# Three's Company porny pilot intro **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061 "2023-11-13T09:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/1 "2023-11-13T09:15:12Z")
After the death of Suzanne Somers the pilot intro of Three’s Company have been posted on the internet. And it’s hilarious! It comes across like the porn parody of the show. Especially the lyricless theme. [ youtube/GokbXQqeYZ0?si=6WnFL0Lw1OCm33xH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokbXQqeYZ0) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/2 "2023-11-13T11:02:27Z")
The UK show it’s based on, _Man About The House_, has an opening that is more like something out of Benny Hill. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tQRgBYsmAMQ/hqdefault.jpg "Man about the House opening titles - Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQRgBYsmAMQ) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/3 "2023-11-13T15:12:36Z")
Looks odd now, but that was fairly standard for the time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/4 "2023-11-13T15:18:21Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > After the death of Suzanne Somers the pilot intro of Three’s Company have been posted on the internet. > > And it’s hilarious! It comes across like the porn parody of the show. Especially the lyricless theme. > [ > youtube/GokbXQqeYZ0?si=6WnFL0Lw1OCm33xH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokbXQqeYZ0) What’s so porny about it? Second version. > **[Three’s Company 2nd Pilot Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VZ34L7aO6M%2F)** > > Three’s Company 2nd Pilot Intro ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/5 "2023-11-13T15:47:52Z")
This follows the second pilot on YouTube: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdC9nJzZNyI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdC9nJzZNyI) I thought the name “Patricia McCormack” sounded familiar, so I looked her up: > **[Patty McCormack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_McCormack)** > > Patricia McCormack (born Patricia Ellen Russo August 21, 1945) is an American actress with a career in theater, films, and television. > McCormack began her career as a child actress. She is perhaps best known for her performance as Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell Anderson's 1956 psychological drama The Bad Seed. She received critical acclaim for the role on Broadway and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mervyn LeRoy's film adaptation. Her acting career ha... _ **The Bad Seed** _ and _ **The Sopranos** _. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/6 "2023-11-14T05:17:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What’s so porny about it? Have you never watched a porn parody of a sitcom? This comes across just like one and certainly not like the intro they finally used. If you read the comments on that video you’ll see I’m not the only one who thinks so. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/7 "2023-11-14T05:37:59Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > If you read the comments on that video you’ll see I’m not the only one who thinks so. I read a bunch of the comments just now and didn’t see a single one that thinks this is a ‘porny’ video. It’s just fans of the show talking about how weird it is to see a different opening, and how it’s good that they changed actors after the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/8 "2023-11-14T05:40:04Z")
Possible I read the comments on a different video posting than the one I linked to. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/9 "2023-11-14T07:24:12Z")
Never watched porn parody of a sitcom. This didn’t seem porny to me. Looked cheaply made. I don’t get a sketchy porn vibe at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/10 "2023-11-14T07:42:44Z")
These days porn seem like a procedural show, with an occasional documentary. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/11 "2023-11-14T07:45:41Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Never watched porn parody of a sitcom. > This didn’t seem porny to me. Looked cheaply made. > I don’t get a sketchy porn vibe at all. Compared to the actual intro the show used the pilot intros look very sophomoric. Which is how porn parodies come across as well. BTW, there are some Threes Company porn parodies out there and the intros do look like this. Which is why I find the pilot intro funny. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/12 "2023-11-14T14:53:27Z")
I’ll take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/13 "2023-11-14T17:37:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Second version. I like this version-- it’s much more surreal than the others. A comment in the YT link mentioned how their smiles turn awkward, but it’s more than that- each one goes from a smile to a forced rictus of existential anguish and despair over the several seconds the camera maintains the close-up. It’s like a Mr. Show parody or something. BTW, I had no idea the series went through at least two iterations of actors / intros before they settled on the final one. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/14 "2023-11-14T17:48:32Z")
A fairly common occurrence. Bud and Kelly Bundy were played by two different kids in the pilot for _ **Married … with Children** _. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghjtwwa7mAI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghjtwwa7mAI) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/15 "2023-11-14T17:49:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t get a sketchy porn vibe at all. And are any of us surprised? I get the feeling that you may have heard someone describe something bordering on PG-13 secondhand as the closest you’ve ever come to ‘Porn’. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/16 "2023-11-14T18:01:38Z")
I guess the opening riff has a kind of “bow chika wow wow” vibe, but otherwise I’m not getting it. Then again, I don’t have the context that the OP does. I’ve only seen non-porn versions of sitcoms. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/17 "2023-11-14T18:12:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’ve only seen non-porn versions of sitcoms. - You haven’t lived until you’ve seen the porn version of _Leave it To Beaver._ You never wondered why Ms. Billingsley always wore a pearl necklace? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/18 "2023-11-14T18:22:37Z")
Yeah, I know one person who loves to describe their viewing habits. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/19 "2023-11-14T21:27:54Z")
Bigfoot? Appliance Repairman? ---
**Author:** ![FeRDNYC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferdnyc/32/14000_2.png) [@FeRDNYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeRDNYC)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061/20 "2023-11-14T22:20:13Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > And it’s hilarious! It comes across like the porn parody of the show. Especially the lyricless theme. It’s definitely the music. Not so much the fact that it has no lyrics, but that the melody is this absolutely _sarcastic_-sounding, semi-a cappella nonsense that even in the 1970s nobody would have taken seriously. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-porny-pilot-intro/993061.md?page=2)