Talk:John Ritter

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Sitcom fate?

What happens to his sitcom now? PMelvilleAustin 14:59, Sep 12, 2003 (UTC)

Good question. I assume that if it is doing well, they'll replace him with another actor and hope no one notices. If it's ratings are floudering, they'll use his death as an excuse to cancel the show. These are just guesses, though... —Frecklefoot 19:21, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I don't know if they'd pull a "Darrin" - after all Dick York wasn't dead when they replaced him with Dick Sargent - i fear the death of John Ritter means the death of "Eight Simple Rules..." PMelvilleAustin

The only possible savior I can see on the horizon would be Ed O'Neill, who would reunite with Katy Segal to play a kinder, gentler Al Bundy. --SeanO 00:35, Sep 13, 2003 (UTC)

They could get away replacing Dick York with Dick Sargeant because the series focus was on Elizabeth Montgomery. If Montgomery had died, Bewitched would have sunk. PMelvilleAustin is probably correct. Since Ritter is the star of that series, I don't see it doing very well with a replacement.

As a couter argument, there've been seven(?) James Bonds but only one Q.

Dang =( I dug out Noises Off a weekor two ago and it crossed my mind that JSR was the only one i knew still practicing veaudeville...what's gonna become of that now? (Anyone gonna start a speculation about a curse on Noises Off (Elliot, Reeve, Ritter) like the one on the set Michael J Fox started on?) -- Kwantus 20:38, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

True but James Bond isn't the same as a television comedy series like Bewitched or Eight Simple Rules - it's not on every week with the same circumstances, same set and the same in-laws to deal with. Then again James Bond fans believe that Sean Connery was the best Bond and the others are merely repeating a franchise he set in earlier films.

Nonsence. Roger Moore was the best Bond! Connery was a warm up man at best!

Full first name

Is it really Johnathan? Did he have an unusual name, or is this a typo? -- hike395 04:43, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I think it's a typo... [1] Evil saltine 04:46, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

No, it is Johnathan, When i did the research for the original article, this is how i found it spelled JonMoore 09:58, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Did some more research, found it spelled both ways...can anybody confirm this??? --JonMoore 09:58, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Guest roles

Do we need to include Ritter's guest roles? I was watching Nick@Nite and they did a whole night of just his guest roles from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to The Cosby Show. --JonMoore 06:36, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Show continued after his death

According to Fox News, 8 Simple Rules will go on. ABC is to air the final three John Ritter episodes, then go into reruns. It is rumored that the show will take on an ensambble feel with Katey Sagal at front and Henry Winkler stepping in as an uncle.

Does this have any place on the 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter page?? --JonMoore 11:57, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)

There are references to it from Simple Rules.

Date of death

It's a bit ironic that He died on the 2-year anniversary of the 11 September 2001 disaster. -- Eddie 15:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know the meaning of the word "ironic"? Unless Ritter had some sort of personal connection with 9/11, I don't see how there is any irony. -- Anonymous, 11 May 2006

He's right, the actual ironic thing about his death is that it was the same day of his daughter's birthday. The 9/11 thing isnt ironic, just interesting.--Stripedtiger 04:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, check the meaning of the word "ironic". This word is misused more often than any other English word, especially by journalists and sportscasters. "ironic" is not synonymous with "coincidence". It refers to an instance where something occurs that is the opposite of what is intended to or expected to occur. For instance, let's say someone starts using the nicotine patch to help them quit smoking (thus prolonging their life). If the person develops an allergic reaction to the patch and dies from it, THAT would be irony. Two people who are related and have the same birthday is not an example of irony. Not even a little bit. —– Anonymous, September 19, 2006

Let me put it to you this way. The day that was meant to be celebratory of Ritter's daughter's life, which turned into a mournful occasion of the loss of Ritter's life. Thus making it ironic.--Stripedtiger (talk) 14:31, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thats still not irony. Going by that theory almost everyones death is ironic, ill willing to bet the vast majority of humans die on some day thats significant to someone in their family--219.89.10.23 (talk) 19:36, 28 March 2009 (UTC) Listen, because it's his daughter, the irony is exclusive to him. End of conversation.Stripedtiger (talk) 07:04, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scrubs

John Ritter made several guest appearances on Scrubs as the main Characters Father shortly after his death there was an episode 4-06 "My Cake" dedicated to John Ritter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.71.204 (talk) 20:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vietnam service

I remember hearing somewhere that Ritter served in Vietnam. Anyone have any information on that? 69.58.249.133 07:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did hear that somewhere, in an interview somewhere. I don't think it was he who said it, it was someone talking about veterans in hollywood and Ritter was cited as being a Vietnam veteran. Like a lot of veterans of that war, there were many whom did not want to talk about it or acknowledge it, so unless his estate provides something more substantial regarding this, I think we should not cite it without a REALLY good source. Whippletheduck (talk) 03:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup?

What's with the cleanup tag? Seems alright to me... anyone have any specific concerns? Personally I think it's in need of expansion, not cleanup. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 06:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Ritter and Richard Hatch

The two look similar, don't they? __earth ^(Talk) 04:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thelma Ritter

Was John Ritter related to Thelma Ritter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.35.97 (talk) 05:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference 7

To the editors of this article: Note that ref 7 is no longer working, please find the article and renew the link. It is about the judgement of the doctors who were sued for not realizing the real medical condition. Henry Winkler is mentioned at the end of the link text, maybe he was the author of the referenced article. John Ritter will live in our memory, it is so sad that he died so young. (Roger491127) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.249.177.244 (talk) 18:34, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The link should still be OK, but the E! Online site is notoriously unreliable (endless redirect loops, and the like) when accessed from outside the US. I've tried hardcoding in the Canadian site, which seems like the most stable at the moment. Hqb (talk) 21:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Testicles

No reference to John Ritter's testicles appearing in an episode of Three's Company? Not even a mention? Seemed noteworthy to me. 207.154.101.184 (talk) 00:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]