[Tanniker Smith]

My wife, as liberal as they come and getting liberaller, could not stand that show, hates it with a passionate s dumb and sexist (which admittedly are probably the reasons it was a hit). She was absolutely disgusted when her idol, Lucille Ball, hosted a special episode of Three’s Company. For all the annoying stuff, John Ritter was a master of physical comedy with his pratfalls and stuff. He wasn’t bad on “Buffy” either.

[70times7]

Lucy was a genius of comedy. People watch the B&W reruns and think of that show as "old hat". They miss is the fact that, except for some Vaudeville, nearly all of the skits were original. We think of it as hackneyed because everyone has copied the bits ten times over. The characters were shallow, yes, but the show was very new and funny.

John Ritter was a devoted fan of Lucy and was excellent at physical comedy. But many of the story lines for "Three's Company" were poor sideways copies of classic original television.

"That 70's Show" - How much worse can it get when a pathetic show about a truly pathetic decade is a hit on TV? I don't think I want to know. My head hurts just considering the concept of Honey-boo-boo.