http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Murphy the Dog 2003-09-21T00:42:30Z http://everything2.com:80/user/Murphy+the+Dog/writeups/Three%2527s+CompanyMurphy the Doghttp://everything2.com:80/user/Murphy the Dog2003-09-21T00:42:30Z2003-09-21T00:42:30Z For the longest time, I watched the classic show, "<a href="/title/Three%2527s+Company">Three's Company</a>" and thought it was a rather corny show with poor acting. Then, one night a revelation came to me. I thought about how dramatically music changed during the 60's and 70's. There is not much question in my mind that the influence of <a href="/title/hallucinogens">hallucinogens</a> and other consciousness-altering substances is responsible for this musical evolution. Sure, drugs have been used by musicians long before this period in time, but it wasn't until the <a href="/title/psychedelic">psychedelic</a> experience really started penetrating the fabric of society that revolutionary musicians began to emerge. <a href="/title/Pink+Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>, <a href="/title/The+Doors">The Doors</a>, <a href="/title/Jimi+Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, and the later works of <a href="/title/The+Beatles">The Beatles</a>, just to name a few. <p>I always realized this about music, but never considered the application to television. <a href="/title/Three%2527s+Company">Three's Company</a> came on the air in the late 70's. When I first started watching it on <a href="/title/Nick+at+Night">Nick at Night</a>, (as I was not alive in the seventies) as I mentioned above, I thought the acting was pretty weak; it&hellip;