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vtunie · 10-23-2007, 12:16 PM

...It is not that Joyce Dewitt was upset with the way the show ended. Nor that she perhaps wanted Janet to be Jack's love interest in the sequel. But rather:

Mann quotes one of the producers, Ross or West, I can't remember which one, to this effect. And then the punchline: "who knows, she may have been right."

Strange for one of the show runners to say something like that. I wonder what else he told Mann off the record.

Buffyboy323 · 10-24-2007, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by vtunie

...It is not that Joyce Dewitt was upset with the way the show ended. Nor that she perhaps wanted Janet to be Jack's love interest in the sequel. But rather:

Mann quotes one of the producers, Ross or West, I can't remember which one, to this effect. And then the punchline: "who knows, she may have been right."

Strange for one of the show runners to say something like that. I wonder what else he told Mann off the record.

"Who knows, she may have been right." Yep, she may have! Jack and Janet 'together' might have pissed some people off, but it also would have made many people happy. Either way, I believe "Three's A Crowd" would have lasted longer if Jack and Janet were the couple on that show.

And it is strange for one of the show runners to say something like that. Or to admit it anyway. I guess that guy must have been kicking himself in the ass for not going with Joyce' suggestion.

janet42 · 10-24-2007, 06:44 AM

They should have just ended Three's company at the end of it's 8th season. I am not sure if a Jack/Janet spin-off would have worked either. But I didn't like Three's a Crowd at all it wasn't funny.

I pray for all the people involved in the California fires and I hope that the fires will end soon.

Lyverbe · 10-24-2007, 07:33 AM

Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

bluthree · 10-24-2007, 08:05 AM

You think after living in the apartment with 2 girls for 8 years he would of fell in love with one of them?

Mr. Television · 10-24-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lyverbe

Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

I totally agree. Their was no big fan base that wanted Jack and Janet as a couple at that time. It would have been strange. The show was doomed anyhow because it aired opposite the A-Team.

Carrie · 10-24-2007, 09:44 AM

It would have been interesting to see how things worked out between them if Jack and Janet had gotten together. I think it would have been better to see them as best friends though, keeping that friendship where they would do anything for each other.

Buffyboy323 · 10-24-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lyverbe

Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

I personally always thought they had a brother/sister type relationship. But there's a bunch of fans who always thought there was 'something' that could have been, between Jack and Janet. There were a few episodes that teased the Jack/Janet shippers. I guess if the producers wanted Janet as the girlfriend for the Spinoff series, they could have developed that relationship during the final season of Three's Company (rather than having Jack meet, fall in love, and move away with a random girl, in a matter of 3 episodes). Friends sometimes develop, or realize they are in love with their friends all the time. It's happened on several TV shows.

vtunie · 10-24-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lyverbe

Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

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Originally Posted by bluthree

You think after living in the apartment with 2 girls for 8 years he would of fell in love with one of them?

They were not like a brother and sister at all, from the start till the end. Episode 3, "Roper's Niece": "Janet: Chrissie, do you dig him?" and then the look at the end when the cameo is handed back. ... Much later, the computer date, the accidental sleepover, the trip to the cabin after the fill-in quiz. And of course the end was so bittersweet, even to Jack and Janet, partly because of that. That said, for J & J properly to kiss would have turned the farce -- situation comedy -- into melodrama, soap opera. Other shows have done it, of course, but it is totally to the credit of the show runners they did not choose this course. Three's Company is the anti-soap-opera; it mocks the soaps, mercilessly: take for example the little story of Bob and Carol. And the end, sad as it is, is so very true to life. There are so many friendships aborted by romantic decisions, and so many friendships unable by circumstance to go any further.

Sorry, that's way too long and a bit shrill. Too much of fan, I guess.

I Love John Ritter · 10-24-2007, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lyverbe

Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

I completely agree with this. There's no way it would have worked out for them to be together--they were really good friends, like a brother and sister.

vtunie · 10-24-2007, 07:09 PM

Don't you guys think Jack and Chrissie were a lot more like brother and sister?

Mr. Television · 10-24-2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vtunie

Don't you guys think Jack and Chrissie were a lot more like brother and sister?

actually I thought early in the series that they had a lot of scenes in which they could have been a couple ( that babysitting episode was one ) but in the end I think Jack thought of all the girls like his sister. If the producers would have paired Jack up with any of them, it would have ruined the show.

vtunie · 10-25-2007, 01:43 PM

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actually I thought early in the series that they had a lot of scenes in which they could have been a couple ( that babysitting episode was one ) but in the end I think Jack thought of all the girls like his sister. If the producers would have paired Jack up with any of them, it would have ruined the show.

Well, except for a proposal of marriage to Cindy, which she accepted with all the consequences...

10-23-2007, 12:16 PM	#1
vtunie Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 23, 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 592	The single most unexpected fact in Chris Mann's book... ...It is not that Joyce Dewitt was upset with the way the show ended. Nor that she perhaps wanted Janet to be Jack's love interest in the sequel. But rather: Mann quotes one of the producers, Ross or West, I can't remember which one, to this effect. And then the punchline: "who knows, she may have been right." Strange for one of the show runners to say something like that. I wonder what else he told Mann off the record.

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Carrie Dreamin' of Jeannie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Cocoa Beach Posts: 1,768	It would have been interesting to see how things worked out between them if Jack and Janet had gotten together. I think it would have been better to see them as best friends though, keeping that friendship where they would do anything for each other.
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janet42 Three's Company Fan! Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,757	They should have just ended Three's company at the end of it's 8th season. I am not sure if a Jack/Janet spin-off would have worked either. But I didn't like Three's a Crowd at all it wasn't funny. I pray for all the people involved in the California fires and I hope that the fires will end soon.

10-24-2007, 07:33 AM	#4
Lyverbe Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 280	Jack and Janet were like brother and sister. We knew that, and they knew that. I say that making them a couple would have been wrong.

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bluthree Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 23, 2007 Location: New London MO Posts: 362	You think after living in the apartment with 2 girls for 8 years he would of fell in love with one of them?

10-24-2007, 07:09 PM	#11
vtunie Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 23, 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 592	Don't you guys think Jack and Chrissie were a lot more like brother and sister?