Jack Tripper

And Three's Company would lead to a few spinoffs in the '80s, including The Ropers, which was based on a British show called George and Mildred.

Then in the US in 1984 came Three's a Crowd, yet another Three's Company spinoff on ABC that continued to feature John Ritter as Jack Tripper.

Three's a Crowd was based on a 1977 British comedy called Robin's Nest, which itself was a spinoff of that first British comedy, Man About the House.

Speaking of British TV and someone we discussed at the start, Margaret Thatcher, you may remember the puppet-based show Spitting Image.

Yeah, and you're just like, oh, dude.

Jack Tripper, come on, man.

Why do you keep doing that? Why do you get yourself in these situations? Number six, Lioness.

I just started it.

And So I didn't know really anything about it.

And this guy walked into the studio and he looked like Jack Tripper from Three's Company.

Just, you know, curly hair everywhere, 80s kind of guy.

You know, he was stuck 10 years ago.

She's watching The Don Knotts Show, which is such a throwback.

I was r- I was remembering watching when Don Knotts was the superintendent or the landlord in Three's Company with actually John Ritter when he played Jack Tripper.

We just recorded Bride of Chucky, so all these things are really collecting in my brain.

But as she's watching TV, we have this, what feels like a prowling camera.

[laughs]

Oh, sorry, uh, senator, that was Jack Tripper.

Jack Tripper.

[laughs] I love that.

Um, no, for real though-