# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/41 "2024-10-02T19:17:22Z")
I can’t help think that having [Benjamin](https://youtu.be/DUgVCmRXvEo) as a tenant 10 years before made him not like many straight male tenants. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/42 "2024-10-02T19:56:09Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Pedantic: it’s “Robyn,” isn’t it? “Robin” spelled with an I is almost always a female name. > > I Is it? Batman and Robin. Robin Ventura (baseball player). Robin Hood. Robin Williams. The only Robyns I know are actually female. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/43 "2024-10-02T21:59:42Z")
Was never a fan of the show. And now I have that stupid theme song stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![deneen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deneen/32/17713_2.png) [@deneen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deneen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/44 "2024-10-02T22:11:42Z")
BENNY HILL, oh lord. My father used to watch that, I can still hear the theme song in my head. So awful but kinda funny but so… ugh lol ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/45 "2024-10-02T22:21:53Z")
Priscilla Barnes (Terri on **Three’s Company** ) had a recurring role on **Jane the Virgin**. I was delighted to see what a good actress she is. She plays a very unflattering, hilarious role, about as far from a sexy roommate as you can 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:** [October 3, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/46 "2024-10-03T04:11:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@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. Did he pronounce it right? There was an episode of “Step by Step” in which the mom was going to meet a friend at a bar in Mequon. Not only did they murder the name the dad went on about how rough and tough of a town Mequon is. FYI, even the poorest people in Mequon are at least upper middle class. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/47 "2024-10-03T04:27:22Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > There was an episode of “Step by Step” in which the mom was going to meet a friend at a bar in Mequon. Not only did they murder the name the dad went on about how rough and tough of a town Mequon is. > > FYI, even the poorest people in Mequon are at least upper middle class. Somebody already mentioned this in post#3. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/48 "2024-10-03T05:33:15Z")
Well, i wasn’t going to reread a 9.5 year old thread. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/49 "2024-10-03T07:27:43Z")
I think she was on Dallas for a bit also playing one of jr’s scheming side floozies … ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/50 "2024-10-04T19:13:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > ### [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) Did Mrs. Roper really wear caftans? I always thought they were muumuus. Still, her wardrobe paled in comparison to [Mr. Furley’s horrible polyester belted vests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garment/425369). ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660/51 "2024-10-04T19:20:42Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > 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. Plot 1 didn’t necessarily involve duping the landlords; it was just as commonly one of the kids (usually Jack) lying to a date, friend, employer, family member, or even one another. I’m pretty sure they did more than one episode where Jack accidentally books two dates on one night and then enlists the others to cover for him. But apart from that detail, yeah, those two plots probably cover most of the episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660.md?page=2)