Would 3s A Crowd Have Worked If?

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by LadySparta

Part of the problem with Three's a Crowd is that the show did NOT surround Jack with different characters, but stuck him with the same 3 characters every day, non-stop: his live-in girlfriend whom he lacked physical & comedic chemistry, her relentlessly insulting father and that surfer dude who moves and talks like he's in a martini shaker for some mysterious reason lol.

Now that's a good point, you never really saw any guest stars

[Big3sCompanyFan]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Now that's a good point, you never really saw any guest stars

They just showed that fat tree hugger neighbor plus 2 different EZ girlfriends! Are you guys visually impaired or something?? LOL

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

They just showed that fat tree hugger neighbor plus 2 different EZ girlfriends! Are you guys visually impaired or something?? LOL

Yeah but they were not part of the storyline. On Three's Company a guest star would be part of the storyline like

Jack's Dad
Janet's Mom
Chrissy's Mom

[LadySparta]

Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

They just showed that fat tree hugger neighbor plus 2 different EZ girlfriends! Are you guys visually impaired or something?? LOL

You say that as if it were a significant contribution of some kind to the show, or it's story. They play such keystone, pivotal roles, you even remember their names...oh wait that's right, they have not, and you didn't. Are you mentally impaired or something?

[Big3sCompanyFan]

Originally Posted by LadySparta

You say that as if it were a significant contribution of some kind to the show, or it's story. They play such keystone, pivotal roles, you even remember their names...oh wait that's right, they have not, and you didn't. Are you mentally impaired or something?

He said you never really saw any guest stars so I was just correcting him. There were guest stars.

What you guys are saying is they didn't use them properly.

[jackthetripper]

Hi I'm a long time viewer, first time poster,
After watching the final episode of threes company, I can say I already didnt like premise of threes a crowd, or at least some of the characters or lack thereof. For example the father was a character you'd just hate not love to hate. I didnt really like what he brought to the show at all. One thing that would have cool instead of having the father buy the restaurant from Angelino, have Mr.Roper buy it. Then we would have the familiar characters of the Ropers again. With that said they could change the premise a little so it would almost parody threes company. for example the ropers buy the building and Mr. roper doesnt want a man and a woman living together who are not married, so Jack and Vicki pretend to be married or something alongs those lines. My next suggestion make Larry a cast member. He could be a waiter at jacks bistro or something.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by jackthetripper

Hi I'm a long time viewer, first time poster,
After watching the final episode of threes company, I can say I already didnt like premise of threes a crowd, or at least some of the characters or lack thereof. For example the father was a character you'd just hate not love to hate. I didnt really like what he brought to the show at all. One thing that would have cool instead of having the father buy the restaurant from Angelino, have Mr.Roper buy it. Then we would have the familiar characters of the Ropers again. With that said they could change the premise a little so it would almost parody threes company. for example the ropers buy the building and Mr. roper doesnt want a man and a woman living together who are not married, so Jack and Vicki pretend to be married or something alongs those lines. My next suggestion make Larry a cast member. He could be a waiter at jacks bistro or something.

The point of Three's a crowd was for Jack to be in a NEW SITUATION so there was not going to be any other TC characters on the show. I do feel they could have atleast have FELIPE be the chef at the Bistro since he was a minor character on TC

[Mace Dolex]

Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

YES!!

That's what they should've done! But they should've had Robert Mandan as Janet's father. I know someone else played Janet's father on TC but they use new actors all the time for parts so it's no big deal.

I think it was in the E! True Hollywood Story about TC that John Ritter mentions that having Jack go off and live as a couple with Janet, Chrissy or Teri wouldn't have worked for the premise of Three's A Crowd because during TC's run the audience already had seen the girls fathers (eg, Reverend Snow, etc.) that there was no conflict for TAC which was the point.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

I think it was in the E! True Hollywood Story about TC that John Ritter mentions that having Jack go off and live as a couple with Janet, Chrissy or Teri wouldn't have worked for the premise of Three's A Crowd because during TC's run the audience already had seen the girls fathers (eg, Reverend Snow, etc.) that there was no conflict for TAC which was the point.

But that would have just been season 9 of Three's Company instead of a new show