Leaving on Bad Terms
When the show ended the cast didn’t really have much of a friendship to speak of anymore. Suzanne’s sad departure mixed in with Dewitt’s anger toward Ritter caused all three actor to go mute toward one another for nearly 30 years. Somers made amends with Joyce on her web show but Ritter died at the age of 54. Sommers alleges that she had cleared the air with Ritter by then but who really knows?
Leaving On Bad Terms
The Ropers Were Shafted
Norman Fell and Audra Lindley were so popular in their parts that ABC offered them a spin off show with the caveat that a return was promised in the future if the show failed. The Ropers had one solid season before they were moved to a poor time slot and summarily canceled. ABC moved on from their promise to bring them back and instead hired Don Knotts to go ahead and hold down the suddenly coveted role. Upon Knotts’ arriving on Three’s Company the ratings for the show plummeted an incredible 20%. It was clear as day that the Ropers would have the last laugh.
The Ropers Were Shafted
