The Three’s Company opening credits at the zoo

Perhaps Joyce DeWitt bought the zoo and is concerned about liability from prank-related injuries.?

She looks annoyed at the children. Maybe her L’eggs pantyhose were twisted under her shorts.

In my version Joyce gets her coozebox invaded by an anteater while Mr. Furley's ascot spins 360 degrees in excitement.

I always thought it was very representational of the characters. Janet was always the cool-headed one.

You cannot be zany and successfully manage a flower shop.

She's playing with Jason Ritter in her scene.

Because that is the entire point of her character.

That opening is completely MADCAP!!

You left out Jenilee Harrison and what she did in the opening credits. OP are you Joyce DeWitt? Starting a thread to bring attention to yourself AND get back at Jenilee because she didn't have enough dramatic training before she landed the job of Cindy Snow?

Sorry, r9. I would never disrespect Dame Jenilee. But the credits I saw last night on Pluto TV must have been toward the end of the series, when she was no longer included. If I recall, before they snipped her out, she was shown frantically waving at someone, with that signature subliterate look on her face.

Subliterate!

Joyce was a SERIOUS ACTRESS FROM THE THE-AH-TAH so she probably insisted that her character not be "madcap" but rather "rooted firmly in reality" or some such bullshit.

Suzanne Somers frequently alludes to Joyce's 'training' with rolled eyes, noting how while Joyce marked up her script with notes (very common for any actor), she and John Ritter were just naturally gifted comedians who intuited all their choices (or in Suzanne's case, were coached step by step and line by line through each of her scenes.

Photo gallery that demonstrates the acting prowess and versatility of Ms. DeWitt during the series’ entire run.

Yes, R7. Because if ANY show took the time to develop a character it was Three’s Company.

If you want an intriguing read, the novel One’s Company is about a traumatized women who wins the lottery and retreats from the world by building an exact replica of the sets, props and costumes of Three’s Company, her favorite TV shows? She takes on living out as each character for a year.

R16 Thanks for the recommendation! Just ordered it!

[quote]a traumatized women

Oh, dear!

Pricilla Barnes standing like a flamingo looks ridiculous. along with some of the most stupid sounding tv theme show music of all time.

They probably didn't know what to do with Joyce. Perhaps she could have been swinging from trees with the monkeys or banging on the candy machine.

This may very well be the most DL thread of all time. Quite the hot topic.

Joyce’s pussy stank!

[quote] Ritter falls backward on the fence

Ritter falling off a bike while ogling a pretty woman in the first couple of seasons was classic. Ritter falling backwards on the fence was incredibly lame. That was the best they could come up with? Joyce was probably happy they didn’t ask her to do some stupid shit like that.

They were originally going to have a hot muscle bound bodybuilder pass by Joyce and she was going to bite the back of her palm and then gently urinate in her tan slacks, but the device that was in her slacks to provide the 'urine' kept gushing out and soaking the slacks so they gave up on the idea and just had her feed goats.

When I was a kid and "Three's Company" premiered, the press treated it like it was the fall of the Roman Empire because it was supposed to be so shockingly risqué. But it never really was in actuality. It was even less sexy than the 60s bedroom farces at the movie theater, because the show didn't really show as much cleavage or tight clothes as those films did.

There were impotence & sexual disinterest jokes about the Ropers, and swish jokes about Jack, and there were all the gags where two of the roommates would overhear the third talking to a date about something innocuous that the other two would always assume was about sex. But in actuality none of the three characters ever had much sex.

40 years later, and the LA Zoo still looks more or less the same.

R26 That sounds like a relief.

R13 I fucking can’t stand Suzanne Somers but damn she is right to roll her eyes at JDW’s I’m a the-a-tre actress bullshit. To her credit, at least SS wisely knew the show for what it was (which there was nothing wrong with, btw)

I notice Lana and Larry were excluded from the opening credits yet they were shown riding the tram during the end credits.

They missed a great opportunity to have Lana in the opening segment topless playing tongue tag with the snake wrapped around her.

R25 The show was a hit when I was in Jr High School. One of my classmates (Sandee Lage) would try to emulate Chrissy by wearing her hair in ponytails, chewing gum and acting really stupid and flirty with the teachers. She also dressed like her in short shorts and Espadrilles which were easy to find in California.

“In the opening credits for the show, viewers see Jack ride his bike past a brunette woman who has her back turned to the camera. She is apparently very beautiful and makes Jack crash his bike. Well, the beautiful brunette was actually Suzanne Somers in a wig!”

ABC launched two 'controversial adult comedies' at the time (couldn't air during family hour) - Three's Company and Soap. Because of their controversy, they became huge ratings hits enjoyed by the whole family.

R21 I thought that accolade would go to the almost 100 (haven't checked it in a minute) comment thread on Jem and The Holograms greatest hits (also including The Misfits songs).

It’s fucking stupid!

[quote] Pricilla Barnes standing like a flamingo looks ridiculous.

Had Suzanne Somers stayed with the show, they would have had her picking her nose in front of the orangutans 🦧 exhibit.

R29 Larry was in all the opening segments once furley came on and they switched to the SM pier opening. Sad I know this but true.

I still wanna know how much Priscilla Barnes was lying about her age? She had to have been in her early 30s when she started but I think she claimed to be 25.

The flower shop was a front. Janet was Santa Monica's most exclusive yacht girl.

Jennilee must have known she wouldn’t be asked back after Priscilla’s first season. They filmed two versions of the zoo opening and closing credits- one with and one without Cindy.

Priscilla was sympathetic towards Jennilee on the E! special, while Joyce was a downright bitch.

[quote] Priscilla was sympathetic towards Jennilee on the E! special, while Joyce was a downright bitch.

I'll have to watch that.

That E! Special is great, it really highlights Joyce’s incandescent rage toward John, Suzanne and the producers

Is it on YouTube? If not, where can it be seen?

TIA!

It was last year…looks like it was taken down ☹️.

R41 is exactly right. Joyce’s anger and resentment were abundantly evident in the special, then at the end she says that after the show she went off to study with the great spiritual teachers of the world or something stupid like that. Clearly they didn’t show her how to get over it.

[quote] I notice Lana and Larry were excluded from the opening credits yet they were shown riding the tram during the end credits.

