"Three's Company" (1977) TV series 1977-1984

Creators:

Brian Cooke
Johnnie Mortimer
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown

Release Date:

15 March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors.

Plot Keywords:

Roommate | Chef | Landlord | Dumb Blonde | Sitcom

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 15 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 25	1:00 PM	TVLAND	Three's Christmas	#2.14
Sat. Dec. 26	3:30 AM	TVLAND	Three's Christmas	#2.14

Cast

John Ritter	...	Jack Tripper / ... (174 episodes, 1976-1984)
Joyce DeWitt	...	Janet Wood (173 episodes, 1976-1984)
Richard Kline	...	Larry Dallas (110 episodes, 1977-1984)
Don Knotts	...	Ralph Furley (94 episodes, 1979-1984)
Suzanne Somers	...	Chrissy Snow (89 episodes, 1977-1981)
Priscilla Barnes	...	Terri Alden (72 episodes, 1981-1984)

Series Directed by
Dave Powers		(140 episodes, 1978-1984)
Bill Hobin		(31 episodes, 1976-1978)
Michael Ross		(5 episodes, 1977-1983)

Series Writing credits
George Burditt		(34 episodes, 1977-1984)
Martin Rips		(20 episodes, 1980-1984)
Joseph Staretski		(20 episodes, 1980-1984)
Michael Ross		(18 episodes, 1976-1984)
Bernard West		(18 episodes, 1976-1984)
Paul Wayne		(18 episodes, 1977-1983)
Don Nicholl		(13 episodes, 1976-1978)
Michael S. Baser		(13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kim Weiskopf		(13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mark Tuttle		(11 episodes, 1979-1983)
Ellen Guylas		(11 episodes, 1980-1983)
Shelley Zellman		(11 episodes, 1981-1983)
Budd Grossman		(9 episodes, 1980-1984)
Al Gordon		(7 episodes, 1978-1984)
Jack Mendelsohn		(6 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Mirkin		(6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Alan J. Levitt		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
John Baskin		(4 episodes, 1978-1979)
Roger Shulman		(4 episodes, 1978-1979)
John Boni		(3 episodes, 1980-1982)
Mike Weinberger		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bryan Joseph		(2 episodes, 1977-1982)
Gary Belkin		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Brian Cooke		(2 episodes, 1977)
Johnnie Mortimer		(2 episodes, 1977)
George Atkins		(2 episodes, 1979)
Gene Perret		(2 episodes, 1979)
Bill Richmond		(2 episodes, 1979)
Howard Albrecht		(2 episodes, 1980)
Sol Weinstein		(2 episodes, 1980)
Laura Levine		(2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Neal Marlens		(2 episodes, 1983)
Chet Dowling		(2 episodes, 1984)
Sandy Krinski		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Produced by
Don Nicholl	....	executive producer / producer (74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Michael Ross	....	executive producer / producer (74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bernard West	....	executive producer / producer (71 episodes, 1976-1980)
Mimi Seawell	....	associate producer (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Wendy Blair	....	associate producer (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Baskin	....	producer (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Roger Shulman	....	producer (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gene Perret	....	producer (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bill Richmond	....	producer (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Burditt	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Budd Grossman	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Joseph Staretski	....	producer (unknown episodes)
George Sunga	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
M.L. Weitzman		(46 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jerry Davis		(2 episodes, 1976-1978)

Series Casting by
David Graham		(74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Marc Schwartz		(21 episodes, 1983-1984)
Donald Paul Pemrick		(4 episodes, 1983)
Lynn Stalmaster		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(50 episodes, 1976-1980)
E. Jay Krause		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Richard Harvey		(25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Richard Wineholt		(23 episodes, 1976-1979)
Laura Richarz		(unknown episodes, 1981-1984)
Earl Carlson		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Len Marcus		(71 episodes, 1976-1980)
Al Lehman		(4 episodes, 1977)

Series Makeup Department
Brian McManus	....	makeup artist (47 episodes, 1978-1980)
Danne D. Long	....	hair stylist (43 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ellen Powell	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1976-1978)
Ariel Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1977)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1977)
Patti Denney	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1978-1980)

Series Production Management
Ted Bergmann	....	executive in charge of production (75 episodes, 1976-1980)
Don Taffner	....	executive in charge of production (75 episodes, 1976-1980)
Tom Richmond	....	production supervisor (43 episodes, 1978-1980)
Nikki Content	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1977)
Jim Terry	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lou Tedesco	....	associate director (1 episode, 1977)

