My Three Sons
(1960-1972)
30 minutes
Comedy / Family / Sitcom
Directed by Richard Whorf, James V. Kern, James Sheldon, Fred De Cordova and Earl Bellamy
Cast:
Fred MacMurray as Steven 'Steve' Douglas
Tim Considine as Michael 'Mike' Douglas
Don Grady as Robert 'Robbie' Douglas
Stanley Livingston as Richard 'Chip' Douglas
Barry Livingston as Ernest 'Ernie' Thompson later Douglas
William Frawley as Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey
Meredith MacRae as Sally Ann Morrison Douglas
William Demarest as Uncle Charley O'Casey, Bub's brother
Tina Cole as Katie Miller Douglas
Beverly Garland as Barbara Harper Douglas
Dawn Lyn as Dodie Harper Douglas
Ronne Troup as Polly Williams Douglas
Michael, Daniel, and Joseph Todd as playing Robbie, Stevie, and Charley Douglas
Recurring Cast:
Cynthia Pepper as Jean Pearson
Peter Brooks as Hank Ferguson
Cheryl Holdridge as Judy Doucette
Lesley-Marie Colburn as Frieda
Ricky Allen as Hubert 'Sudsy' Pfeiffer
Hank Jones as Pete
Bill Erwin as Joe Walters
Doris Singleton as Helen Morrison and Margaret Williams
John Howard as Dave Welch
Joan Tompkins as Lorraine Miller
My Three Sons aired on ABC from 1960-1965 and then on CBS from 1965-1972. The show ran for twelve seasons from September 29th, 1960 to April 13th, 1972 and a total of 380 episodes of which 184 were Black and White and the other 196 were in Color. This comedy was an American situation comedy and it was the 2nd longest running family sitcom.
The series was about a Scots-American Family that followed the life of a widower, Steven Douglas who worked as a aeronautical engineer and the situations he dealt with on a daily basis raising his three sons alone. In certain episodes, the father had to fend off advancements from women who wanted to replace his past wife and move in on what they saw as a family almost complete. However, this father's only goal was to watch his children grow up.
Episodes:
Season One
1. Chip Off the Old Block 9/29/1960
2. The Little Ragpicker 10/6/1960
3. Bub in the Ointment 10/13/1960
4. Countdown 10/20/1960
5. Brotherly Love 10/27/1960
6. Adjust or Bust 11/3/1960
7. Lady Engineer 11/10/1960
8. Chip's Harvest 11/17/1960
9. Raft on the River 11/24/1960
10. Lonesome George 12/1/1960
11. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 12/8/1960
12. My Three Strikers 12/15/1960
13. The Elopement 12/22/1960
14. Mike's Brother 12/29/1960
15. Domestic Trouble 1/5/1961
16. Bub Leaves Home 1/12/1961
17. Mike in a Rush 1/19/1961
18. The Bully 1/26/1961
19. Organization Woman 2/2/1961
20. Other People's Houses 2/9/1961
21. The Delinquent 2/16/1961
22. Man In a Trench Coat 2/23/1961
23. Deadline 3/2/1961
24. The Lostling 3/9/1961
25. Off Key 3/16/1961
26. Small Adventure 3/23/1961
27. Soap Box Derby 3/30/1961
28. Unite or Sink 4/6/1961
29. The Wiley Method 4/13/1961
30. The National Pastime 4/27/1961
31. The Croaker 5/4/1961
32. The Musician 5/11/1961
