Don't get me wrong I love Joyce DeWitt but I thought Valerie Curtin in the unaired pilot was much more funny, imagine if they had kept her in the Pilot that did air

I think both Joyce and Valerie have their own comedic style and I'm not sure if either would work better than the other simply because of their individualism.

I agree that Valerie definitely had her moments in the original pilot and it would have been interesting had they kept her as perhaps a different character. Imagine her as "Lana" instead of Anne Wedgeworth? ;)

Don't get me wrong, I think Anne did an amazing job of Lana. Her facial expressions and her enunciations make the character incredible!

I disagree I liked Joyce DeWitt's version alot better than I did Valerie Curtin's version. :)

"I disagree I liked Joyce DeWitt's version alot better than I did Valerie Curtin's version"


I totally agree with you. I think Joyce was the best person for the part!

Three's Company as done by Gelbart promised to be Seinfeld a decade or more ahead of its time. At least that was my impression. And Curtin in particular played what would from the mid-eighties onward be called a geek. So I can see why some might prefer that version. But I don't. (Seinfeld. Ugh. ;) )

Watching the first pilot, I got no sense of chemistry among any of the stars, including Lindley and Fell. Maybe it would all have worked out in the end -- but who knows? The NRW concept, production, and casting is so disarmingly perfect. I prefer the actual product to the alternative reality. DeWitt could not have played in TC, Gelbart style -- and she did audition for it! -- but she was a perfect find by Nicholl, Ross, and West.