Roopers Apartment

[Scoobiedoo30]

I was wondering did the roppers have one bedroom apartment

[janet42]

I am not sure. I thought they did have a one bedroom apartment but in the episode "Roper's Niece" when Mr. Roper told Mrs. Roper to be quiet because his niece is still sleeping, they were in the living room. So maybe they did have a two bedroom apartment.

[Chain Gang Member]

Originally Posted by janet42

I am not sure. I thought they did have a one bedroom apartment but in the episode "Roper's Niece" when Mr. Roper told Mrs. Roper to be quiet because his niece is still sleeping, they were in the living room. So maybe they did have a two bedroom apartment.

That's what I was thinking too

[Scoobiedoo30]

If the roopers had 1 bedroom Apartment were The Roopers Apartment
The only one Bedroom Apartment

[Chain Gang Member]

Originally Posted by Scoobiedoo30

If the roopers had 1 bedroom Apartment were The Roopers Apartment
The only one Bedroom Apartment

It's not The Roopers,it's Ropers!

[drew773]

Originally Posted by janet42

I am not sure. I thought they did have a one bedroom apartment but in the episode "Roper's Niece" when Mr. Roper told Mrs. Roper to be quiet because his niece is still sleeping, they were in the living room. So maybe they did have a two bedroom apartment.

Good point, but then you have to wonder why Mr. Furley's old friend/rival Merl Denker slept on the couch.

I've always wondered if Larry lives in a studio apartment. You never see or hear about another room, but his couch doesn't look like a fold-out. That time when Max kicked down his door looking for Jack, he just scanned the room (nowhere else) and decided he wasn't there.

[bluthree]

I think the apartment bulding was very wierd.How many Apartments was in that bulding?I know there was other tenants but we never scene them. Where was Lana's apartment?

[JT]

I always figured that the Ropers had a one-bedroom apartment, and that Karen was sleeping in the Ropers' bed in #3. It's been a long time since I watched the ep, but I always just assumed she was napping.

I actually hate that we never got to see the Ropers' kitchen, Larry's bedroom and kitchen, or Lana's apartment at all.

[Scoobiedoo30]

thwe roopers always ate in the living room

[stella]

While most indications show that the Ropers' apartment had just one bedroom, it's possible that the early episode Roper's Niece shows otherwise.

Repeating a post I made when I created this thread 4.5 years ago:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...ad.php?t=83943

There is one scene that took place in the Roper's apartment in the episode Roper's Niece that I remember very well because it seemed rather ridiculous to me. In the scene, Jack and the girl are inside the Ropers apartment. I believe they were getting romantic when Mr. Roper entered the apartment and surprised them. At this point, the girl runs off and disappears into the lower left corner of the screen. I cannot tell for sure, but it appears as if though she opened a door and ran inside a room. Jack tries to run after her but is stopped by Mr. Roper. Did you ever see a small room in that corner of the apartment? I never did, so I think that was rather bad editing. It may have made more sense if the girl ran into the kitchen on the lower right corner of the screen.

That scene may indicate that perhaps there was another bedroom in the lower left corner of the set that was never shown or referred to again.

[stella]

As a continuation of my last post above, I just found this informative site that provides a transcript of the episode Roper's Niece.

http://episodeguides.blogspot.com/20...ranscript.html

According to the author, Karen the niece ran to her bedroom. So that indeed indicates that there was another bedroom in the Roper's apartment.

Jack jumps off the chair. Throws the dress at Karen and runs for the door. Karen on the other hand catches her dress and makes her way to her bedroom.

Here is a picture shortly before the above scene.

[vtunie]

Originally Posted by stella

According to the author, Karen the niece ran to her bedroom. So that indeed indicates that there was another bedroom in the Roper's apartment.

Jack jumps off the chair. Throws the dress at Karen and runs for the door. Karen on the other hand catches her dress and makes her way to her bedroom.

I suppose the stage instructions were added by the person who made the transcript.

On the other hand, perhaps if there were more rooms in the apartment when the Ropers still occupied it, Bart subdivided the space, figuring his lonely brother wouldn't need more than two rooms, and the rest could be rented out at a profit!

Nothing about the complex makes sense. There were at least seven apartments on the first floor; the Ropers occupied 101 and argued about the blonde in 105 or 107. The second floor had at least 2 other apartments, and there were at least 4 on the third floor (Larry was in 304). The early outdoor shots (as in episode 6) show an inner courtyard, built up on three sides, continued to opposite 201, with three floors in all; but by season 4 the side opposite 201 is across the street, and whoever lives there can see into the roomies' apartment to watch the girls dance. And I think Mrs. Murphy (with the parakeet) lived on the fourth floor.

Ah yes, there are at least two different addresses and two different phone numbers given for the complex during the run. That's why it exists in TV land, I guess!

[drew773]

Originally Posted by vtunie

On the other hand, perhaps if there were more rooms in the apartment when the Ropers still occupied it, Bart subdivided the space, figuring his lonely brother wouldn't need more than two rooms, and the rest could be rented out at a profit!

That's an interesting theory. Nice thinking!!

Originally Posted by vtunie

Nothing about the complex makes sense. There were at least seven apartments on the first floor; the Ropers occupied 101 and argued about the blonde in 105 or 107. The second floor had at least 2 other apartments, and there were at least 4 on the third floor (Larry was in 304). The early outdoor shots (as in episode 6) show an inner courtyard, built up on three sides, continued to opposite 201, with three floors in all; but by season 4 the side opposite 201 is across the street, and whoever lives there can see into the roomies' apartment to watch the girls dance. And I think Mrs. Murphy (with the parakeet) lived on the fourth floor.

Also, notice that in the original opening credits... when Janet pours water on Chrissy while she's sun-bathing outside the window... the walkway ends right there under the window. But later on, the British neighbor Leslie walks right by that window on the way to his apartment!!

[vtunie]

Originally Posted by drew773

That's an interesting theory. Nice thinking!!

Thanks, feel free to use and/or develop it any way you like!

Originally Posted by drew773

Also, notice that in the original opening credits... when Janet pours water on Chrissy while she's sun-bathing outside the window... the walkway ends right there under the window. But later on, the British neighbor Leslie walks right by that window on the way to his apartment!!

Yes, that's a good one!

By the way: which apartment DID Lana live in? Was it on the third floor or the second?

[stella]

If there was an extra room in the Roper's apartment, that creates some plot holes once Furley moved in. As already indicated above, in the episode Ralph's Rival, why did Furley's friend sleep on the couch instead of the extra room?

Although in the episode Double Trouble, I suppose the extra room is where Furley's niece slept.

About Larry's apartment, I suppose that was definitely a one bedroom apartment if not a studio as in Larry's Sister, Larry requested the trio to let his sister stay in their apartment as there wasn't room in his.

Speaking of apartments, now I have a question:

Was Leslie's apartment in The Charming Stranger the same as Arlene's apartment in Jack Takes Off?

Both were season 8 episodes, and were those also the first times the interior of someone else's apartment other than Roper/Furley's, the Trio's, and Larry's apartment was shown?