was it that hard to come up with $100 for the rent each month? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

wiseguy182 · 01-22-2014, 04:00 AM

Okay, I know that $100 was more money in the late 70's than it is today, but it seemed like a good chunk of the episodes dealt with the trio struggling to come up with $100 each of the rent money. What's that about? To paraphrase Mr. Roper from one episode: 'What the heck are they spending their money on?' I could maybe understand Jack having a slightly tougher time since he probably had to pay for college classes, but none of them owned a car. What were they spending their money on?

cleverfun3000 · 01-22-2014, 07:52 PM

The drinks at the Regal Beagle are very, very expensive. And those 3 are there drinking just about every nite.

Tinalilly1975 · 01-23-2014, 12:12 AM

LOL! Great answer

MRPITT · 01-23-2014, 01:26 AM

The rent in California especially near the Beach like Santa Monica causes most people to struggle, its probably not the last $100 that killed them, but its the first 10-15 hundreds that would have killed them back then.

Mace Dolex · 04-18-2014, 04:52 PM

Well actually in the 1st season in the episode where they think they've been robbed they say that they put $300 for the rent money in an envelope.

But yeah the amount of their rent was never consistant.

01-22-2014, 04:00 AM	#1
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	was it that hard to come up with $100 for the rent each month? Okay, I know that $100 was more money in the late 70's than it is today, but it seemed like a good chunk of the episodes dealt with the trio struggling to come up with $100 each of the rent money. What's that about? To paraphrase Mr. Roper from one episode: 'What the heck are they spending their money on?' I could maybe understand Jack having a slightly tougher time since he probably had to pay for college classes, but none of them owned a car. What were they spending their money on?

01-22-2014, 07:52 PM	#2
cleverfun3000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2008 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,685	The drinks at the Regal Beagle are very, very expensive. And those 3 are there drinking just about every nite.

01-23-2014, 12:12 AM	#3
Tinalilly1975 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 14, 2008 Posts: 21	LOL! Great answer

01-23-2014, 01:26 AM	#4
MRPITT Member Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2011 Posts: 1,678	The rent in California especially near the Beach like Santa Monica causes most people to struggle, its probably not the last $100 that killed them, but its the first 10-15 hundreds that would have killed them back then.

04-18-2014, 04:52 PM	#5
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,666	Well actually in the 1st season in the episode where they think they've been robbed they say that they put $300 for the rent money in an envelope. But yeah the amount of their rent was never consistant.