The death of Suzanne Somers only sets up one major regret: No one in the cast and crew of Three's Company was ever asked about the possibility of killing off Chrissy Snow following the departure of Suzanne Somers after TC's fifth season. And now it doesn't look like anyone will ever step forward to discuss that possibility.

Because of this, I am very, very mad at every SitcomsOnline user who has stated that they wouldn't have killed off Chrissy Snow even with the circumstances of her firing from Three's Company. Given the Three's Company producers' attitude towards Ms. Somers with them never wanting her to ever return to TC, they really should have killed off Chrissy Snow no matter what. I will not ever change my mind on that subject. I guess Ms. Somers's death just one day before she turned 77 must sound like a punishment for her inflated ego when her demands for an increased salary got her fired from Three's Company in the first place.:(

James28 -
TC was a silly, light hearted sitcoms that didn't have (maybe once or twice) serious storylines.
Killing of a character would be too serious for a show like TC.

Back on topic:

Even though Suzanne Somers was almost 77 and she publicly announced she had cancer, it is still a shock to learn she had died.

She is a decade younger than her husband.

James28 -
TC was a silly, light hearted sitcoms that didn't have (maybe once or twice) serious storylines.
Killing of a character would be too serious for a show like TC.

:angryfireI don't care at this point, and don't try to make me care. I am beyond sick and tired of people here saying stuff like this. I wish people would just get over it already. If a show's producers hate an actor for any reason and don't want him/her ever invited back, killing off that actor's character is the only way. End of story.

:angryfireI don't care at this point, and don't try to make me care. I am beyond sick and tired of people here saying stuff like this. I wish people would just get over it already. If a show's producers hate an actor for any reason and don't want him/her ever invited back, killing off that actor's character is the only way. End of story.
Killing off her character would be stupid. And a memorial thread isn't the time and place to discuss it.

James28 -

Why are you so worked up over a fictional character?

In case you don't follow the news, there are a lot more important things going on in this world than to to get worked up over that the killing of a fictional character.
I'm also speaking as someone who has lost several family members to cancer.

This was/is a thread to mourn Suzanne Somers and not for your temper tantrums. I tried talking to you like a mature adult, which obviously you are not.

This will be my last post on this topic since I don't want to derail this thread further.

Killing off her character would be stupid. And a memorial thread isn't the time and place to discuss it.

Oh, yeah? Was killing off James Sr. after John Amos left Good Times "stupid"? Killing off Chrissy Snow would not be stupid at all because of the producers' attitude towards Ms. Somers.

James28 -

Why are you so worked up over a fictional character?

In case you don't follow the news, there are a lot more important things going on in this world than to to get worked up over that the killing of a fictional character.
I'm also speaking as someone who has lost several family members to cancer.

This was/is a thread to mourn Suzanne Somers and not for your temper tantrums. I tried talking to you like a mature adult, which obviously you are not.

This will be my last post on this topic since I don't want to derail this thread further.

Hold on there, if you're going to call me what I think you're going to call me, you're better off leaving me the fxxk alone.

Frankly, I need to be "worked up" about this because I'm sick and tired of every user on this site repeating the same statement over and over, and because Suzanne Somers's death means there will be absolutely no one within the Three's Company cast and crew to be asked about whether its producers should have killed off Chrissy Snow. TJ should have asked one of the TC cast and crew himself about that possibility years ago, even after John Ritter himself died 20 years ago. And another reason I am "worked up" over this issue is because... I am just terrible at fanfiction.

James28,

I moved these posts to a new thread. The memorial thread wasn't the appropriate place. Feel free to edit the title if you want to continue the discussion here.

This was brought up in a previous thread.

Two Things Im Surprised They Never Did (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=335132)

No . I really don't think they should have killed off Chrissy ! I think how they had her leaving was the right way !

^^No, that simply wasn't enough. In fact, it was actually *********.

The producers of Three's Company clearly weren't even willing to write-off Chrissy very well. The only "right way" was killing Chrissy off long before Suzanne Somers died. Sometimes actors will outlive their characters. Not killing off Chrissy Snow made Three's Company a fxxked-up show.

I'm glad that the Chrissy Snow character was handled the way it was.

There always was the possibility that her character could have been reprised for a reunion movie.

The only "right way" was killing Chrissy off long before Suzanne Somers died.

It wasn't the only "right way" as it didn't happen that way, so...

Did you work on the show? Was it up to you?

