# Threes company reruns are on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660 "2015-04-02T22:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/1 "2015-04-02T22:21:38Z")
I’ve never seen an episode but the pilot is on tv. I just want to take a moment to say Suzanne Somers was sexy as hell in the 70s. I only knew her tv work in the 80s (shes the sheriff) and 90s (Step by Step). Threes company was before my time. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/2 "2015-04-02T23:13:00Z")
I used to watch it as a kid with my dad all the time. I was always a fan of the nurse. What was her name? Terry, I think. I find it amusing that my dad and I used to watch this show and Benny Hill all the time when I was like 8-12 years old. Looking back at both of those with adult eyes, it looks like a lot went over my head. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/3 "2015-04-03T02:57:49Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’ve never seen an episode but the pilot is on tv. I just want to take a moment to say Suzanne Somers was sexy as hell in the 70s. I only knew her tv work in the 80s (shes the sheriff) and 90s (Step by Step). Threes company was before my time. You never saw an episode of Threes Company? They syndicated the snot out of that at one time. She’s the Sheriff was awful. And “Step-by-Step”. :smack: Jebus Kripes. The show allegedly takes place in Port Washington. I grew up 15 miles away in West Bend. We used to go over to Port in the summer and cruise chicks. I wanna know where that goddamned roller coaster on the lake shore is! There was an episode where Somers character Carol is going to go to a bar in Mequon (pronounced “Meck-Wan”). First they pronounce it Mee Kwen, then they talk about how it’s a tough town and she’s going to be in danger. Mequon is an upper middle class/wealthy community. It was so painful for people that live around here to watch. Don’t these shows have consultants that figure this stuff out? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/4 "2015-04-03T04:14:49Z")
Sounds like the writer knew Mequon and was making a joke only some would get. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/5 "2015-04-03T05:17:22Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Sounds like the writer knew Mequon and was making a joke only some would get. Sounds more like they didn’t do their research. I saw an episode of lw & order once where a guy testified that he had been a lawyer in Fond Du Lac. How he pronounced it was hilarious. I’m waiting for some show to take place in Oconomowoc. it’s actually the official joke here to ask out of staters to try and pronounce it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/6 "2015-04-03T05:26:10Z")
It’s on Antenna TV about four times a day. As well as the spin-off series _The Ropers_ and _Three’s A Crowd_. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/7 "2015-04-03T12:37:50Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s on Antenna TV about four times a day. As well as the spin-off series _The Ropers_ and _Three’s A Crowd_. Both of which were so bad it was sad. Not that Threes Company was genius. Mr. Roper was so conservative he didn’t want any “hanky panky” going on between jack and the girls which is why Jack had to pretend to be homosexual. So Mr. Roper didn’t have a problem with gay sex going on under his roof? Gotta wonder what was up with him, huh? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/8 "2015-04-03T13:57:08Z")
I never understood the love for this series nor the declarations of John Ritter’s genius. I always thought the acting was \*waaaaaay \*too broad and the plots far too predictable. It felt like watching a cartoon, only with live actors. I guess I was in a minority, because it certainly was popular. I admit, I do cringe at some of the shows that I used to love, seeing them today, but this one seems just as bad to me today as it was way back when. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/9 "2015-04-03T14:05:27Z")
Watched the hell out of the show back in the day, first run. Weirdly enough, it was the first sitcom, for me, where I thought the writing was kind of dumb. Every single episode was based on double entendres and an overheard snatch of dialogue leading to a wacky misunderstanding. But I watched it anyway, because I was a teenager and the internet hadn’t been invented yet, and attractive young women not wearing underwear under their scanty garments was a thing I could get behind. Which was, I think, why the spinoffs were never quite so popular. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/10 "2015-04-03T14:17:44Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Both of which were so bad it was sad. > > Not that Threes Company was genius. Mr. Roper was so conservative he didn’t want any “hanky panky” going on between jack and the girls which is why Jack had to pretend to be homosexual. So Mr. Roper didn’t have a problem with gay sex going on under his roof? Gotta wonder what was up with him, huh? :dubious: No, Mr. Roper would NOT have been cool with gay sex under his roof. Jack was presented as a homo so Mr. roper could feel confident that NO SEX AT ALL was going on under his roof. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/11 "2015-04-03T14:49:59Z")