You mean Cindy? Lana/Ann Wedgeworth wasn’t on the Priscilla seasons.

Jennilee on the tram in the credits always cracked me up. Priscilla pretends to point at something and Jennilee has the worst over reaction ever!

This thread made me laugh out loud, several times.

R43’s comment reminds me of some interview or program where Joyce DeWitt SPITS the words “They LIED. To my FAAACCCE!”

In real life, you’d be surprised how many times it’s an appropriate quote. Like Michael Scott’s “That’s what SHE said.”

Joyce said something along the lines of “The producers of TC were arrogant to think they could mold Jennilee into what they wanted…instead of hiring a really good actress”.

It was stupid

Lana was on the tram.

R28 How DARE you defend Suzanne!!

[quote] Lana was on the tram.

Joyce pushed both Lana and Cindy off the motherfucking tram at 70 mph! Cindy fell into a hedge and into a coma. They had to scrape Lana’s insides off of the hard cement.

I always assumed Joyce would end up getting arrested for stalking Suzanne and Alan and making obscene phone calls, like this:

Even though the actors had their issues, it always sounds like the producers of "TC" were all major fucking assholes, much more so than the average television producers.

I remember that interview and Joyce's rage about the hiring of Jennilee to replace Suzanne. Joyce was disgusted that they hired someone she clearly perceived as a talentless bimbo and was so happy when apparent thespian Priscilla replaced her. What I found interesting is that Joyce seemed to be admitting without saying that she thought Suzanne was really talented.

Why did three working adults in their 30s have to share a 2-bedroom dump?

She did it just to annoy you forty three years in the future, you insufferable queen.

R53 that’s sort of what i thought was better about the later years though - aside from that it was a funnier, more /Ritter /knotts/Larry centric show - that you could actually believe Janet and Terri could be friends. Joyce could never hide her contempt for Suzanne and it showed on the show.

Suzanne on Larry King. King asks her if she and Joyce stayed in touch after their reunion (“We email…but we’re very different people”). She also says she and John Ritter were looking for a project to work on right before he died.

Also - she claims she was originally up for the Bette Midler role in Outrageous Fortune.

[quote] You left out Jenilee Harrison and what she did in the opening credits.

If I remember correctly, Jenilee is shown in the opening credits trying in vain to stylize and accessorize her Infinite Dress without a mirror.

R57 Ritter himself said she lies about everything. And he was a “nice guy” - second only to Henry Winkler.

[quote]Joyce could never hide her contempt for Suzanne and it showed on the show.

Interesting you think that, I never perceived it. I thought the original cast had near-perfect chemistry. And when they swapped in Don Knotts that miraculously worked too.

That's a credit to Don. I loved him way more than the Ropers.

[quote]Why did three working adults in their 30s have to share a 2-bedroom dump?

Why did two divorced men share an apartment together while driving each other crazy?

The script called for it.

I think Jenilee gets a bad rap. She was great at the slapstick physical humor with John Ritter.

She was in an impossible situation but she was likable.

All this show need was a Bonnie Franklin cameo! No bikinis Bonnie.

She and Joyce could have argued over who had the better hairdo.

No Bonnie - but DL’s favorite pivoting redhead was a guest star.

Why does Suzanne look like the staypuff marshmallow man at r57?

R66 Because she’d just finished eating the Staypuft Marshmallow Man, and some nachos.

I'm so in love with r67, it hurts.

OMG R32! Forget the mysteries of the pyramids, this is a mind-blowing revelation!

Suzanne Staypuff also claims that one of the TC’s producers was infatuated with her. And then she married Alan and that soured the relationship, so when she tried to negotiate her raise through Alan, that factor played a huge part in her getting fired.

I think that the producers were correct on SS, she was the problem

Jennilee almost had a nip slip when she was frantically waving, too.

It’s one of the most stupid tv show openings ever produced

Suzanne is delusional. The show only improved after she left. She was never the best thing about the show.

I loved Chrissy and hated Cindy and Terri

Fun Fact: The little tow headed boy in the credits petting the goat is John Ritter's son, Jason Ritter.

R57 why is Joan VanArk talking about Three’s Company?

Threads like these are why I love DL.

Joyce should have dumped Johnny Carson’s lawyer and let Carson fuck her. Maybe he would have made her the fourth Mrs.Carson and she could have looked down on that asshole Suzanne while counting her millions in her Malibu beach house.

Instead, she’s touring the country in shitty theater productions while Suzanne lounges around spending her Thighmaster millions while looking for a new snake oil to sell. .

[quote] Joyce should have dumped Johnny Carson’s lawyer and let Carson fuck her

ummm…what??!? Carson was after her? Where’s the source on this?

R78 I so agree

R79 Theater? I thought her last production took place a a Waffle House fast food joint?

[quote]Fun Fact: The little tow headed boy in the credits petting the goat is John Ritter's son, Jason Ritter.

Yeah, we know. We saw it 70 posts ago.

Carson’s lawyer, Henry Bushkin, wrote a memoir several years ago r80. He was Joyce’s boyfriend around the time Johnny’s divorce from wife #3 was finalized. According to Bushkin Johnny wanted to fuck her.

R80 oooh I’ve read excerpts on that - was very unflattering to Carson and seemed to have a lot of dirt. We need a thread on it.

Which one of you freaks commissioned this?

R10 Dame Jennilee!!!!! hahahahahahahaha!

both Jason and Tyler seem GAY

This is Jennilee in 2016. God only knows what work she’s had done since.

Jennilee was married to Cybill Shepherd’s ex, Bruce Oppenheim, for thirty years, they divorced last year. I wonder how they got along, presumably they had interactions since he’s the father of Cybill’s twins.

Especially Tyler, r87!

r89

stinky linky

but yes I meant to say Tyler is flaming

Johnny had hear many stories, probably from Bushkin himself about Joyce's tremendous bush which was all the rage back in the '70s and add to that, she had a pretty substantial one in the 'back' as well....

Johnny did love those brunettes ... upstairs and downstairs both.

The producers were cheap Vaudevillian slimes. They got lucky with a T&A sitcom and wanted their actors to work for nothing. When SS challenged them they got rid of her. Thinking she was just a disposable blonde, they replaced her with a novice nobody who probably earned minimum wage.