I'm glad that the Chrissy Snow character was handled the way it was.

There always was the possibility that her character could have been reprised for a reunion movie.

What part of "the producers of Three's Company never wanted Suzanne Somers back on TC" are you not getting? They could've easily done a TCreunion movie with Chrissy completely absent.

It wasn't the only "right way" as it didn't happen that way, so...

Did you work on the show? Was it up to you?

I don't care. Don't fxxk with me, boy. Leave me alone. I mean it this time.

I don't care. Don't fxxk with me, boy. Leave me alone. I mean it this time.

Boy? :lol: I'm not the one throwing tantrums like one.

Boy? :lol: I'm not the one throwing tantrums like one.

:angryfireJAMESG, I SAID STAY OFF THIS THREAD AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!:angryfire

James28, you don't have any say in where I can/cannot post. You don't have to respond to my posts.

It's a public forum.

^^I DON"T ****ING CARE! LEAVE ME THE **** ALONE! I REALLY HATE YOU FOR HOUNDING ON ME LIKE THIS!

Killing the character of Chrissy Snow off would have made zero sense.

Killing the character of Chrissy Snow off would have made zero sense.

Then again, I don't think ANYTHING on Three's Company ever made sense, or is even supposed to, so who cares?

Frankly, anyone who is stating that Three's Company didn't need to kill off Chrissy Snow after Suzanne Somers left it isn't being honest, and is only doing it solely to bully and mock me. I don't need that. I stand by what I have stated regarding how Suzanne Somers's departure from TC would have been handled because I just don't think the producers of Three's Company would have ever had a change of heart towards Ms. Somers, even if any of those producers were still alive after John Ritter had already died in real life.

Try to look at this objectively, not with 20/20 hindsight, you as a producer or as a network executive have no idea how the audience is going to take this major change, why would you create even a bigger problem by taking a light comedy into such a dark place. It makes no sense, there's no percentage in it, the hope for the producers and the network is the show will be syndicated for years, Chrissy Snow is a character very much alive in that marketplace, neither the network or the producers would have done anything to jeopardize that. The idea is a nonstarter.

Try to look at this objectively, not with 20/20 hindsight, you as a producer or as a network executive have no idea how the audience is going to take this major change, why would you create even a bigger problem by taking a light comedy into such a dark place. It makes no sense, there's no percentage in it, the hope for the producers and the network is the show will be syndicated for years, Chrissy Snow is a character very much alive in that marketplace, neither the network or the producers would have done anything to jeopardize that. The idea is a nonstarter.
And that was one of the reasons why they kept Suzanne on the show during the 1980-81 season in those short tags.Chrissy was very popular with the public and they didn't know how her absence would affect the show.

Try to look at this objectively, not with 20/20 hindsight, you as a producer or as a network executive have no idea how the audience is going to take this major change, why would you create even a bigger problem by taking a light comedy into such a dark place. It makes no sense, there's no percentage in it, the hope for the producers and the network is the show will be syndicated for years, Chrissy Snow is a character very much alive in that marketplace, neither the network or the producers would have done anything to jeopardize that. The idea is a nonstarter.

NO, it would be a great idea, and would bring bigger ratings than Dallas. I don't care how light the comedy was on TC, they should have gone ahead with Chrissy Snow dying in the fall of 1981, because the dispute between TC's producers and Suzanne Somers was so nasty. Forget a "The Case of the Missing Blonde"; how about "The Case of the Dead Blonde"?

This thread should be shut down! This is total disrespect for a woman who just passed away , wishing a character she played 45 years ago had died !:(

^^I wouldn't be feeling this way if we got a direct answer from the TC cast and crew beforehand on being asked whether Chrissy should be killed off or not. Suzanne Somers should have moved on to bigger and better things after leaving TC, like a feature film career. The TC producers who let Ms. Somers go need to be disrespected.

It would have been bad karma to kill Chrissy off the show. And as others have pointed out it's a comedy and there would be no need for it. Nobody that loved and watched the show would have wanted that to happen. Roommates come and go for various reasons and the one for Chrissy was just fine. Life comes with change and nothing lasts forever.

I remember the backlash they got for when MASH killed off Henry Blake. Fans didn't like it. The show was about war and stuff like that happens but fans loved the show because it was a comedy and not a drama.

It never would have worked on a show like Three's Company. Three's Company didn't do serious episodes like Good Times. I doubt they ever considered killing off the character.

