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This show died when Janet grew her hair out long again in S7

posted 3 years ago by Mister Babadook (2623)
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I've always hated this show from S7-S8, i hated the look of the show, the writing, everything went downhill after Janet lost her pixie cut and grew her hair back out long. She started dressing terrible in these loose fitting 80's dress clothes, when before she'd wear these sexy tight jeans and tight little shirts, that all went away once her hair grew out. She seemed to start dressing all conservative and high class.

The quality in the show took a huge nosedive, i even hated the way the show was filmed it just had a softer look to it and to me it looked cheap.

So thats always the que for me to stop watching when i see Janet with long straight hair

[–] Master (1494) 3 years ago

is that her hair for almost every episode I like her hair in season 1

[–] Ripkens25 (1902) 3 years ago

Usually I don’t like the “short n’ sassy” short hair look on women....but Janet was one of only a few women who made it work for them. Janet....Pat Benetar...and that’s about it.

But all of your wives out there....who turn 40 and shift gears from long and cascading...to short n’ sassy, it’s always a downer. Nobody wants to take a shower with someone who has a Liza Minnelli man-cut.

[–] Master (1494) 3 years ago

yup I Like long hair too

[–] doctorc1970 (270) 9 months ago

Long hair is where it's at man. Agree...short n sassy just ain't it.

[–] Kowalski (58218) 3 years ago

Nobody wants to take a shower with someone who has a Liza Minnelli man-cut.

I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 60% OF THE POPULATION DISAGREE WITH YOU.

[–] Ripkens25 (1902) 3 years ago

You’re correct, when you factor in the LGBT community.

[–] Kowalski (58218) 3 years ago

HALF THE POPULATION ARE WOMEN,WHO MIGHT SHOWER WITH A MAN,WHO PROBABLY HAS A SHORT HAIR CUT...THATS 50%...NOW ADD GUYS WHO LIKE OR DONT MIND SHORT HAIR ON A WOMAN...PLUS ADD MEMBERS OF THE GAY COMMUNITY WHO LIKE SHORT HAIR...IM SAYING 60% MINIMUM...BTW,I AM A STRAIGHT MAN AND I FIND SHORT HAIR ADORABLE ON A LOT OF WOMEN.

[–] liscarkat (16543) 3 years ago

"But all of your wives out there....who turn 40 and shift gears from long and cascading...to short n’ sassy, it’s always a downer."

Totally true. Unfortunately, many women don't realize or don't care what straight men find attractive. They take advice from gay hairdressers, and then other women invariably squeal "Oooh I like your hair! It's so cute!" when they see a friend has been shorn short. They really couldn't care less that their husbands are disappointed.

That being said, there are a handful of exceptions, Joyce DeWitt being one. The two best looking women with short hair have probably been Louise Brooks and Shirley MacLaine.

[–] Adam60z (3750) 3 years ago

I mean after Chrissy left it was all over. Why would anyone watch the show without the phuqdoll?

[–] pioneergrrrl (2389) a year ago

this show died when it hit the 1980's--the needing to hide Jack's sexuality was really dated then.

[–] TMC-4 (19417) a year ago

When Did Three’s Company Jump the Shark?

https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-threes-company-jump-the-shark/

WHEN DID IT JUMP THE SHARK Okay, here’s where it gets tricky. Naturally, people think that the show took a dive when Suzanne Somers left, and surely, the show was never as good as it was in the first three seasons, but the show WITH Somers had already gotten worse before she left, so you could make a strong argument that it jumped before she even left at the start of Season 5. However, I think the quality didn’t drop enough to merit “jump the shark,” and really, the initial season with Cindy Snow (instead of Chrissy Snow) was not that bad, nor was the first season with Terri Alden (Barnes), where the show tried to zig when people thought it would zag by bringing in an intelligent blonde roommate to replace the dimwitted Chrissy and the klutzy Cindy. No, for me, it’s Season 7’s “Jack Gets His,” when Jack gets his own restaurant. The show was always a Ritter starring vehicle, but it REALLY became ALL about Jack when he got his own restaurant. It also strained the whole “still living with two roommates” deal when the guy owns a restaurant. The show also clearly got bored with Terri, and she became a non-entity, and even Don Knotts as the replacement business manager really had no purpose on the show anymore, as he was too charming to really lean into the crusty ol’ homophobe like the previous landlord, Mr. Roper. So I think that’s when the show jumped.

[–] BKB (6053) 8 months ago

The show jumped the shark when The ROEPERS left the show along with Suzanne Somers and then it was the blond of the week trying to replace her.

[–] myystk (368) 8 months ago

they seemed to age alot between season 6& or at least 7&8 with Terrie's different hair styles and Janet's nose job. That was very distracting. Janet's personality changed with the nose job.

I did love the shiny blackness of Janet's hair.

[–] strntz (10830) 8 months ago

I was watching an episode this morning with Don Knotts as the landlord, and the script just wasn't funny a bit.

I used to watch this first run and thought it was funny but I can't believe how bad it is in retrospect.