'Jack Looks for a Job' is good fun, in the classic 'Three's Company' tradition. This often hilarious episode details what happens as Jack determines to find some sort of part-time job that won't conflict with his school hours. His two gigs during the episode: working as a model for $10 an hour (he arrives at the studio to find out that the gig involves nude modelling for a mens' magazine), and attempting to sell $300 encyclopedia sets door-to-door.
Some of the brightest moments involve Jack and Janet, as Jack tries to do a dress rehearsal for his encyclopedia-selling spiel, and Janet deliberately distracts him by aggressively coming on to him. Knowing Jack, he'll only tolerate seconds worth of this before giving in and tussling with her. Meanwhile, Mr. Roper intends to enter a contest where he can potentially win a Hawaiian vacation by sending in labels from baked bean cans (and coming up with a good slogan).
There's some true hilarity when it comes to the ridiculousness of the spiel. The salesman is required to utter "My, what a lovely three-piece living room set" almost every time. Both Jack and his boss Morris Morris (that great character actor John Fiedler of "12 Angry Men" fame) utter the line to Mrs. Roper, earning a dumbfounded (and priceless) reaction from her both times. The end result of Jacks' first sale is just uproarious.
The sexy Sally Kirkland of "Anna" fame makes a nice guest appearance as a female nude model who greets Jack cheerfully. Supposedly, when he accidentally bursts in on her while she waits in a dressing room, she was actually nude at the time.
'Three's Company' always knows how to send its fans away with a smile, with a lively finish as Janet and Chrissy tease Jack about appearing in the mens' magazine (when, in fact, he walked away before any pictures could be taken).
Seven out of 10.
Some of the brightest moments involve Jack and Janet, as Jack tries to do a dress rehearsal for his encyclopedia-selling spiel, and Janet deliberately distracts him by aggressively coming on to him. Knowing Jack, he'll only tolerate seconds worth of this before giving in and tussling with her. Meanwhile, Mr. Roper intends to enter a contest where he can potentially win a Hawaiian vacation by sending in labels from baked bean cans (and coming up with a good slogan).
There's some true hilarity when it comes to the ridiculousness of the spiel. The salesman is required to utter "My, what a lovely three-piece living room set" almost every time. Both Jack and his boss Morris Morris (that great character actor John Fiedler of "12 Angry Men" fame) utter the line to Mrs. Roper, earning a dumbfounded (and priceless) reaction from her both times. The end result of Jacks' first sale is just uproarious.
The sexy Sally Kirkland of "Anna" fame makes a nice guest appearance as a female nude model who greets Jack cheerfully. Supposedly, when he accidentally bursts in on her while she waits in a dressing room, she was actually nude at the time.
'Three's Company' always knows how to send its fans away with a smile, with a lively finish as Janet and Chrissy tease Jack about appearing in the mens' magazine (when, in fact, he walked away before any pictures could be taken).
Seven out of 10.
