At the end of the last episode we are introduced to Three's A Crowd.
The ending of Three's Company has Janet getting married, Terri goes to Hawaii and Jack agreeing to shack up with Vicki.
Three's Company
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Three's Company
Category: Sitcom
Created By: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, and Bernie West
Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers (1977—1981), Jenilee Harrison (1980–1982), Priscilla Barnes (1981—1984), Norman Fell (1977—1979), Audra Lindley (1977-1979), Richard Kline (1979-1984), Don Knotts (1979—1984), and Ann Wedgeworth (1979)
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 172 (plus 2 episodes of The Ropers aired in syndication as Three's Company
Original Channel: ABC
Original Run: March 15, 1977 to September 18, 1984
Related Shows: Man About the House, The Ropers, Three's a Crowd
Three's Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House.
Three's Company
Description
Three's Company is an American sitcom from the 80s or it it 70s?
The show is about a guy who moves in with two girls when their roommate gets married and moves out.
The girls, Chrissy and Janet, meet Jack by mistake when they find him asleep in their tub. The girls find him after a farewell party for their leaving roommate.
The landlord isn't okay with a guy living with two girls. Jack pretends to be gay so he doesn't seem like a possible problem.
The Mr. Roper and his wife are the landlords at the beginning of the series.
Jack's "gayness" comes up in almost all the episodes. The landlord's wife finds out about Jack not being gay but doesn't rat him out. She likes Jack and the girls.
Each episode I hilarious from beginning to end. Each episode starts with a misunderstanding that is usually resolved by the end of the show.
Jack is studying to be a master chef. Janet works in a flower shop. Chrissy is ......... Huh.... Ahem ahem....oh yeah ... She's a secretary.
Jack Tripper is played by John Ritter. You may have seen him on 8 Rules for Dating My Daughter and some movies.
Janet Woods is played Joyce DeWitt. I don't know her other work.
Chrissy Snow is played by Suzanne Somers. He's a health and fitness promoter. She written about cancer and general fitness. She believes in using alternative therapies to help with health problems. She survived breast cancer and claims that natural medicine and exercise was a key to her positive outcome.
Watch some of the episodes and random clips on YouTube.
Jack continued to pretend to be gay when Mr. Ralph Furley became the new landlord in 1979. Mr. Furley was played by Don Knotts.....you know from the Andy Griffith Show. He was Barney Fife on that show. He used the same kind of mannerisms on the Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company.
Three's Company
Running Jokes and Gags
The show used many running jokes and gags such as:
Mr. Roper breaking the fourth wall: Norman Fell would turn to the camera and grin after making a joke, usually at Mrs. Roper's expense. Jack's perceived homosexuality: Mr. Roper and Mr. Furley would make remarks such as "Tippy-toes" or "Tinkerbell" or calling him a fairy and bending their wrist and shaking a pretend bell.
Cindy slamming the door into someone (usually Jack)
Lana chasing after Jack (that being the only reason she ever came over), only to be chased in turn by Mr.
Furley
Characters
Primary Characters
Three's Company
Jack Tripper, Entire Run, A clumsy culinary student (later chef, then restaurant owner), Navy veteran, and swinging bachelor, John Ritter
Janet Wood, Entire Run, Born in Speedway, Indiana, Janet is a down-to-earth brunette who worked at the "Arcade Florist.", Joyce DeWitt
Christmas "Chrissy" Snow, 1977–1981, A ditzy blonde secretary. Her real name is Christmas despite not being born on Christmas Day, Suzanne Somers
Stanley Roper, 1977–1979A hard-nosed landlord, Norman Fell
Helen Roper, 1977–1979A love-starved landlady, Audra Lindley
Larry Dallas (full name Dalliapoulos), Entire Run, A womanizing neighbor and used car salesman. He is Jack's best friend, Richard Kline
Ralph Furley, 1979–1984, A goofy, flamboyantly dressed landlord who believes he's a ladies man, Don Knotts
Lana Shields, 1979, The wealthy, older woman neighbor who had the hots for Jack, Ann Wedgeworth
Cindy Snow, 1980–1982, Chrissy's somewhat clumsy cousin, a secretary and later veterinary student at UCLA, Jenilee Harrison
Terri Alden, 1981–1984, Born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Terri is an intelligent blonde nurse, unlucky in love, Priscilla Barnes
Three's Company
Recurring Characters
Jim, Bartender at The Regal Beagle, Paul Ainsley Mike, Bartender at The Regal Beagle, Brad Blaisdell Dean Travers, Dean at Jack's cooking school, William Pierson Reverend Luther Snow, Chrissy's father, Peter Mark Richman Frank Angelino, Jack's short-tempered boss, Jordan Charney Felipé Gomez, Jack's jealous co-worker at Angelino's, Gino Conforti
Notable Appearances
Jeffrey Tambor guest starred 3 different times, as 3 different characters, and also was a part of The Ropers cast.
