it s cause we re thinking about it. sexuality has come a long way in sitcom history. can you donate a penis to a person who s transitioning? laughter a great way to deal with a tricky world. sitcoms talk about sex. my underwear. and about relationships. i m breaking up with him tonight. these shows change the way we think about sexuality. you re talking about gay rights, you re talking about women s rights. gender diversity. dismantling the patriarchy. i have to get married or move. but if you can make them laugh then maybe we ll watch it again. anything and everything let s get our sex talk on. oh, mom covered it pretty good. maybe about the birds and the bees but i m here to keep it 100. sitcoms are a great place to talk about taboo awkward subjects like sex because it s disarming and people just want to laugh. i want to go home to my own room to sleep-in my own bed. i don t want another beer. would you like another beer? oh, yeah.
two girls and a guy living in an apartment and the landlord is okay with it because he thinks john ritter s character is gay. how long do i have to go on letting him think i m gay? oh, as long as you live here. that s the only way he ll allow it. three s company is such the perfect 70s into the 80s show, just in terms of the total sexism. i ve been walking behind you since you got off the bus. why didn t you say something? i was enjoying the view from the rear. men were running the show. many of those men were putting women in the roles they wanted to see them in. you can do it, you can do it, you can, you can. the way chrissy snow became queen of the jiggle was, in that first year, chrissy got very excited and jumped up and down and bounced back and forth. that s when boobs were real. and i noticed in the scripts from there on in, that the writers would add the line and chrissy jumps for joy. it was just a sign that america might have been burnt out on the soci
nobody was trying to hurt anybody. we were just trying to make you laugh and feel good. as a gay man, i look at a character like jack on three s company and part of me says, you know, you re allowing this straight man to say he s one thing and he s not. but at the same time, hearing those words on television was important at the time to say he s willing to become part of a community that is an other. come and knock on our door. come and knock no our door. we ve been waiting for you. we ve been waiting for you. where the kisses are hers, and hers and his, three s company too, boop, boop, boop, boop. three s company emerged at a period in time that america was saying, i don t want sex to be a taboo subject anymore. that s a lovely mole you ve got on your thigh. three s company is a sex farce in a lot of ways.