Nov. 15, 2024

Three's Company Trivia

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Question 1:
What British sitcom was "Three's Company" based on, and how many episodes of that show did ABC executives watch before deciding to adapt it, leading to three different pilot episodes being filmed with different casts?
Question 2:
During season four, Suzanne Somers missed several episodes due to a salary dispute - what creative camera tricks and stand-in techniques did the show employ to maintain her character Chrissy's presence while she was absent?
Question 3:
John Ritter was famous for performing his own physical comedy stunts on the show - which specific scene in the "Jack's Back" episode sent him to the hospital, yet remained in the final cut because he insisted they keep rolling?
Question 4:
The show's iconic theme song "Come and Knock on Our Door" went through several versions - which legendary TV composer wrote it, and what last-minute change to the lyrics was made the night before filming began?
Question 5:
When Don Knotts joined the cast as Mr. Furley in 1979, how did his iconic wardrobe come about, and which famous 1970s fashion designer actually sued the show over one of his signature outfits?

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to three different pilot episodes being filmed with different casts.

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Question two. During season four, Suzanne Summers missed several episodes

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due to a salary dispute. What creative camera tricks and

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stand in techniques did the show employ to maintain her

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character Chrissy's presence while she was absent? Question three. John

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adapt it, leading to three different pilot episodes being filmed

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of one episode before ordering the adaptation. They stopped watching

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season four, Suzanne Summers missed several episodes due to a

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salary dispute. What creative camera tricks and stand in techniques

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did the show employ to maintain her character Chrissy's presence

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while she was absent answer. They filmed Summers separately in

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one minute segments at the end of episodes, showing her

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calling from her parents' home while using a body double

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filmed from behind. For group scenes, The producers even recycled

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old footage of her laughing from previous episodes to maintain continuity.

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in the Jacksback episode sent him to the hospital yet

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remained in the final cut because he insisted they keep rolling. Answer.

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While filming a scene where Jack falls backward over a couch,

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Ridder hit his head on a camera and needed six stitches,

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but finished the scene before going to the hospital. He

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later said it was his favorite pratfall because the blood

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made it more authentic. Question four asked the show's iconic

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theme song, Come and Knock on Our Door, went through

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several versions, which legendary TV composer wrote it and what

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before filming began. Answer. Joe Riposo, famous for writing sesame

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Our Floor to Come and Knock on Our Door. The

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night before shooting, The original lyrics were deemed too suggestive

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by network sensors. Question five asked, when Don Knotts joined

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the cast as mister Furley in nineteen seventy nine, how

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his signature outfits. Answer. Knots created the look himself by

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giving Halston and a cameo appearance as himself. That concludes

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