Lucille Ball was such a huge fan of the show that she hosted a retrospective during the series' run. Future Oscar-nominee James Cromwell made an appearance in a Season 2 episode as a police detective
Three's Company
Cast Changes
Three's Company had many cast changes over the years for a variety reasons. The first of these changes took place in the spring of 1979 with the relocating of the Ropers to their own TV series (The Ropers), which would revolve around Jack, Janet, and Chrissy's former landlords (and their neighbors) moving into the suburbs after Stanley had sold the apartment building. Two changes took place in the fall of 1979, at the beginning of the fourth season. The first would be the addition of Lana, an older woman whose main purpose was chasing Jack around the apartment building. She had the hots for him but Jack just wanted her to leave him alone. Lana would vanish without any explanation before the season was half over (it was explained on the E! True Hollywood Story that the character was written out because the writers were not sure what to do with her, or how they could keep having Jack avoid her). The other new addition that fall was the trio's new landlord Ralph Furley (his brother Bart owned the building). Ralph fancied himself as a ladies man but really had no luck with women. He would be as popular with viewers as the Ropers had been and would last until the end of the series.
Season five (1980–1981) would mark the beginning of contract re-negotiations and would thus spark friction on the set in 1980 when, after demands for a heavily increased salary (from $30,000 per episode to $150,000 per episode, plus 10% of the show's profits[1]) were not met, Suzanne Somers went on strike and was absent for several taping days. Eventually, co-stars Joyce DeWitt and John Ritter refused to work with her because of this, but, unwilling to fire the actress for fears her absence would cause ratings to decline, the producers of the series retained Somers, who was still under contract, to appear in just the one-minute tag scene of select episodes. According to scripts, she had returned to her hometown of Fresno to care for her sick mother, and in the tag scene she would be seen on the telephone talking to one of the roommates (usually Janet) who would recount that episode's adventures to her. In the story, Chrissy's place in the apartment was taken by her cute but clumsy cousin, Cindy (Jenilee Harrison). Somers' scenes were taped on separate days from the show's regular taping; she did not appear on set with any of the show's other actors. This arrangement continued for one season, but after her contract expired, it was not renewed and she disappeared from the series. However, Somers was still credited despite being kicked off the show.
Three's Company Cast Changes continued
As Cindy, Jenilee Harrison was unable to fill the shoes of the original roommate on the series, the producers' explanation being that she was too young for the sex jokes. Their solution was another replacement, Terri Alden (played by Priscilla Barnes), a clever, sometimes sassy nurse who was introduced in the sixth season (1981–1982). In the script, Cindy was to move to college to fullfill her dream of becoming a vet. She was the last of the series' three blondes. Unlike Suzanne Somers, Barnes was considered a cooperative professional who remained close friends with many members of the cast and crew long after the series ended. Somers would eventually make up with the majority of the actors including John Ritter (there had been plans for Somers to appear on Ritter's later hit show 8 Simple Rules prior to his death), but Joyce DeWitt still refuses to talk to her even after almost 30 years. Meanwhile Cindy would remain on the show in season six with Terri, visiting in some episodes and would leave completely before season seven. Three's Company was often compared to Alice in the fact that it also went through three different blonde cast members during its run.
In season eight of Three's Company (1983-1984), Janet married art dealer Phillip Dawson (David Ruprecht); Terri moved to Hawaii for a job; and Jack moved out to live with his new girlfriend, Vicky Bradford—thus morphing the show into Three's a Crowd, the further adventures of Jack as he settles down.
Three's Company
Ratings
.Here is how the show ranked overall in popularity throughout its eight-season run among all television programs:
Spring 1977: #11 1977–1978: #3 1978–1979: #2 1979–1980: #2 1980–1981: #8 1981–1982: #4 1982–1983: #6 1983–1984: #31
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