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Three's A Crowd
''Three's a Crowd'' (also known as ''Three's Company, Too'' in the ''Three's Company'' syndication package) is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off sequel and continuation of '' Three's Company'' that aired on ABC from September 25, 1984 (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. Plot In ''Three's Company'''s final episodes, Vicky Bradford ( Mary Cadorette) is introduced as a love interest of Jack Tripper (John Ritter), beginning with the episode titled "Cupid Works Overtime". In the following two-part episode "Friends and Lovers", Jack proposes marriage, but Vicky, afraid of marriage after witnessing her parents' tumultuous relationship and bitter divorce, declines the offer. Vicky instead convinces Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videotape
Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually Sound recording and reproduction, sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog signal, analog or Digital signal (signal processing), digital signal. Videotape is used in both video tape recorders (VTRs) and, more commonly, videocassette recorders (VCRs) and camcorders. Videotapes have also been used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram. Because video signals have a very high Bandwidth (signal processing), bandwidth, and Tape head, stationary heads would require extremely high tape speeds, in most cases, a helical scan, helical-scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions. Tape is a Linear motion, linear method of storing information and thus imposes delays to access a portion of the tape that is not already against the heads. The early 2000s saw the introduction and rise to prominence of high-q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sunga
George Arcega Sunga (October 2, 1932 – November 7, 2023) was an American director and producer. He was known for producing the American sitcom television series ''Three's Company'' (and its spin-offs ''The Ropers'' and ''Three's a Crowd''). Early life and career Sunga was raised in San Diego, California and is of Filipino descent, where he attended San Diego State University in the early 1950s. He began his career in 1963, as a production supervisor for the short-lived musical variety television series '' The Judy Garland Show''. Sunga later produced and directed other television programs including ''All in the Family'', ''The Jeffersons'', '' The Redd Foxx Show'', ''Good Times'', ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'', '' Dear John'', '' The Good Life'', ''Gung Ho'', '' Someone Like Me'' and '' Perfect Station''. In 1969, Sunga was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety or Musical Series. In 1972, Sunga was an associate producer of the television film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Goodrich
Deborah Goodrich Royce (née Goodrich; May 11, 1958) is an American former actress, story editor, and author. She is best known for her screen roles in ''Just One of the Guys'' (1985) and the horror films ''April Fool's Day'' (1986) and ''Remote Control'' (1988). Goodrich published her debut novel, ''Finding Mrs. Ford'', through the Post Hill Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in 2019. Biography Goodrich was raised in Warren, Michigan. She graduated summa cum laude from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio in 1980, earning a bachelor's degree in modern foreign languages with a minor in dance. Goodrich started acting in 1980 with the film '' Those Lips, Those Eyes''. Thereafter she played several roles in television series and films such as ''All My Children'' (1982–1983) and ''St. Elsewhere'' (1986). She stopped acting in 1992 to dedicate herself to her work as a story editor with Miramax. Goodrich is on the boards of the New York Botanical Garden, the PRASAD Projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Karen
James Karen (born Jacob Karnofsky; November 28, 1923 – October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen is known for his roles in ''Poltergeist'', '' The China Syndrome'', ''Wall Street'', ''The Return of the Living Dead'', '' Invaders from Mars'' and '' The Pursuit of Happyness'', but was perhaps best known as the signature pitchman for Pathmark, famously appearing in commercials for the now-defunct East Coast-based supermarket chain from the late 1970s to the early 1990s which earned his nickname "Mr. Pathmark". Karen is also known for his recurring television role as Tom Bradford's boss, Eliot Randolph, in '' Eight Is Enough''. He was nominated for a Saturn Award for his 1985 role in ''The Return of the Living Dead''. He also appeared in an episode of ''Cheers'' as Frasier's mentor and the father of Carla's sixth child. Early life Karen was born Jacob Karnofsky in Wilkes-Barre, in northeastern Pennsylvania, the son of Russian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Measles
Measles (probably from Middle Dutch or Middle High German ''masel(e)'', meaning "blemish, blood blister") is a highly contagious, Vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by Measles morbillivirus, measles virus. Other names include ''morbilli'', ''rubeola'', ''9-day measles, red measles'', and ''English measles''. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. Initial symptoms typically include fever, often greater than , cough, Rhinitis, runny nose, and conjunctivitis, inflamed eyes. Small white spots known as Koplik's spots, Koplik spots may form inside the mouth two or three days after the start of symptoms. A red, flat rash which usually starts on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body typically begins three to five days after the start of symptoms. Common complications include diarrhea (in 8% of cases), Otitis media, middle ear infection (7%), and pneumonia (6%). These occur i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Bird
