Ritter was a huge Beatles fan. Mr. Ritter pretty much insisted the Beatles poster become a part of his room on the set of Three's company. It is unclear exactly when the poster appeared. My best guess is sometime late 1979 or early 1980. it didn't seem to be there before then. When you become a star of a show, you have a certain influence.
This episode is actually called "Strange Bedfellows" and it's one of my favorites. I'm queer and LOVE this show. I feel like it was making at nod at queer culture the only way it could at that time. It doesn't feel like a cheap joke to me, but a little added spark to the show. No one cares if someone is gay except Mr. Roper and he's the buffoon of the show.
Yea but it also wasn't so in your face and forced down your throat. I remember being a kid and my mom told me he was pretending to be gay so he could have women as his roommates lol.
This show is still globally loved, younger generations are discovering it because it's timeless comedy, the entire cast is legendary, especially John Ritter, R Thankfully the Christian nut jobs who protested the show during it's run didn't succeed in getting it canceled back then There was a lot of animosity towards this shows because of it's subject matter, which is tame these days
@@SXI96 Speaking of nut (jobs), check out the video in which Jack accidentally exposes his right testicle in a 1983 episode while wearing blue boxer shorts. No one caught the nanosecond of an intimate 'fallout' until someone with a VHS player paused it in 2001; it was brought to Mr Ritter's attention. He was so cool about it, encouraging peeps to view both the edited & unedited scenes because "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't."
MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE was the 1973-76 British sitcom that THREE'S COMPANY was based on, and presumably was also the temporary working title for the American remake.
It was still acceptable back then to drop homphobic slurs. We learned from our past mistakes and shouldn't call gay people those words anymore. So, good!
The sad reality is that if this show were to be renewed today, it would draw 2 distinct kinds of idiots out. The first kind would say it’s insensitive having a straight actor playing Jack, questioning why they can’t have a gay actor playing the role. The second kind would demand that to ‘appeal to a modern demographic’, the show becomes a gay man pretending to be straight. Which would cause all sorts of issues. So for crying out loud, please leave this one alone. You will never get better than John Ritter.
I'm always amused when someone comes along and says "Ohmigod, no one should ever remake this sacredly good show" when the sacredly good show was, itself, a remake of another very good show ("Man About the House," in this case).
@@cb9575 I always thought this show was ridiculing Mr. Furley's bigotry; it exposed homophobia as an absurd attitude. The premise of Jack pretending to be gay also poked fun at traditional gender norms; none of the landlords believed straight men and women could be roommates.
@@RS-tm2qe Jack pretending to be gay served to further the notion that gay men are caricatures...silly, sassy, saucy people who sought to make straight men uncomfortable. Stereotypes suck.
@@cb9575 But is the stereotype Jack presents something the writers want the audience to believe is true of gay men, or are they making a point about the stereotypes a homophobic character like Mr. Furley would expect to see in a gay man? The caricature Jack presents IS offensive, but I think the gay trope probably made 70's audiences feel sympathy towards gay men. The audience roots for Jack and sees Mr. Furley's behavior for what it is. I think these early, clumsy attempts to deal with gender norms and LGBTQ issues on TV likely had a positive influence in their time.
John Ritter is a legend.
Yes he was!!!
Agree, John Ritter RIP.
Just like his Father Tex Ritter.
@@sherryhook9066 You’re right about that!!!
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER JOHN RITTER
R.I.P. John Ritter and Norman Fell, two great men!
There will never be another show like this, Jack was always the funniest 😂😂
Sad, but right you are!
This was my favorite show when I was a little girl. Still is. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, John! You are missed! 1948-2003❤️
I never noticed the cool Beatles poster Jack has
Me too!!!
Weird to think about that John Lennon was alive when this was filmed
Ritter was a huge Beatles fan. Mr. Ritter pretty much insisted the Beatles poster become a part of his room on the set of Three's company.
It is unclear exactly when the poster appeared. My best guess is sometime late 1979 or early 1980. it didn't seem to be there before then. When you become a star of a show, you have a certain influence.
I remember being a kid in the 90's watching this on nick at nite lol. Loved threes company
I remember being a kid in the 70s and seeing these episodes as they came out.
One of my favorite sitcoms ever! ☮️🖖🏽
True!!!
Such an incredible and amazing and wonderful person. John Ritter = Legendary
You’re right about that!!!
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER JOHN RITTER
You’re right about that!!
I totally agree.
I still say he should have gotten an Oscar for Sling Blade, he was so fucking robbed
just discovering threes company what a great show!
True!!!
It’s the all time bestest!
John Ritter will always be a legend.
Yes indeed!!!!
Such a great era of TV 📺.
True!!!!
John Ritter and Norman Fell are a riot and they will be missed. RIP to them.
Yes indeed!!!!
This episode strange fellows air in October 77, when Janet, and chrissy when away for the weekend a wild party was throwing a classic episode.
Good to know!!!!
I like how Jack sells being gay so well in this scene. At this point, Mr. Roper definitely thinks that Jack is gay. 😆
John Ritter played his part so damn well! Tinkerbell!
Agreed!!!!
I want that Beatles poster.
It’s a great Poster!!!!!
Awesome!
This episode is actually called "Strange Bedfellows" and it's one of my favorites. I'm queer and LOVE this show. I feel like it was making at nod at queer culture the only way it could at that time. It doesn't feel like a cheap joke to me, but a little added spark to the show. No one cares if someone is gay except Mr. Roper and he's the buffoon of the show.
You need to give that word back, queer is supposed to be OUR word for making fun of you.
He's insulting the show.
^Oh look... someone who actually "got it." That's refreshing.
Awesome we need more of this
This show continues to make me happy and laughing
Miss you John Ritter 😢 ❤️ 😘 rip ⚘️ 🌷 🙏
It's funny how progressive they were back then.
