Jack Tripper
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Jack Tripper was a fictional character on the sitcoms Three's Company and Three's a Crowd. Jack was played by John Ritter.
Prior to Three's Company Jack served in the US Navy. At the beginning of the series, Jack was discovered in Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow's shower on the morning after a party they threw, explaining, "I had a friend who knew one of the gate-crashers." He previously lived at the YMCA and needed a place to stay. Janet reasoned with the landlord, Stanley Roper, and he agreed that Jack could stay because Janet told Mr. Roper that Jack was gay. Jack was in reality very straight and quite interested in women, so the comedy stemming from having to "play gay" provided much of the story for the sitcom. He had an older brother named Lee who appeared in one episode that displayed Jack's feelings of inferiority when compared to Lee (Jack felt perpetually in his shadow when they were children).
Jack is known for being a klutz. Much of the character's humor is derived from slapstick comedy. He is extremely clumsy and accident-prone, and is well known for his comic pratfalls.
Jack first attended a local technical college for a degree in culinary arts and held down odd jobs in his spare time. After completion of his cooking degree, Jack found full-time work as a chef and eventually he opened his own restaurant, Jack's Bistro.
