What episode in Season 5 has Cindy and Chrissy on the Phone? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 11-13-2020, 09:56 PM

LOL I know its no episode with them talking im just poking fun at the writers for not having Chrissy not make reference to Cindy at all when Cindy mentioned Chrissy when she arrived

Which is why it was dumb for them to have a relative move in instead of another girl. Its kind of weird to have Chrissy call and not say......"tell cindy I said Hi" lol Especially when Cindy talked to her right before she arrived and was telling Jack and Janet everything Chrissy said.

RetroGuy2000 · 11-14-2020, 02:08 AM

That's a really good point! I wonder why they didn't include that dialogue.

TVFactFan · 11-14-2020, 02:14 AM

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That's a really good point! I wonder why they didn't include that dialogue.

especially since they were cousins

TV Guy · 11-14-2020, 09:02 AM

Some producers believe that a replacement character will be more accepted by the audience if they’re related to or have some off-screen connection to the departed character. That’s why we got Jill sister Kris on “Charlie’s Angels,” Charlene’s sister Carlene on “Designing Women” (not to mention Suzanne’s cousin Allison), Julie’s sister Judy on “Love Boat,” Bub’s brother Charley on “My Three Sons,” Bill’s friend Max on “Newsradio,” Coach’s penpal Woody on “Cheers,” etc.

TVFactFan · 11-14-2020, 01:58 PM

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Some producers believe that a replacement character will be more accepted by the audience if they’re related to or have some off-screen connection to the departed character. That’s why we got Jill sister Kris on “Charlie’s Angels,” Charlene’s sister Carlene on “Designing Women” (not to mention Suzanne’s cousin Allison), Julie’s sister Judy on “Love Boat,” Bub’s brother Charley on “My Three Sons,” Bill’s friend Max on “Newsradio,” Coach’s penpal Woody on “Cheers,” etc.

They never explained why they got rid of Cindy in the TC book or True Hollywood Story

TVLegend · 11-14-2020, 02:29 PM

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They never explained why they got rid of Cindy in the TC book or True Hollywood Story

Cindy was never as big as Chrissy and maybe Terri it was like she was a temporary replacement for Chrissy like with Alice you hear everyone talk about either Flo or Jolene but you never hear anyone talk about or mention Belle I don’t know why people like Terri in my opinion she was just an annoying, bland, boring, blonde copycat of Janet

TVFactFan · 11-14-2020, 02:32 PM

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Cindy was never as big as Chrissy and maybe Terri it was like she was a temporary replacement for Chrissy like with Alice you hear everyone talk about either Flo or Jolene but you never hear anyone talk about or mention Belle I don’t know why people like Terri in my opinion she was just an annoying, bland, boring, blond copycat of Janet

They probably didnt want to go the dumb blonde route again after chrissy and cindy

TVLegend · 11-14-2020, 02:38 PM

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They probably didnt want to go the dumb blonde route again after chrissy and cindy

Yeah but they could’ve made Terri interesting and not a boring, bland, blonde copycat of Janet with no personality whatsoever whenever I watch Three’s Company I always try to avoid Season 6-8 when I watch Three’s Company on LOGO 8/10 they’re playing episodes from Seasons 6-8 and I never found Cindy dumb I just found her extremely clumsy

TVFactFan · 11-14-2020, 02:44 PM

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Yeah but they could’ve made Terri interesting and not a boring, bland, blonde copycat of Janet with no personality whatsoever whenever I watch Three’s Company I always try to avoid Season 6-8 when I watch Three’s Company on LOGO 8/10 they’re playing episodes from Seasons 6-8 and I never found Cindy dumb I just found her extremely clumsy

They probably wanted her to be low key and not outshine Janet and Jack to avoid being in the same situation they were in with Suzanne

TV Guy · 11-15-2020, 08:54 AM

Cindy was never meant to be a permanent replacement for Chrissy. She was just there to “clean up” the scripts that were already written for Chrissy. The producers didn’t want a Chrissy clone as the permanent replacement. The trouble was that they didn’t know how to craft a new character that was different from both Janet and Chrissy.

They clearly liked Jenilee Harrison to keep her on as a supporting character in the first Terri season. But her character simply wasn’t necessary after Terri came in. The show was always produced on a pretty tight budget, so why spend money on an actor/character that’s not necessary?

