List of My Three Sons episodes
This is a list of episodes from the American sitcom, My Three Sons. The show was broadcast on ABC from 1960 to 1965, and was then switched over to CBS until the end of its run; 380 half-hour episodes were filmed. 184 black-and-white episodes were produced for ABC from 1960 to 1965, for the first five years of its run. When the show moved to CBS in September 1965, it switched to color, and 196 half-hour color episodes were produced for telecast from September 1965 to the series' end in 1972.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | Tied with | ||||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||||
1 | 36 | September 29, 1960 | June 8, 1961 | ABC | 13 | 25.8 | 77 Sunset Strip | ||
2 | 36 | September 28, 1961 | June 7, 1962 | 11 | 24.7 | N/A | |||
3 | 39 | September 20, 1962 | June 20, 1963 | 28 | 21.0 | N/A | |||
4 | 37 | September 19, 1963 | May 28, 1964 | 27 | 21.9 | N/A | |||
5 | 36 | September 17, 1964 | May 20, 1965 | 13 | 25.5 | N/A | |||
6 | 32 | September 16, 1965 | April 28, 1966 | CBS | 15 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
7 | 32 | September 15, 1966 | May 11, 1967 | 29 | 20.2 | I Spy The CBS Thursday Night Movie The F.B.I. | |||
8 | 30 | September 9, 1967 | March 30, 1968 | 24 | 20.8 | N/A | |||
9 | 28 | September 28, 1968 | April 19, 1969 | 14 | 22.8 | N/A | |||
10 | 26 | October 4, 1969 | April 4, 1970 | 15 | 21.8 | Ironside The Johnny Cash Show | |||
11 | 24 | September 19, 1970 | March 20, 1971 | 19 | 20.8 | N/A | |||
12 | 24 | September 13, 1971 | April 13, 1972 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Episodes
Season 1 (1960–61)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Chip Off the Old Block" | Peter Tewksbury | George Tibbles | September 29, 1960 | 101 |
The main characters are presented, including the three sons: Mike aged 18, Robbie aged 14, Chip aged 7, and Tramp the dog. The basic relationships within the family are established, that Steven Douglas is of Scottish descent, and has been a widower for 6 years. Steven and his youngest son Chip are caught in the snares of designing women. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "The Little Ragpicker" | Peter Tewksbury | David Duncan | October 6, 1960 | 102 |
The annual school rag drive starts Chip off on a scavenger hunt of the neighbourhood. Every time Miss Pitts looks out the window she sees strange happenings at the Douglas household. She sees Bub outdoors waving a bottle that looks like whiskey, and later, Robbie and Mike carrying in a dummy that she thinks is Bub smashed to the nines. Later she goes over to talk to Steve about her concerns, and sees Chip in his bedroom hitting the dummy and when it accidentally falls out of the upstairs window, she faints on the sidewalk. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Bub in the Ointment" | Peter Tewksbury | James Leighton, Peter Tewksbury, George Tibbles | October 13, 1960 | 103 |
When Bub steps on the toes of each grandson in turn, Steve is about to rebuke him when the household returns to normal once again. Being chief cook, dishwasher and housekeeper to three boys is not fun for a grandfather as Bub soon finds out. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Countdown" | Peter Tewksbury | David Duncan | October 20, 1960 | 104 |
A missile launch, sleeping in and daylight saving time make for an interesting Monday morning. The Douglas household is a chaotic affair of lost Indian arrowheads for Chip's turn in show and tell at school, Robbie's missing trumpet and some important lost plans of Steve's that Mike has nearly burned in the incinerator. In the end, they went through all that trouble for nothing. This episode features the voice talent of Paul Frees narrating the missile lunch for the entire episode. Note: The official DVD of this episode uses the credits from the previous episode in error. David Duncan is the correct writer. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Brotherly Love" | Peter Tewksbury | Paul West | October 27, 1960 | 105 |
When Mike and Robbie cross swords over a blonde schoolgirl, the issue widens until the whole family is involved in the argument. But it is difficult for Steve to teach his sons that violence solves nothing with a pugnacious father-in-law around. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Adjust or Bust" | Peter Tewksbury | James Leighton, Peter Tewksbury | November 3, 1960 | 106 |