I can't believe the show lasted even one year without SS. Maybe people tuned-in thinking was still on there? It was never the same afterwards.

Hi, Suzanne.

(NOT a fan, BTW.)

R93 I think they probably did the best they could in hiring Priscilla Barnes. Priscilla was sexy and could play comedy. It wasn’t the smash hit that it was, but the ratings were actually decent until the last season. Ironically Priscilla hated being on the show. But something did go out of the show without Suzanne.

R42 here it is.

Oops nevermind it’s blocked.

Thanks for trying for me, though, my friend.

Suzanne just signed on to play Janice from The Muppets.

Groovy.

[quote]Joyce said something along the lines of “The producers of TC were arrogant to think they could mold Jenilee into what they wanted…instead of hiring a really good actress”.

And yet by the time Three's Company was ending, Jenilee was starring on the #1 Drama on television while Joyce couldn't get arrested in Hollywood.

Funny how that works out, huh?

R95 it was in the top 10 until the last season, which is way better than the other ABC shows. I’d say they did a pretty good job in the replacement department - and a lot of people think those years were funnier.

Joyce as “Nana” - skip to 2:16 mark.

Come in knock on my door, we been waiting for you…

This is the best DL thread in ages. Keep it coming.

Any day that takes Joyce DeWitt down a peg is a good day!

Joyce DeWitt is from West Virginia. The more you know!

These are the threads that have kept me coming here for almost 20 years.

That damn Lana was hilarious but dumb. She could have had the title to that apartment building just like that if only she'd given Mr Furley just one taste.

She was MAGA before MAGA. Therefore she was extremely frustrated.

"Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company" was the TV movie on which Joyce took cash to consult.

When I heard that, I thought "She's going to make them include her anecdote about turning down the chance to do Shakespeare to do a TV pilot instead."

Right on time.

[quote]That damn Lana was hilarious but dumb. She could have had the title to that apartment building just like that if only she'd given Mr Furley just one taste.

Furley's brother Bart owned the building, not him.

I hated TC but I love(d) John Ritter. It's an interesting guy who can play the fool in a sitcom and the the preacher on The Waltons and a menacing stepfather robot on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Gone too soon.

“Joyce’s Incandescent Rage” would be a great name for a band.

Having grown up in Bumfuck, GA, these opening credits were the first time I saw a proper zoo. It looked so classy and elegant, especially with the tram. Imagine this gayling's shock and horror when we went to Cheehaw Park in Albany, GA and the highlights were seeing beavers, a mean ostrich, and a caged snake.

So shady that they had Jennilee waving to the others from across the entire zoo -- she was just not part of the gang.

Maggie looks thrilled.

The opening credits of “Angie” were so much better.

It's only now occuring to me how weird it was that these three roommates hung out together all the time. Camping trips, etc. Nobody I've ever known in real life who had roommates ever did that shit.

R118 They didn't hang out all the time. They all went on dates alone, rarely ever worked together (Jack lasted 1 episode at Janet's flower shop) & even when Jack & Janet went to Hawaii to meet Greg Brady they left Terri, Larry & Furley behind in Ca.

R46 I recall Joyce was on Maury (when he still had celebs on there like Cher) & he asked her about her co-stars & later surprised her with a couple of them. I think she belittled Jenilee then but that didn't stop JH from coming out to be with Joyce on the show 7 saying nice things about her. AWKWARD!

Priscilla was born in '52 so she just recently turned 70. She has been listed as '54 or '55 (lots of celebs cut a couple years off).

Barnes married actor Ted Monte in 2012.

Who is this guy?

The producers also did The Jeffersons. Jack shoulda had two black girl roomies. One a tranny hooker Named Bobcat. The other with a disability of having a huge vagina that caused her extreme pain and embarrassment. Richard Kline woulda been a pimp of Bobcat and other girls in the building. He'd be living the high life whilst also getting free rent due to providing free hos for Mr Furley.

Terri was better with Cindy because Cindy was a pale comparison to Krissy. Jack was already the silly, slapstick character. So, the show didn’t really need a dumb bimbo. And, once Mr. Furley came around, there was even less need for a bimbo. Terri worked because her and Joyce were both the straight man to Jack’s antics.

My order is Terri > Krissy > Cindy.

However it is complicated by the fact that I enjoy the Ropers more than Mr. Furley.

One thing I don’t understand is why the landlords on the show have so much power over the roommates. How can Mr. Roper not allow for parties? Why does he care if Jack is gay or not? Did landlords really have so much power in the 70s?

It was an exact copy of a Brit show. They followed it to the letter.

When they own the house and are subletting a portion of it, yes, R124.

[quote]Terri worked because her and Joyce

Oh, dear!

[quote]How can Mr. Roper not allow for parties? Why does he care if Jack is gay or not? Did landlords really have so much power in the 70s?

You don't think your landlord can instruct you not to have parties? As for Jack being gay, the idea was he wouldn't permit the girls to have him as a roommate had he not been gay (i.e., he wouldn't be sexually interested in them, so no wild orgies, pre-marital sex, etc.)

Landlords have a lot of power over their premises and to whom they can rent, house rules, etc. even today, not just the '70s.

Joyce’s pussy stunk!

[quote]Did landlords really have so much power in the 70s?

I'm not sure if it's a success or failure of the tenants' rights movement that R124 has no idea.

Even now, discrimination against gays in housing is still a fight.

Everyone had fun at the zoo, except angry Joyce.

Terri started out as a dizzy blonde, but she became more sensible and “straight” as the seasons wore on.

Team Suzanne Somers.

I was so invested in the show when I was a kid, that the episode where Jack basically hazes Priscilla's character traumatized me lol!

Touring the three's Company credits filming locations - both the beach and the zoo.

Could they get away with the line in the theme song like this today “hers, and hers and his?” There’d need to be a “their’s” or “them’s” in there these days.

Please do fuck off, r136.

Has anyone rated all of Mrs. Roper's caftans from best to worst?

For you crafty whores:

[quote] I was so invested in the show when I was a kid, that the episode where Jack basically hazes Priscilla's character traumatized me lol!

“Cum on me, Jack. You can’t stop now.”

One thing that most impressed me about this shows themesong was that it was admirably pornish by 70s standards.

The Three's Company apartment building

Remember this little ditty?

R134 how come?