TVFactFan · 11-15-2020, 01:00 PM

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Cindy was never meant to be a permanent replacement for Chrissy. She was just there to “clean up” the scripts that were already written for Chrissy. The producers didn’t want a Chrissy clone as the permanent replacement. The trouble was that they didn’t know how to craft a new character that was different from both Janet and Chrissy.

They clearly liked Jenilee Harrison to keep her on as a supporting character in the first Terri season. But her character simply wasn’t necessary after Terri came in. The show was always produced on a pretty tight budget, so why spend money on an actor/character that’s not necessary?

It did seem like they were trying to make her permanent when they had so many episodes that revolved around her

thejasoomian · 11-15-2020, 09:32 PM

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They probably didnt want to go the dumb blonde route again after chrissy and cindy

I agree with you . They did the dumb blonde route twice, so they decided to make Terri the "straight guy" of the trio. I didn't think Terri was boring at all. She definitely had her moments.

SitcomsHeydayfan · 11-16-2020, 06:01 AM

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Yeah but they could’ve made Terri interesting and not a boring, bland, blonde copycat of Janet with no personality whatsoever whenever I watch Three’s Company I always try to avoid Season 6-8 when I watch Three’s Company on LOGO 8/10 they’re playing episodes from Seasons 6-8 and I never found Cindy dumb I just found her extremely clumsy

Terri was a great, refreshing change from Suzanne's dumb blonde act which was getting old and STALE!

If you haven't seen seasons 6 to 8 you are missing the BEST episodes of the series like Up in the Air, Urban Plowboy, Two flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Diamond Jack, etc.

TVFactFan · 11-16-2020, 12:00 PM

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Terri was a great, refreshing change from Suzanne's dumb blonde act which was getting old and STALE!

If you haven't seen seasons 6 to 8 you are missing the BEST episodes of the series like Up in the Air, Urban Plowboy, Two flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Diamond Jack, etc.

Season 4 and 7 has the best episodes. Going to Pot is another season 7 that is good that was never aired by N@N

TVFactFan · 11-17-2020, 11:06 PM

Just found out Chrissy did have a conversation about Cindy in her final appearance on the show in the episode And Baby Makes Four

This is never shown in syndication..22:00mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiUxgYFAY_A

11-13-2020, 09:56 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,012	What episode in Season 5 has Cindy and Chrissy on the Phone? LOL I know its no episode with them talking im just poking fun at the writers for not having Chrissy not make reference to Cindy at all when Cindy mentioned Chrissy when she arrived Which is why it was dumb for them to have a relative move in instead of another girl. Its kind of weird to have Chrissy call and not say......"tell cindy I said Hi" lol Especially when Cindy talked to her right before she arrived and was telling Jack and Janet everything Chrissy said.

11-14-2020, 02:08 AM	#2
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11-14-2020, 09:02 AM	#4
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Some producers believe that a replacement character will be more accepted by the audience if they’re related to or have some off-screen connection to the departed character. That’s why we got Jill sister Kris on “Charlie’s Angels,” Charlene’s sister Carlene on “Designing Women” (not to mention Suzanne’s cousin Allison), Julie’s sister Judy on “Love Boat,” Bub’s brother Charley on “My Three Sons,” Bill’s friend Max on “Newsradio,” Coach’s penpal Woody on “Cheers,” etc.

11-15-2020, 08:54 AM	#10
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Cindy was never meant to be a permanent replacement for Chrissy. She was just there to “clean up” the scripts that were already written for Chrissy. The producers didn’t want a Chrissy clone as the permanent replacement. The trouble was that they didn’t know how to craft a new character that was different from both Janet and Chrissy. They clearly liked Jenilee Harrison to keep her on as a supporting character in the first Terri season. But her character simply wasn’t necessary after Terri came in. The show was always produced on a pretty tight budget, so why spend money on an actor/character that’s not necessary?

11-17-2020, 11:06 PM	#15
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,012	Just found out Chrissy did have a conversation about Cindy in her final appearance on the show in the episode And Baby Makes Four This is never shown in syndication..22:00mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiUxgYFAY_A