Steve's theory that 'life is just a small series of adjustments' is put to the test in just one day's discovered doings. Steve must meet with a top Air Force General to discuss plans for a rocket design, and in the process, he must borrow Mike's car, but gets a flat tire and must take the bus home. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Lady Engineer" | Peter Tewksbury | Dorothy Cooper | November 10, 1960 | 107 |
Steve is enamored of his new business associate, an attractive woman who is strictly business. He is tempted to mix business with pleasure but finds that she thinks only about the job at hand and doesn't have any plans to expand her love life, despite this romantic interlude. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Chip's Harvest" | Peter Tewksbury | Peggy Phillips | November 17, 1960 | 108 |
Thanksgiving Day's turkey dinner is threatened when the Douglas' stove breaks down. Chip decides to bring along his Indian friend as his sole guest much to the annoyance of his brothers who say he is a bum who lives near the railway tracks in a rundown old shack. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Raft on the River" | Peter Tewksbury | Paul West | November 24, 1960 | 109 |
Feeling left out when Mike and Robbie decide to go camping at Gunman's Gulch, a lonely Chip uses a raft his brothers helped make in the backyard, on which he and Steve spend a night, pretending to float down the Mississippi. They are accidentally locked out when it begins to rain. Steve begins to worry when he wakes up from a nap and thinks it is way past 4am in the morning and thinks that Bub has not yet returned from his pinochle game. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Lonesome George" | Peter Tewksbury | James Allardice | December 1, 1960 | 110 |
TV Star George Gobel is invited to dinner by Bub, who forgets to tell his son-in-law Steve who returns from an out of town business trip and arrives home late at night. He tiptoes around the house only to find a strange man occupying his bed. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Spring Will Be a Little Late" | Peter Tewksbury | Jack Laird | December 8, 1960 | 111 |
Robbie is baffled when his girlfriend rejects the excitement of his new motor in favor of standard feminine frills. He tries to win her over by telling the boys on the football team that no girls are allowed, knowing this will upset her as she is considered one of the guys. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "My Three Strikers" | Peter Tewksbury | Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser | December 15, 1960 | 112 |
The Douglas boys call a family meeting at which they demand a raise in their allowances but Steve emphatically says 'No' because the family bills are mounting and they are leaving all of their chores to be done by Bub. A night of sharp words is followed by some bad dreams and an even brighter morning. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "The Elopement" | Peter Tewksbury | Phil Leslie, John McGreevey | December 22, 1960 | 113 |
Mike and the girl next door arouse the suspicions of Steve and Bub when secrets are exchanged and the two are seen leaving with suitcases. Meanwhile, Robbie is on a clock salvaging attempt to find historic clocks after he gets into a spot of bother with his teacher. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Mike's Brother" | Peter Tewksbury | John McGreevey | December 29, 1960 | 114 |
Constant comparison to his brother, Mike, leaves Robbie feeling inferior and angry and their father has to face the consequences as Robbie and Mike are about to come to blows when Steve shows up just in the nick of time from work. | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Domestic Trouble" | Peter Tewksbury | James Leighton, Peter Tewksbury | January 5, 1961 | 115 |
When Bub is suddenly called out of town, Steve seeks an agency to get temporary help unaware that he may be recruiting a wife. With his older brothers passing the buck, Chip accidentally rings Domestic Bliss, Inc. - a marriage seeking department who send out a woman inspector right away. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Bub Leaves Home" | Peter Tewksbury | Arthur Dales, John McGreevey | January 12, 1961 | 116 |
