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JackJanetChrissy · 07-20-2016, 08:51 PM

"Jack's Navy Pal" from Season 2 is one of the very few episodes where there is no misunderstanding.

Basically the guy comes in, trashes the apartment, behaves like a jerk, and leaves. There is no mix-up of any kind.

For some reason this never occurred to me, but it's one of the reasons this episode seems lacking to me.

JSP · 07-20-2016, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

"Jack's Navy Pal" from Season 2 is one of the very few episodes where there is no misunderstanding.

Basically the guy comes in, trashes the apartment, behaves like a jerk, and leaves. There is no mix-up of any kind.

For some reason this never occurred to me, but it's one of the reasons this episode seems lacking to me.

Every now and then Three's had a WTF? episode.

TVFactFan · 07-21-2016, 09:42 PM

Yeah this was not the Light an Fun three's company episode we normally saw

Bonniegirl · 07-21-2016, 11:54 PM

Yeah , this ep is kind of weird!!! A downer ep.!! I've see it a couple times and it didn't occur to me at the time that the actor is David Dukes!!!! He also played a bad/negative character in All in the Family! He was the guy who attempted to rape poor Edith on her birthday in her own home!!! He also guest starred on One day at a time as a date/love interest of Ann's ! Not a sinister character like in TC or AITF!!!

And he actually is a really nice looking man! Really pretty eyes! Apparently he accepted some roles where he played a jerk!!!

BigManMike · 07-22-2016, 06:55 AM

David Dukes was also in an episode of The Jeffersons titled George and the President but I forgot who he played.

JackJanetChrissy · 07-22-2016, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah , this ep is kind of weird!!! A downer ep.!! I've see it a couple times and it didn't occur to me at the time that the actor is David Dukes!!!! He also played a bad/negative character in All in the Family! He was the guy who attempted to rape poor Edith on her birthday in her own home!!! He also guest starred on One day at a time as a date/love interest of Ann's ! Not a sinister character like in TC or AITF!!!

And he actually is a really nice looking man! Really pretty eyes! Apparently he accepted some roles where he played a jerk!!!

Yes, he was a handsome fellow. I thought he was a pretty good actor, too, but that Three's Company episode did not give him much to work with. But I can see him as a legit bad guy in something else with better material.

Torgo · 07-22-2016, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah , this ep is kind of weird!!! A downer ep.!! I've see it a couple times and it didn't occur to me at the time that the actor is David Dukes!!!! He also played a bad/negative character in All in the Family! He was the guy who attempted to rape poor Edith on her birthday in her own home!!! He also guest starred on One day at a time as a date/love interest of Ann's ! Not a sinister character like in TC or AITF!!!

And he actually is a really nice looking man! Really pretty eyes! Apparently he accepted some roles where he played a jerk!!!

He was excellent in the 80's horror flick Rawhead Rex, he didn't play a jerk in that, but in his last role as the university dean in Stephen King's Rose Red, he played a jerk.

DJM77 · 07-22-2016, 11:22 AM

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David Dukes was also in an episode of The Jeffersons titled George and the President but I forgot who he played.

He was trying to get George to pass himself off as the great-great-great grandson of Thomas Jefferson for an ad campaign.

Bonniegirl · 07-22-2016, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JackJanetChrissy

Yes, he was a handsome fellow. I thought he was a pretty good actor, too, but that Three's Company episode did not give him much to work with. But I can see him as a legit bad guy in something else with better material.

I agree! And playing the blind guy he of course couldn't show off his beautiful eyes! So that role went flat!

Mr. Television · 07-22-2016, 01:20 PM

I must be the only one who liked the episode. lol

JackJanetChrissy · 07-22-2016, 05:55 PM

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I must be the only one who liked the episode. lol

I don't hate it as much as I used to. Some of the lines are funny, and the set-up (cooking dinner for the Ropers, the only time we see this happen in the series) is interesting.

I guess it just falls flat for me. I don't like watching the guy get away with punching Jack. Seems like a mean-spirited/downer episode.

07-20-2016, 08:51 PM	#1
JackJanetChrissy Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 18, 2014 Posts: 1,005	I just realized why I dislike "Jack's Navy Pal" so much "Jack's Navy Pal" from Season 2 is one of the very few episodes where there is no misunderstanding. Basically the guy comes in, trashes the apartment, behaves like a jerk, and leaves. There is no mix-up of any kind. For some reason this never occurred to me, but it's one of the reasons this episode seems lacking to me.

07-22-2016, 01:20 PM	#10
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I must be the only one who liked the episode. lol
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07-21-2016, 09:42 PM	#3
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,112	Yeah this was not the Light an Fun three's company episode we normally saw

07-21-2016, 11:54 PM	#4
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,922	Yeah , this ep is kind of weird!!! A downer ep.!! I've see it a couple times and it didn't occur to me at the time that the actor is David Dukes!!!! He also played a bad/negative character in All in the Family! He was the guy who attempted to rape poor Edith on her birthday in her own home!!! He also guest starred on One day at a time as a date/love interest of Ann's ! Not a sinister character like in TC or AITF!!! And he actually is a really nice looking man! Really pretty eyes! Apparently he accepted some roles where he played a jerk!!!

07-22-2016, 06:55 AM	#5
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,022	David Dukes was also in an episode of The Jeffersons titled George and the President but I forgot who he played.