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The ‘Three’s Company’ Blooper That Went Unnoticed for Nearly 20 Years, Until One Viewer Finally Caught It

An eagle-eyed viewer caused a bit of a stir about one supposedly revealing scene back in 2001.

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Three’s Company made its television debut on ABC in the spring of 1977. The hit sitcom centered around Jack Tripper (played by John Ritter), who poses as a gay man so that his uptight landlord will allow him to share an apartment with two single women. Though controversial in its day, it was also a ratings success, and would be immortalized through reruns on retro networks like Nick at Nite for decades to come. Interestingly enough, it was because of those constant repeats that Three’s Company became one of the rare sitcoms to stir up controversy years after it left the air.

In the 1983 episode “The Charming Stranger,” which aired during........

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