When Steve invites his second cousin Selena to come and visit, Bub gets the strange impression that he is being neglected and isn't really needed. He decides to take up the offer of managing a movie theater in Plainview, and nothing the boys say or do can make him change his mind. Note: Arthur Dales was a pseudonym of writer Howard Dimsdale. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Mike in a Rush" | Peter Tewksbury | AJ Carothers | January 19, 1961 | 117 |
Mike prepares for the transition from high school to college and the question of joining a fraternity is one that complicates his life considerably. When Mike and Jean attend a party as prospective applicants, he later finds out that they have been dropped from the waiting list and suddenly the cold war turns pretty hot. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "The Bully" | Peter Tewksbury | Robert Bassing | January 26, 1961 | 118 |
Chip falls foul of the school bully who isn't interested in fighting with him. Steve soon realises that Chip is deliberately provoking the boy each day in the school yard to prove a point, and feels the boy must solve his own problems even though it costs him detention in the principal's office. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Organization Woman" | Peter Tewksbury | James Leighton, Peter Tewksbury | February 2, 1961 | 119 |
Steve's ever efficient sister arrives for a visit, and immediately changes and complicates the entire Douglas household. The challenging aspect to the whole deal is a decision that Harriet soon regrets, especially once Steve returns home from his business trip. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Other People's Houses" | Peter Tewksbury | John McGreevey | February 9, 1961 | 120 |
When Robbie Douglas sees his new friend's home he is envious of what he thinks is really the perfect teenage home and becomes almost as envious as Hank is of the turbulent, happy-go-lucky Douglas household. | ||||||
21 | 21 | "The Delinquent" | Peter Tewksbury | Diane Honodel, James Menzies | February 16, 1961 | 121 |
Mike Douglas and the family mongrel Tramp keep disappearing at night, and Jean becomes increasingly suspicious, unaware that Mike and his friend Tim are building her a hi-fi set for her upcoming birthday. | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Man in a Trenchcoat" | Peter Tewksbury | AJ Carothers | February 23, 1961 | 122 |
Robbie's girlfriend thinks that there's something going on between Robbie and Judy. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "Deadline" | Peter Tewksbury | David Duncan | March 2, 1961 | 123 |
Mike Douglas is highly vocal in his criticism of the sports page of the high school newspaper. To prove his point, he is given one shot at revamping it, and he tackles the job with gusto. | ||||||
24 | 24 | "The Lostling" | Peter Tewksbury | David Duncan | March 9, 1961 | 124 |
Chip begins to think it would be great to be an older brother, so he wishes for a little sister. After the Hawkins family moves into the vacant house across the street, a wild sequence of events results from an improbable case of mistaken identity -- an infant is somehow confused with a leg of lamb left in the back of Steve's station wagon. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "Off Key" | Peter Tewksbury | David Duncan | March 16, 1961 | 125 |
Chip brags to his new playmate that his genius brother Robbie can fix almost anything. Soon Robbie is repairing a Grand Piano, and has it all disassembled with only five minutes to have it fixed before the boy's mother comes in and wants to practise a new tune on it. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "Small Adventure" | Peter Tewksbury | Dorothy Cooper Foote | March 23, 1961 | 126 |
With Steve away in Seattle on a business trip, the Douglas household's version of man's best friend has been known to drag home anything he can get his jaws into. This time Tramp slinks in with a large stick of dynamite that has somewhere and somehow survived since the end of the Second World War. Note: From this point onwards writer Dorothy Cooper will now go by her married surname of Cooper-Foote. | ||||||
27 | 27 | "Soap Box Derby" | Peter Tewksbury | John McGreevey | March 30, 1961 | 127 |
Unaware of each others problems, Steve and Robbie engage in what seem to be widely varied projects. Robbie is trying to construct a race kart and Steve is in a rush to help a missile manufacturer get his project off the launch pad in a race to beat a rival company. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "Unite or Sink" | Peter Tewksbury | Art Friedman | April 6, 1961 | 128 |
