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This episode is a favorite of mine. There are plenty of laughs for everyone, mostly in the form of double-entendres and great physical comedy! The dean of Jack's school (Mr. Travers, the beady-eyed pervert) needs a winner for a statewide baking competition, and Jack's chocolate cream pie is just the ticket. Chrissy accidentally eats the prize pie, and the girls go to great lengths to fix the problem. Everything that could possibly go wrong, does, and the competition ends in a giant pie fight. What is it about a pie in the face that is so funny? I don't know, but I laugh with each toss! The only thing about this episode that didn't age well is a quick reference to OJ Simpson...but that was just a tiny flaw in this comedy masterpiece.

One of the most uproarious of all 'Three's Company' episodes, this entry from the third season shows what happens as ever-sleazy Dean Travers (the hilarious William Pierson, "Corvette Summer") selects Jack to represent their school in a bake-off contest between technical schools. Problems begin when Chrissy mistakenly eats the pie that Jack prepares! Janet & Chrissy make a substitution with a pie bought by Helen at a bakery, and when Jack finds out the whole story, he asks the Dean to be disqualified.

The constant hilarity is truly something to be treasured with 'The Bake-Off'. For one thing, Jack does get distracted from his pie-testing by attempting to help the girls make one of their beds. (Of course, Stanley ends up getting the wrong impression.) Jack once again proves his playful, insatiable nature by flirting with the girls (one thing guaranteed to serve as a distraction). But the memorable finale trades on the time-honored comedy gag of pies in the face: ALL the main characters, as well as the Dean and a baker named Hoffmeier (Leon Askin, 'Hogan's Heroes') who's serving as a judge, end up with dessert all over their faces.

Some truly great lines, especially when Janet reacts to Chrissy, abound. All in all, after revisiting this episode, I can see why fellow 'Three's Company' fans hold it in high regard.

10 out of 10.