sitcoms opened the door for us being able to tell stories about sex and laugh at them. without three s company you don t perhaps get golden girls and that leads to shows that are being super open about sexuality. i think i know you from somewhere. it s very possible we [bleep]. then we probably [bleep] in college. what s the big deal? it s my compliment rust. in the 1990s we haven t seen things about their lives. the explosion came with cable. the criteria was not only quality not network sensorship. i wanted to explore this world of sex from a female point of
friends in that war going to funerals and so maybe this was the comic relief we needed. three s company was a massive hit out of the box. it was empty but delicious. i was watching characters at the point in my life i was scared. i can look back an have a certain fondness because even though they were over the top it was something like subliminally was important. good night. oh, the closet. i look at the time when i was on too close for comfort. i think monroe fell into that asexual thing where i never was supposed to be gay but you would have to be brain dead not to
laugh line. what are you doing? i m loosening up my wrist. i didn t know you guys had to practice. i mean, that s how you said gay in three s company . hello, jack. mmm. in some ways, i mean, three s company was kind of a terrible show. and boy, did you want to be around them. it s a little light, right? but we find out that we can care about these people. 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 .
hey, pops, how come you never gave me the talk? i most certainly did. what do you think that box of condoms i left in your bedroom was about? that was it? oh, you wanted a hug too? the american people are collectively a little bit conservative when it comes to issues of sex. don t get all caught up in this having open dialogue with your kids hoopla. it s not natural! show me one place in the bible where a kid talks! we want to be able to laugh about sex for the same reason, we want to be able to laugh about anything that scares us or disturbs us. so, i m sure you ve had sex with my mother, which is fine. oh, my god! but are you using protection? and it took a long time, but sitcoms really opened the door for us being able to tell stories about sex and laugh at them. without three s company , you don t perhaps get golden girls , and that leads to shows that are being super open about
come on and knock on our door come and knock on our door. we ve been waiting for you. we ve been waiting for you. 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. 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? ooh, as long as you live here. it 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,