John Ritter passed away unexpectedly at age 54. Ritter recently made several appearances on Hollywood Squares, and starred in 8 Simple Rules on ABC.

He will be missed.

Hey, have you ever heard of this guy named Chuck Woolery? What game shows did he host, anyhow?

OK I don't know what the smarta** comment is about, but it's not appreciated.

Chris is fulfilling his self-appointed role as board gestapo by unkindly and publicly letting you know that the topic was brought up in another thread.

QUOTE (nWo_Whammy @ Sep 12 2003, 01:52 PM)

John Ritter passed away unexpectedly at age 54. Ritter recently made several appearances on Hollywood Squares, and starred in 8 Simple Rules on ABC. He will be missed.

John Ritter was also featured with several of his Three's Company costars on the first All-Star Family Feud Special on ABC in May 1978 and had played several more of them.

Yes...sorely missed will he be.

I'm in utter shock right now....between Cash, Ritter, Stokey, and Hovis, we lost a lot in the past week.....

QUOTE (AH3RD @ Sep 12 2003, 03:31 PM)

QUOTE (nWo_Whammy @ Sep 12 2003, 01:52 PM) John Ritter passed away unexpectedly at age 54. Ritter recently made several appearances on Hollywood Squares, and starred in 8 Simple Rules on ABC. He will be missed. John Ritter was also featured with several of his Three's Company costars on the first All-Star Family Feud Special on ABC in May 1978 and had played several more of them. Yes...sorely missed will he be.

Exactly who is this Chuck Woolery character Chris is talking about?

The professor reports that GSN will air Ritter's All-Star Feud appearance Tuesday from 9-10 and then several episodes of Hollywood Squares he was on from 10-noon.

QUOTE (clemon79 @ Sep 12 2003, 02:14 PM)

Hey, have you ever heard of this guy named Chuck Woolery? What game shows did he host, anyhow?

Cold, cruel and bitter. Typical Chris Lemon post.

-Joe R.

QUOTE (clemon79 @ Sep 12 2003, 02:14 PM)

Hey, have you ever heard of this guy named Chuck Woolery? What game shows did he host, anyhow?

Yes, he hosted "I'm a jerk"

Winkler looked absolutely shocked on the report I seen about this tonight.

Yes, the original thread had dropped way back on the board at the time I posted this. I even looked to see if it had been posted.

Anyone heard where this is gonna leave 8 Simple Rules?

As I heard it, 8SR has been put on indefinite hiatus.

QUOTE (PeterMarshallFan @ Sep 13 2003, 06:35 AM)

As I heard it, 8SR has been put on indefinite hiatus.

I'm not familiar with the show, but there's a precedent for a show's star disappearing and the rest of the cast enjoying a modest run from that point forward, when Valerie Harper left "Valerie" in a contract dispute, and they killed off her character and went on with "The Hogan Family". Granted, the circumstances don't even begin to compare, and I would totally understand if the show's cast didn't want to go on with it, but do you think the show could be reworked to lose Ritter's character without losing too much of the essence of the show?

QUOTE (clemon79 @ Sep 13 2003, 02:12 PM)

QUOTE (PeterMarshallFan @ Sep 13 2003, 06:35 AM) As I heard it, 8SR has been put on indefinite hiatus. I'm not familiar with the show, but there's a precedent for a show's star disappearing and the rest of the cast enjoying a modest run from that point forward, when Valerie Harper left "Valerie" in a contract dispute, and they killed off her character and went on with "The Hogan Family". Granted, the circumstances don't even begin to compare, and I would totally understand if the show's cast didn't want to go on with it, but do you think the show could be reworked to lose Ritter's character without losing too much of the essence of the show?

No, I don't think it's possible. I watched it a few times when there was nothing else on, and I think while they could certainly *try* to go on without his character, it wouldn't work. The way I interpreted the show, it was centered on his antics with his character's teenage daughters [draw your own conclusions :-P] But I only saw the show about three times so I could have missed something.



