# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/21 "2015-04-03T21:58:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > 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. That’s exactly why I love it so much! Mindless cartoon fun. I didn’t get the appeal of Suzanne Somers – kind of a butterface, and her hairstyles were ugh. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/22 "2015-04-03T22:04:28Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I didn’t get the appeal of Suzanne Somers Two reasons, which largely went unrestrained after the second season. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/23 "2015-04-03T22:46:09Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Two reasons, which largely went unrestrained after the second season. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/24 "2015-04-03T23:00:46Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > That’s exactly why I love it so much! Mindless cartoon fun. > > I didn’t get the appeal of Suzanne Somers – kind of a butterface, and her hairstyles were ugh. Same here! She had a nice body, but it was no better than any other attractive woman on TV. Face was just okay, didn’t like her hairstyle, or her dumb personality. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/25 "2015-04-03T23:48:25Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Same here! She had a nice body, but it was no better than any other attractive woman on TV. Face was just okay, didn’t like her hairstyle, or her dumb personality. I agree. I was starting to notice girls around the time “Three’s Company” originally aired and I thought Somers’ nose was too big. In retrospect, I can see why Playboy decided not to publish her photos when she originally posed for them years before; she wasn’t pretty enough to be Playmate material. Also, no matter how beautiful they are, dumb women are an immediate turn-off for me. Somer’s Chrissy Snow was such an airhead she soon got to be grating. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/26 "2015-04-04T01:14:11Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I didn’t get the appeal of Suzanne Somers – kind of a butterface, and her hairstyles were ugh. You know, don’t you, that she was the gorgeous blonde in the white T-Bird in _ **American Graffiti** _? ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/27 "2015-04-04T12:16:54Z")
I disagree about Somers. I’d only seen her when she was in her 40s, and her face didn’t do much for me. However her face in her early 30s when 3s company was on was pretty good. She is almost unrecognizable compared to the Somers I knew from shows like Step by Step (which was 15+ years after threes company). Either way, I watched it on antenna tv. It has been on for ages but this was the first time I actually bothered to sit down and watch an episode. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/28 "2015-04-04T14:18:51Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > You know, don’t you, that she was the gorgeous blonde in the white T-Bird in _ **American Graffiti** _? I did not – my only memory of that movie is going to see it and leaving because it had already started and my father wouldn’t go into a movie that has already started. Anyway I took a look at the clip and I still don’t see “gorgeous”. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/29 "2015-04-04T15:08:28Z")
> [@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_. Not many Americans know this but _Three’s Company_ was based on a UK show called _Man About The House_. Also, _The Ropers_ was based on _George and Mildred_, and _Three’s A Crowd_ was based on _Robin’s Nest_. It has to be unique to have the show and the spin-offs all match up like that. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/30 "2015-04-04T21:56:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I did not – my only memory of that movie is going to see it and leaving because it had already started and my father wouldn’t go into a movie that has already started. Anyway I took a look at the clip and I still don’t see “gorgeous”. It’s a pity you didn’t get to see it. It’s one of my favorite movies, and I’d say George Lucas’s best ever. Since I lived through that era (albeit as a child), I can totally immerse myself in the action of the story once the lights go out and the film starts. If I may, I’d heartily recommend you set aside a couple of hours and watch the movie sometime (preferably in a cinema with a large screen). As for Suzanne Somers, she looked pretty darned good to me in that white T-bird, and apparently floated a lot of other guys’ boats too. :o ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/31 "2024-10-01T18:24:26Z")
Bumped. This may interest you, too: > **[See a loopy landlady in a caftan? Mrs. Roper may be romping through your town](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5113144/threes-company-roper-romp-michigan)** > > Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country in honor of Helen Roper, from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/32 "2024-10-01T18:51:49Z")
Lucille Ball was a big fan of Threes Company and even hosted a special about it and spoke with the cast if I recall correctly. It does seem like the type of show that could exist in the Lucy universe. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/33 "2024-10-01T18:57:29Z")
Let me know when/if someone ever posts a thread titled “Three’s Company reruns are NOT on”. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/34 "2024-10-01T19:16:58Z")
This was in syndication in the afternoons when I was a kid and I watched it a lot. Even when I was eleven, though, I saw that the show had precisely two alternating plots: Plot 1: Someone tells a lie and enlists the other roommates to play along to pull one over on the landlords, and it spins out of control. Plot 2: Something is overheard and misunderstood, and the rest of the show is double-entendres as characters talk at cross-purposes about it. Those together made up easily 96% of the episodes. It was one of those shows that I would watch while unwinding from a school day, my jaw surely slack in catatonia. The very definition of mindless teevee. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/35 "2024-10-01T19:24:34Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > 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’ve told my sons that one of the best pickup lines they can use is, “I like to cook.” Maybe 10% joking. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/36 "2024-10-01T19:25:03Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@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_. > > Not many Americans know this but _Three’s Company_ was based on a UK show called _Man About The House_. Also, _The Ropers_ was based on _George and Mildred_, and _Three’s A Crowd_ was based on _Robin’s Nest_. It has to be unique to have the show and the spin-offs all match up like that. Sometime in the 1980s, some station (or was it a cable channel?) where I lived broadcast Man About The House and Robin’s Nest; it was interesting to see how it compared. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/37 "2024-10-02T15:14:17Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I’ve told my sons that one of the best pickup lines they can use is, “I like to cook.” Maybe 10% joking. Nah, no joke, I’ve used that to great success in my single days. Not as an initial pickup line, necessarily, but after a couple dates, “come on over and I’ll make us a nice dinner” (_ **and** _ following through) is a solid relationship next step. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/38 "2024-10-02T17:53:43Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 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. Odd that you mention it. Oconomowoc was mentioned once on _Law & Order_. The detectives are looking through some hotel records for someone visiting from a place with an Indian-sounding name. Lennie can’t pronounce it, but Rey does. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/39 "2024-10-02T18:25:55Z")
It was a fun show, it was a farce but didn’t claim not to be. Ritter was a great physical comedian and the girls were great physical specimens. Norman Fell and later Don Knotts were a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/40 "2024-10-02T18:59:49Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > 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… Pedantic: it’s “Robyn,” isn’t it? “Robin” spelled with an I is almost always a female name. I doubt that it was coincidental that _Three’s Company_ ended almost exactly in the same way that _Man About the House_ did, given that they both led into spinoff series with the same premise - in fact, I definitely remember quite a few lines from the _Three’s a Crowd_ premiere being in the _Robyn’s Nest_ premiere, which shouldn’t be surprising as a number (I want to say four) of the earliest _Three’s Company_ episodes were more or less word-for-word copies of _Man About the House_ episodes. (Not to be confused with _3’s a Crowd_, a Chuck Barris game show where they asked questions to three men about themselves, and then had their wives and their secretaries each try to guess how they answered them.) > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Sometime in the 1980s, some station (or was it a cable channel?) where I lived broadcast Man About The House and Robin’s Nest; it was interesting to see how it compared. I remember one of my local PBS stations airing all three series at one point. I think it was around 1990. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660.md?page=3)