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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 436706" data-attributes="member: 40536">Interesting - I could understand preferring Diane Ladd, who is a superb actress.&nbsp; I thought she was underutilized and not that well written in &quot;Alice&quot;I would say that if I knew nothing else about a show/movie, etc, I would be more likely to watch it if Diane Ladd was in the cast, as opposed to Lnda LavinI don&#039;t think I have ever heard someone prefer Jenilee Harrison to Suzanne Somers.&nbsp; To each their ownThree&#039;s Company was basically a farce comedy, so maybe Suzanne Somers was directed to be more oblivious, to make it work the way that the producers wanted.In any case, the show was never as good without her IMHO.I never cared for the Janet character - too self-righteous/judgmental for the first 4-5 years of the show.Priscilla Barnes seemed like she was playing a generic character/plot device - she was whatever the show needed to make the script work.By then, it was the John Ritter show - maybe it always wasDon Knotts is a terrific comedic actor, but I preferred the Jack/Chrissie/Janet/Mr and Mrs Roper yearsRichard Kline was a good supporting actor who worked well with the cast, and he had a larger role after Suzanne Somers departedI disagree about Jenilee Harrison on Dallas - I thought she showed a lot of growth as an actress.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t say it was an Emmy worthy performance, but it was better than I expected. By season 4, maybe Suzanne Somers had become a little too popular for the rest of cast&#039;s liking.&nbsp; Yes, she did mess up the contract negotiations, but I always thought that the cast was too unforgiving for too long a period. John Ritter certainly had other successes, but Joyce DeWitt not so much (Sour Grapes?)Of course, Suzanne Somers eventually reclaimed her career</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 436706, member: 40536"] Interesting - I could understand preferring Diane Ladd, who is a superb actress. I thought she was underutilized and not that well written in "Alice" I would say that if I knew nothing else about a show/movie, etc, I would be more likely to watch it if Diane Ladd was in the cast, as opposed to Lnda Lavin I don't think I have ever heard someone prefer Jenilee Harrison to Suzanne Somers. To each their own Three's Company was basically a farce comedy, so maybe Suzanne Somers was directed to be more oblivious, to make it work the way that the producers wanted. In any case, the show was never as good without her IMHO. I never cared for the Janet character - too self-righteous/judgmental for the first 4-5 years of the show. Priscilla Barnes seemed like she was playing a generic character/plot device - she was whatever the show needed to make the script work. By then, it was the John Ritter show - maybe it always was Don Knotts is a terrific comedic actor, but I preferred the Jack/Chrissie/Janet/Mr and Mrs Roper years Richard Kline was a good supporting actor who worked well with the cast, and he had a larger role after Suzanne Somers departed I disagree about Jenilee Harrison on Dallas - I thought she showed a lot of growth as an actress. I wouldn't say it was an Emmy worthy performance, but it was better than I expected. By season 4, maybe Suzanne Somers had become a little too popular for the rest of cast's liking. Yes, she did mess up the contract negotiations, but I always thought that the cast was too unforgiving for too long a period. John Ritter certainly had other successes, but Joyce DeWitt not so much (Sour Grapes?) Of course, Suzanne Somers eventually reclaimed her career [/QUOTE]

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