Robbie and Mike want some extra pocket money but Steve tells them that they will have to earn it by themselves. The boys ask their neighbours if they could paint their front fence and before long several neighbors pitch in together to help restore the yard to its former glory. | ||||||
29 | 29 | "The Wiley Method" | Peter Tewksbury | John McGreevey | April 13, 1961 | 129 |
Robbie can't seem to arouse the interest of the affairs of the heart with his classmate Maribel Quinby. So with the help of his best friend Hank Ferguson, he proceeds to try and get her attention by noting the theatrical method of approach that his history teacher employs to make a dull subject interesting. | ||||||
30 | 30 | "The National Pastime" | Peter Tewksbury | Mathilda Ferro, Theodore Ferro | April 27, 1961 | 130 |
Chip is so discouraged by his batting slump that he quits the baseball team. After his brothers encourage him to return, one of the parents, a volunteer umpire, calls in sick and Steve is asked to substitute. Chip thinks this will be the perfect opportunity to become the team hero. | ||||||
31 | 31 | "The Croaker" | Peter Tewksbury | Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser | May 4, 1961 | 131 |
Malcolm, a frog that Chip has captured for a school project is the focus of all eyes in the Douglas home. Bub discerns a marked resemblance to his Uncle Clancey in Malcolm's face. Further evaluation of its character becomes quite difficult when he leaps out of sight. | ||||||
32 | 32 | "The Musician" | Peter Tewksbury | Dorothy Cooper Foote | May 11, 1961 | 132 |
Robbie's new girlfriend, lives in refined and elegant style, causing Robbie to turn a critical eye on his own home life. To impress her he tells her he really digs classical music, but in fact he doesn't know the difference between Puccini and Presley. | ||||||
33 | 33 | "The Horseless Saddle" | Peter Tewksbury | Arthur Kober, James Leighton, Peter Tewksbury | May 18, 1961 | 133 |
Bub has no plans to join the horse race set, but a mysterious someone sends him a saddle. Chip takes his girlfriend for a pony ride along with the old saddle that the Douglases just can't seem to be rid of. | ||||||
34 | 34 | "Trial by Separation" | Peter Tewksbury | AJ Carothers | May 25, 1961 | 134 |
Its final exam time and Mike and his girlfriend Jean have thought up a test of their own - to try the strength of their affection by not seeing each other the week before school has its graduation ceremonies. | ||||||
35 | 35 | "The Sunday Drive" | Peter Tewksbury | AJ Carothers | June 1, 1961 | 135 |
Mr. Pearson's idea of a quiet drive in the country with his wife is altered by a station-wagon load of Douglases. Meanwhile Robbie is trying to avoid the clutches of a girl named Mary Lou Miller. | ||||||
36 | 36 | "Fire Watch" | Peter Tewksbury | Paul West | June 8, 1961 | 136 |
Mike Douglas gets a summer job with the Forestry Service and he thinks it's going to be a barrel of fun until he learns that he's expected to do a real man's job. When his boss is stranded down at the creek and a wild storm brews up, Mike spends a harrowing time trying to stay calm. |
Season 2 (1961–62)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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37 | 1 | "Birds and Bees" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles | September 28, 1961 | 201 |
When Chip announces Tramp is the father of six puppies, Steve is concerned because he has never explained the cycle of life to his son. But before long a confused Chip thinks that his teacher is going to marry his father. | ||||||
38 | 2 | "Instant Hate" | Richard Whorf | William Raynor, Myles Wilder | October 5, 1961 | 202 |
The good neighbor policy gets a real workout when the boys, and later Bub, tangle individually with members of the new family across the street. Steve lectures them but on his way to work as he's backing out the driveway, he is delayed by a fender-denting idiot who turns out to be none other than Mr. Kaylor - the neighbor across the street. | ||||||
39 | 3 | "The Crush" | Richard Whorf | Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser | October 12, 1961 | 203 |
Mike has found a girl at college, Mary Beth. But when he brings her home to meet the family, she makes a beeline straight for Steve, who is trapped into tutoring her in trigonometry. This gives Mike a few jealous moments until all is resolved. | ||||||
