The Count looks forward to watching Three's Company
Three's Company is a sitcom which ran on ABC from 1977 to 1984. Adapted from a British sitcom, it focused on three roommates (one male and two female) whose housing situation provoked conflict with landlords, employers, and others and led to much slapstick and tripped over furniture. The series spawned two spinoffs, likewise based on spinoffs of the British original, and brought stardom to John Ritter.
Muppet Mentions[]
The third season episode "The Reverend Steps Out" (1979) has Chrissy and a date returning from The Muppet Movie (not mentioned by exact title), with Chrissy saying the Muppets are her favorites, but she hopes Miss Piggy doesn't get stuck up now that she's a big movie star.
References[]
- When the Count watches Six Feet Under for The Number of the Day in a Season 35 segment, he changes channels afterwards and asks the bats what they'd like to watch next, such as Three's Company (with a brief soundalike snippet of the theme song).
- That same season, another television-based sketch has Telly Monster watching TriangleBob TrianglePants on Triangleodeon, followed by Three's Company and Hollywood Triangles.
Connections[]
- Loni Anderson played Susan Walters in "Coffee, Tea, or Jack" (1978)
- Gary Belkin wrote two episodes (1977-1978)
- John Boni wrote three episodes (1980-1982)
- Ray Charles sang male vocals on the theme song
- James Cromwell played Detective Lannigan in "Chrissy's Night Out" (1977)
- Shera Danese played a barmaid in "And Mother Makes Four" (1977)
- Tom Dunsmuir wrote "Father of the Bride" (1981)
- Larry Gelbart wrote the unaired 1976 pilot
- Bryan Joseph wrote two episodes (1977, 1982)
- Don Knotts played Ralph Furley (1979-1984)
- Robert Mandan played James Bradford in three episodes (1984) and on the spinoff Three's a Crowd (1984-1985)
- John Ritter played Jack Tripper and reprised it on the spinoff Three's a Crowd (1984-1985)
- Joe Raposo composed the theme song and the theme for the spin-off The Ropers (1979)
- Jeffrey Tambor played Winston Cromwell III in "Father of the Bride" (1981), Dr. Tom Miller in "Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1981), and Dr. Phil Greene in "Jack Goes to the Dentist" (1982)