I know what r134 is talking about. It was a rare “dramatic” moment for Jack Tripper when he realizes he’s gone a step too far with Teri. Then Teri’s response is also played so dramatically.

It was stupid as hell but it made my ten year old self well up 😢.

Burying the hatchet.

John.

Joyce looks very verklempt in that screen shot, it’s the most acting she’s done in years.

R147 why does Joyce always call him Jonathan? That wasn’t his fucking name!

Also interesting how casual they are about his fucking guest stars when he was very much married.

I suspect John would be an even more beloved institution now had he lived, ala Henry Winkler. You could easily seeing him landing a lead or a juicy supporting role in some HBO or Netflix type prestige show. He'd only have turned 75 this year. Such a big loss.

[quote][R147] why does Joyce always call him Jonathan? That wasn’t his fucking name!

His first name was Johnathan.

Johnathan Southworth Ritter.

Has Jason or his wife Melanie commented yet?

Too bad it wasn’t buried in that cunt’s back r146

John Ritter's sons Jason and Tyler look just like him.

R153, are you Joyce or Suzanne?

I have to say that Joyce has aged very well. She looks fabulous for 73.

Joyce had a great pair of tits.

[quote] Joyce had a great pair of tits.

🎵 Nothing beats a great pair of tits 🎵

She really got her money's worth from that haircut, didn't she.

R159 how do you mean?

^^Cancel the Joyce DeWitt troll

Yeah, R159, what do you mean? It grows back, you know.

R159 Well, I thought it was funnY.

I did too.

It was the Married With Children of it's day.

Janet's pear shaped bottom was always the hottest thing of the early 80s. Plus her dyed jet black Joan Jett hair style. She was a trend setter.

Joyce always reminded me of Beaker from the Muppets. The same bulging eyes and shrieking/squeaky voice.

I wish Ryan Murphy would cast Joyce in something.

Mary Richards and Janet Wood were positive role models for strong and ambitious working women.

Joyce Dewitt troll stop. Your r168 post is especially laughable.

According to the Joyce DaTwat troll she had at least six Oscars in her. Hilarious.

[quote]she had at least six Oscars in her.

I promise I wasn't one of them.

Watched a “Love Boat” on Pluto last night with Joyce featured as a huge TV star (aspirational!) who brings her (in her words) “retarded son” on the cruise with her. He is a secret to the world and she keeps him hidden on the cruise, which leads a gossip magazine reporter (Ray Buktenica, Joyce’s real life lovah) to suspect she is hiding a romantic relationship. Doc Bricker is in on the secret and he and Joyce briefly pose as a couple in order to throw off the reporter. Naturally everything comes to light eventually and the reporter convinces Joyce to OK an article about how she’s raising a special kid.

Weirdly, Richard Kline was also on this episode, but he and Joyce didn’t interact. He played a newlywed who suspects his wife is cuckolding him with her ex, Lyle Waggoner.

The producers of Love Boat wanted Joyce to play the role that seem fit her best-the retarded character-but classically trained actress Ms.DeWitt said “that’s what people expect! I want to play the mother of the retarded character!”

The script was rewritten based on this plot twist and Joyce won a “pick” in TV Guide’s Picks and Pans section the week the show aired.

Back in the 90s there was a talk show (Maury maybe?) that had Joyce as the guest star. After 20-30 minutes they brought out some of the other TC cast to surprise Joyce - I remember it included Richard Kline and Jennilee. My impression was the Joyce did not seem happy to share the spotlight all of a sudden, though she faked it well enough. I think she was trying to launch a comeback and probably had no interest in a TC reunion at that time. Of course she’s done many the reunion since. 💵

To be honest, once she started shilling those panty hose I checked out.

To be honest 99% of every reply is the same loser.

R177 I have no doubt this troll is the same one who pushes every bizarre thread worshiping some nobody celeb like Dominique Dunne. She is a used fucking tampon alright.

[quote]Weirdly, Richard Kline was also on this episode, but he and Joyce didn’t interact.

Speaking of Richard Kline, about three years ago I was eating with friends in an Italian restaurant in Hell's Kitchen and saw these two men eating at a table by the window. One was kind of heavy-set and the other was this much older man with white hair who looked a tiny bit frail but otherwise okay. At one point the heavy-set guy got up to go to the men's room and that was when I realized that the older guy with white hair was Richard Kline. I told my two friends that Larry from "Three's Company" was at the table by the window but much to my surprise, neither of them had ever been "TC" fans and therefore had no idea who I was talking about. Oh, well, it was thrilling for me!

R179 No doubt you went home that night and stroked your minge thinking of Larry. Good gawd lady, get a life.

R180, you're posting in a thread about "Three's Company" on a Sunday afternoon just like the rest of us and you're telling ME to get a life? Look in the mirror, stupid bitch.

Girls girls you’re both pretty!

R179 he looks great for his age and I LOVE him. If I met him I’d die, seriously. Does he still teach his acting class?

R181 while not stroking her minge thinking of Larry, is also a rageaholic. You need to get drunk lady. Be happy.

Does anyone know how old Mrs. Roper was supposed to be?

R185 approximately 112 years old. She was also Cybills mom in The Heartbreak Kid, wearing the same caftans.

R183 Richard Kline had a nice ass.

So did John Ritter, for that matter.

Thank God for '70s/'80s tight pants!

“Joyce DeWitt troll?” Are we taking the replies that are praising Joyce here seriously?

Thanks, R183. That's a good question. I do know he's worked quite steadily on the stage in the years since "TC" but maybe he still teaches during his downtime. By the way, I thought he was cute back when he played Larry and agree he still looks good for his age.

I wonder if Suzanne and Joyce ever got into a heated cat fight on the set.

I want to know what guest stars Ritter fucked! I’m guessing Joanna Kerns - that had great chemistry.

I actually met him once, too. I was 10 years old.

[quote]I know what [R134] is talking about. It was a rare “dramatic” moment for Jack Tripper when he realizes he’s gone a step too far with Teri. Then Teri’s response is also played so dramatically.

I don't think there were many but this post got me to wondering what other dramatic moments they had on the show. The only three I can think of: (1) the aforementioned scene with Jack humiliating Teri at her welcome party, (2) the moment when Janet basically told Jack that she didn't trust him to be around her visiting baby sister, and (3) the somewhat dramatic moment in the flower shop when Janet reaches her breaking point with Jack and demands he stop playing around so much and do his job.