33. The Horseless Saddle 5/18/1961
34. Trial by Separation 5/25/1961
35. The Sunday Drive 6/1/1961
36. Fire Watch 6/8/1961
Season Two
37. Birds And Bees 9/28/1961
38. Instant Hate 10/5/1961
39. The Crush 10/12/1961
40. Tramp the Hero 10/26/1961
41. A Perfect Memory 11/2/1961
42. Bub's Lodge 11/9/1961
43. A Lesson in Any Language 11/16/1961
44. The Ugly Duckling 11/23/1961
45. Chip's Composition 11/30/1961
46. Mike in Charge 12/7/1961
47. Bub Goes to School 12/14/1961
48. Robbie's Band 12/21/1961
49. Damon and Pythias 12/28/1961
50. Chip Leaves Home 1/4/1962
51. The Romance of Silver Pines 1/11/1962
52. Blind Date 1/18/1962
53. Second Time Around 1/25/1962
54. The Girls Next Door 2/1/1962
55. Bub Gets a Job 2/8/1962
56. Le Petit Stowaway 2/15/1962
57. Robbie Valentino 2/22/1962
58. The Masterpiece 3/1/1962
59. A Holiday for Tramp 3/8/1962
60. The Big Game 3/15/1962
61. Chip's Party 3/22/1962
62. Casanova Trouble 3/29/1962
63. The Pencil Pusher 4/5/1962
64. Innocents Abroad 4/12/1962
65. Robbie the Caddy 4/19/1962
66. Coincidence 4/26/1962
67. Air Derby 5/3/1962
68. Too Much in Common 5/10/1962
69. Chug and Robbie 5/17/1962
70. Good Influence 5/24/1962
71. The Hippopotamus Foot 5/31/1962
72. The Kibitzers 6/7/1962
Season Three
73. Weekend in Tokyo 9/20/1962
74. Robbie's Employment Service 9/27/1962
75. Tramp's First Bite 10/4/1962
76. Moment of Truth 10/11/1962
77. Daughter for a Day 10/18/1962
78. The Ghost Next Door 10/25/1962
79. Pretty As a Picture 11/1/1962
80. What's Cooking? 11/8/1962
81. Chip's Last Fight 11/15/1962
82. Steve Gets an 'A' 11/22/1962
83. Heat Wave 11/29/1962
84. The Beauty Contest 12/6/1962
85. Doctor in the House 12/13/1962
86. Going Steady 12/20/1962
87. Mother Bub 12/27/1962
88. Honorable Grandfather 1/3/1963
89. How to Impress a Woman 1/10/1963
90. Roman Holiday 1/17/1963
91. Flashback 1/24/1963
92. The Dream Book 1/31/1963
93. Big Chief Bub 2/7/1963
94. The Clunky Kid 2/14/1963
95. Caged Fury 2/21/1963
96. Make Way for Yesterday 2/28/1963
97. Robbie Wins His Letter 3/7/1963
98. High on the Hog 3/14/1963
99. First Things First 3/28/1963
100. Bub's Butler 4/4/1963
101. Francesca 4/11/1963
102. The Rug 4/18/1963
103. The System 4/25/1963
104. Let's Take Stock 5/2/1963
105. Total Recall 5/9/1963
106. When I Was Your Age 5/16/1963
107. Chip's World 5/23/1963
108. Evening with a Star 5/30/1963
109. The Date Bureau 6/6/1963
110. Bub's Sacrifice 6/13/1963
111. Found Money 6/20/1963
Season Four
112. Almost the Sound of Music 9/19/1963
113. Scotch Broth 9/26/1963
114. Didya Ever Have One of Those Days? 10/3/1963
115. Dear Robbie 10/10/1963
116. A Car of His Own 10/17/1963
117. How Do You Know? 10/24/1963
118. My Friend Ernie 10/31/1963
119. The End of The You-Know-What 11/7/1963
120. The Toupee 11/14/1963
121. The Ever-Popular Robbie Douglas 11/21/1963
122. The Proposals 11/28/1963
123. Steve and the Viking 12/5/1963
124. Par for the Course 12/12/1963
