The Good and Bad about the Ropers

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Tom there was already closure in the episode when the annoucement was made that the Ropers were moving and the episode ended with the trio hugging the Ropers.

That episode which was the first episode of the spinoff shows them moving in their new place which was not really a connection to three's company

It represents the connection/journey the Ropers take into the spinoff. It can be argued that the Jeffersons' pilot ep on AITF has nothing to do with AITF (besides Edith being in a short scene). Jackee's pilot was mixed in into the 227 syndication package. Things like this are not uncommon. I'd rather in a way see it packaged with the Ropers' series but we get a treat.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

It represents the connection/journey the Ropers take into the spinoff. It can be argued that the Jeffersons' pilot ep on AITF has nothing to do with AITF (besides Edith being in a short scene). Jackee's pilot was mixed in into the 227 syndication package. Things like this are not uncommon. I'd rather in a way see it packaged with the Ropers' series but we get a treat.

The Jeffersons pilot still had one character from AITF before they left and that's how the Ropers should have been. Having jack, janet, or Chrissy say a final goodbye.

This was also done for the Grady pilot. Fred appears in the very beginning and then Grady leaves and heads to his new location.

[Skywalker]

What about the theme song? If that's not the worst theme song of all time, it's definitely in the top 10. Just awful.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

What about the theme song? If that's not the worst theme song of all time, it's definitely in the top 10. Just awful.

You didn't like Stanley dancing with his plunger?

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

The Jeffersons pilot still had one character from AITF before they left and that's how the Ropers should have been. Having jack, janet, or Chrissy say a final goodbye.

This was also done for the Grady pilot. Fred appears in the very beginning and then Grady leaves and heads to his new location.

At the beginning of the episode. It was pretty much Grady the rest of the way. Besides, there is no rule that says a character from the mothership show has to be there when the supporting character is going to be spunoff. I'm ok with the distributors giving us the viewers a little taste of the show by adding it into the mothership package since the spinoff is seldom seen in syndication.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

What about the theme song? If that's not the worst theme song of all time, it's definitely in the top 10. Just awful.

I think it was definitely in the top 5-lol You could still hear a little of Three's Company in it though, very little-lol

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

You didn't like Stanley dancing with his plunger?

That opening for stanley made more sense on Three's Company since he was the landlord-lol

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I think it was definitely in the top 5-lol You could still hear a little of Three's Company in it though, very little-lol

and I don't understand why it's so bad because I think the theme songs of TC and TAC are pretty good. lol

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

At the beginning of the episode. It was pretty much Grady the rest of the way. Besides, there is no rule that says a character from the mothership show has to be there when the supporting character is going to be spunoff. I'm ok with the distributors giving us the viewers a little taste of the show by adding it into the mothership package since the spinoff is seldom seen in syndication.

How bout Fonzie being in the first ep of Mork and Mindy and Laverne and Shirley

lol


But Tom you have to admit you was confused by the Ropers 1st ep when you was a kid because at that time me or you didn't know anything about a spinoff. We were just sitting there asking yourself..."Where the hell is Janet, jack, and Chrissy and why am I watching just the ropers in a new home?

LMAO

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

How bout Fonzie being in the first ep of Mork and Mindy and Laverne and Shirley

lol


But Tom you have to admit you was confused by the Ropers 1st ep when you was a kid because at that time me or you didn't know anything about a spinoff. We were just sitting there asking yourself..."Where the hell is Janet, jack, and Chrissy and why am I watching just the ropers in a new home?

LMAO

I was about 14 or 15 when I saw it. I saw the closing credits and the townhouses and said, "Hey! This a "Ropers" episode!". It still comes off as a TC ep because there were two supporting cast members in it. If it was the Brookes family only, it would not have worked.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

I was about 14 or 15 when I saw it. I saw the closing credits and the townhouses and said, "Hey! This a "Ropers" episode!". It still comes off as a TC ep because there were two supporting cast members in it. If it was the Brookes family only, it would not have worked.

Well I was 8 and confused in 1983 LOL

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Well I was 8 and confused in 1983 LOL

That question you posed is one that I did ask myself with other shows such as "The Facts of Life" where they'd do those ridiculous spinoff attempts and you'd barely see main characters. LOL. My little brother thought he was watching "The Jeffersons" when they moved out of Queens and into Manhattan. When the last scene faded to the end credits and Bunker house, he said, "Hey, wait! This aint "The Jeffersons"? This that other show?" LOL.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

You didn't like Stanley dancing with his plunger?

That and Anne in her tennis outfit are the only good things about the opening credits.