A thread on Reddit theorizes that Chrissy Snow got plastic surgery, and did other things to change her identity to Carol Foster Lambert to start a new life in Step by Step.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/y7p3v4/chrissy_snow_in_threes_company_got_plastic/

It would have been bad karma to kill Chrissy off the show. And as others have pointed out it's a comedy and there would be no need for it. Nobody that loved and watched the show would have wanted that to happen. Roommates come and go for various reasons and the one for Chrissy was just fine. Life comes with change and nothing lasts forever.

I remember the backlash they got for when MASH killed off Henry Blake. Fans didn't like it. The show was about war and stuff like that happens but fans loved the show because it was a comedy and not a drama.

Yes totally! Roommates do move on. They usually don't live together forever. It was very realistic that she just moved, I think she went back to Fresno , her home town right ? That is very common for young people to want to experience LA , than go back to their home town. Believe me I know! I came here in my 20's and stayed, but I had a few friends and coworkers that went back home .;)

They got it right! Wrote her off the show without sadness and drama, being as said before fans were upset enough at Suzanne leaving without having Chrissy killed off. That would have been a really bad move !:confused:

What if TC had changed producers and made a pay increase for Suzanne to return?

:crazy:

So far, I never found anything anywhere on the Internet regarding any comments made by Three's Company's cast and crew regarding whether killing-off Chrissy Snow should have even been considered by TC's producers and writers.:(

Still, all I want is a fan-fiction piece or a what if on a scenario where Chrissy Snow does get killed-off, never to return to return to Three's Company and never opening the door for a return appearance by Chrissy on any future TC reunions, just as the TC producers have wanted.

Three's Company was a shallow, dumb, light headed comedy show. There was no way they were going to kill Chrissy off. This wasn't Little House On The Prairie.

So far, I never found anything anywhere on the Internet regarding any comments made by Three's Company's cast and crew regarding whether killing-off Chrissy Snow should have even been considered by TC's producers and writers.:(

Which means that perhaps killing off Chrissy was never considered.

With the exit of Suzanne Somers the producers wanted to move on as quickly and seamlessly as possible from the Chrissy character. The last thing, and I mean the very last thing the producers and the network would have been looking to do is creating some tumultuous ending to the character that might adversely effect the show going forward and just as important potentially effect the syndication package in an adverse manner.

Which means that perhaps killing off Chrissy was never considered.

Alright, now you're just being unhelpful. Please stay off this thread. Seriously.

Alright, now you're just being unhelpful. Please stay off this thread. Seriously.

You need to realize that disagreement is not an attack. Please stop unnecessarily reporting posts that simply disagree with you.

Once again, you have no say in where I post.

You need to realize that disagreement is not an attack. Please stop unnecessarily reporting posts that simply disagree with you.

Once again, you have no say in where I post.

I can if it feels like you just want to stalk and harass me any time I get upset or angry. Definitely behavior that's unbecoming of a moderator. Please stop replying to me. I really mean it this time.

@James28 Dude... We are all here to celebrate a fun, joy-filled show that brought us peace, laughter, and enjoyment. Please get over your pretensions, and, frankly, your obsessions, over an incident that happened in 1981, 42 years ago. Let's just honor Suzanne and Three's Company and their legacies.:wave:

@James28 Dude... We are all here to celebrate a fun, joy-filled show that brought us peace, laughter, and enjoyment. Please get over your pretensions, and, frankly, your obsessions, over an incident that happened in 1981, 42 years ago. Let's just honor Suzanne and Three's Company and their legacies.:wave:

Two answers to this request:
NO.
and
NEVER.

Suzanne Somers's death made the Three's Company producers not wanting her back on the show un-get over-able, and no one being asked in interviews whether killing Chrissy off made the fact that it's supposed to be a light, fun joy-filled show BEYOND CARING at this point. Who are you to force me to get over this? Who are you to make me give in to a mean post like that? Because I'm not going to.

I'm tired of receiving all of the reported posts. This thread has run its course.

Still, all I want is a fan-fiction piece or a what if on a scenario where Chrissy Snow does get killed-off, never to return to return to Three's Company and never opening the door for a return appearance by Chrissy on any future TC reunions, just as the TC producers have wanted.

You will probably need to write your own fan fiction piece if you want some closure. I couldn't find anything in our Three's Company - Fan Fiction (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=205) section. If anyone wants to help out, please post it there.