I remember watching a recording on Beta (possibly off of MTV for the music video countdown) in 1990ish where it had also captured commercials in between. It was a preview of an upcoming rerun of Three's Company. In it the landlord (which I remembered as Mr. Furley although it was really Mr. Roper) asks Jack (who has a huge bruise on his face) what happened to him. Jack responds something along the lines of "Oh it's just some eye shadow" and then leans in and asks "Do you like it?" It doesn't seem like it was a major plot because I couldn't find which episode it was just by googling this description although ultimately I found it to be the episode "Home Movies".
"My parents, brother, and I left Iran in 1980, shortly after the revolution. After a brief stay in Italy, we packed all our belongings once again and headed west to the exotic and the unknown: Vancouver. We had recently been accepted as landed immigrants, meaning Canada graciously opened its doors and we gratefully accepted; we arrived at Vancouver International Airport on my 10th birthday, three suitcases and one sewing machine in tow. After respectful but intense questioning at immigration, we were dropped off at a hotel on Robson Street, which was then still a couple years shy of becoming the fashionable tourist hub it is today. We were jetlagged, culture shocked, and hungry, so that first night, my father and brother courageously ventured out into the wild in search of provisions. I fell asleep before they returned. The next morning, I woke up at 5 a.m. and ravenously feasted on a cold Quarter Pounder with cheese and limp French fries that had been left by my beds...

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