What's with the awful film look?

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by JSP

Leave her alone now. It wasn't like she was outright lying. She didn't intentionally post an untruth. She was quoting Audra Lindley from a book, who in turn was mistaken in her assessment of the show's ratings.

Glad we cleared all that up.

[opus]

Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

I got my info from the Three's Company book by Chris Mann, Come and Knock on Our Door. Where is your source?

I have that book, it's good, but that's one of the statements Chris or one of the editors should have double checked, since it was pretty easy to confirm or deny. But oh well, things slip by.

[JackJanetChrissy]

Originally Posted by opus

I have that book, it's good, but that's one of the statements Chris or one of the editors should have double checked, since it was pretty easy to confirm or deny. But oh well, things slip by.

The awesome thing is that I think a new edition is in the works for 2017 to celebrate Three's Company's 40th anniversary. Hopefully some of the mistakes will be corrected.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

At least the series is being aired on TV, although it's a bad show. The Ropers were popular as supporting characters on Three's Company, but remove them from that element, give them their own show, minus John Ritter, along with poor writing, which yielded a recipe for failure. They became a boring old couple in a bad TV show.

Maybe the Ropers were just way too limited as characters for a long term spin off. Their issues invariably consist of Helen not getting any from Stanley and hating it and/or she thinks he's cheating on her. He's depending on your point of view, just an almost Archie Bunker style bigot that's cheap and frigid to his wife.

[king of comedy]

Exactly. They should have stayed on Threes' Company.

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

True, he always played the same annoying type of character. Nervous guy with his eyes bugged out all the time. I didn't like him as Barney Fife either.

Yes, those characters were annoying, including him in The Reluctant Astronaut, but he didn't always play that type. I did enjoy The Incredible Mr. Limpet, where his character was more low-key and milquetoast at the beginning of the movie and later became confident once he turned into a fish.