Was there ever a better TV show than Three's Company?

Yes.

Other iterations of One Day At a Time, for two…

Both** not other.

I’d like to think the work I did made a difference.

R2, which ODAAT is better?

Yawn.

OP please take a step that is new off a short pier

[quote] Was there ever a better TV show than Three's Company?

Yes. All of them.

Yes. Thankfully.

Jack Tripper was sexy only when compared to his friend Larry.

It was a terrible show. Never funny.

I was a child when it was on, and I enjoyed it then. But watching it now I find it cringeworthy on pretty much every level. The same with Happy Days. Few shows of that period hold up to modern viewing.

There are many things that are not tv shows that are better tv shows than threes company.

A plate of cold spaghetti is a better tv show than threes company.

Specks of dust spiraling in the afternoon light are a better tv show than threes company.

My spam email folder is a better tv show than threes company.

The last time Stanley said that to me, I was still wearing skirts.

It was really just silly French sex farce: "Oh my God--Janet was only talking to a boyfriend about watering her plants? Here while we were eavesdropping, Chrissy and I thought she was talking to him about watering her BREASTS!" As such it seemed smutty for the day, but of course today seems pretty harmless.

It wasn't very good except for Audra Lindley in the early years being funny and likeable (and memorably decked out in hilarious muumuus), and most of all for John Ritter's wonderful talent at pratfalls and physical comedy.

It was hilarious. Jack, Janet, and Mrs. Helen Roper were always my favorites.

Was it camp?

Was there ever a better opening credit sequence/theme song than Phyllis?

R19 Yes, all of them.

WAS THERE EVER a more tired thread than these mindless Was There Ever threads?

Earrings! Caftans!

[quote]Few shows of that period hold up to modern viewing.

I can still watch and enjoy many episodes of "Laverne and Shirley" when they were still in Milwaukee.

If comparing to Joannie Loves Chachi, then no.

On saw this in re runs, in Ireland and loved the original 5. Audra Lindly was so loveable. Suzanne Sommers was fab as Chrissy and John Ritter, well, he was the glue that pulled it all together. I actually think those 5 actors were just so likeable. I remember it looked so dated by the late 80s, when i was watching; but we laughed out loud a lot; what show or big Hollywood movie does that? In fact, what recent Hollywood Comedy movie made you laugh?

I think it was pretty good for it's time. It wouldn't have mattered though if John Ritter wasn't the lead.

Thousands OP

My first gay tingles came about as a five year old lusting after prat fall heavy, and thick of chest hair, Jack Tripper. I always thought Ritter was a good guy and felt a real pang of lost when he passed. Le sigh.

Yes, lots of them.

I think so

I didn't like this show even when it was new.

r20 Glad you bumped this one

R31 I'm so happy youre happy...

Every episode was about a misunderstanding.

Depressingly unfunny

I'm sorry, I misunderstood this post

I mean, it's no "Blansky's Beauties", but it held its own for a while.

The Ropers and Chrissy were the only funny ones and they got rid of them.

I recently watched some of the British original — some of the scripts, including the pilot, are almost word-for-word identical.

It's probably funnier with a British accent.

Which DVDs are the best quality of this show?

It's been rereleased several times.

That happens a lot with early episodes of the adapted show, R38. The first season of “Sanford and Son” just used a lot of “Steptoe and Son” scripts.

“All in the Family”, however, did not do that. In fact, the script, the house, the character’s personalities were quite different. It was “based upon” “Till Death Do Us Part” but Archie wasn’t as nasty as Alf and the wife was sarcastic and cutting in the original.

Jenilee Harrison was a terrible actress, but I still love the idea of having a character like Cindy whose most defining characteristic is that she's klutzy. Who even used the word "klutz" today?

R42, why terrible?

Well, there's only so many times Cindy could fight with her ironing board before it wasn't funny.

I can think of hundreds,if not thousands.

Best sitcom for sure

I'd like to point out that I was the only of the three "blondes" who did not flash muff in an adult men's periodical!

I'm surprised that this show isn't more loved on here

I wasn't never a fan, but Eli on [italic]Freaks & Geeks[/italic] was.

[quote][bold]Neil:[/bold] Eli, Vicki Appleby told me that she doesn't think Three's Company is funny.

[quote][bold]Eli:[/bold] It's the funniest show on TV.

[quote][bold]Neil:[/bold] That's what I told her, but...

[quote][bold]Eli:[/bold] I better go talk to her

*was never

I'm Jack waking up in the bathtub.

There was a lot of mindless shit on tv when programming was limited.

The show was supposed to be a mindless diversion. That's fine, I like a wide variety of programs. This was good for it's time. It can be seen as an amusing time capsule.

I love the opening credits to the second pilot shot where the camera lingers too long on the actor’s faces.

There were 3 pilots. Which one was the best?

r55 The one with Suzanne Somers

R41- Go back and watch the very early episodes of all in the family from early 1971 and you will see that Archie is super nasty. When the show premiere for the first full season in the fall 71 they tone down Archie a bit he wasn’t super nasty anymore. And Edith was made more ding bat-ish and a little more sympathetic.

R54, that is SO funny! The way the camera lingers is so awkward.