If there were any others, I'm not recalling them, but then I don't remember much from the latter seasons.

R192 the ballet one!! Seriously some of the most embarrassing “dramatic sitcom” moments ever. Even Penny Marshall was better in that episode with Ted Danson as the fireman.

R192, I’m thinking of the one where Janet almost got unwillingly fingered by her dance instructor.

R193 great minds 😆

Mmmmm, Michael Bell.

Met him a few years back. Older but he has kept fit and that voice is still sexy.

R193 and R194, you're both awesome -- how could I forget that one! Great minds indeed!

R179, was the restaurant 44 Southwest?

“If she [Suzanne] really believes that’s what happened…then she’s never going to be able to learn from the situation…because her perspective is so skewed.”

It was a nod to DeWitt’s open secret around beastiality.

Suzy Summers is worth 100 mil according to net worth sites. I doubt she gives a fuck what Joyce Detwat thinks.

The only quasi-honest thing that SS said in the Larry King interview is that prior to their online reunion, she told one of her co-producers “Why the hell would I want to talk to Joyce DeWitt?”

I think the most dramatic moment on the show is when Jack and especially Janet were getting worked up emotionally because they thought Chrissy had a Brain Hemorrhage and was going to die in the hospital.

....

R198, I believe it was Giovanni's on 44th between 8th and 9th.

I've never read anything bad about John Ritter

R204 Man, looking at that clip I see that Priscilla Barnes did not age well at all.

R207, she's 89 years old, she looks fine!

Have Joyce or Suzanne ever commented on "3C," the off-Broadway "dark" version of Three's Company? The playwright takes all the tropes (jiggle girls, gay jokes) and makes something really dark out of it — Jack gets homophobically verbally abused, Mr. Roper molests Janet on stage, etc.

I saw it with an audience of subscription old people and they were appalled.

Here's the "opening credits" to "3C."

R209 Was that a Mindy Kaling piece of theater?

[quote] Man, looking at that clip I see that Priscilla Barnes did not age well at all.

In another thread someone said it looked like her plastic surgeon removed a load bearing wall.

I'd post a story about how John Ritter wanted to beat me up in a hotel toilet but no one would ever believe it.

R206 they tried hard to make a movie career fof jim and he got mostly shitty projects - a shame because in the right things he could have done really well - certainly more talented then ,the not UNtalented) Billy Crystal.

Him*

Joyce DeWitt never did a nude scene.

Watching Joyce's LOVE BOAT episode now on Paramount+

Right from the start, her character is described as "the sexiest woman on tv"

Joyce just said the r-word!

So edgy!

Doc: "He's a good kid."

Joyce: "Yes he is ...but that's not all you noticed, is it?"

Doc: "Noooooo, he's ahhhh... little slow."

Joyce: "Oh Doctor, you don't have to use euphemisms. Billy's been retarded since birth, I've accepted that."

Joyce used her childhood memories of her mother’s chats with her pediatrician to find the inspiration needed for the scene in r218’s post.

“Retarded” just means “delayed”. I’m sure some day “delayed” will be a cruel slur, too.

“Mentally retarded” was the “medical” term for people with Downs Syndrome and other chromosomal disorders (or whatever the politically correct thing is to call it) now.

The kid was more autistic than retarded.

Definitely a trainable by the way he learned to say "delicious" and spell.

Still, I thought it was creepy when he told Joyce that he found her delicious.

...spell his name.

Joyce's snatch was uber delish.

R203 “But why does it always have to happen to the good ones?”

Puke. Three's C was a farce and almost all the epis were based on a misunderstanding. Ain't nuthin dramatic about that. It is just a lame formula. John's sweet tasty ass wuz the only thing that made the show.

[quote]I've never read anything bad about John Ritter

No disrespect to Ritter but as I recall he was kind of put on a pedestal as the "star" of the show while Joyce and Suzanne were thought of as just being co-stars, which didn't make sense to me since the show was called "Three's Company," not "Jack Tripper." It was about the three of them together, not just one of them, so on that point I didn't blame Suzanne for feeling she should be paid an equal salary to Ritter. (In fact, it's too bad she and Joyce couldn't have banded together a la the cast of "Friends" in a joint stand for more money.) I mean it wasn't as if Ritter was some huge star going into the show -- I think he'd mostly done guest parts on other shows and had been a supporting player on "The Waltons" -- so why they weren't all treated as equals from the start now, looking back, just seemed like sexist nonsense.

One addendum to my post: I don't know if even Ritter was getting a paycheck like the one Suzanne was asking for -- she may have been demanding an amount far beyond what would've been reasonable -- but my larger point is that they should have all been regarded as equals by the producers, which I don't think was the case.

The only reason Three's Company even existed was because the producers recognized John Ritter's comedic and acting ability and basically built the show around him. Yes, they could have increased his costars salaries, but apparently giving them the same as Ritter was not in their budget. It was comparable to giving vice presidents of a company the same salary as the CEO. It was a deal breaker and not going to happen. The execs were willing to give Suzanne much more than what she was making but they were not going to give in to her demands.

Joyce, embracing her truth.

[quote]The only reason Three's Company even existed was because the producers recognized John Ritter's comedic and acting ability and basically built the show around him.

Perhaps, but I still think that Joyce and Suzanne deserved every bit as much credit for the show's success as Ritter. People tuned in for the three of them together, not just to see Ritter bump into walls, which is why "Three's A Crowd" would later go on to fold so quickly. Audiences were only interested in Jack if Janet and Chrissy (or later Teri) were around and didn't care anymore once they were gone. It was always about the chemistry, not just one person (no matter how talented he was), which was the point I was trying to make.

Don't forgot the girls practically invented jiggle t.v.

"Chrissy, why are we jogging in place?"

"I dunno, it just seems fun!"

PLEASE tell me this is a fab site and not her real page. I’d be so soooo sad for her.

fan*

If that is her account, it sadly makes me think of Brendad’s IG.

R234 that’s a name I know literally only from the DL and I have no clue what she’s even known for . But she sure seems like the gift that keeps on giving.

I’m gonna give her the benefit of the doubt and assume it’s a fan account. The thing is, she actually was a decent actress (certainly compared to the others) and was very pretty. Maybe she really is nuts since her career died after the show.

