Three's Company - Season 1 release info (1 Viewer)

[David Lambert]

Complete story is here:

With consumer interest high for this release from fans who want to celebrate John Ritter's great talent, Anchor Bay has decided to release Three's Company - Season 1 on Tuesday, November 11, 2003. It will be a 1-disc release with an SRP of $19.98, featuring the 6 episodes from the very short rookie year (note that the show was launched as a spring replacement):

• A Man About The House
• ...And Mother Makes Four
• Roper's Niece
• No Children, No Pets
• Jack the Giant Killer
• It's Only Money

Presented in its original full-frame video and English Mono audio, it won't have any of the supplements that had been originally planned. Instead, these will be saved for a Season 2 multi-disc Special Edition DVD release that is tentatively planned for the first quarter of 2004.

Finally, for those of you asking about the unaired pilots for the show, each of which featured alternate actresses for the female leads: Anchor Bay regets that they do not currently have these pilots available to them for inclusion. Therefore these will not be on the upcoming DVD.

 

[Danny Tse]

I can't wait.

 

[Page]

You'll have to!

Seriously, since the pilot episodes won't be available, anybody know offhand who the other actresses were that almost got the gig?

 

[Dane Marvin]

This is the exactly the right move for Anchor Bay to make. Thanks AB for doing this and thank you Dave Lambert for filling us in.

Can't wait.

 

[David Lambert]

Page, I absolutely DO know.

Valerie Curtin played "Jenny", who later became Janet, in the first pilot.

Also in Pilot 1 was Susanne Zenor (not sure if it's Susanne or Suzanne) as "Samantha", who became Chrissy in Pilot 2. In Pilot 2, though, Chrissy's role was played by Susan Lanier.

Did you know that Pilot 1 was done by Larry "M*A*S*H" Gelbart?


Dane, you are most certainly welcome.

 

[Page]

Whoa. Thanks for the quick update, David, and the thorough information.

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

This is great news indeed , with this announcement im going to have to axe 1 of my must buys the hulk collection , to next year . Ill be getting 3s company on the first day. Too many must buys this year , so the hulk had to get the axe.:frowning:

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Am i psychic or what ? In the anchor bay thread that David made, i predicted November when Anchor Bay announced a quick release.

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

David, if you would be kind enough to tell me this it would be greatly appeciated. Is season 1 the season where in the introduction Jack falls off the bike, while the famous theme music plays ? In my opinion its the best version of the theme song, during the season that had the intro where he falls off the bike.

 

[James L White]

Gee it'll take a whole 3 hrs or so to watch the whole seaosn, I don't know if I can find the time



RIP John :frowning:

 

[Dane Marvin]

David, if you would be kind enough to tell me this it would be greatly appeciated. Is season 1 the season where in the introduction Jack falls off the bike, while the famous theme music plays ? In my opinion its the best version of the theme song, during the season that had the intro where he falls off the bike

I'm not David but I just watched the "Pilot" and "Roper's Niece" on the Nick at Nite marathon and that intro is most definitely the one that was shown.

 

[Carlo_M]

All over this. Thanks for the 411!

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Thanks Dane, i assume since it was on those 2 episodes , itll be on all 6 . Also a big to David for providing us with the info this quickly ! You da man David!

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

How sweet it is though, for 3 consecutive weeks classic tv on dvd to buy for me, looney tunes, honeymooners and 3s company !

 

[Greg_S_H]

Just for fun, the brunette Jack literally falls for in that intro is Suzanne Somers in a wig.

Also, that opener has one of the ugliest establishing shots I've ever seen. Referring to the shot of the beach through all those wires and street lights. Still, classic opener!

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Are you kidding ? Im such a 3s company freak id buy the dvd, even if they announced the only thing on the dvd,would be that famous intro with that theme song. Love that music that plays during the intro before they start singing the theme, do do da do da da da da da nana , come at knock on our door !

 

[Peter Mazur]

Awesome!!!

I can't wait to have the entire series. I wonder if they will also release Three's A Crowd.

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Since we got release information nice and early,heres hoping next week some cool dvd coverart shows up.

 

[Ryan Wishton]

Does anyone know if they were able to get Suzanne Somers and Joyce Dewitt for extras???

Is Don Knotts still living???

They did schedule John Ritter to work on extras for the DVD, so I was just wondering if they were able to get the other cast members to do the same???

I know there wont be any extras till Season 2, but just wondering...

 

[Dane Marvin]

Is Don Knotts still living???

He is alive and recently received an award at 1st Annual Nick at Nite TV Land Awards. The show was hosted by John Ritter. Does anyone else think it's kind of odd to think that Mr. Furley outlived Jack?

The Ropers (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) have both passed on.