125. Windfall 12/19/1963
126. Top Secret 12/26/1963
127. Will Success Spoil Chip Douglas? 1/2/1964
128. Second Chorus 1/9/1964
129. Never Look Back 1/16/1964
130. Marriage by Proxy 1/23/1964
131. The Chaperone 1/30/1964
132. My Fair Chinese Lady 2/6/1964
133. House for Sale 2/13/1964
134. Stone Frog 2/20/1964
135. Stage Door Bub 2/27/1964
136. Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly 3/5/1964
137. Cherry Blossoms in Bryant Park 3/12/1964
138. What's the Princess Really Like? 3/19/1964
139. The People's House 3/26/1964
140. The Tree 4/2/1964
141. The Substitute Teacher 4/9/1964
142. Mike Wears the Pants 4/16/1964
143. The Guys and the Dolls 4/23/1964
144. The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer 4/30/1964
145. Tramp Goes to Hollywood 5/7/1964
146. Adventure in New York 5/14/1964
147. Huckleberry Douglas 5/21/1964
148. Guest in the House 5/28/1964
Season Five
149. Caribbean Cruise 9/17/1964
150. A Serious Girl 9/24/1964
151. The Practical Shower 10/1/1964
152. Dublin's Fair City 10/8/1964
153. Dublin's Fair City 10/15/1964
154. One of Our Moose is Missing 10/22/1964
155. Lady President 10/29/1964
156. A Touch of Larceny 11/5/1964
157. Goodbye Again 11/12/1964
158. The Coffee House Set 11/19/1964
159. The Lotus Blossom 11/26/1964
160. First, You're a Tadpole 12/3/1964
161. You're in My Power 12/10/1964
162. The In-Law Whammy 12/17/1964
163. Robbie and the Nurse 12/24/1964
164. Divorce, Bryant Park Style 12/31/1964
165. A Woman 's Work 1/7/1965
166. Here Comes Charley 1/14/1965
167. Charley and the Kid 1/21/1965
168. He Wanted Wings 1/28/1965
169. Be My Guest 2/4/1965
170. Lady in the Air 2/11/1965
171. Hawaiian Cruise 2/18/1965
172. The Teenagers 2/25/1965
173. Mexico Ole` 3/4/1965
174. The Fountain of Youth 3/11/1965
175. It's a Dog's Life 3/18/1965
176. The Sure Thing 3/25/1965
177. Chip, the Trapper 4/1/1965
178. Steve and the Computer 4/8/1965
179. Tramp and the Prince 4/15/1965
180. Chip O' the Islands 4/22/1965
181. The Glass Sneaker 4/29/1965
182. All the Weddings 5/6/1965
183. The Leopard's Spots 5/13/1965
184. Uncle Charley and the Redskins 5/20/1965
Season Six
185. The First Marriage 9/16/1965
186. Red Tape Romance 9/23/1965
187. Brother Ernie 9/30/1965
188. Robbie and the Chorus Girl 10/14/1965
189. There's a What in the Attic? 10/21/1965
190. My Son, The Ballerina 11/25/1965
191. Office Mother 10/28/1965
192. Monsters and Junk Like That 11/11/1965
193. Robbie's Double Life 3/10/1966
194. Mary-Lou 11/4/1965
195. Charley and The Dancing Lesson 11/18/1965
196. The Ernie Report 12/2/1965
197. The Hong Kong Story 12/9/1965
198. Marriage and Stuff 12/16/1965
199. Douglas-A-Go-Go 12/23/1965
200. Charley The Pigeon 12/30/1965
201. What About Harry? 1/6/1966
202. From Maggie, With Love 1/13/1966
203. Robbie and the Slave Girl 1/20/1966
204. Steve and The Huntress 1/27/1966
205. Robbie The College Man 2/3/1966
