Birthday: May 16, 1953. (Episode 31 is about Jack's birthday
and aired on May 16, 1978. Episode 41 Jack claims to be "almost" twice the age
of Laurie who is 13. Therefore Jack is 25 in Episode 41.)
From: San Diego, CA. (26)
Job: Student at LA Technical college (1) He has a 6 hour school day. (6)
Jack was a boy scout. (43)
Jack played baseball as a pitcher (in H.S.?) and his best pitch was a
slider.(17)
Jack was in the Navy. (26)
Jack was a boxer.(2)
Jack plays the piano. (20)
Orange Juice is Jack’s favorite drink.(31)
Jack acts like he knows karate, but it was probably a bluff.(9)
Jack claims to have been in L.A. for 6 months as of Jan. 17, 1978. So, he must have
arrived in July or August 1977.(23)
Jack studying to be a chef at the L.A. Technical college and wants wants to
open a little French Restaurant (1).
Jack’s father makes over $6,000 a year. (6)
First of Jack’s many exercise bits (lotus position.) (12)
Jack’s first girlfriend wore curlers that drove him wild. (12)
Jack says he is a one woman guy. (12)
Jack’s first Frankenstein groan! (17)
Jack is Uncle Freemont’s favorite nephew. Jack replies, “I’m your only nephew.”
Which we later find out not to be true because Jack does have a brother. (18)
Jack claims to have a “wise old grandfather.” (22)
Jack is reading “Quorum” which is the same book Chrissy is reading in Episode
48. (23)
Jack always gets insulted when you criticize his cooking. (30)
Jack says he is a “righty.” (Also says this to Janet in a later episode.) (41)
Jack has never been to France or Spain. (47)
Chocolate Mousse must be Jack’s specialty dessert because he also made it for
Episode 47. (51)
Birthday: March 31 (Episode 3 airdate features Janet's birthday.)
From: Speedway, IN (123)
Job: Florist. Her boss is Mr. Compton, who owns the shop (9)
Her father is ½ Italian. (29) and she has a younger sister named Jenny. (37)
Janet has a birthmark on her bum.(42)
Janet didn’t "blossom" in High School(9) and wore wore braces (17).
Janet wears glasses. (48)
Janet plays tennis.(36)
Janet is afraid of mice.(48)
Janet H.S. crush visits (Peter Van Horn.) (17)
Janet has a dentist (18) who is apparently named Dr. Bickman (41).
Janet and Chrissy have the same dentist (Dr. Bickman.)(41)
Janet called Chrissy, “Christmas!” (29)
Birthday: January 3 (Episode 3 mentions it being in January & 21 which is about
Chrissy's birthday aired on January 3, 1978.)
From: Fresno, CA (2) Her father is also from Fresno (29).
Job: Secretary. She has been at her job for 2 years in the secretary pool. But moves up to VP’s secretary.
(40)
Her father is a minister.(2)
Chrissy is short for Christmas because her father was a fan of Bing Crosby. (20)
Chrissy’s ancestors are Scottish. (15)
Chrissy has a birthmark on her … ? (12)
Chrissy has a scar from when she sat on a tack. (42)
Chrissy talks in her sleep. (12)
Chrissy says she was practically raised on her Grandfather’s farm (is this
the same farm we see in the Cindy episode?) (48)
Chrissy cheers like a cheerleader (did she cheer with Cindy perhaps?) (9)
Chrissy was a cheerleader (52)
Chrissy’s favorite dish is BBQ Chicken. (35)
Chrissy’s parents like tartan designs. (15)
Chrissy’s first Christmas away from home! (20) (Which would mean she has lived
in Santa Monica for less than a year.)
Chrissy is reading the book “Quorum” (which is the book Jack is reading in
episode 23.) (48)
Janet and Chrissy have the same dentist (Dr. Bickman.)(41)
Married: April 9, 1957. (In episode 4, their anniversary is "the day after tomorrow" which is a "Wednesday." Airdate for this episode was April 7, 1977.)
20th Anniversary: April 9, 1977. (4)
21st Anniversary: May 9. (Airdate for episode 30 is May 9, 1978. But since there
were no episodes aired in April 1978, it may have just been delayed.)
22nd Anniversary: March 13. (Airdate for episode 51 is March 13, 1979. Maybe
this episode was aired too early?)
23rd Anniversary (Not seen): Would be in 1980.
24th Anniversary (Not seen): Would be in 1981 (Ack! Note the conflict below!)
25th Anniversary: March 17, 1981. (Episode 96. The Ropers guest appearance says
it was their 25th. Although, the Anniversary probably wasn't on that actual date
as mentioned in the episode.)
Mr. Roper gives Helen a $100 gift. (13)
Stanley mentions shawl he got Helen for a previous anniversary. (42)
Mr. Roper bought Helen a power drill for her b-day 11 years ago. (27)
The Ropers don’t have children (“If I had a son, I’d want him to be like
Jack” – Mrs. Roper.) (13)
Helen pulled Stanley away from another woman when they met. (10)
Stanley used to write Helen love letters (22)
The Ropers used to dance. (29)
On Helen’s 35th b-day she walked out on Stanley. He got “bombed” and she was
gone for 3 hours. (31)
The Ropers have two parakeets(1). Later they only have 1 (30)
Mrs. Roper. says they have lived there 20 years (which is somewhat inconsistent with episode 52 where Helen says they’ve lived/owned the building for 14 years.) (33)
Mr. Roper has a brother and a niece named Karen. Karen is from New York (3)
Mr. Roper remembers the time Jack took out his niece Karen (Episode 3.) (14)
Roses give Stanley hayfever (25)
Stanley is afraid of heights. (42)
Roper may have been in the Navy because he knows that naval saying. (52)
Mr. Roper’s car is a white (11) 1958 Chevy (13).
