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Customer Reviews of Three's Company - Season Two

The Season 2 set is a complete steal. The content of the episodes, as always, speaks for itself. Then you have the amazing and extensive special features. The trivia game is a lot of fun, the tribute to Ritter, narrated by Joyce DeWitt is well presented, the original pilot was hilarious. The talent bios are a bit long, but interesting. Some background music to go with the reading might have helped. I was, however, slightly disappointed with the blooper reel but not too much. The "Best Of" clip reels for the key players were great, too.

Finally, the production quality of this set is far superior to Season 1. 25 episodes and all these other bonuses for thirty bucks make this a worthy investment.

They've Helped Raise The Bar For TV-on-DVD Sets
The extras and the packaging for this set turn what could have been just another TV-on-DVD set it into a fun little time capsule. They also totally make up for the lack of extras on the "Three's Company" season one collection.

In regards to the original un-aired pilot, a previous reviewer remarked that it was lousy, but I disagree. Written by Larry Gelbart, who brought us "MASH," the script was witty and sharp. The pacing seemed a bit slow in spots and there didn't seem to be much chemistry to speak of between John Ritter and the original girls, one of whom was writer/actress Valerie Curtin, whose name and face can be seen in several other 70s sitcoms. Audra Lindley's Mrs. Roper had an east coast accent and sported a flashy pantsuit, but no muumuu! The theme song was the same, but without lyrics. Also, John Ritter had yet to become Jack Tripper. Here he played David Bell, an aspiring filmmaker! Whatever you may think of the episode itself, it's still worth seeing because it displays just how much work had to go into creating the show that ultimately came to be.

I played the trivia game and got one question wrong. No matter, because at the end I was still treated to a 3 minute video clip of John Ritter appearing on a 1967 episode of "The Dating Game"!

The video featurettes are cute and show off just how much of a "straight man" Joyce Dewitt was during this season. As evidenced in the Chrissy and Ropers featurettes, most of the punch lines belonged to John and the other co-stars.

Joyce narrates a touching tribute to the late John Ritter, during which we get to see footage from several other shows on which he appeared, including my personal favorite, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

It would've been nice to have audio commentary from one or more of the original cast, but author Chris Mann does provide a lot of insight in his commentary for "Days of Beer and Weed." Not surprising, since this is the guy who interviewed everyone in front of and behind the camera for his book, Come And Knock On Our Door, which chronicled the show's entire history. He also had a couple touching personal stories about Mr. Ritter to share.

A 22 minute collection of clips spanning all eight years shows off John Ritter's prowess as a physical comedian. After watching this, I NOW wonder if Anchor Bay plans to release all the remaining seasons on DVD (I'm not especially fond of the final two seasons, but if anyone at Anchor Bay cares to know, I would still purchase those sets).

As for the episodes themselves, what's to say? They're uncut and all run at approximately 25 minutes, just as they did when ABC first aired them, so I'm happy. And the sound and picture quality are as near-perfect as they're ever going to be. Even the blooper reel looks and sounds as though it was remastered!

An awful lot of effort went into the production of this set. Everyone involved should be proud.

And everyone responsible for the blunders on the "Will & Grace" season two set should buy a copy of this DVD and use it as a learning tool as they plan W&G season three's release!!!

Great packaging
I love the way they did these dvds, with the kind of book design instead of the huge fold out design of most sets, where you have to fold the whole thing out to get to a disc. It's very convenient and pretty! I also got 2 free coasters in my set. Tons of extra's make this worth the money. I love 3's Company, I started watching it about a year ago, I wasn't born yet when it first started but I saw the reruns and it made me laugh the whole way through the episodes. John Ritter was a master of comedy and I also like the girls in it. I remembered Suzanne Sommers as the mom on Step by Step. This is one of the funniest comedies ever and most of the episodes are new to me. It also has a blooper reel this time around. I fully recommend this set to people who love good comedy.