In "A Crowded Romance", when the girl who is seeing both Jack and Larry doesn't recognize Jack,he says "Don't you know me?" The audience then roars with laughter. I know Jack is wearing that ridiculous outfit (his silly mannequin suit, and the glitter in his hair) and he does look goofy. But why does the audience react with such loud laughter? I often thought maybe John Ritter was making reference to a pop song with the title: "Don't You Know Me?" or quoting a popular movie. Is there a possibility that John Ritter ad-libbed the line? One of my friends suggested that maybe Ritter flubbed his line during the taping of the episode,and when he finally said it the right way...the audience displayed their approval by laughing louder than usual. He could be right...we weren't there when the episode was taped.

Anyway...I know "Three's Company" is a comedy, and sitcoms should not be over analyzed. Sitcoms are made made for one purpose: to make people laugh. I just always wondered for years why the audience reacts with such extremely loud laughter at what I found to be a moderately funny scene.


Does anybody have any theories?

Sincerely,Steve.

I personally think that the reason why the audience reacted with such laughter is because they thought that John's appearance was hilarious with what he was wearing, and they way his hair looked. He did look pretty funny, and I think that many other people in the audience thought so too, making them react this way.

I personally think that the reason why the audience reacted with such laughter is because they thought that John's appearance was hilarious with what he was wearing, and they way his hair looked. He did look pretty funny, and I think that many other people in the audience thought so too, making them react this way.


Yeah, that would be my guess too. I loved how he looked! It was classic!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

His eyes and shape of the face weren't hidden. She should recognize someone that she's been sleeping with!

Then again, she didn't look like the sharpest knife in the drawer!