40 | 4 | "Tramp the Hero" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles | October 26, 1961 | 204 |
Chip's friend has a new, well-trained German shepherd, which emphasizes to Chip just how stupid Tramp is. At three in the morning a neglected slow boiling pot of fat on the stove explodes. Tramp's barking wakes the family. Chip and Sudsy now find they have something in common to talk about. | ||||||
41 | 5 | "A Perfect Memory" | Peter Tewksbury | Dorothy Cooper Foote | November 2, 1961 | 205 |
An old high school sweetheart calls for Steve while he is out. Feeling nostalgic, Steve tries to locate her in town, but never seems to be able to catch up with her as he reminisces about their past relationship. As he arrives home the door bell rings and he gets a disappointment then a surprise. Note: This episode was actually filmed the previous season and held over for telecast. | ||||||
42 | 6 | "Bub's Lodge" | Richard Whorf | Shirl Gordon | November 9, 1961 | 206 |
Bub and Mike are at odds with each other because both are trying to get into different, exclusive clubs. Bub is to be installed as the D'Artagnon of the East Door, while Mike is subjected to his initiation which involves pretend fishing in front of the local drug-store. | ||||||
43 | 7 | "A Lesson in Any Language" | Richard Whorf | Danny Simon | November 16, 1961 | 207 |
Mike thinks that he can skate through school by playing a Spanish language record while he sleeps to attempt to learn Spanish via osmosis. | ||||||
44 | 8 | "The Ugly Duckling" | Richard Whorf | Edward J. Lakso | November 23, 1961 | 208 |
Robbie is heading for an "F" in world literature until the teacher assigns a beautiful blonde newcomer as his study partner. He is attracted to her right away but soon discovers that her looks don't even compensate for her loss of mind. | ||||||
45 | 9 | "Chip's Composition" | Richard Whorf | Elroy Schwartz, Glenn Wheaton | November 30, 1961 | 209 |
A composition titled "What My Mother Means to Me" has Chip baffled. After interviewing other mothers in the neighborhood, he makes a courageous effort to improvise by writing about his own Grandfather, whom he feels is the most maternal person he knows. | ||||||
46 | 10 | "Mike in Charge" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles | December 7, 1961 | 210 |
Steve and Bub are both called out of town and Mike urges them to leave him in charge, only to find the role of mother hen harder than it looks. His worth is really put to the test when he learns that Robbie and Hank have been taken to hospital after an accident at school. | ||||||
47 | 11 | "Bub Goes to School" | Richard Whorf | Paul David | December 14, 1961 | 211 |
Bub decides to go to night school when he finds that his grandsons keep asking endless questions that he simply cannot answer. He meets a fellow student and passes himself off as a former show business producer, while she makes out she's a high society dame, when in fact she's really a maid. | ||||||
48 | 12 | "Robbie's Band" | Richard Whorf | Robert O'Brien | December 21, 1961 | 212 |
The Douglas household is tormented by the discordant rehearsals of Robbie's band, until Steve steps in to help them. Mike's College fraternity is looking for a band to play their annual dance. With Steve's assistance on lead saxophone Robbie campaigns to his brother for the job. | ||||||
49 | 13 | "Damon and Pythias" | Richard Whorf | Gail Ingram Clement | December 28, 1961 | 213 |
Robbie and Hank decide to join a club together to be like Damon and Pythias. However, Robbie, fed up with being compared to his brother, opts to join a club and not invite Hank to join with him. | ||||||
50 | 14 | "Chip Leaves Home" | Richard Whorf | Joanna Lee | January 4, 1962 | 214 |
Chip feels ignored by his family and decides to run away from home. | ||||||
51 | 15 | "The Romance of Silver Pines" | Richard Whorf | Jack Laird | January 11, 1962 | 215 |
Steve takes a week's vacation from the family to stay at a wilderness fishing lodge, where he finds that the older couple who run the lodge are trying to play matchmaker, having invited an attractive woman there also. She is unsociable towards Steve at first until he points out that he only came along on the trip to appease his fellow campers. | ||||||
