The Magic of a Mrs. Roper Pub Crawl

<p>Last Saturday I participated in the inaugural Mrs. Roper Caftan Crawl in Dayton, Ohio. It was magical fun, for reasons that defy logic. After all Mrs. Roper, a minor character on a 70s sitcom, should have become a footnote in television sitcom history by now.</p> <p>Mrs. Helen Roper (portrayed by Audra Lindley), the sex-starved and often randy wife of landlord Stanley Roper, beamed into to US living rooms from 1977 to 1979 as part of the US television show&nbsp;<em>Three&rsquo;s Company,</em>&nbsp;starring John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, and Suzanne Somers as three roommates living under false pretenses in Stanley Roper&rsquo;s building. A sign of the times, Stanley&rsquo;s conservatism wouldn&rsquo;t allow him to rent an apartment to males and females unless they were married. Ritter&rsquo;s character, Jack Tripper, pretended to be gay to skirt the issue. The series had a pretty remarkable run, largely due to the slapstick-style physical comedy and hilarious misunderstandings that often drove the plot. The show enjoyed sustained popularity, in spite of Somers&rsquo; eventual departure and replacement. In season four, the Ropers moved on and management of the building was handed off to Mr. Ralph Furley (Don Knotts).</p> <p><a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/the-magic-of-a-mrs-roper-pub-crawl-1907cff3fb6c"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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