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It is extremely rare that a show, introduced near the end of the network season, achieves phenomenal success; yet Three's Company, based on the British series Man About the House and hurried onto the ABC schedule in March 1977, caught on quickly and became one of TV's top-rated shows for several years running. John Ritter portrayed Jack Tripper, a culinary student who happened upon the scene just as Janet and Chrissy (Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers) were in need of a roommate, ideally one who could cook. In order to get this arrangement over with the landlord, though, the trio had to pretend that Jack was gay (it was a very different time, kids). The charade called for lots of mincing about by Jack in front of Mr. and Mrs. Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley, and added layers of weirdness to the sexual double entendres that were the show's stock-in-trade. The six episodes collected here aired on Thursday nights at 9:30 in the spring of '77. In memory of series star John Ritter, Anchor Bay Entertainment will be donating a portion of its sales proceeds to United Cerebral Palsy, a charity he had long supported.

Product Details

• UPC: 013131267396
• Source: STARZ / ANCHOR BAY
• Region Code: 1
• Time: 2:26:00
• Sales Rank: 7,063

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Three's Company: A Man About the House
• Three's Company: And Mother Makes Four
• Three's Company: Roper's Niece
• Three's Company: No Children, No Pets
• Three's Company: Jack the Giant Killer
• Three's Company: It's Only Money

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