Here is the Blunder if anyone else caught it, Cindy is still seen in the Opening Credits in the last Two seasons after she had left the show in 1981. The ending Credits was reshot with Cindy but not the very beginning. Even in Season 8, Cindy is still seen and had already been gone 2 years-LOL. I guess the producers thought no one would notice. BUT I DID. Huge Blunder by Producers.

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Here is the Blunder if anyone else caught it, Cindy is still seen in the Opening Credits in the last Two seasons after she had left the show in 1981. The ending Credits was reshot with Cindy but not the very beginning. Even in Season 8, Cindy is still seen and had already been gone 2 years-LOL. I guess the producers thought no one would notice. BUT I DID. Huge Blunder by Producers.

We have gone over this already. So why make a new thread? I told you before originally in seasons 7 and 8 they aired the original theme they shot after Cindy left (where Jack, Janet, Terri, Larry, and Mr. Furley walk up the stairs in a CLOSE-UP, and Terri is acting wild)! Nick@Nite has aired it many times. Only in local syndication/TBS the title shot of season 6 is used in seasons 7 and 8, with Cindy. So the producers did not make the mistake, I guess they or whoever was packaging the show for syndication did not notice.

Originally posted by pavanbadal
We have gone over this already. So why make a new thread? I told you before originally in seasons 7 and 8 they aired the original theme they shot after Cindy left (where Jack, Janet, Terri, Larry, and Mr. Furley walk up the stairs in a CLOSE-UP, and Terri is acting wild)! Nick@Nite has aired it many times. Only in local syndication/TBS the title shot of season 6 is used in seasons 7 and 8, with Cindy. So the producers did not make the mistake, I guess they or whoever was packaging the show for syndication did not notice.



Ok so it's a Syndicated Blunder

Many threads including this one have discussed how the opening credits in season 7 were re-shot to have Cindy removed. But I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up so I will bring it up now.

The introduction sequence in the opening credits of season 6 were significantly longer than those of seasons 7 and 8. Most notably, the introductions of Larry and Mr. Furley:

In Larry's season 6 opening credits introduction, he and Janet are posing for a photograph taken by Jack. Suddenly, an elephant appears behind them and scares Janet away. Larry, thinking Janet is still there, strikes a pose by leaning against who he thinks is her. After the picture is taken, he looks back right into the elephant's eye and gets freaked out. But in seasons 7 and 8, the entire sequence is shortened with Janet and the picture pose completely removed. It only shows him looking back into the elephant's eye.

In Mr. Furley's season 6 opening credits introduction, he is looking at some Lions growling and starts to imitate their growl. The young blonde boy standing next to him then turns to him and talks to him, presumably to ask what he is doing. Furley then looks kind of embarassed and smiles at the young boy. But in seasons 7 and 8, it only shows Furley imitating the Lions. The entire sequence involving the confrontation with the boy is removed.

Are these cuts only in the syndicated episode? If not, is there any reason why seasons 7 and 8 significantly shortened the introductions of Larry and Furley in the opening credits?

Originally posted by stella
Many threads including this one have discussed how the opening credits in season 7 were re-shot to have Cindy removed. But I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up so I will bring it up now.

The introduction sequence in the opening credits of season 6 were significantly longer than those of seasons 7 and 8. Most notably, the introductions of Larry and Mr. Furley:

In Larry's season 6 opening credits introduction, he and Janet are posing for a photograph taken by Jack. Suddenly, an elephant appears behind them and scares Janet away. Larry, thinking Janet is still there, strikes a pose by leaning against who he thinks is her. After the picture is taken, he looks back right into the elephant's eye and gets freaked out. But in seasons 7 and 8, the entire sequence is shortened with Janet and the picture pose completely removed. It only shows him looking back into the elephant's eye.

In Mr. Furley's season 6 opening credits introduction, he is looking at some Lions growling and starts to imitate their growl. The young blonde boy standing next to him then turns to him and talks to him, presumably to ask what he is doing. Furley then looks kind of embarassed and smiles at the young boy. But in seasons 7 and 8, it only shows Furley imitating the Lions. The entire sequence involving the confrontation with the boy is removed.

Are these cuts only in the syndicated episode? If not, is there any reason why seasons 7 and 8 significantly shortened the introductions of Larry and Furley in the opening credits?