R25 I so remember that! Perfectly put!

True, r25. It's hard to believe now, but back in the 70s Three's Company was a pretty controversial show. It was considered a raunchy smutfest by conservatives. It's so tame now, but back then it was pretty risque for network tv.

They could have really upped the artistry of this show had they performed it in French!

[quote] what’s funny now to watch is how Jack (and of course) Larry were very clearly getting it but the girls always acted like they were virgins (even once they were all well over 30)

R179 I would’ve been thrilled too. I loved when Larry showed up on TC, he was one of my fav on the show. Doggone John Ritter passing. I did not know he was Tex Ritter’s son. Wow. All the girls were good, imho. I just loved everyone on that show. Too bad they all had to work with people who did not appreciate the actors they had. It was tv gold.

And when the song says ‘down at our rendezvous’ I thought it was a whole French sentence, indicating the supposed ‘risque’ slant the show was supposed to be about. I only found out very recently it was English words.

Down at our rendezvous

Barnes was also on Jane The Virgin for several years. She was fun, although tragic looking.

Please carry on with the thread - it's been a fun read!

The Jack/Larry/Furley centric ones were always the best, totally agree. I love the skiing one, which didn’t even have a Chrissy replacement yet (which perhaps goes to show just how “important” the blonde was)

I bet someone somewhere knows if any of the animals from that intro are still alive. Maybe like an elephant could be or something.

They probably didn't feel Joyce with any of the animals because she already looks like a fawn.

The extended Season 4 opening. Everyone has something funny to do except Joyce.

[quote]what’s funny now to watch is how Jack (and of course) Larry were very clearly getting it

It was funny how Roper thought that Jack and Larry were lovers. The best scene was the one in which Jack and Larry, while playing around, did this bizarre thing where they put their arms around each other and started bumping their bodies together, during which of course Roper walked in the door.

Somers was never going to get paid the same as Ritter.

It's been said her & hubby wanted the same salary as Archie because she was just as famous now & popular as he was too that show.

Ritter got twice the amount(due to the pay structure at the time in the show's contracts) as the girls who got twice the amount of The Ropers (& later Furley, Lana & then when Larry basically replaced her).

I recall she want to go from $30- $50 thousand an episode to $200-$400 thousand an episode (whatever Archie got).

Joyce would've had to been paid the same & Ritter would've had to have his pay doubled by the chain reaction. The Ropers would've also have seen their paychecks skyrocket as well. The cast would've cost over 1 million an episode without a script, guest stars, sets, etc.

Somers refused to back down from the "chain reaction contract demands" she was going for so Chrissy was tossed over for replacements.

R230 The girls on TC meant absolutely nothing and that is why they were paid peanuts. Joyce never worked again after this show so clearly beggars can't b choosers. Suzy Summers worked loads after and was a business girl so made tonnes of money selling her crap and books.

Let's face it, The Ropers got screwed!

If you were right, R250, Three's a Crowd would have been a smash hit that lasted longer than Three's Company, since it was all about John Ritter as Jack.

But that wasn't the case, was it?

R252 What a retarded argument. The girl Jack was with on that show and her father were both boring fucking assholes. Had nothing to do with Jack. I think I saw one episode with the new father-daughter back then and I never watched again. Nor did many others.

In other words, Three's Company worked because Ritter had great costars, Three's a Crowd didn't work because his costars were poor (though Robert Mandan was fantastic on Soap).

You made my argument for me, R253. Well done!

R254 Fuck off, you moron. I have zero interest in your frau obsession with Joyce Detwat.

[quote] Let's face it, The Ropers got screwed!

Yeah, their show was purposely canceled after the timeframe that would've allowed them to return to Three's Company.

Wiki says it had great ratings the first season and was only canceled because the fuckers moved it to Saturday at 8pm. Poor Lindley and Fell became homeless scum after that.

Cancellation At the beginning of the 1979–80 season, ABC moved the show to Saturdays at 8 pm, resulting in an audience drop that put it near the bottom of the ratings. Being placed on Saturday nights, rather than on the ABC Tuesday night lineup, caused an immediate fall into the bottom ten (#52 out of 61 shows for the week of September 17–23, its second week of the season) as the show was in direct competition with the NBC show CHiPs. The show later moved to 8:30 pm on Saturdays by January 1980. The move upset Fell to the point that he actually went to ABC headquarters in New York to plead with the network to move the show to a better time slot. His effort was in vain, however, and the show continued to pull in low ratings. The drop in ratings and the fact that the show wasn't pulling in the key young demographic audience led to announcement of the show's cancellation by ABC in May 1980. The last three episodes aired Thursdays at 9:30 pm after Barney Miller in May 1980. Audra Lindley stated in Chris Mann's 1997 book about Three's Company that she was surprised that The Ropers had been canceled after a late-season surge in the series ratings had allowed it to finish the 1979–80 season at number 25;[2] the Nielsen ratings for that year, however, list the series Soap at number 25.

With the series canceled, Fell approached Three's Company producers about the Ropers returning to the show. However, during the time The Ropers was on the air, the landlord characters had been replaced on Three's Company by Ralph Furley (Don Knotts). The addition had worked well and Three's Company had retained its popularity. The idea of returning Fell and Lindley to their original Three's Company roles was undesirable to producers and ABC, mainly because they had one character playing the landlord role now as opposed to two, which would require more money to be paid out per episode; the cancellation of The Ropers came just as Suzy Summers began to renegotiate her contract, which would lead to her very public contract dispute during the 1980–81 television season that led to her departure from the series. The cancellation of The Ropers came just one month after the one-year contractual deadline had passed.

[quote]It's been said her & hubby

Whoever said it doesn't understand English.

And from your writing, you have a tenuous grasp as well.

At least they got to come back for one episode where Stanley caught Helen in bed with Furley.

Fuck off, grammar nazee. It is my mission to get you fucks off this site.

It's cute that you think there's only one.

That is Priscilla's actual Instagram. Her Facebook is similar, and while it appears to actually be she, it also appears that she pays someone to run it and post for her. Everything is so bot-like.

I hope she doesn't pay them that much, given the results.

