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TVFactFan · 09-23-2020, 01:47 AM

pay $300

Two grown ass people couldnt handle 300 a month. Were they working part-time?

SitcomsHeydayfan · 10-05-2020, 05:28 AM

Yeah, that was stupid but this is just a TV show not real life. As a matter of fact, any ONE of them could've lived alone & paid $300 a month rent by themselves!

Maybe they had to send money back home or had a drug habit.

someguy23475 · 10-05-2020, 06:36 PM

The Regal Beagle gets expensive you know!

TVFactFan · 10-05-2020, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

Yeah, that was stupid but this is just a TV show not real life. As a matter of fact, any ONE of them could've lived alone & paid $300 a month rent by themselves!

Maybe they had to send money back home or had a drug habit.

Just was a weird situation for 3 grown people to be in

Mace Dolex · 10-05-2020, 11:54 PM

And even when Jack opened up his restaurant getting more income he could've moved out of the apartment sooner.

TVFactFan · 10-05-2020, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

And even when Jack opened up his restaurant getting more income he could've moved out of the apartment sooner.

Season 7 should have been the transition out of the apt

SitcomsHeydayfan · 10-06-2020, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

And even when Jack opened up his restaurant getting more income he could've moved out of the apartment sooner.

Part of the motivation is they wanted to stay together as friends since none of them were married yet.

But they had enough money to get a bigger place!

Johnny be good! · 07-13-2022, 07:10 AM

California was not and still is not cheap.

Mr. Television · 07-13-2022, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny be good!

California was not and still is not cheap.

Especially by the beach.

TVFactFan · 07-13-2022, 07:18 PM

Three People struggling to pay the rent kind of defeated the purpose of living together. Jack was unemployed for the first 5 seasons so it was only two incomes so his ass should never have moved in

BestTVever · 07-14-2022, 06:41 AM

Some of you are too young to remember. Minimum wage was $2.30 in 1977 which comes out to $92 (before taxes) per week if you worked 40 hours. Remember that Jack was unemployed when he moved in. I am sure Janet Chrissy made a little more than minimum wage but probably not much more. In one episode Janet celebrated a ten cent raise. $300 for a 2 bedroom apt near the beach was lots of money in 1977.
When it started to get ridiculous was when Terri moved in. She was a working professional and could afford to live on her own. Jack owned his own business too. By then everything was getting stale with Threes Company. But the original premise 3 people struggling to make it together worked perfectly. Janet even had patches on her jeans

rusty spike · 07-14-2022, 06:43 AM

Jack never owned his own car and promptly totaled Janet's new used car.

Here's a guy trying to impress a rich woman in the gambling episode. I think he brags to her about being wealthy- owns his own restaurant but can't get a car loan! Lol

And there's Terri the work-a-holic nurse working double shifts and all 3 of them are riding busses in car centric California.

BestTVever · 07-14-2022, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rusty spike

Jack never owned his own car and promptly totaled Janet's new used car.

Here's a guy trying to impress a rich woman in the gambling episode. I think he brags to her about being wealthy- owns his own restaurant but can't get a car loan! Lol

And there's Terri the work-a-holic nurse working double shifts and all 3 of them are riding busses in car centric California.

Dont forget the designer clothes that Terri and Janet wore in the preppy early 80s. Janet was always in a rush to buy those designer jeans.

TVFactFan · 07-14-2022, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BestTVever

Some of you are too young to remember. Minimum wage was $2.30 in 1977 which comes out to $92 (before taxes) per week if you worked 40 hours. Remember that Jack was unemployed when he moved in. I am sure Janet Chrissy made a little more than minimum wage but probably not much more. In one episode Janet celebrated a ten cent raise. $300 for a 2 bedroom apt near the beach was lots of money in 1977.
When it started to get ridiculous was when Terri moved in. She was a working professional and could afford to live on her own. Jack owned his own business too. By then everything was getting stale with Threes Company. But the original premise 3 people struggling to make it together worked perfectly. Janet even had patches on her jeans

Exactly, a nurse definitely can afford to live alone lol

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Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,666	And even when Jack opened up his restaurant getting more income he could've moved out of the apartment sooner.

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TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,008	Three People struggling to pay the rent kind of defeated the purpose of living together. Jack was unemployed for the first 5 seasons so it was only two incomes so his ass should never have moved in

07-14-2022, 06:41 AM	#11
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,898	Some of you are too young to remember. Minimum wage was $2.30 in 1977 which comes out to $92 (before taxes) per week if you worked 40 hours. Remember that Jack was unemployed when he moved in. I am sure Janet Chrissy made a little more than minimum wage but probably not much more. In one episode Janet celebrated a ten cent raise. $300 for a 2 bedroom apt near the beach was lots of money in 1977. When it started to get ridiculous was when Terri moved in. She was a working professional and could afford to live on her own. Jack owned his own business too. By then everything was getting stale with Threes Company. But the original premise 3 people struggling to make it together worked perfectly. Janet even had patches on her jeans

07-14-2022, 06:43 AM	#12
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	Jack never owned his own car and promptly totaled Janet's new used car. Here's a guy trying to impress a rich woman in the gambling episode. I think he brags to her about being wealthy- owns his own restaurant but can't get a car loan! Lol And there's Terri the work-a-holic nurse working double shifts and all 3 of them are riding busses in car centric California.