52 | 16 | "Blind Date" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles | January 18, 1962 | 216 |
Mike and Robbie accidentally end up with each other's blind date. | ||||||
53 | 17 | "Second Time Around" | Richard Whorf | Kitty Buhler | January 25, 1962 | 217 |
Bub misinterprets the interest of Steve's old flame. | ||||||
54 | 18 | "The Girls Next Door" | Richard Whorf | Howard Leeds | February 1, 1962 | 218 |
Four airline stewardesses move in next door and spark Mike's and Robbie's interest. | ||||||
55 | 19 | "Bub Gets A Job" | Richard Whorf | Judith Adkins Specht, Robert Specht, George Tibbles | February 8, 1962 | 219 |
A magazine article on bored homemakers spurs Bub to consider a new career. | ||||||
56 | 20 | "Le Petit Stowaway" | Richard Whorf | Dorothy Cooper Foote | February 15, 1962 | 220 |
Chip stows away on a plane bound for Paris, then gets lost in the city. | ||||||
57 | 21 | "Robbie Valentino" | Richard Whorf | Paul David | February 22, 1962 | 221 |
Robbie gets excited upon learning his physics class and teacher (Nancy Kulp) will be featured in an educational film. | ||||||
58 | 22 | "The Masterpiece" | Richard Whorf | Gail Ingram Clement | March 1, 1962 | 222 |
Chip enlists Bub's help in trying to win a school art contest. | ||||||
59 | 23 | "A Holiday for Tramp" | Richard Whorf | Dorothy Cooper Foote | March 8, 1962 | 223 |
Tramp is lost at the train station and winds up in the care of a famous actress (Eve Arden). | ||||||
60 | 24 | "The Big Game" | Richard Whorf | Gail Ingram Clement | March 15, 1962 | 224 |
Robbie must pass a math exam to play in the big game; Chip gets the measles. | ||||||
61 | 25 | "Chip's Party" | Richard Whorf | Howard Leeds | March 22, 1962 | 225 |
Chip's 9th birthday party is in jeopardy when Steve comes down with German measles. | ||||||
62 | 26 | "Casanova Trouble" | Richard Whorf | Muriel Roy Bolton | March 29, 1962 | 226 |
Steve's friend thinks her daughter is dating an older man. | ||||||
63 | 27 | "The Pencil Pusher" | Richard Whorf | Howard Leeds | April 5, 1962 | 227 |
Chip is unimpressed by Steve's job until an emergency occurs at the Air Force base. | ||||||
64 | 28 | "Innocents Abroad" | Richard Whorf | Dick Conway, Roland MacLane | April 12, 1962 | 228 |
Mike and Robbie get ideas when a boyhood friend of Steve's visits the family. | ||||||
65 | 29 | "Robbie the Caddy" | Richard Whorf | Mannie Manheim, Arthur Marx | April 19, 1962 | 229 |
Robbie decides to earn some extra money by being a caddy at a local golf tournament. | ||||||
66 | 30 | "Coincidence" | Richard Whorf | Dorothy Cooper Foote | April 26, 1962 | 230 |
Steve's yearning for some quiet time leads him to an all-female house that mimics the Douglas household. Barbara Parkins appears as one of the daughters in that all-female household. Billy Barty appears as the friendly stranger who seemingly orchestrates coincidences. | ||||||
67 | 31 | "Air Derby" | Richard Whorf | Lou Breslow, Joseph Hoffman | May 3, 1962 | 231 |
Steve roots for Robbie's opponent in a model airplane contest. | ||||||
68 | 32 | "Too Much in Common" | Richard Whorf | John McGreevey | May 10, 1962 | 232 |
Mike is dissatisfied with his current girlfriend. | ||||||
69 | 33 | "Chug and Robbie" | Richard Whorf | William Kelsay | May 17, 1962 | 233 |
Robbie becomes the victim of hero worship when he shares a locker with the school's star athlete (played by Ryan O'Neal.) | ||||||
70 | 34 | "Good Influence" | Richard Whorf | John McGreevey | May 24, 1962 | 234 |
Chip resists taking a trip with a boy he dislikes; Bub dabbles in painting. | ||||||
71 | 35 | "The Hippopotamus Foot" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles, Richard Whorf | May 31, 1962 | 235 |
Mike faces disciplinary action for a college fraternity prank. | ||||||
72 | 36 | "The Kibitzers" | Richard Whorf | John McGreevey, George Tibbles | June 7, 1962 | 236 |
Bub's card-playing buddies causes problems for the Douglases. |
Season 3 (1962–63)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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73 | 1 | "Weekend in Tokyo" | Gene Reynolds | George Tibbles | September 20, 1962 | 301 |
Steve takes the boys to Tokyo. | ||||||
74 | 2 | "Robbie's Employment Service" | Gene Reynolds | Glenn Wheaton & Mannie Manheim | September 27, 1962 | 302 |
Chip challenges Robbie in business. | ||||||
75 | 3 | "Tramp's First Bite" | Gene Reynolds | Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz | October 4, 1962 | 303 |
