'Three's Company' Cast Reunites for 40th Anniversary Special + Antenna TV Marathon

[JackJanetChrissy]

***UPDATE***

WELL, Priscilla Barnes has a new podcast series called Barnestorming. This week she had the surviving Three's Company cast (minus Suzanne, of course) on for a 40th Anniversary reunion show! I mention this because within five minutes I understood why Suzanne was not involved in the cast reunions. Some juicy highlights:

1) In the first five minutes they talk about the season 5 episode "Dying to Meet You." In this episode there's a scene where Jack has to get in a coffin and pretend he's dead, and during the rehearsal of this episode someone put a blonde wig in the coffin---it was a joke about how Chrissy (Suzanne) was "dead" to the show....

2) Joyce says multiple times throughout the podcast that "99% of fans" she has encountered prefer the Terri years to Chrissy years.

3) Priscilla says how protective Joyce DeWitt is of her (Priscilla)---and when fans ask Joyce to autograph photos SHE WON'T SIGN PHOTOS WITH SUZANNE IN THEM. She prefers signing photos from the Terri years.

4) Then Jennilee tells a story how she met Suzanne once and Suzanne was very nice to her in person but whined in the media afterward.

5) Priscilla mentions that Suzanne actually invited her onto her talk show but Priscilla said no.

So I think that answers all our questions as to why Suzanne was missing from these reunions. I mean I know Suzanne is not the best at playing nice, but they are pretty clear in their dislike of her. I understand that relations on the show were not always peachy keen but I think the attitudes on parade in the podcast are really catty and off-putting.

Here is a link to the podcast. It is long and rambling and many times they all talk at once so it's annoying and hard to hear, but there is some interesting stuff, especially about Richard Kline's time in the Army. Thanks for reading!

https://www.spreaker.com/user/673311...=episode_title

[JSP]

Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

***UPDATE***

WELL, Priscilla Barnes has a new podcast series called Barnestorming. This week she had the surviving Three's Company cast (minus Suzanne, of course) on for a 40th Anniversary reunion show! I mention this because within five minutes I understood why Suzanne was not involved in the cast reunions. Some juicy highlights:

1) In the first five minutes they talk about the season 5 episode "Dying to Meet You." In this episode there's a scene where Jack has to get in a coffin and pretend he's dead, and during the rehearsal of this episode someone put a blonde wig in the coffin---it was a joke about how Chrissy (Suzanne) was "dead" to the show....

2) Joyce says multiple times throughout the podcast that "99% of fans" she has encountered prefer the Terri years to Chrissy years.

3) Priscilla says how protective Joyce DeWitt is of her (Priscilla)---and when fans ask Joyce to autograph photos SHE WON'T SIGN PHOTOS WITH SUZANNE IN THEM. She prefers signing photos from the Terri years.

4) Then Jennilee tells a story how she met Suzanne once and Suzanne was very nice to her in person but whined in the media afterward.

5) Priscilla mentions that Suzanne actually invited her onto her talk show but Priscilla said no.

So I think that answers all our questions as to why Suzanne was missing from these reunions. I mean I know Suzanne is not the best at playing nice, but they are pretty clear in their dislike of her. I understand that relations on the show were not always peachy keen but I think the attitudes on parade in the podcast are really catty and off-putting.

Here is a link to the podcast. It is long and rambling and many times they all talk at once so it's annoying and hard to hear, but there is some interesting stuff, especially about Richard Kline's time in the Army. Thanks for reading!

https://www.spreaker.com/user/673311...=episode_title

Yeah, it's really insane how people can still hold a grudge against Suzanne after all these years. After all, she just wanted more money, it's not like she killed anyone. Suzanne may have had an ego, but evidently so did everyone else.

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by JSP

Yeah, it's really insane how people can still hold a grudge against Suzanne after all these years. After all, she just wanted more money, it's not like she killed anyone. Suzanne may have had an ego, but evidently so did everyone else.

It's sad to read about all of this discord; I had thought most of it was put away after Joyce came on Suzanne's show.

And there's no logic behind Jenilee and Priscilla disliking or resenting Suzanne; if she hadn't left the show, they wouldn't have had a job!

The whole "disliking Suzanne" thing seems to be WAY out of proportion to the depth of her "sin". She wanted more money; as you said, so does just about anybody. I never read where she denigrated her co-stars, and I think her hubby was the motivator behind most of it. Plus, for heaven's sake, it was 36 years ago! She's reached out and explained herself. I don't know what more anybody expects of her at this point.

A lot of people really NEED to have a villain in their lives. Apparently this goes for some of the co-stars of the show as well as the fans.

[JackJanetChrissy]

Originally Posted by JSP

Yeah, it's really insane how people can still hold a grudge against Suzanne after all these years. After all, she just wanted more money, it's not like she killed anyone. Suzanne may have had an ego, but evidently so did everyone else.

Agree completely! I like Joyce DeWitt and think she's probably a good person in real life, but I'm always annoyed when she does the whole passive-aggressive thing when asked about Suzanne.

You can't pretend to take the high road while p***ing on someone else. Sorry, Joyce.

[JackJanetChrissy]

The other source of negativity came from Priscilla. I already knew she did not enjoy her time on the show, but she really ripped into it on the podcast. She said that Three's Company was not funny, the jokes were terrible, her character (Terri) was stupid, the producers were terrible people... just a whole list of complaints.