206. Whatever Happened to Baby Chip? 2/10/1966
207. Robbie and The Little Stranger 2/17/1966
208. London Memories 4/28/1966
209. Call Her Max 2/24/1966
210. Kid Brother Blues 3/3/1966
211. Our Boy in Washington 3/17/1966
212. Ernie and That Woman 3/24/1966
213. The State vs. Chip Douglas 3/31/1966
214. The Wrong Robbie 4/14/1966
215. A Hunk of Hardware 4/7/1966
216. The Wheels 4/21/1966
Season Seven
217. Stag at Bay 9/15/1966
218. Fly Away Home 9/22/1966
219. Arrivederci, Robbie 10/13/1966
220. Forget Me Not 9/29/1966
221. Good Guys Finish Last 10/6/1966
222. If At First . . . 10/20/1966
223. Robbie's Underground Movie 11/3/1966
224. Fiddler Under the Roof 11/10/1966
225. Happy Birthday, World 11/17/1966
226. The Awkward Age 12/1/1966
227. A Real Nice Time 12/8/1966
228. My Dad, the Athlete 2/2/1967
229. Tramp or Ernie 12/22/1966
230. Grandma's Girl 12/29/1966
231. Falling Star 12/15/1966
232. You Saw a What? 1/5/1967
233. Both Your Houses 1/12/1967
234. My Pal Dad 1/19/1967
235. TV or Not TV 1/26/1967
236. The Good Earth 2/9/1967
237. My Son, the Bullfighter 2/16/1967
238. The Best Man 2/23/1967
239. Now in My Day 3/2/1967
240. The Sky is Falling 4/20/1967
241. Melinda 3/9/1967
242. Charley O' The Seven Seas 3/16/1967
243. Help the Gypsies are Coming! 3/23/1967
244. Ernie's Folly 3/30/1967
245. Ernie's Crowd 4/6/1967
246. Ernie and the O'Grady 4/13/1967
247. So Long, Charley, Hello 4/27/1967
248. Weekend in Paradise 5/11/1967
Season Eight
249. Moving Day 9/9/1967
250. Robbie Loves Katie 9/16/1967
251. Inspection of the Groom 9/23/1967
252. Countdown to Marriage 9/30/1967
253. Wedding Bells 10/7/1967
254. The Homecoming 10/14/1967
255. My Wife, the Waitress 10/21/1967
256. The Computer Picnic 11/25/1967
257. The Chameleon 10/28/1967
258. Designing Woman 11/4/1967
259. Ernie, the Bluebeard 11/11/1967
260. The Heartbeat 11/18/1967
261. The Aunt Who Came to Dinner 12/2/1967
262. Liverpool Saga 12/23/1967
263. Leaving the Nest 12/9/1967
264. You're Driving Me Crazy 12/16/1967
265. The Chaperones 12/30/1967
266. Green-Eyed Robbie 1/6/1968
267. Charley's Tea 1/13/1968
268. Ernie, the Jinx 1/20/1968
269. Ernie and Zsa Zsa 1/27/1968
270. A Horse for Uncle Charley 2/3/1968
271. Dear Enemy 2/10/1968
272. Uncle Charley's Aunt 2/17/1968
273. The Standing-Still Tour 2/24/1968
274. Honorable Guest 3/2/1968
275. The Perfect Separation 3/9/1968
276. Gossip, Incorporated 3/16/1968
277. The Masculine Mystique 3/23/1968
278. The Tire Thief 3/30/1968
Season Nine
279. The Great Pregnancy 9/28/1968
280. Dr. Osborne, M.D. 10/5/1968
281. Life Begins in Katie 10/12/1968
282. The Grandfathers 10/19/1968
283. The Baby Nurse 10/26/1968
284. Big Ol' Katie 11/9/1968
285. My Three Grandsons 11/16/1968
286. Tea for Three 11/23/1968
287. Back to Earth 11/30/1968
288. First Night Out 12/7/1968
289. Cassanova O'Casey 12/14/1968
290. Expendable Katie 12/21/1968
291. The New Room 12/28/1968
