Three's a Crowd
| Three's a Crowd | |
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| Also known as | ''Three's Company, Too'' |
| Based on |
Robin's Nest created by Johnnie Mortimer Brian Cooke |
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| Starring |
John Ritter Mary Cadorette Robert Mandan Alan Campbell |
| Theme music composer | Michael Lloyd (music) Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Don Nicholl & Michael Lloyd (lyrics) |
| Opening theme | "Side by Side" |
| Ending theme | "Side by Side" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Ross Bernie West George Burditt |
| Producer(s) | Martin Rips Joseph Staretski George Sunga |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 23 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | NRW Productions Bergman-Taffner Productions |
| Distributor |
DLT Entertainment FremantleMedia Enterprises (international) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 25, 1984 – April 9, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Three's Company |
| Related shows | Robin's Nest |
Three's a Crowd (also known as Three's Company, Too in the Three's Company syndication package) is an American sitcom produced as a spin-off and continuation of Three's Company that aired on ABC from September 25, 1984 (only one week after the final episode of Three's Company was broadcast) until April 9, 1985, with reruns airing until September 10, 1985. It is loosely based on the British sitcom Robin's Nest, which was itself a spin-off of Man About the House, on which Three's Company was based.
Three's a Crowd continued from Three's Company. In the final episodes of Three's Company, Vicky Bradford (Mary Cadorette) is introduced as a love interest of Jack Tripper (John Ritter), beginning in "Cupid Works Overtime". In the following two-part episode, "Friends and Lovers", Jack asks Vicky to marry him but she refuses and explains that although she loves Jack, she does not want to be married because she remembers when her father and mother got divorced and she explains that marriage scares her. However, Jack and Vicky eventually move to a new apartment together above his restaurant, the landlord of which is James Bradford (Robert Mandan), Vicky's wealthy father, who bought the building from Jack's former boss, Frank Angelino (Jordan Charney). James does not approve of Jack and he constantly tries to disrupt their relationship.
Other characters included E.Z. Taylor (Alan Campbell), Jack's "surfer dude" assistant chef at his bistro and Claudia Bradford (Jessica Walter), Vicky's mother and James' ex-wife.
Three's Company had been based on the sitcom Man About the House, which aired on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1976. When the series concluded in 1976, series producers Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer devised two spin-offs of the series. The first spin-off was fashioned for actors Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce who played the popular George and Mildred Roper on the series. The series, called George and Mildred, ran from 1977 to 1980, and followed the Ropers selling their apartment building and moving into a high class neighborhood, the comedy arising from the seemingly lower-class Ropers and their relationship with their higher-class neighbors. The second spin-off was written for Richard O'Sullivan, who played Robin Tripp (which would serve as the basis for Jack Tripper on Three's Company) and was named Robin's Nest, also the name of his restaurant on the series. Running from 1977 to 1981, the series followed Robin moving with his girlfriend into an apartment above the restaurant he ran, a situation which was frowned upon by her father.
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