This show is pretty funny, and does have its share of good and enjoyable episodes, but I just feel that in the show, Mr. Roper is such a jerk, and so mean to gay people that it just bothers me whenever he's onscreen. Also, in the later seasons, Jack lies all the time to his best friends, and Chrissy, Jack and Janet show a friendship where they're good friends, and yet they can't man up enough to tell their friends the cold hard truth and what's what sometimes. That's why this show sometimes bothers me, and that is also why I give it 6 out of 10. Good, not Great.

For some reason this show came on like gangbusters. For guys it was the fantasy of living (and the possibility of having sex...) with two women. For women it was the "romantic tension"; i.e. "can he stand the choice, and who will he choose?" Those were the dynamics behind this show. And, as a teenager who understood the implications of the title, show premise, and all that went with it, I found the the thing incredibly dull. And, on a more basic level, unfunny and stupid.What's funny is that I thought the premier of "Mork and Mindy" was funny. I thought select episodes of "All in the Family" were funny. I thought the Warner Brothers classic cartoons from the 30s and 40s were a riot. Heck, even "Good Times" had a few laughs. But this show? "Three's Company"?Well, "WKRP in Cincinnati" is ain't. I remember that age, and wondering when the future would come. How could we get to the stars? Could computers help solve our problems? Why isn't there a greater interest in high tech, science and science fiction shows? And while I was sitting there staring at the screen watching Jack Tripper and his antics with his two roommates, I just didn't get why on Earth anyone would want to get into this show.But, as per my opening paragraph, it's the same old story; guys wanting sex, girls wanting attention. And I guess there's enough idiots in the world who buy into shows like this. Made for the single white male/female of the 70s and 80s, I was not the target demographic. I understand that. But it doesn't explain why the humor was so miserably poor, and yet in spite of (or perhaps because of it) that the show succeed for several reasons. Heck, "Giligan's Island" was funnier than this, and I barely laughed (more like smirked) at that show, and only because there was nothing else on at the 4:30OPM to 6:00PM time slot before Trek came. So, as you can probably guess, I'm not a fan of this show. I don't think it's funny. I think the premise is stupid. And, further, I think you have to be stupid to like it. But, most of the TV viewing audience are not critics of great art, and are just regular people who want something they like. And perhaps that's all anyone can ask for in a TV show. This one included.No, I'm not forgiving the show for what it was and is, and no, I don't think I'm being too hard on Jack, Janet and Chrissy. But, if you like your entertainment more basic and brainless, then maybe you'll take a shine to it. Personally I'd just assume it had never been shot, much less aired.

This is one of those shows I grew up on, videotaping each episode as the show ran in syndication, and watching it again and again. I never grew out of the laughs. John Ritter as Jack, Joyce DeWitt as Janet and Suzanne Somers as Chrissy were hilarious, trying to find their way out of every misadventure that comes their way. One of my favorite episodes was when Ralph Furley (Don Knotts) threatens to kick Jack, Janet and Chrissy out of their apartment due to their overbearing noise. As a result, knowing that they will have to hit the streets anyway and thinking they were invited to stay on a luxurious apartment complex by a man Jack saved in a restaurant, the three purposely makes more noises by slamming pots and pans on the floor and dropping the telephone on the desk-hilarious. Norman Fell and Audra Lindley delivered good comprehension as the Ropers, displaying their "platonic" relationship. Furley delivers one wisecrack after the other.The show pretty much declined after the Suzanne Somer debacle. Her leaving the show really left a void in the comedy, but Jenilee Harrison and Priscilla Barnes did pretty good as Cindy Snow and Terri Alden, but not as charming as Somers.But, a very fun show to watch again and again. This is one of those shows that is just one silly misadventure (sometimes childish) after another, don't have to find a specific purpose to follow.So, come knock on their door and watch "Three's Company."Grade B+

First of all John Ritters first name an the first show was David. The Ropers were not the upstairs neighbors they lived downstairs. Mr. Ropers First Name was George, not Stanley in the beginning. There was an other Crissy Snow before Suzanne Somers. I believe the first names of the girls were Jennifer,or Jenny. The other girls name I don't remember. David was trying to get into show business not cooking school. Then When Joyce Dewitt was on the show, there was another girl named Crissy, I believe this was after the pilot show. If anyone remembers the girls name can you post them? Any other comments will be welcomed.