Roper has a yellow parakeet. (43)
Mr. Roper has a garden. (6)
Mr. Roper has a garden in weeds. (28)
Mr. Roper puts up "shelves" now and then. (7)
Mr. Roper plays the bugle. (20) (39)
Stanley reads “Plumbers Digest.” (22)
Mr. Roper wears his most colorful outfit. (23)
Stanley is on a bowling team. (36)
Mrs. Roper’s mother is a dressmaker. She made the bridesmaid dresses for her wedding. (12) She lives in Sacramento. (48)
Mrs. Roper has a brother named Billy who was a drunk driver. (20)
Helen has a sister (the same sister mentioned in episode 46?) (43)
Mrs. Roper’s aunt (sounds like a different aunt from Marth in the last episode)
had a 9-½ pound baby (46)
Mrs. Roper’s sister (mentioned in episode 43?) had a 10-pound baby (now in
Harvard Med School.) (46)
Mrs. Roper’s Aunt is named Martha. (45)
Martha is from Seattle and has a daughter named Barbara. (45)
Mrs. Roper worked in a hospital laundry room. (23)
Helen is in a flower arranging class. (25) She is still taking the course in
episode 28.
Someone named
Clive used to send Helen poetry? (25)
Job: Used car salesman. (4) Boss is Mr. Latham or Lathan (53)
Larry’s second episode. (24)
We see
Larry’s Apartment for the first time. (44)
Larry was in the Marines for 4 years. (44)
Larry doesn’t bowl. (39)
Eleanor was the girl's roommate before Jack She left to get married and had a
baby boy that night. (1)
Eleanor Garvey married Ted “Teddy” Phillips. (44)
Eleanor is divorcing Ted and moving to San Diego. (44)
Linda calls Jack. (Is this Anne Schereden’s character we see later?) She
breaks up with Jack because she found another guy! (12)
Jack’s girlfriend lives in Westwood (Is this Linda again?) (21)
Linda is Jack’s girlfriend of 2 or 3 months. (27)
Linda (Anne S.) appears in episodes 32 & 46.
Jack’s uncle Freemont was in the oil business in Argentina. (18)
Uncle Freemont moved to San Diego. (18)
Jack’s father wrote a letter to Jack about Freemont. Is this Jack’s father’s
brother? (18)
Freemont visited the far east too. (18)
Jenny is Janet’s younger sister. (37)
Jenny is in college and on the Dean’s list. (37)
Mr. Travers is a loan officer. (6) (21)
Becomes "Dean Travers" in episode 50.
Jack eludes to the apartment being near Pico Blvd. (28)
A girl using Stanley's phone asks to be picked up on the corner of Ocean and Demora. Is this where the
apartment is located? (33)
They live 3 blocks from the beach. (33)
The Ropers live in 101. (1)
A "blonde" lives in 107 (6)
Janet, Chrissy, & Jack live in Apartment 201 (1).
Stanley fixed garbage disposal in 207. (29)
Mr. Roper fixes the toilet in 301 (22)
Maxine Devlin lives in 301. (26)
Mrs. Wilson now lives in 301! (27)
305 has a tiny with a view of a brick wall. (46)
A bleached blonde lives in 307. (31)
Apartments mentioned: 301, 204, 106, 207 (he), 306 (she), 105 (she) (39)
Neighbors: Horace and Mike (6)
Neighbors: Jimmy and Betty Stevens in the next building. (20)
A cat lives next door! I thought there were no pets allowed? Maybe he means in
the next building? Roper must not own that one. (28)
Girls room has red wallpaper and blue painted walls. (2)
The rent of the apartment is $300 (18). By episode 150 is has been raised to
$500.
Lamp in Janet’s room is same as in Jack’s (episode 7) (22)
Phone number of the apartment is: 555-6350
Broken Stuff:
Doorbell.(2)
Lock. (5)
Sink. (6)
Water in toilet tank needs fixing. (7)
Mr. Roper comes to unclog (the tub?) (9)
Window stuck.(10)
Leaky faucet in kitchen. (14)
Lamp. (17)
Jack’s window. (24)
Leaky faucet. (25)
Stuck window (27)
Garbage disposal. (28)
Sink & garbage disposal (32).
Phone(33)
Oven. (36)
Girl’s closet door had a screw loose. (36)
Fridge. (52)
Regal Beagle is a franchise because they are opening up all over the area.
(2)
Column now missing in Regal Beagle. (16)
Jim is still the bartender (40)
Jim’s Uncle Anton is a head chef at French Rest. Labe Beat (40)
Blooper: Man crawling around outside apartment. (2)
Blooper: Roper’s door is open/closed. (5)
Blooper: Level of the coffee is different. (5)
Blooper: Door opens and closes in ropers (6)
Blooper: Set lights reflected in beach ball. (24)
Reference: Borrowing the car and driving it in Episode 11. (13)
Reference: Jack tries to get a loan (Episode 6) (21)
Reference: Jack is reading “Quorum” which is the same book Chrissy is reading in Season
3. (The one about the mouse in the house #48.) (23)
Episode
47 is a sequel to episode 40.
Mr. Roper remembers the time Jack took out his niece Karen (Episode 3.) (14)
Real Estate Agent (Mrs. Dawson) is same actress who Furly will later fall in
love with because she wanted the bldg. Could it be the same person? Hmmm... (51)
The kids don’t have a car. (13)