JGoodine
2003-11-11 03:57:42 UTC
Found this is Chris Mann's book on Three's Company. Enjoy.
John Ritter, on meeting the Beatles:
Ritter, a big Beatles fan, says the Beatles poster hanging above Jack
Tripper's bed was his. "Yes, I got the Beatles poster and made them
put it up." Suddenly, more Beatles' memories come to mind. "There's
a book called The Last Days of John Lennon by Frederic Seaman. He
said [Lennon] was a couch Beatle who sat there with the sound turned
off [his TV] all day; and he had three favorite shows: The Tonight
Show, Dallas, and Three's Company. Reading that almost made me pass
out. He was my idol. And the fact that John Lennon knew who I was
and maybe I made a difference in his life - maybe he cracked up or
maybe he said 'Who are these idiots on Three's Company?' But whatever
it was, he must have seen that Beatles poster. I was always obsessed
with John Lennon; I loved his work and listened to and read everything
he did. I got to work with Ringo [Starr] on his NBC TV special, which
was a dream come true. He is genuinely hysterically funny without
even trying. And I got to meet George Harrison. I ran up to him on
the beach on Hawaii and said, 'Mr. Harrison, I'm sorry to bother you,
but look...', and I pulled out one of his solo recordings on tape that
I was listening to on my headphones, and he was really thrilled. I've
never met Paul [McCartney], but I saw John Lennon record one night,
and he looked over at me. I tried to smile, but I was so nervous and
excited that my face looked like a bad Peewee Herman imitation. I was
trying to nod and go, 'Hey, guy.' But it was 'HAWEEGEEGUIEEEE!' And
he looked away. Probably called the cops."
John Ritter, on meeting the Beatles:
Ritter, a big Beatles fan, says the Beatles poster hanging above Jack
Tripper's bed was his. "Yes, I got the Beatles poster and made them
put it up." Suddenly, more Beatles' memories come to mind. "There's
a book called The Last Days of John Lennon by Frederic Seaman. He
said [Lennon] was a couch Beatle who sat there with the sound turned
off [his TV] all day; and he had three favorite shows: The Tonight
Show, Dallas, and Three's Company. Reading that almost made me pass
out. He was my idol. And the fact that John Lennon knew who I was
and maybe I made a difference in his life - maybe he cracked up or
maybe he said 'Who are these idiots on Three's Company?' But whatever
it was, he must have seen that Beatles poster. I was always obsessed
with John Lennon; I loved his work and listened to and read everything
he did. I got to work with Ringo [Starr] on his NBC TV special, which
was a dream come true. He is genuinely hysterically funny without
even trying. And I got to meet George Harrison. I ran up to him on
the beach on Hawaii and said, 'Mr. Harrison, I'm sorry to bother you,
but look...', and I pulled out one of his solo recordings on tape that
I was listening to on my headphones, and he was really thrilled. I've
never met Paul [McCartney], but I saw John Lennon record one night,
and he looked over at me. I tried to smile, but I was so nervous and
excited that my face looked like a bad Peewee Herman imitation. I was
trying to nod and go, 'Hey, guy.' But it was 'HAWEEGEEGUIEEEE!' And
he looked away. Probably called the cops."