Three's Company
A man shares an apartment with two women and pretends to be gay so the landlord won't kick him out in this popular bedroom farce. Loaded with pratfalls and double entendres, and unapologetically silly, the sitcom was based on the British show `Man About the House.' There were several cast changes, but it was the charm of---and the chemistry among---the three original leads that turned this into a huge success. The roommates' landlords, 'The Ropers,' left for their own show in 1979.
Jack's girlfriend wants him to be the father of her child but not get married which Jack believes in. He then leaves. Later she calls him to talk about it and when Janet hears it, she assumes that his girlfriend is already pregnant. So she tells Jack to go there and do the right thing, which he assumes is Janet telling him it's OK to father her child.
Larry visits Jack as he is cleaning the apartment and finds a magazine quiz about sleeping with a roommate. Larry and Jack assume Janet or Terri must have filled it out. Larry suggests they all go to a mountain cabin to figure it out.
Jack goes to the ATM to withdraw $100. The ATM malfunctions and gives him a $1,000. Jack leaves a message for the bank to return the money on Monday. He hides the money in the couch at home, not realizing Mr Furley is taking the couch.
Jack regrets sending a nasty letter to a popular food critic.
Larry pretends to be Jack in order to date Janet's visiting friend.
Janet's father is visiting. Jack tells his roommate about his new girlfriend Doreen, but is hesitant to tell what she does for a living. She is a sex therapist, but when Janet meets her, she thinks Doreen is a prostitute.
Larry uses Jack's chocolate-chip recipe to make cookies and enters them in a contest. Larry tells Jack that he won, but to accept the prize, he must dress as a woman. Naturally, there is more to it than that.
Jack's father makes a surprise visit and starts interfering in Jack's life. Jack Sr has lost his salesman job and tries to keep it from Jack. When Jack finds out, he gets his father something to do.
Terry thinks the only way she will get a promotion is if she has an affair with her boss, so Terry pretends to be married. When Dr. Kenderson and his wife show up at the apartment for dinner, Jack pretends to be the husband.
Jack pretends to be rich to impress his new wealthy girlfriend.
A new neighbor moves in next to Jack and the girls. He is quite charming; Janet and Terri are smitten with the English, sophisticated man. Jack is suspicious of him and thinks he is a thief.
Janet starts working as an aerobics instructor. Jack, Terri, and Mr. Furley attend her class to show their support. Jack shows an interest in her female boss, but it turns on him when Tina expects Jack to be her constant companion.
A former girlfriend of Jack's calls and asks to meet in the park to discuss how to save her marriage to her jealous husband. When Mr Furley comes to the park, they hid from Furley accidentally in the poison ivy. How to explain that?
Jack and Mr. Furley get locked in a freezer by a burglar.
When they find a cat on their doorstep, they take it in, but unfortunately pets are not allowed in the building so they hide it. But when Furley sees it, he takes a liking to it and takes it in. But when an inspector his brother sent to see if all the rules of the building are enforced, he hides it. At the same time the cat's owner, a little girl, comes looking for it and when Jack asks for it Furley tells him that he took the cat to the pound. So they each get a cat for the girl. When the inspector arrives. they try to hide the cats.
Jack is in the hospital to have an unwanted tattoo removed but Janet and Mr. Furley think he is having surgery for a different reason.
A pretty art teacher moves in next to the three, and Jack takes her classes in order to get close to her. He agrees to be a model but finds out he has to be nude. Embarrassing enough, but then Mr Furley joins the class.
Jack uses Janet's new car without permission and has an accident. He totals the car. When he in in the hospital, Terri overhears the wrong diagnosis and assumes Jack has amnesia. Jack plays along so he does not get yelled at by Janet.
Jack believes Janet's vase that she inherited is a priceless antique.
Janet's boyfriend proposes, and she announces she is moving out. Jack is on an airplane and nervous. He meets Vicky, a stewardess, and everything goes wrong. He asks her to dinner for a second chance, but her father interferes.
Janet & Phillip plan for wedding at Janet's apartment. Jack wants to win the approval of Vicki's father. Mr Bradford tells Jack that Vicki is up for a promotion at work, in another state, and turned it down. Jack tells her to take it.
Janet is married and starts her new life. Terry announces she is moving to Hawaii. Vicki and Jack get back together but she does not want to get married. Since her parents divorced, she does not believe in marriage, but she will live with him.
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John Ritter | Jack Tripper |
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Don Knotts | Ralph Furley |
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Priscilla Barnes | Terri Alden |
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Richard Kline | Larry Dallas |
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Joyce DeWitt | Janet Wood |
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David Rupprecht | Phillip Dawson |
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Robert Mandan | James Bradford |
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Mary Cadorette | Vicky Bradford |
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Robert Clotworthy | Tony Williams |
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Fran Ryan | Hilda |
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Tom Lancaster | Dan |
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Ian Abercrombie | Lawyer |
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Michael Ensign | Doctor |
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Gary Grubbs | Harry |
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Rita Wilson | Agnes Platt |
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Michael Yama | Croupier |
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Sondra Currie | Arlene Price |
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Macon McCalman | Roland Wood |
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Parley Baer | Bert Landers |
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Britt Leach | Frank / the Bartender |
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Jordan Charney | Frank Angelino |
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Anne Ramsey | Woman at Bank |
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Floyd Levine | Security Officer |
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Ellen Crawford | Brenda McNair |
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Joanna Kerns | Cheryl |
| Edition | Collector's Edition |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 4 |
| Distributor | Anchor Bay |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | At Amazon.com |
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| Condition | Excellent |
| Index | 2144 |
| Added Date | Jul 03, 2012 03:49:57 |
| Modified Date | Nov 26, 2016 05:14:50 |