Series Sound Department
Terry Hensey	....	audio (43 episodes, 1976-1980)
Kerry Boggio	....	audio (2 episodes, 1977)
Chris Chigaridas	....	audio (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (51 episodes, 1977-1982)
Keeth Lawrence	....	camera operator (47 episodes, 1979-1981)
Tom Barnes	....	lighting director (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
George Schamp	....	lighting director (4 episodes, 1977-1979)
J. Bruce Nielsen	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 1978)
Steven Castaneda	....	dimmer operator (unknown episodes)
Ed Chaney	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Art Roberts	....	lighting director (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	video camera utility (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Curtis	....	set costumer (1 episode, 1978)

Series Editorial Department
Jay Scherberth	....	editor: video tape / editor: videotape (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Music Department
Don Nicholl	....	composer: theme music / lyricist: theme music (5 episodes, 1977-1984)
Joe Raposo	....	composer: theme music (5 episodes, 1977-1984)

Series Other crew
Carol Summers	....	assistant to producer / script supervisor / ... (50 episodes, 1976-1980)
George Burditt	....	executive story consultant (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Paul Wayne	....	executive story consultant (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Jim Rice	....	stage manager (47 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bob Schulz	....	technical director (43 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bea Dallas	....	program coordinator / assistant to producers (27 episodes, 1977-1980)
Michael S. Baser	....	executive script consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Sunga	....	production consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Mark Tuttle	....	executive story editor (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Kim Weiskopf	....	executive script consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Al Gordon	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1978-1984)
Jack Mendelsohn	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Bob Priest	....	associate director (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Dick Scovel	....	video (19 episodes, 1978-1980)
Charles Stewart	....	executive story editor (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
Nancy Stevenson	....	video (13 episodes, 1978-1979)
Dale Orlich	....	video (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
Alan J. Levitt	....	executive story editor (8 episodes, 1977-1978)
Howard Albrecht	....	story consultant (8 episodes, 1980)
Sol Weinstein	....	story consultant (8 episodes, 1980)
Al Kawa	....	video (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gene Lukowski	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1977)
Clive Bassett	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1978)
Dayne Campbell	....	video (2 episodes, 1979)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1979)
Michael Ross	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 1977-1978)
Bernard West	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 1977-1978)
Martin Rips	....	executive script supervisor / executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
Joseph Staretski	....	executive script supervisor / executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
Ellen Guylas	....	executive story editor / story editor (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
Shelley Zellman	....	executive story consultant / script consultant (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
David Mirkin	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 1982-1984)
Ron Bloomberg	....	executive story consultant (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
Chet Dowling	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
Sandy Krinski	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
John Boni	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes)
Robert A. Bowen	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• DLT Entertainment Ltd.
• The NRW Company
• Three's Company Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1977-1984)
• D.L. Taffner Syndication Sales

Other Companies

• ABC Television Center  videotaped at
• CBS Television City  videotaped at
• Metromedia Square  videotaped at
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Runtime:

30 min (174 episodes) (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DLT Entertainment Ltd.

Trivia:

The original unaired pilot was written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. A second pilot was taped with Joyce DeWitt as Janet and Susan Lanier as Chrissy. 'Denise Galik-Furey' was originally cast as Chrissy but suddenly became unavailable shortly before taping. Bobbie Mitchell guest starred playing 'Patricia Crawford'.

Quotes:

Janet Wood Dawson: Oh, no, no, no, no. Don't tell anybody you're a chef, okay?
Jack Tripper: Okay, mum's the word.
Janet Wood Dawson: Well, it's not that there's anything wrong with what you do, Jack. It's just that... everybody here looks so important and we want to make a good impression. Well, you understand, don't you?
Jack Tripper: *Of course*, pumpkin.
Janet Wood Dawson: Oh, thanks.
Jack Tripper: You're ashamed of me!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Robot Chicken: Operation Rich in Spirit (#1.17)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Three's Company

Greatest comedy show of all time

I remember watching this when I was about 4 or 5 and just loving the theme song then, but now I can really appreciate it for soooo many other things. How a guy like Jack Tripper can get into so many hilarious predicaments is beyond me, but John Ritter (RIP) pulled off the character perfectly. No one else could have taken his place. He just had so much energy and really got into it and took physical comedy to a new level, and that would make a scene even funnier than it should of been. And Larry, either landlord, Janet and any of the blondes just added to the hilarity. Can't wait till' season 3 is out on DVD. Give me three's company any day instead any of these pointless, thoughtless reality shows.