For seven years Jack Tripper tried unsuccessfully to get in the pants of his roommates, Janet and Chrissy, while hilarity ensued.

This Saturday, TV Land celebrates the 30th anniversary of the comedy classic Three's Company with a 24-hour marathon starting at 8pm Eastern time, and running through 8pm Sunday. (I know that's St. Patrick's Day and you'll be at a pub somewhere, but that's why God invented Tivo.)

The marathon picks favorite episodes from the series' 1977-1984 run, starting with two half hour-long "best of" shows. Shown in no particular order, the marathon includes two of the three test pilots that were shot (a rarity in the sitcom world), and a couple of episodes from the little watched spin-off Three's a Crowd, (where Jack finally gets a girlfriend and all the sexual tension is released. Nice work network execs).

I say watch the early shows, before the smoking-hot, pre-thighmaster, Suzanne Sommers was replaced by boring ex-Rams cheerleader Jenilee Harrison and Norman Fell's brilliantly homophobic Mr. Roper gave way to Don Knotts' aging Barney Fife-ish Mr. Furley. (Side note: am I the only one who thinks Janet would have been a wildcat in bed?)

Some quick Three's Company trivia from Wikipedia.org:
• It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House.
• Jack, Janet and Chrissy lived in apartment 201, directly above the landlord unit.
• Barry Williams, AKA Greg Brady, made an appearance as Janet's boyfriend.
• Fifteen years after its original airing, after being notified by a viewer, American Nickelodeon network quickly edited an episode where John Ritter's scrotum was briefly visible through the bottom of a pair of blue boxer shorts.

For a schedule of episodes click here.