The new owner was Furley's brother and Furley explained that his brother wouldn't allow an unmarried man living with two girls, so Jack had to keep up the charade.
That's what makes no sense about the situation with the trio and Mr. Furley on this issue.
On a number of occasions, Mr. Furley comments that he couldn't have a heterosexual man living with two girls in the apartment building because, "My brother Bart would never allow it!".
But the question is, how would Bart even know about it unless Mr. Furley told him?
Bart owned the building and handled the business, but there's no evidence that he even ever visited the property. There's no way that he would be familiar with the personal circumstances of every single one of he building's tenants.
If Mr. Furley actually had no moral or personal objections to unmarried heterosexual men and women living together (and it's hard to imagine that he would, given that he fancied himself a "swinging bachelor" and all of that), he could have just told told the trio, "Listen kids, I'M cool with this kind of thing...but my brother Bart isn't. So, if he ever comes around and asks any questions, just tell him Jack is gay...He'll never know the difference!".
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tinkerbell_jonna
8 years ago
Well Furley was also known to be a blabber mouth, so he likely would have spilled the beans, unintentionally, to his brother at SOME point, so maybe they just did not want to risk it.
ALSO I was never sure about the Furley/Bart situation.
I always got the impression Bart was the actual LANDLORD, so to speak, and Furley was just kinda the super, or "fix-it man" if something broke and maybe Bart allowed him to live there for free.
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radrobd
8 years ago
I always got the impression Bart was the actual LANDLORD, so to speak, and Furley was just kinda the super, or "fix-it man" if something broke and maybe Bart allowed him to live there for free.
Bart owned the building but Ralph was the building manager. It was his job to collect the rent, lease apartments, and make repairs. As such, he was paid to do. As with most apartment manager jobs, they're rent can be free or at a reduced rate. I think Furley lived there for free, but he still got a regular paycheck from Bart.
Bart's operation was more organized than Roper's. Bart was a businessman who had an office downtown. Furley had to collect and report the rent every month to Bart's office. In one episode, Bart sent an efficiency expert to the building to cut costs. Although Bart appeared in one episode (at his office), he was never seen onscreen visiting the apartment. The apartment was just one of many buildings/business that Bart owned.
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radrobd
8 years ago
That's what makes no sense about the situation with the trio and Mr. Furley on this issue.
On a number of occasions, Mr. Furley comments that he couldn't have a heterosexual man living with two girls in the apartment building because, "My brother Bart would never allow it!".
But the question is, how would Bart even know about it unless Mr. Furley told him?
It does make sense. In several of Furley's early episodes, he was extremely fearful and paranoid of Bart. He always thought that Bart had spies in the building who were reporting his doings to Bart. Thus, if Furley did something that went against Bart's wishes and Bart found out about it, Furley would be out of a job and a residence.
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