Yea but it also wasn't so in your face and forced down your throat. I remember being a kid and my mom told me he was pretending to be gay so he could have women as his roommates lol.
No they had it right the first time
This show is still globally loved, younger generations are discovering it because it's timeless comedy, the entire cast is legendary, especially John Ritter, R
Thankfully the Christian nut jobs who protested the show during it's run didn't succeed in getting it canceled back then
There was a lot of animosity towards this shows because of it's subject matter, which is tame these days
@@SXI96 Speaking of nut (jobs), check out the video in which Jack accidentally exposes his right testicle in a 1983 episode while wearing blue boxer shorts. No one caught the nanosecond of an intimate 'fallout' until someone with a VHS player paused it in 2001; it was brought to Mr Ritter's attention. He was so cool about it, encouraging peeps to view both the edited & unedited scenes because "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't."
LOL - "progressive."
Tinkerbell. Lol. Was that the term back then.
Fairy was common and then Tinkberbell came from that.
And Mr. Furley called him TWINKLE-TOES. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rip to both 🥀🥀
0:04 his face 😂
I know Right!!!!
Lol. Classic!
"Helen. You wouldn't believe what a nightnare I just had?"
😂😂
(Yesssss! And the sock 😂
Two legends
Yes indeed!!!!
Last part made me laugh lol
“Thank you for a lovely evening” 🤌😂😂😂😂😂😭
Love this show! Tomorrow is his 76th birthday. Happy Birthday, John❤️💚❤️💚
That show is legendary
Agreed!!!!
Decades later, this is still funny as hell.
Right.... And thank you for a lovely evening 😏 (blinks fast like a girl)
It was too funny!!!!😂😂😂😂
And Jack only did that to Mr. Roper. LOL
@@enriqueiii9209 It was too funny!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I never met a girl who 'bats' her eyelashes!
@@writerforlifeify So I take it you have met EVERY female ever
good show
Good show.💯R.I.P.John Ritter.🤟😁🙃🌟
I'm Super! Tanks for asking!!!
This clip actually comes from S2.E4 Strange Bedfellows
That was a very long time ago.
This wouldn't air today due to cancel culture ! Rip both guys
Yes so sad about Suzanne Somers passing away
Just heard about it recently!!!!
And thank you for a lovely evening lol
It was a very funny scene!!!
Originally aired October 4 1977 on ABC
Give me the long version please
I guess that's one way to pay the rent.
On three's company, John Ritter was the Jim Carrey before Jim Carrey.
Please do not insult John Ritter. I can not stand Jim Carrey. Carrey isn’t even in the same league as Ritter.
@@renejustice886 Both funny! Both physical comedians too.
@@renejustice886Agreed!!!
It was supposed to be named’ A man about the house ‘
MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE was the 1973-76 British sitcom that THREE'S COMPANY was based on, and presumably was also the temporary working title for the American remake.
I think they actually did a version of this episode first.
That was funny 😄
At this time this kind of comedy would be censured for the 🏳️🌈
It was still acceptable back then to drop homphobic slurs. We learned from our past mistakes and shouldn't call gay people those words anymore. So, good!
@@Puglitz True, too many attention junkies in this world. Words have only as much power as you CHOOSE to invest them with.
I'm a gay guy, and I thought the gay jokes on this show were hilarious. I can laugh at myself.
Lol wil and grace said way worse stuff than this
People should stop being fairys
i always knew roper was a flamer
0:04 - 😆
Asuuuuu van a ser 45 años q se grabó
And still is
Yes he was
😂😂😂
It was too funny!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂
John Ritter is the GOAT
This has the wrong title
True!!!!
The sad reality is that if this show were to be renewed today, it would draw 2 distinct kinds of idiots out.
The first kind would say it’s insensitive having a straight actor playing Jack, questioning why they can’t have a gay actor playing the role.
The second kind would demand that to ‘appeal to a modern demographic’, the show becomes a gay man pretending to be straight. Which would cause all sorts of issues.
So for crying out loud, please leave this one alone. You will never get better than John Ritter.
I'm always amused when someone comes along and says "Ohmigod, no one should ever remake this sacredly good show" when the sacredly good show was, itself, a remake of another very good show ("Man About the House," in this case).
❤RIPP❤
Welcome to the Obama estate........
Obama was like a teenager in Hawaii during this so wtf this gotta do with him lol
Probably so!!!
This is so stupid why cant jack have a woman stay over they have their own room
Because he has to be gay in order to stay there, Mr Roper thinks he's gay.
Talk about a show that didn't stand the test of time. Dreadfully wrong on so many levels.
What?! This is classic tv! We can watch it daily on channel 38 here. And it's my all-time fave sitcom.
@@writerforlifeify Classic comedy for cishets. For queer people, shows like this showed America that they were a punchline.
@@cb9575 I always thought this show was ridiculing Mr. Furley's bigotry; it exposed homophobia as an absurd attitude. The premise of Jack pretending to be gay also poked fun at traditional gender norms; none of the landlords believed straight men and women could be roommates.
@@RS-tm2qe Jack pretending to be gay served to further the notion that gay men are caricatures...silly, sassy, saucy people who sought to make straight men uncomfortable. Stereotypes suck.
@@cb9575 But is the stereotype Jack presents something the writers want the audience to believe is true of gay men, or are they making a point about the stereotypes a homophobic character like Mr. Furley would expect to see in a gay man? The caricature Jack presents IS offensive, but I think the gay trope probably made 70's audiences feel sympathy towards gay men. The audience roots for Jack and sees Mr. Furley's behavior for what it is. I think these early, clumsy attempts to deal with gender norms and LGBTQ issues on TV likely had a positive influence in their time.
John Ritter was so funny.
Agreed!!!!