When I watched Three's Company years ago on my local station, i never saw the Elephant scene with Larry or the Lion scene with Mr. Furley. When TC went to N@N in 2000, that was the very first time I ever saw those scenes in the opening credits. It was all new to me.

Originally posted by stella
Many threads including this one have discussed how the opening credits in season 7 were re-shot to have Cindy removed. But I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up so I will bring it up now.

The introduction sequence in the opening credits of season 6 were significantly longer than those of seasons 7 and 8. Most notably, the introductions of Larry and Mr. Furley:

In Larry's season 6 opening credits introduction, he and Janet are posing for a photograph taken by Jack. Suddenly, an elephant appears behind them and scares Janet away. Larry, thinking Janet is still there, strikes a pose by leaning against who he thinks is her. After the picture is taken, he looks back right into the elephant's eye and gets freaked out. But in seasons 7 and 8, the entire sequence is shortened with Janet and the picture pose completely removed. It only shows him looking back into the elephant's eye.

In Mr. Furley's season 6 opening credits introduction, he is looking at some Lions growling and starts to imitate their growl. The young blonde boy standing next to him then turns to him and talks to him, presumably to ask what he is doing. Furley then looks kind of embarassed and smiles at the young boy. But in seasons 7 and 8, it only shows Furley imitating the Lions. The entire sequence involving the confrontation with the boy is removed.

Are these cuts only in the syndicated episode? If not, is there any reason why seasons 7 and 8 significantly shortened the introductions of Larry and Furley in the opening credits?

Yes, the elephant and lion editions are cut out in syndication (except Nick@Nite). But, to clarify, seasons 7 and 8 originally DID have the longer elephant and lion scene like season 6 did. But the difference from season 7 and 8 to season 6 was the reshot of the opening title shot, with no Cindy, and of course no Jenilee Harrison as Cindy being credited. Here is the "original" seasons 7 and 8 opening: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/videoclips/threes_company7_8uncut-1.mpg

There was also a "funky" theme originally used for the first few episodes of season 7. In syndication we get to here the closing theme for that ( http://www.sitcomsonline.com/videoclips/threes_company7_end-1.mpg ), but not the opening. Here is that opening, which I captured from an original ABC airing, it doesn't play well though: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/videoclips/threes_company7_uncut_firsthalf.mpg

pavanbadal, thanks for the explanation.

I noticed another discrepancy in the introduction of Cindy in the season 6 opening credits:

In one shortened version, we see Cindy standing at a distance and the name "Jenilee Harrison" appear. But in the other longer version, we see the same shot of Cindy standing at a distance, but then the shot changes to a closer view of Cindy at her left side. Cindy then turns to the left and waves at the camera and this is when "Jenilee Harrison" appears.

Is the shorter version only shown used in syndication, or were both the short and long versions randomly used on the original season 6 opening credits?

Originally posted by stella
pavanbadal, thanks for the explanation.

I noticed another discrepancy in the introduction of Cindy in the season 6 opening credits:

In one shortened version, we see Cindy standing at a distance and the name "Jenilee Harrison" appear. But in the other longer version, we see the same shot of Cindy standing at a distance, but then the shot changes to a closer view of Cindy at her left side. Cindy then turns to the left and waves at the camera and this is when "Jenilee Harrison" appears.

Is the shorter version only shown used in syndication, or were both the short and long versions randomly used on the original season 6 opening credits?

I'm not sure, but I think the longer version was always used originally.

Originally posted by pavanbadal
I'm not sure, but I think the longer version was always used originally.

PaV ALSO, the extended opening credits or season 3 I think, was the the original version? Just n case you don't know what I mean, when you see Jsck on a bike riding next to Chrissy and janet, sometimes we see more after that. It usually ends with Helen hitting stanley in the head with Flowers.

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
PaV ALSO, the extended opening credits or season 3 I think, was the the original version? Just n case you don't know what I mean, when you see Jsck on a bike riding next to Chrissy and janet, sometimes we see more after that. It usually ends with Helen hitting stanley in the head with Flowers.

Yes, they had that only originally, never in syndication, except Nick@Nite. Season two had that as well, with different scenes though. Nick@Nite airs an episode or two from season two with that original theme, I think one of them is the Christmas episode. Anyhow, you can view it on my website anyway. They air a lot of episodes with that extended season three theme as well. Local syndication/TBS has never aired those, they just air the syndicated theme.