My problem with the premise was not that Jack had to be gay to live there, but the fact that the only reason they let him move in was because he could cook. I don’t know of any single people who would choose a roommate like that. Unless deep down Janet really wanted some late night Jack attacks and used the cooking excuse as a way to save face. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/12 "2015-04-03T15:36:35Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > My problem with the premise was not that Jack had to be gay to live there, but the fact that the only reason they let him move in was because he could cook. I don’t know of any single people who would choose a roommate like that. I was just saying to someone yesterday that my #1 requirement in a husband would be the ability to cook. I was only partly joking. I’m not saying it would be a requirement for a roommate, but it would definitely move you way up on my list. As for _Three’s Company_, I really did enjoy it during its original run. It was silly, but it often made me laugh. I remember it being my Dad’s favorite show as well, although I’m not sure that was for the same reasons. My favorite character was Janet, but when I see the show now, I think she was a bit of a shrew. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/13 "2015-04-03T16:23:18Z")
Three’s company made me realize I had some very odd tastes in women when I was a kid. I never understood as a kid why Jack wasn’t all over Lana. (that old cougar lady that had the hots for him.) I kept thinking 'Go for it Jack!" Now that I’ve watched it as an adult, I can see why Jack was scared. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/14 "2015-04-03T17:01:39Z")
I enjoyed it to start, but then the girls did two things- they agreed neither of them would “hanky-panky” with Jack, then they spent their time cock-blocking him. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/15 "2015-04-03T17:07:04Z")
I wasn’t allowed to watch it as a child. A man and two women living together? Not just a near occasion, but the whole enchilada of sin! ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/16 "2015-04-03T17:52:09Z")
I watched Three’s Company as a kid too. Sometime after Don Knotts came on board I stopped watching, so I missed the last few seasons (Wiki states there were 8). Guess I didn’t care to catch them during the many times they were rerun over the years. Last summer I watched on the UK inspiration for “Three’s Company”, “Man About the House” (which BTW had 39 episodes vs 172 for “Three’s company” - they also had a “Man About the House” movie, sort of any extended episode; There doesn’t seem to have been at the time any similar “Three’s Company” movie). The writing on the UK show was marginally better, as they didn’t seem to rely on misunderstandings so much; still there were some cringe worthy moments in the series BTW, for cross reference: US == UK Jack --\> Robin Janet --\> Chrissy Chrissy --\> Jo (and the two blonde replacements that followed) Larry --\> Still Larry Looks like both series ended about the same way, with Janet/Chrissy getting married, and Jack/Robin living together with a woman he met, who’s father ends up becoming the landlord of Jack’s/Robin’s restaurant, and the three main characters moving out of the apartment and on with their lives… ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/17 "2015-04-03T17:56:41Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > My problem with the premise was not that Jack had to be gay to live there, but the fact that the only reason they let him move in was because he could cook. I don’t know of any single people who would choose a roommate like that. > Unless deep down Janet really wanted some late night Jack attacks and used the cooking excuse as a way to save face. I once lived in an apartment with two other men and two other women, rent free, for eight months, because I could and would cook. Weirdly enough, everyone except me who lived there worked in restaurants in some capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/18 "2015-04-03T20:39:47Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > No, Mr. Roper would NOT have been cool with gay sex under his roof. Jack was presented as a homo so Mr. roper could feel confident that NO SEX AT ALL was going on under his roof. Including in his own bed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/19 "2015-04-03T20:47:02Z")
People, people, you’re missing **Wesley Clark’s** point entirely! Here Wesley, and [you don’t need to sit through an episode of Three’s Company.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TDBSlgFAw) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/20 "2015-04-03T21:45:17Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Including in his own bed! 😃 That’s my point. Surely he must have figured Jack was going to have boyfriends over, but Roper had no problem with that. Also, Roper never wanted to have sex with his own wife, +plus+ as far as we know they had no children. It was Stan Roper who was gay! That was the big secret of the show nobody ever figured out! :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660.md?page=2)