Last of the Realists
No news hook for this one, but dig the astute critical intelligence on display in this comment from Jump The Shark's Three's Company page:
In one early episode, Jack fakes having a cold and his gf of the episode makes him a pot of 'chicken soup' which she delivers to him but when she discovers he's faking being ill she dumps the whole pot of 'chicken soup' -which is just cold, DRY noodles and NO soup whatsoever ( not a drop of broth or fleck of chicken is to be seen) which is so poorly done that Jack's 70's feathered hair obviously stays as blow-dried as EVER as he just brushes the noodles off his noggin! LAME!! Come on, Ritter, couldn't you have at least had WATER dribbling off your head to give the audience some idea that this was supposed to be SOUP?! I mean, Lucy nearly DROWNED ( in Real Life) in a shower stall performing a lengthy stunt in front of a live studio audience ( 'The Lucy Show' "Lucy and Viv Install a Shower") and yet Ritter couldn't even stand a few *drops* of liquid dripping off his head?! Phooey!!
John Ritter tribute here.
Copies of Chris Mann's Come and Knock on Our Door, the definitive history of Three's Company, available starting at $4.95.
Was Priscilla "Terri" Barnes just a pale Suzanne Somers knockoff, or did she bring a style all her own? Discuss it at the Priscilla Barnes page on IMDb.
