Three's Company was the definitive mindless television sex comedy, speaking to a generation ripe for the numbing. Running on ABC from 1977 to 1984, it reflected the swinging needs of the viewers, and was the vehicle through which a major Hollywood blackballing took place.

Three's Company starred John Ritter as the prat-falling chef Jack Tripper, Joyce DeWitt as the sensible florist Janet Wood, and Suzanne Somers as the prototypical dumb blond secretary (and minister's daughter), Chrissy (full name: Christmas) Snow. As the series opened, Janet and Chrissy needed a third roommate for their Santa Monica apartment. The morning after the going-away party for their last roommate, they found a man sleeping in their bathtub, and, upon learning that he could cook, they let him move in. Nothing sexual ever went on between the roommates, but not for Jack's lack of leering. While he was...