Come and knock on our door...

 Three's Company is another series with some spin-offs, but no connection to the TVCU.

I know I usually do these posts the first week of the month, but tomorrow is the first so close enough.  

1977 - 1984--Three's Company--This was a great series.  It ran in syndication in reruns when I was a kid.  Jack Tripper needs a place to live.  Janet and Chrissy need a roommate.  Only the landlord is conservative and won't let a male room with women.  Except despite being homophobic, he's okay if Jack is gay, and so the deception and constant misunderstandings which are the basis for the comedy begin.  

1979-1980--The Ropers--Mr. Roper was such a popular character as the landlord on Three's Company.  He was always breaking the fourth wall, smiling at the camera after cracking a joke, usually at his wife's expense.  So they got a spin-off.  The Ropers sold the building to Mr. Furley (Don Knotts) and moved to a more upscale neighborhood, where they had snobby neighbors who looked down on them.  I didn't realize but the show didn't last that long.  I liked it though.  Mr. Roper was great.  

1984 - 1985--Three's a Crowd--So Three's Company ended after a successful seven year run.  But the network wanted the show to continue.  So they took lead character, bumbling Jack Tripper, whose whole thing was living with two hotties and got him into a relationship.  He had been a culinary student on Three's Company and now he opened his own restaurant and got into a committed relationship but his new father-in-law didn't approve of Jack.  The show was alright but not the same.  The original premise was gone and Jack (John Ritter) couldn't carry the show without the great ensemble cast that had previously existed.  

1997--Ellen--"Roommates"--Mr. Roper makes an appearance.  I don't know much about this episode other than that.  Still doesn't connect us to the TVCU unless Ellen has some other crossovers I'm unaware of.