292. The Fountain of Youth 1/4/1969
293. Three's a Crowd 1/11/1969
294. Chip and Debbie 1/18/1969
295. What Did You Do Today, Grandpa? 1/25/1969
296. Chip on Wheels 2/1/1969
297. Honorable Expectant Grandfather 2/8/1969
298. The Other Woman 2/15/1969
299. Goodbye, Forever 2/22/1969
300 . The O'Casey Scandal 3/1/1969
301. Ernie's Pen Pal 3/8/1969
302. Ernie, the Transmitter 3/15/1969
303. The Matchmakers 3/22/1969
304. Ernie is Smitten 3/29/1969
305. Two O'Clock Feeding 4/5/1969
306. Teacher's Pet 4/19/1969
Season Ten
307. The First Meeting 10/4/1969
308. Instant Co-Worker 10/11/1969
309. Is it Love? 10/18/1969
310. A Ring for Barbara 10/25/1969
311. The Littlest Rebel 11/1/1969
312. Two Weeks to Go 11/8/1969
313. One Week to Go 11/15/1969
314. Came the Day 11/22/1969
315. Mexican Honeymoon 11/29/1969
316. After You, Alphonse 12/13/1969
317. Rough on Dodie 12/20/1969
318. Silver Threads 12/27/1969
319. It's a Woman 's World 1/3/1970
320. Table for Eight 1/10/1970
321. Double Jealousy 1/17/1970
322. Dodie's Tonsils 1/24/1970
323. Who is Sylvia? 1/31/1970
324. You Can't Go Home 2/7/1970
325. Guest in the House 2/14/1970
326. Charley's Cello 2/21/1970
327. The Honeymoon is Over 2/28/1970
328. Baubles, Bangles, and Beatrice 3/7/1970
329. Mister X 3/14/1970
330. Dodie's Dilemma 3/21/1970
331. Love Thy Neighbor 3/28/1970
332. J.P. Douglas 4/4/1970
Season Eleven
333. The First Anniversary 9/19/1970
334. The Once-Over 9/26/1970
335. The Return of Albert 10/3/1970
336. The Non-Proposal 10/10/1970
337. Polly Wants a Douglas 10/17/1970
338. The Cat-Burglars 10/31/1970
339. The Elopement 11/7/1970
340. The Honeymoon 11/14/1970
341. One by One They Go 11/21/1970
342. My Four Women 11/28/1970
343. The Bride Went Home 12/5/1970
344. The Power of Suggestion 12/12/1970
345. St. Louis Blues 12/19/1970
346. The Liberty Bell 1/2/1971
347. The Love God 1/9/1971
348. The New Vice-President 1/16/1971
349. Robbie's Honey 1/23/1971
350. Ernie Drives 1/30/1971
351. Dodie Goes Downtown 2/6/1971
352. The Recital 2/20/1971
353. Debbie 2/27/1971
354. Fit the Crime 3/6/1971
355. The Return of Terrible Tom 3/13/1971
356. After the Honeymoon 3/20/1971
Season Twelve
357. The Advent of Fergus 9/13/1971
358. Fergus for Sale 9/20/1971
359. Lady Douglas 9/27/1971
360. Goodbye, Fergus 10/4/1971
361. Four for the Road 10/18/1971
362. Happy Birthday, Anyway 11/1/1971
363. Polly the Pigeon 10/25/1971
364. Proxy Parents 11/8/1971
365. The Enthusiast 11/15/1971
366. Katie's Career 11/22/1971
367. Polly's Secret Life 11/29/1971
368. The Sound of Music 12/6/1971
369. TV Triplets 1/13/1972
370. Three for School 1/20/1972
371. Second Banana 3/2/1972
372. Peanuts 2/17/1972
373. Buttons and Beaux 2/3/1972
374. Bad Day for Steve 2/24/1972
375. Alfred 1/27/1972
376. Bad Day for Barbara 3/16/1972
377. The Birth of Arfie 3/23/1972
378. Lonesome Katie 3/30/1972
379. Barbara Lost 4/6/1972
380. Whatever Happened to Ernie? 4/13/1972