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Must-see TV: Chrissy Snow and Janet Wood together again for the first time in more than 30 years!

http://movi.ca/im/mio/threescompany.jpgThe meeting did not take place at the Regal Beagal but it sure is terrific to see former Three’s Company co-stars Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt together again after three decades.

They played roommates on the ABC sitcom for five seasons with the late John Ritter before Somers was fired in 1981 a salary dispute. The series continued on for three more years with Priscilla Barnes replacing Somers.

Somers invited DeWitt to be a guest on her web series Suzanne Somers: Breaking Through and they had a nice trip down memory lane.

“I really never wanted any attention, which is why becoming famous, I just tried to hide as much as possible,” DeWitt said. “I’ve often said to friends that when the press would come into the room, John would be hysterical, you would graciously hold court and I would hide.”

“I couldn’t figure it out!” Somers replied. “Why don’t you want to be famous? It’s so incredible to be famous. Not many people get to be famous.”

DeWitt left showbiz for decades after the show ended and always seemed to hold a grudge against Somers for putting the show in peril. Somers, of course, went on to star for seven seasons on the hit sitcom Step By Step, wrote dozens of health, beauty and cookbooks and become a hugely successful entrepreneur.

“We had very different approaches to our careers, we had very different needs,” Dewitt said. “I did not have a child that I was supporting on my own. I didn’t have a business head, so I didn’t understand someone who did.”

“But I respect the training so much and I do want you to know how much I learned from watching you,” Somers told DeWitt. “You were the first one to tell me we were doing farce and I thought we were talking about farts or something.”

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  1. I saw all three parts on Suzanne’s website and loved it. Wish John Ritter was still alive to see this!

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