For a while she was trying to get a grassroots campaign going to get on Dancing With the Stars, and she posted a video of herself doing some chaines and dropping her keys or her iPhone. She may have been under the influence of something.

She has a new-ish official website that defines the word "basic" in every sense. For a long time, she was one of those actors whose website had pages that have been "Coming Soon" for years. And for a bit she was trying to go by Priscilla Barnes-Monte. The Full Monte jokes write themselves.

I can't imagine her in "A Streetcar Named Desire" much less "Bus Stop" or "Born Yesterday."

Suzie Sommers said that Audra Lindley used to fart constantly. She had bad gas issues.

R263 I’ve been expecting you. How was your work day?

It's Suzy Summers, troll.

Even as a kid, John Ritter did seem really gay (vs. pretending to be gay).

JDW does look great for her age, but it’s more apparent now that she had a nose job, at some point.

I preferred Mr. Furley to the Ropers. Mr. Roper had a mean vibe that I didn’t like.

Larry was a good character.

No one has brought up the Regal Beagle yet, but I’ll say that I thought it was a dumb name for a bar.

Didn't Priscilla Barnes flash beav in Muff Parade or some other such rag back in the day? It seems like Jenilee was the only one of the 'blonde' roommates who could keep her clothes on, lest we forget Suze's flashing gigantic bush with some scorchingly white tan lines in Playboy.

I was just watching the one where they were $100 short on the rent and Chrissie is crying because Mr Roper is literally banging on their door because rent is eleven days late. I just didn't have the energy to deal with his crazy ass.

Anyone have a pic of Suze's mugshot from the 70s when the cops nabbed her for hanging paper???

I have this one in my wallet and blown up above the sofa in living room!

Did Joyce ever bare all for Jugs, Hustler, Muff Parade or some other titillating men's journal? If she did, a generation of young men would have reached manhood having imagined themselves her lover, via wrinkled and sperm-soaked glossy pages stashed under their mattresses. Joyce had delightfully perky tits that would have hung demurely for a tasteful photo shoot. And her bush, while ample, would have left Suzannes a distant second, with jet black, well manicured fur hugging the dark pink rim of her vulva.

Arrested for a DUI in EL SEGUNDO, looking nutty as a fruitcake? How dreadful. I could have used mine as a headshot.

How dreadful.

Priscilla seems like a sloppy but fun drunk! 🥂

[quote] She has a new-ish official website that defines the word "basic" in every sense.

First sign that it's a "basic" website is that its address is priscillabm2015.wixsite.com, not priscillabarnes.com. I'll bet her official email address is priscillabm2015@aol.com.

I knew someone who worked on Three’s Company who said Priscilla was a big coke fiend at the time.

R270 Suzy Summers was such a rebel! Gotta love that bimbo.

R275 as opposed to the rest of the cast?

In 1981 John Ritter and Audra Lindley worked together for an episode of the religious anthology show Insight. Lindley in particular is nowhere near her 3's Company persona.

R278 No doubt the whole world treats your clammy undulating snatch the way Stan rejected Hel's slimy snatch.

Suzanne Somers is a Trump-loving cunt.

Where’s the story about fingering Suzanne in a hot tub?

Would Lana be the first cougar represented on t.v? Methinks she is.

I always hated how Priscilla Barnes as Terri would do this stupid "la la la" thing with her arms, and then wave at a non-existent person on the road, while sitting comfortably in the zoo tram next to Jack, after having fake laughed at something pervy that Larry just said (when he said absolutely nothing!!). As a kid, I seethed at that, because she seemed so fake and "happy go lucky". Skip to 0:06 in the below, and watch this over and over. Priscilla was a psycho.

Excuse the hell out of me, r282

Was Mr. Roper just deeply, deeply closeted? Not that gays would want to claim him as one of us. But: he always made fun of Jack for being a supposed 'mo. And the wouldn't fuck poor frustrated Mrs. Roper. That can't just be ED. Did he ever leer at any of the girls or want to fuck them? Chrissy would have, for free rent.

What is Insight and where would one see this? PBS? Jay sandrich directed this is I’m guessing it was some sort of prestigious playhouse type thing. Did a lot of movie and TV stars guest on it?

I recognize the old guy as Trippers grandfather when he pretended to be a doctor. And the young-ish girl from the dance of episode of Laverne & Shirley. Sad I know.

Also I love how Ritter , Henry Winkler and all those TV actors of the time always sported beards on hiatus. Was such a thing.

Little kids love drunk Priscilla!

Mrs. Roper farted in her caftans all the time. Imagine the smell underneath.

Fart jokes are so funny!

R288 Yuck. Whoo iz that uglee man exposing himself to lil gurlls. Pedo.

R286: Insight was a religious themed anthology show produced by the Paulist Fathers, a Catholic organization of priests whose mission is to reach out those outside the Catholic Faith. The show was syndicated from 1960 until the early 80s. The executive producer was Father Elwood Keiser. Show started as 30 minute sermons/lectures by Father Keiser, but soon developed into an anthology show like Twilight Zone or Playhouse 90 with a different story each week. The show was low budget but managed to get some top writers and actors to appear. Someone I follow on Twitter who is into old TV shows made me aware of this series last fall and I've enjoyed watching many of the old episodes on the Insight Youtube channel. Some of the episodes can be preachy and/or quite dated, but others are very well done. Here's link to the channel on YouTube.

A few episodes are also quite camp. Especially episode 386 17 Forever which includes a mother daugher wig snatching fight. Rue McClanahan plays the mother.

That prissy Rue McClanahan was a slut.

R283 Hopelessly Homosexual even at 6, huh?

R283 izz ten trillion % sikotic. Priss was directed to do that by the director. Clearly sico don't have no phucking clue about anything.

I liked Rue. Betty was a cunt.

Short film with Priscilla that was written/directed by her husband (who co-stars).

He is still quite handsome. She looks like she could be playing his mother. She really shouldn’t have fucked up her face!

Why didn't they invite Chrissy to Janet and Phillip's wedding? Seems so unfair to leave her stuck and her mother's guest bedroom waiting for that invite.

Janet got married?

Janet's parents didn't want to come either r 298

Suzanne, Priscilla and Jenilee have all bared their breasts in magazines or movies. Joyce has not.

Nobody wanted to see that angry Muppet’s titties in 1979, and nobody wants to see them now.

