. Pilots and seasons.
Florist Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and secretary Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers) live in Santa Monica, sharing a multi-bedroom apartment with their roommate Eleanor. When Eleanor decides to move out, culinary school student Jack Tripper (John Ritter) crashes her going-away party at the apartment and is found by Janet and Chrissy the next morning, passed out in the bathtub. Needing someone to cover Eleanor's share of the rent, the women offer to let Jack move in with them and he quickly accepts so that he can have a place to stay other than the local YMCA.
However, overbearing landlord Stanley Roper (Norman Fell) refuses to allow unmarried men and women to live together in his apartment. He allows Jack to move in only after Janet tells him that Jack is homosexual. Although Stanley's wife Helen (Audra Lindley) quickly figures out that Jack is straight, she trusts him with the girls and keeps the secret from Stanley, who tolerates Jack, but mocks him. Frequently siding with the three roommates instead of her husband, Helen's bond with them grows through the couple's departure, leading into the spin-off The Ropers.
Jack continues the charade when new building manager Ralph Furley takes over the apartment complex because Mr. Furley insists that his hard-nosed brother Bart (the building's new owner) would also never tolerate such living situations. Jack eventually meets a love interest, Vicky Bradford, which leads into Three's a Crowd.
After Norman Fell and Audra Lindley left the series in 1979 for their own sitcom, The Ropers, Don Knotts joined the cast as the roommates' new building manager, Ralph Furley. Following Suzanne Somers' departure in 1980, Jenilee Harrison joined the cast as Chrissy's first cousin, Cindy Snow, who was soon replaced by Priscilla Barnes as Terri Alden.
Three's Company is a classic early 80s show that was represented by Ralph Furley and the Tenants. The 70s Years had the Ropers. But all in all, Three's Company is Jack Tripper!
00:00 Intro
01:21 Pilots
01:53 Jack Tripper
02:36 Janet Wood
03:19 Chrissy Snow
04:55 Cindy Snow (Music Calms Down:)
05:15 Terri Alden
06:08 The Ropers
06:53 Don Knotts Background
07:28 Ralph Furley
07:55 Larry Dallas
08:25 Lana Shields
08:45 Regal Beagle Bartenders
09:00 Recording Sets
09:20 The Themes
10:00 Misunderstanding 1
10:21 Misunderstanding 2
10:46 Misunderstanding 3
11:40 Jack Saves Chrissy
12:36 Jack Saves Janet
15:00 Guest Actor Video
15:21 John Ritter on Conan
15:40 Summary
17:12 End
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