Which, again, I don't doubt she had a bad time. But I guess 40 years later it sounds a little like sour grapes.

[Mr. Television]

It's just sad that for a show that gave a lot of joy to so many that the cast and crew had just a miserable experience.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

Don't confuse people...the first link is for Priscilla Barnes' podcast episode that also features the Three's Company cast and comes out tomorrow.

Second link is the EXTRA article about the March 11 Antenna TV marathon, but it gives no info on where to stream the Antenna TV reunion online.

I guess I will just watch the Antenna TV Facebook page on March 11 to see the interview since there is no Antenna TV YouTube account I can find. Thanks.

I hope that this isn't taken the wrong way, but is Priscilla Barnes on some sort of medication like Prednisone? I know that she's older and you can't automatically expect her to look exactly like she looked when she last played Terri over 30 years ago. But it's none the less, hard not to think about how lumpy and a sort of swollen her face as seemingly become in recent years.

[JackJanetChrissy]

Originally Posted by TMC

I hope that this isn't taken the wrong way, but is Priscilla Barnes on some sort of medication like Prednisone? I know that she's older and I'm you can't automatically expect her to look exactly like she looked when she last played Terri over 30 years ago. But it's none the less, hard not to think about how lumpy and a sort of swollen her face as seemingly become in recent years.

I think she might have had some injections in her cheeks and lips. The filling material doesn't change, but the skin does, causing what is known as "pillow-face" (puffiness/lumpiness). The human face loses elasticity over time and the fat/collagen injections are supposed to simulate youthfulness (full cheeks) and smooth wrinkles. Some people take it too far, and some people have terrible doctors.

I also think she smokes, which may have accelerated some sagging. Cigarettes reduce collagen in the skin (what makes skin appear firm and smooth). No judgment here; we're all just dumb bodies that get old and fat and saggy and whatever.

[king of comedy]

Man that is sad. She was so beautiful back then and so natural.

[Retro4Life]

I don't think she looks THAT bad. Yeah, in general, plastic surgery is not a good option, though; either in terms of health or appearance.

But just about everybody in Hollywood does it. I guess some just have better doctors.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

Agree completely! I like Joyce DeWitt and think she's probably a good person in real life, but I'm always annoyed when she does the whole passive-aggressive thing when asked about Suzanne.

You can't pretend to take the high road while p***ing on someone else. Sorry, Joyce.

But Suzanne wasn't just asking for a raise but a percentage of the show. Not to mention she wasn't just asking for parity with John, but for the amount Carroll O'Connor and Alan Alda were getting at the time. She simply put it, got greedy. ABC had just been through difficult negotiations with Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams on Laverne & Shirley and were not about to go through it with Suzanne Somers, and she learned the hard way. No wonder Joyce and John didn't want her back - she thought she was more important to the show than them. She was not a team player.

[JackJanetChrissy]

Originally Posted by TMC

But Suzanne wasn't just asking for a raise but a percentage of the show. Not to mention she wasn't just asking for parity with John, but for the amount Carroll O'Connor and Alan Alda were getting at the time. She simply put it, got greedy. ABC had just been through difficult negotiations with Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams on Laverne & Shirley and were not about to go through it with Suzanne Somers, and she learned the hard way. No wonder Joyce and John didn't want her back - she thought she was more important to the show than then. She was not a team player.

That is true, Suzanne was not a team player and I believe John and Joyce's anger toward her was perfectly justified 40 years ago. But my comment was in reference to how Joyce drags Suzanne even now. Not saying that Joyce doesn't have good reasons to dislike Suzanne, just seems a little petty 40 years later.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

That is true, Suzanne was not a team player and I believe John and Joyce's anger toward her was perfectly justified 40 years ago. But my comment was in reference to how Joyce drags Suzanne even now. Not saying that Joyce doesn't have good reasons to dislike Suzanne, just seems a little petty 40 years later.

They all just need to get over it. Suzanne was wrong 40 years ago but she didn't kill anybody. They all don't have to be buddy buddy but these constant putdowns are ridiculous. And whether they like it or not Suzanne was a big reason for the show's success at least initially.

[Retro4Life]

Whenever people are upset with each other over decades of time, it isn't just one person who has issues. I know a lot of people want it to be simple, AKA "one totally good person, and one totally bad person" but that's just not how it works. Things (and people) are complicated. Mistakes get made.

I've always loved the quote "never attribute to malice what can just as easily be explained by stupidity." I think a fair reading of what Suzanne (egged on by her husband) did is that it wasn't very bright, but it certainly doesn't make her some sort of ultra evil villainess. And it doesn't make her any less deserving of forgiveness; we ALL deserve that.

On the show, I have to say while I appreciated Joyce's comments, I wish she would have let the others talk a bit more. They never even mentioned Suzanne, or Lana, for that matter. And they really didn't talk about the people behind the scenes much either.

[JackJanetChrissy]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Whenever people are upset with each other over decades of time, it isn't just one person who has issues. I know a lot of people want it to be simple, AKA "one totally good person, and one totally bad person" but that's just not how it works. Things (and people) are complicated. Mistakes get made.

Very well-said.

(Also: if you want more info about "behind the scenes" stuff, you should listen to Priscilla Barnes' podcast with Joyce, Jenilee, and Richard. It is much more gossipy. )