Three's Company (Season 3) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 563 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1979)

Britt Gillette's Three's Company (Season 3) DVD Review

Bursting onto the television landscape in Spring 1977, Three's Company quickly skyrocketed in the ratings - cracking the top 8 every season except its last. Sporting a plethora of quirky characters and fresh writing talent that explored modern day issues, the show held its own as one of the funniest programs on TV. Picking up where All In The Family left off, Three's Company delved into the social taboos of its day, dealing with subjects such as homosexuality, racism, sexual harassment, and of course, unmarried men and women living together… But the true success of Three's Company stemmed from the comic talents of John Ritter and Suzanne Somers who became instant stars as a result of their respective roles on the show…

In Three's Company, John Ritter plays the role of Jack Tripper, a young cooking student in San Diego who wants to move into an apartment with his two female friends - the far more mature Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and the blonde and ditsy Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers). But the three friends face the possible wrath of landlord Stanley Roper (Norman Fell), an old-fashioned guy who would never allow such an arrangement. With the aid of Roper's wife Helen (Audra Lindley), the three manage to convince Stanley that Jack is gay (when he is, in fact, a notorious ladies man). Jack's friend Larry (Richard Kline) also fashions himself a player on the local singles scene, and he makes regular appearances on the show. Following Season 3, Stanley and Helen left the show in pursuit of their own spin-off titled The Ropers. Don Knotts (of Andy Griffith Show fame) was brought in to play the new landlord, Mr. Furley - a naïve, loud-mouthed ditz who tripled the hilarity of every scene in which he appeared…

The Three's Company (Season 3) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Double Date" in which Jack makes a date with the beautiful Samantha Evans (Rebecca Clemons), but Mr. Roper overhears and so Jack pretends he has a cold. Later, when Chrissy and Janet walk into the living room, Samantha finds out that they are his roommates (not his Church collector and nurse as he told her), so she leaves in disgust… Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "The Love Diary" in which Mr. Roper comes to believe that Chrissy has the hots for him, and "The Harder They Fall" in which Jack ruins Janet's date when he and his broken leg constantly get in the way…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Three's Company (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 32 (Double Date) Air Date: 09-12-1978
Episode 33 (Good Old Reliable Janet) Air Date: 09-19-1978
Episode 34 (The Love Diary) Air Date: 09-26-1978
Episode 35 (The Fast) Air Date: 10-03-1978
Episode 36 (Helen's Rendezvous) Air Date: 10-10-1978
Episode 37 (My Sister's Keeper) Air Date: 10-17-1978
Episode 38 (Chrissy and the Guru) Air Date: 10-24-1978
Episode 39 (Larry's Bride) Air Date: 10-31-1978
Episode 40 (Chrissy's New Boss) Air Date: 11-14-1978
Episode 41 (The Crush) Air Date: 11-21-1978
Episode 42 (The Kleptomaniac) Air Date: 11-28-1978
Episode 43 (The Party's Over) Air Date: 12-05-1978
Episode 44 (Eleanor's Return) Air Date: 12-12-1978
Episode 45 (The Older Woman) Air Date: 01-16-1979
Episode 46 (Stanley's Hotline) Air Date: 01-30-1979
Episode 47 (The Catered Affair) Air Date: 02-06-1979
Episode 48 (The Best Laid Plans) Air Date: 02-13-1979
Episode 49 (The Harder They Fall) Air Date: 02-20-1979
Episode 50 (The Bake-Off) Air Date: 02-27-1979
Episode 51 (An Anniversary Surprise) Air Date: 03-13-1979
Episode 52 (Jack Moves Out) Air Date: 05-08-1979
Episode 53 (Triangle Troubles) Air Date: 05-15-1979

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 16 April 2005