Also, ABC threw in a little tribute blurb during Whose Line last night. It was about 3 seconds long, but considering they needed to make one on such short notice, it was good enough.

QUOTE (PeterMarshallFan @ Sep 13 2003, 01:17 PM)

Also, ABC threw in a little tribute blurb during Whose Line last night. It was about 3 seconds long, but considering they needed to make one on such short notice, it was good enough.

I saw the tribute, and was subsequentially surprised that noone made a "NBC Hope Tribute" type deal about its length. Thankfully, people refrained. It was good - enough to make you realise that he's missed.

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Also, ABC threw in a little tribute blurb during Whose Line last night. It was about 3 seconds long, but considering they needed to make one on such short notice, it was good enough.

I saw the tribute during Whose Line and also watched Ritter's segment on 20/20 afterwards. I think they also aired the small tribute a couple more times right before a commercial break two or three more times.

The whole thing seems to sad. He really sounded, as one of the people on 20/20 said, "A man you root for."

Just the other day on Hallmark they aired an Episode of Kojak, with a very young Ritter as a reluctant coin thief.

According to alt.tv.nick-at-nite, Nick-At-Nite and TV Land will present separate salutes to John Ritter this weekend.

(All times ET)

On Sunday 9/14, Tv Land will showcase John Ritter's various roles, on Three's Company and other series that TV Land owns the rights to:

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9:00 AM Bob Newhart #52 - Sorry, Wrong Mother: 9:30 AM Three's A Crowd #1 - Pilot: (First episode of this failed Three's Company spinoff.) 10:00 AM Three's Company #56 - Stanley, the Ladies' Man 10:30 AM Three's Company #73 - Handcuffed 11:00 AM Starsky and Hutch #15 - The Hostage 12:00 PM Hawaii Five-O #7616 - Dealer's Choice: - Blackmail (Presented with special arrangement from The Hallmark Channel.) 1:00 PM Mary Tyler Moore #129 - Ted's Wedding 1:30 PM Rhoda #42 - Attack On Mr. Right 2:00 PM The Waltons #7 - The Sinner 3:00 PM Wings #147 - Love Overboard 3:30 PM Hooperman #3 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel 4:00 PM The Cosby Show #166 - TOTAL CONTROL 4:30 PM Three's Company #56 - Stanley, the Ladies' Man (repeat from earlier) 5:00 PM TV Land Awards 7:00 PM The Love Boat #2 - Oh, Dale!/The Man Event/A Tasteful Affair (John Ritter is featured in the "Oh Dale" segment.) 8:00 PM Mary Tyler Moore #129 - Ted's Wedding (repeat from earlier) 8:30 PM Rhoda #42 - Attack On Mr. Right (repeat from earlier) 9:00 PM Three's Company #8 - Jack Looks for a Job 9:30 PM Hooperman 003 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel (repeat from earlier) 10:00 PM The Cosby Show #166 - TOTAL CONTROL (repeat from earlier) 10:30 PM Wings #147 - Love Overboard (repeat from earlier) 11:00 PM Mannix #192 - Hardball

And on Monday 9/15, Nick-At-Nite will feature an all-night Three's Company marathon in John Ritter's honor:

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9:00PM 001 - A Man About The House: (First Episode) 9:30PM 003 - Roper's Niece 10:00PM 025 - -Jack in the Flower Shop 10:30PM 035 - The Fast 11:00PM 055 - Jack on the Lam 11:30PM 060 - Jack the Ripper 12:00AM 071 - Mighty Mouth 12:30AM 081 - Upstairs, Downstairs, Downstairs 1:00AM 082 -...And Justice for Jack 1:30AM 086 - Room at the Bottom 2:00AM 096 - Teacher's Pet 2:30AM 102 - Honest Jack Tripper 3:00AM 121 - Jack's 10 3:30AM 135 - Jack Gets His 4:00AM 155 - The Money Machine 4:30AM 159 - Grandma Jack 5:00AM 169 - Jack Takes Off 5:30AM 172 - Cupid Works Overtime

For complete details on these episodes, search for alt.tv.nick-at-nite on Google.