View Full Version : Suzanne Somers and Norman Fell played Chrissy and Mr. Roper in 1997...


ClarenceAlabama
12-24-2022, 09:37 PM
Suzanne Somers reprised her role as Chrissy Snow in a parody of Three's Company from MTV's "The Jenny McCarthy Show" in 1997. Norman Fell also makes an appearance as Mr. Roper.

I never knew about this. Here's a clip of it if you've never seen it before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfUbwERt44U

Lyverbe
12-25-2022, 03:13 PM
Nice. Not surprised both actors agreed to play their respective roles again but I wonder how copyright was resolved for this to happen.

ClarenceAlabama
12-25-2022, 07:51 PM
Nice. Not surprised both actors agreed to play their respective roles again but I wonder how copyright was resolved for this to happen.

In the United States, parody is protected by the First Amendment as a form of expression. However, since parodies rely heavily on the original work, parodists rely on the fair use exception to combat claims of copyright infringement.

A parody is fair use of a copyrighted work when it is a humorous form of social commentary and literary criticism in which one work imitates another.

opus
12-25-2022, 08:51 PM
In the United States, parody is protected by the First Amendment as a form of expression. However, since parodies rely heavily on the original work, parodists rely on the fair use exception to combat claims of copyright infringement.

A parody is fair use of a copyrighted work when it is a humorous form of social commentary and literary criticism in which one work imitates another.

Yes, just think of shows like Saturday Night Live. No way they pay for any of that.

BestTVever
12-28-2022, 04:07 PM
I never knew this existed either. Thanks for posting and sharing. If my memory is correct Audrey passed away in 1997 or 1998.

ClarenceAlabama
12-28-2022, 06:04 PM
I never knew this existed either. Thanks for posting and sharing. If my memory is correct Audrey passed away in 1997 or 1998.

Audra passed away in 1997 and Norman Fell passed away in 1998, a year after he filmed this.

It's too bad they never had a proper full Three's Company reunion before people started passing away.