I wanna see Joyce’s titties!!

I named Joyce’s breasts “bitter” and “disappointed”.

Bitter, disappointing and unapproving were Joyce’s bread and butter

I think we all forget what a cultural phenomenon, Joyce and Ray Buktenica were in the late 1970s. They were the precursors for Brangelina and Bennifer in terms of celibrity romances that the public could not get enough of.

Nude Joyce has all the appeal of a diner's 1.99 breakfast plate: two fried eggs and a strip of undercooked bacon.

This Joyce Detwat troll is the most deranged troll I ever seen on this site. Holy jeesass fuck. Tryna compare this pear shaped bottom nobody to Brangelina! LOl.

Rona Barrett nicknamed Joyce and Ray “Royce” back in the later ‘70s. She also broke the story of their split after their televised blowup on Battle of the Network Stars when they competed on opposite teams for the Simon Says event.

r310

any vid of their blowup?

Richard Kline did an episode of Insight. Alas Insight never asked Joyce De Witt, Suzanne Somers, Jenilee Harrison or Priscilla Barnes to do an episode.

Richard Klein was acshully a rilly smart guy. I remember he commented on some epis of 3s C and his college education rilly shawn throo. He was abul to intelecshully brake down the episode. Most in Hollywood are dumberer than fucking toothpaste.

Lay off the sauce, r313/Priscilla!

Fuck yoo, Joyce Detwat troll.

Joyce had it all scrubbed from the internet, R311. She's THAT powerful.

R310, I will never get Joyce's shrill shrieking of, "BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY SIMON SAYS!!!" at Ray over and over out of my head. I've heard from the more than one person that Tammy Lauren suffered severe trauma from witnessing the incident (she was only 12 or 13 at the time) and it ultimately played a big part in her leaving show business for good.

Describe Joyce’s minge in detail. Show your work.

Didn’t Joyce fist a DL’er in the Bellagio fountains once?

Any vids of Joyce diddling her gash?

Well, this thread was hilarious for the first couple hundred posts maybe.

This is classic DL pointless bitchery, and I live for it. Love you bitches!

Most of it is the revolting Joyce Detwat troll. So no it is not.

How come nobody gives a s*** about Threes a Crowd?

Gives a what?

You know we can curse here, right?

When you are speaking into a mic it automatically you.

Censors you.

Ah, I gotchu. I didn't know that.

My voice to text does not censor me fuck cunt bitch

Did Joyce shave her pussy when she returned second season with her new look?

Who told Suzanne to do that fucked up ponytail? It’s not sexy; it makes Chrissy look like she’s attending the same school as Joyce’s son on The Love Boat.

Actually, it was determined that Joyce was ahead of her time with her short spiky do. She is credited with having the first "punk" style. Suzie Quatro was pissed when it was announced.

R330 The constant bleaching caused a bald spot so that fucked up ponytail was hiding it.

[quote]it is complicated by the fact that I enjoy the Ropers more than Mr. Furley.

I actually thought if anyone else in the cast besides Ritter should've been nominated for an Emmy, it was Audra Lindley. Her line deliveries as Mrs. Roper were priceless.

[quote]Who told Suzanne to do that fucked up ponytail? It’s not sexy; it makes Chrissy look like she’s attending the same school as Joyce’s son on The Love Boat.

It is known as a "hair spout."

Did they really make that cheap new set of credits and add THREE'S A CROWD to the syndication package as THREE'S COMPANY TOO? Or did a fan do that?

R335, I think some stations over the years have shown "Three's A Crowd" as part of the "Three's Company" syndication package -- i.e., after airing the final episode of "TC," they switch to "TAC" and go through all of those episodes (it only lasted a season) before cycling back to the first episode of "TC." I've never known if they actually changed the title of the show to "Three's Company Too," though I guess that wouldn't surprise me if they did.

By the way, this practice has been done before. If you've ever watched the syndicated reruns of "Night Gallery," the episodes featuring Gary Collins were from a separate, short-run series called "The Sixth Sense" whose 1-hour installments were severely edited to fit into the half-hour syndicated run of "Night Gallery" (with newly-filmed introductions provided by Rod Serling).

""Gee, Chrissy your right, these yogo poses really gets the blood flowing!"

"You're telling me!"

"Jack!"

"Don't listen to him Janet, remember were here to expand our minds."

"Oh, I'm expanding, too,! Aye yi yi! Spfdck! Brzzvxxxk!"

As a gayling, I wanted to rub my hands all over John Ritter’s hairy chest.

What happened to OG roommate Eleanor's baby from the pilot episode? When she returned in season 2 there was no mention of the child.

R310 I really can’t tell if that’s a parody or not that’s the scary part.

I started going down that Insight rabbit hole (that you for the link btw) really so many tv and movie actors were on that - I wonder why because it’s…a strange show. Like Afterschool special for adults.

R340, I've gone down the Insight rabbit hole as well. It's an earnest show that tackled serious issues in a sincere way. Quite often, It's filmed/videotaped single act theater. The actors were paid scale. I imagine they did it as a change of pace from the more commercial projects they were doing and do something with more substance. One of my favorite Insights is The Clown of Freedom starring Martin Sheen (who did a lot of Insights) as a clown in a Latin American country arrested by the military dictatorship because what he and his troupe do in their act is considered a threat to the regime. Liberation theology occasionally popped up on these Insights.

There was a lame corporate sketch show called "Two's Company" meant to lure ordinary citizens to do Focus groups that I saw at least three timea.

I always thought they were singing, "come and knock on our door, take a step in the nude"

For years I wondered why they wanted us to step out in the nude.

R343 is an actual retard. That's why.

I laughed out loud at that one, R343. It does sound like that.

Speaking of which, remember when Janet and Mrs Roper stepped out in the nude for a good cause? There was a belly dancer in that episode who was shaking her body in front of Mr Roper and you could see the top of her pubic hair or was it just me?

I been checking clips and find the one where jacks visits is so cringey with misogyny, awful acting and bad writing. Chrissy is not a good person. And Suzanne Somers playing drunk was horrifying. I I have seen the shoes since the 70s and they are worse than I remember.

They tried the old the gang winning a pile of money trope and how they change was embarrassing to watch. Then they all attack each other so harshly. Chrissy was backstabbing, lying, mean witch. Wow.