Billie Bird Sellen (February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002), better known professionally as Billie Bird, was an American actress and comedian. She played Margie in '' Dear John'' (1988–1992). Early life Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Bird was discovered at the age of eight while living at an orphanage. As a child, she worked in vaudeville, including the act known as the King Sisters, and later in theater/cabaret before moving on to television and films. Career She is credited with an appearance in a 1921 film ''Grass Widowers'', but it is not clear if this is accurate. Otherwise, she broke into films in 1950, later making a brief, uncredited appearance in '' The Odd Couple'' as a chambermaid. Her only line was "Goodnight", which was said to Felix Ungar, who responded, "Goodbye." Bird often was cast by director John Hughes and appeared in many of his 1980 and 1990s films, such as ''Sixteen Candles'', ''Home Alone'', and '' Dennis the Menace'', the latter two of which both paired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Powers (director)
David Price Powers (December 2, 1932 – July 3, 2008) was an American television director and producer. Life and career Powers was born in Big Bear Lake, California, and broke into show business working as an usher on '' The Dinah Shore Show'', 1956. He later worked as an associate director before being hired by Carol Burnett in 1968 to direct her variety program, CBS-TV's ''The Carol Burnett Show''. He remained with the show through its entire ten-year run and also directed Burnett in a number of prime-time specials. Powers then went on to direct many episodes of the successful television programs ''Mama's Family'' and ''Three's Company'' (both from Season 3 up to and including their series finales), as well as the ''Three's Company'' spinoffs ''The Ropers'' (Season 1) and ''Three's a Crowd'' (its entire lone season). Powers won four Emmys (1974,1975,1977, and 1978) for directing, and received three additional nominations, and was also nominated twice for Directors Guild of Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Tripper
Jack Tripper is a fictional character on the sitcom ''Three's Company'', which is based upon the character Robin Tripp from ''Man About the House'' created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Jack was played by the actor John Ritter. Introduction Janet, another character in the show, reasoned with the landlord, Stanley Roper who lived downstairs and he agreed that Jack could stay because Janet told Mr. Roper that Jack was gay, without Jack's knowledge. Jack was, however, actually heterosexuality, straight (the comedy stemming from having to "play gay" provided much of the story for the sitcom). Jack is something of a ladies' man, but is also kind-hearted, loyal, and protective of the women he lives with. Jobs In the show, Jack attended a local technical college on the G.I. Bill for a degree in culinary arts. He is a United States Navy, Navy veteran. After graduating from cooking school, Jack held down odd jobs in his spare time. He got the chef job in Angelino’s restaurant, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Walter
Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions. In films, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, ''Play Misty for Me''. On television, she was most recently known for her role of Lucille Bluth on the sitcom ''Arrested Development'' (2003–2006, 2013–2019) and for providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series '' Archer'' (2009–2021). Walter received various awards over the course of her television career, including a Primetime Emmy Award for '' Amy Prentiss'' (1975). She also received two Golden Globe Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. For her starring role opposite Eastwood in ''Play Misty for Me'', Walter received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. After studying acting at the Neighborhood Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Sitcom
A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situational comedy programme produced for British television. British sitcoms have predominantly been recorded on studio sets, while some include an element of location filming. Live audiences and multi-cameras were first used in the US by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball for their American show ''I Love Lucy'' in 1951 and the system was adopted in the UK. Several are made almost entirely on location (for example, '' Last of the Summer Wine'') and shown to a studio audience prior to final post-production to record genuine laughter. In contrast to the American team writing system, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's huge successes were of such quality that they became the paradigm for British sitcom writing. By the time the television set had become a common part of home furnishing, sitcoms were significant expressions of everyday life and were often a window on the times of enormous social changes in the British class system and its conflicts and prejud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same fictional universe as an earlier work, usually chronologically following the events of that work. In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key elements appear repeatedly. The difference between more than one sequel and a series is somewhat arbitrary. Sequels are attractive to creators and publishers because there is less risk involved in returning to a story with known popularity rather than developing new and untested characters and settings. Audiences are sometimes eager for more stories about popular characters or settings, making the production of sequels financially appealing. In film, sequels are very common. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
