Product: Three's Company: Season One (1977)
Rating: 5.0
When Comedy Made Me Laugh!
Watching Three's Company again after all these years, I did laugh a lot, and not only because of some nostalgic feeling that overwhelmed me, having grown up expecting every single episode,every single week with a sort of enthusiasm that comes with the anticipation that something good is about to happen; But I also enjoyed watching the show again because simply it is one of the best sitcoms ever produced for television in any language.Yet I could not help feeling a tinge of sadness,reliving all these funny and wonderful episodes, at the early and untimely death of its star John Ritter.The success of Three's Company was certainly due to the excellent writing, that combined successfully the situation comedy with the physical/slapstick genre,one that unfortunately is nowadays either overlooked by the new breed of comedy writers or not well written/delivered,in addition to a very 70s touch of sexual innuendos and harmless cliches about 'bimbos' and 'gays' that were good natured and never sexist or discriminatory.All the actors contributed their best comic talents and timing to the show, from the cute and smart Joyce de Witt, the naive, sexy and sweet Suzanne Sommers, the Roppers, Norman Fell and Audra Lindley, to the later actors who replaced some characters, like the genuis of a comedian that is Don Knotts who became the new landlord post '79, to Sommers replacements, Priscilla Barnes and Jenilee Harrison.But as much as the show made these actors household names, its success was equally due to Ritter.The sweet, clumsy, and charming qualities he brought to Jack, endeared him with millions of viewers and ensured that the show ran from its first season in 1977, all the episodes from which are included in this DVD, to its last season in 1984, amazing continuity: he made the show as much as it made him.Three's company is a must see and buy sitcom that will introduce a whole new generation to what real comedy should be, and give my generation a chance to laugh their heads off again,while all the same paying a well deserved tribute to an actor who has delighted us all with his enormous talent and heart.