Once during a taping there was an actor who kept blowing his lines. It happened again and again. Finally Norman Fell came out-he wasn't even in that scene. But Norman came out and you know what he did? He killed the guy with a hammer.

Ritter's Three's Company co-star and close friend Suzanne Somers expressed immense despair for Ritter's family: "I'm so sad for the family. ABC aired the first three episodes of the show's second season that had been taped before his death. The show spent several seasons near the top of the TV ratings in the U.

Don Knotts called Ritter the "greatest physical comedian on the planet". Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17 1948 – September 11 2003) was an American actor comedian and voice-over artist.