Day: April 1, 2013

“Come and knock on my door” wasn’t the original opening for Three’s Company, the 1970s hit sitcom adaptation for ABC. Nope. Try “doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dooo” instead. The first taped pilot for Three’s Company didn’t have the lyrics you came to know and love yet from Don Nicholl and Joe Raposo. John Ritter was the star, but his name was “David” and not “Jack Tripper.” The Ropers were there (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) as the landlords. But Ritter’s roommates were originally played by Valerie Curtin, cousin of Jane Curtin and then-spouse of Barry Levinson, and Suzanne Zenor. As written and developed...