"Oh, Stanley!" Groups of people in short curly red wigs, brightly colored caftans and bulky jewelry are coming through towns all over Michigan. Here is what it means and how to get involved. (L to R) ...

"Hi Helen!" sing out a dozen Helen Ropers gathered at a bar called Sidetracks in Ypsilanti, Mich. They are mostly Gen X women, resplendent in colorful caftans, red curly wigs and clunky 1970s-style ...

Norman Fell never wanted to leave Three’s Company. Why would he? As impotent landlord Stanley Roper, he was finally on a hit TV show after years of playing smaller parts on programs featuring cops and ...

The moment Diane Smith saw a post about a party inspired by a throwback, feisty sitcom character, she knew St. Louis needed its own Mrs. Roper’s Romp. Smith, 55, of Collinsville, remembers watching ...

Caftans and curly red hair were all the rage on Aug. 17 as the Central Arkansas chapter of the International Order of Mrs. Ropers took over Laman Library in North Little Rock. A crowd of caftan-clad, ...

Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country this month in honor of Helen Roper, the character from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. Above, three "founding Helens": ...

Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country in honor of Helen Roper, from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. See a loopy landlady in a caftan? Mrs. Roper may be ...