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<blockquote data-quote="Top Jimmy" data-source="post: 180130" data-attributes="member: 255">I grew up watching Three&#039;s Company and loved it. Tuesday nights were must-see TV back then, with Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, followed by Three&#039;s Company. I still enjoy most of the reruns, except for the last season where every episode was about Jack, seemingly to pave the way for the lousy spin-off Three&#039;s a Crowd.Suzanne burned a lot of bridges with her contract shenanigans. I don&#039;t think she ever admitted she was wrong in asking for a raise, but rather, she said she could have went about it differently. In the long run, getting fired worked out for her, but she was persona non grata in Hollywood for many years before reinventing herself with the Thighmaster, writing books and starring in &quot;Step by Step.&quot; She tries to portray herself as a trailblazer for women in Hollywood, but she really was greedy and did not care how her actions affected the rest of the cast and crew (she missed several rehearsals and tapings, and the writers reportely had to write two different scripts for each episode, one with Chrissy and one without, since they didn&#039;t know if Suzanne would show up or not).Joyce did appear on Suzanne&#039;s talk show, but she did not discuss her DUI. I think part of the purpose of the show was to clear the air between the two, and Joyce also specifically wanted to talk about the joy and laughter that Three&#039;s Company provided for the cast and for viewers. They kind of touched on Suzanne&#039;s contract debacle, and Suzanne admitted thinking of the show as a business venture and could see why she pissed off everyone. For fans of Three&#039;s Company, the Youtube video of their reunion is worth watching.As for Lana, she was my mother&#039;s favorite character on the show. I could totally see Suzanne being jealous of Ann. She had her moments, but Lana was one of my least favorite&nbsp; characters. I think the writers made the mistake of making her too self-absorbed and not interacting in a genuine human way with the rest of the cast. Most of the time, she would waltz into the threesome&#039;s apartment and ask for Jack, fall all over him and then walk out. It would have been a mistake to make her a Mrs. Roper clone, but the character may have worked better if she had some of Mrs. Roper&#039;s warmth and interacted more with Janet and Chrissy. Ironically, she was given her best material in her last episode. Janet&#039;s reaction was priceless when Lana was trying to point out about Jack&#039;s &quot;affair&quot; with one of his roommates, and she told Janet, &quot;And I thought Chrissy was the dumb one!&quot; LOL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Top Jimmy, post: 180130, member: 255"] I grew up watching Three's Company and loved it. Tuesday nights were must-see TV back then, with Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, followed by Three's Company. I still enjoy most of the reruns, except for the last season where every episode was about Jack, seemingly to pave the way for the lousy spin-off Three's a Crowd. Suzanne burned a lot of bridges with her contract shenanigans. I don't think she ever admitted she was wrong in asking for a raise, but rather, she said she could have went about it differently. In the long run, getting fired worked out for her, but she was persona non grata in Hollywood for many years before reinventing herself with the Thighmaster, writing books and starring in "Step by Step." She tries to portray herself as a trailblazer for women in Hollywood, but she really was greedy and did not care how her actions affected the rest of the cast and crew (she missed several rehearsals and tapings, and the writers reportely had to write two different scripts for each episode, one with Chrissy and one without, since they didn't know if Suzanne would show up or not). Joyce did appear on Suzanne's talk show, but she did not discuss her DUI. I think part of the purpose of the show was to clear the air between the two, and Joyce also specifically wanted to talk about the joy and laughter that Three's Company provided for the cast and for viewers. They kind of touched on Suzanne's contract debacle, and Suzanne admitted thinking of the show as a business venture and could see why she pissed off everyone. For fans of Three's Company, the Youtube video of their reunion is worth watching. As for Lana, she was my mother's favorite character on the show. I could totally see Suzanne being jealous of Ann. She had her moments, but Lana was one of my least favorite characters. I think the writers made the mistake of making her too self-absorbed and not interacting in a genuine human way with the rest of the cast. Most of the time, she would waltz into the threesome's apartment and ask for Jack, fall all over him and then walk out. It would have been a mistake to make her a Mrs. Roper clone, but the character may have worked better if she had some of Mrs. Roper's warmth and interacted more with Janet and Chrissy. Ironically, she was given her best material in her last episode. Janet's reaction was priceless when Lana was trying to point out about Jack's "affair" with one of his roommates, and she told Janet, "And I thought Chrissy was the dumb one!" LOL. [/QUOTE]

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