Tramp is framed. | ||||||
76 | 4 | "Moment of Truth" | Gene Reynolds | Ken Englund | October 11, 1962 | 304 |
Mike eyes the campus queen. | ||||||
77 | 5 | "Daughter for a Day" | Gene Reynolds | Shirley Gordon | October 18, 1962 | 305 |
An unexpected visitor catches Steve by surprise. | ||||||
78 | 6 | "The Ghost Next Door" | Richard Whorf | George Tibbles, Richard Whorf | October 25, 1962 | 306 |
Chip sees a ghost while trick-or-treating. Note: This episode was filmed the previous season and held over for broadcast | ||||||
79 | 7 | "Pretty as a Picture" | Gene Reynolds | George Tibbles | November 1, 1962 | 307 |
All the Douglases fall in love at once. | ||||||
80 | 8 | "What's Cooking?" | Gene Reynolds | John McGreevey | November 8, 1962 | 308 |
Chip has no mother to supply a recipe for a contest. | ||||||
81 | 9 | "Chip's Last Fight" | Gene Reynolds | Joanna Lee | November 15, 1962 | 309 |
Chip tries to join a club of older schoolmates. | ||||||
82 | 10 | "Steve Gets an A" | Gene Reynolds | True Boardman | November 22, 1962 | 310 |
Robbie has a date and a history paper on one weekend. | ||||||
83 | 11 | "Heat Wave" | Gene Reynolds | Paul David | November 29, 1962 | 311 |
A paper drive sparks tempers between Chip and a pal. | ||||||
84 | 12 | "The Beauty Contest" | Gene Reynolds | Walter Black | December 6, 1962 | 312 |
Mike must judge his girlfriend in a beauty contest. | ||||||
85 | 13 | "Doctor in the House" | Gene Reynolds | Danny Simon, George Tibbles | December 13, 1962 | 313 |
Steve seeks a particular doctor for his ailing back. | ||||||
86 | 14 | "Going Steady" | Gene Reynolds | AJ Carothers | December 20, 1962 | 314 |
Robbie's girlfriend has an attractive, single mother. | ||||||
87 | 15 | "Mother Bub" | Gene Reynolds | Dorothy Cooper | December 27, 1962 | 315 |
Chip mopes over being motherless. | ||||||
88 | 16 | "Honorable Grandfather" | Gene Reynolds | John McGreevey | January 3, 1963 | 316 |
Steve's Chinese friend invites Chip to a birthday party. | ||||||
89 | 17 | "How to Impress a Woman" | Gene Reynolds | James Allardice & Tom Adair | January 10, 1963 | 317 |
Mike falls for an older woman. | ||||||
90 | 18 | "Roman Holiday" | Gene Reynolds | Gail Ingram Clement, Douglas Tibbles | January 17, 1963 | 318 |
Steve takes the boys along on a Roman assignment. | ||||||
91 | 19 | "Flashback" | Gene Reynolds | Dorothy Cooper Foote | January 24, 1963 | 319 |
A 16-year-old reminds Steve of high-school days. | ||||||
92 | 20 | "The Dream Book" | Gene Reynolds | Ernest Chambers | January 31, 1963 | 320 |
An invitation to join a band gives Steve bad dreams. | ||||||
93 | 21 | "Big Chief Bub" | Gene Reynolds | Paul Crabtree, Gail Ingram Clement | February 7, 1963 | 321 |
Chip recommends Bub to be Cub Scout leader. | ||||||
94 | 22 | "The Clunky Kid" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay by: John McGreevey & Arnold Peyser & Lois Peyser Story by: Arnold Peyser & Lois Peyser | February 14, 1963 | 322 |
Chip's friend spends all his time with a new boy. | ||||||
95 | 23 | "Caged Fury" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay by: Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz & George Tibbles Story by: Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz | February 21, 1963 | 323 |
Bub misses his rendezvous with a legendary fish. | ||||||
96 | 24 | "Make Way for Yesterday" | Gene Reynolds | Ron Alexander, John McGreevey | February 28, 1963 | 324 |
Robbie defends his family to a girl. | ||||||
97 | 25 | "Robbie Wins His Letter" | Gene Reynolds | Glenn Wheaton & Mannie Manheim | March 7, 1963 | |
Robbie's high science grades make him an outcast. | ||||||
98 | 26 | "High on the Hog" | Gene Reynolds | Glenn Wheaton & Mannie Manheim | March 14, 1963 | 326 |
Robbie and a friend turn to raising pigs for profit. | ||||||
99 | 27 | "First Things First" | Gene Reynolds | John McGreevey | March 28, 1963 | 327 |
Mike's Air Reserve squadron flubs during his absence. | ||||||
100 | 28 | "Bub's Butler" | Gene Reynolds | Douglas Tibbles | April 4, 1963 | 328 |
Bub finally wins a TV contest. | ||||||
101 | 29 | "Francesca" | Gene Reynolds | Ernest Chambers, Gail Ingram Clement | April 11, 1963 | 329 |
The boys must care for a bird and a girl. | ||||||
102 | 30 | "The Rug" | Gene Reynolds | Gail Ingram Clement | April 18, 1963 | 330 |
Steve warns Chip to respect others' property. | ||||||
103 | 31 | "The System" | Gene Reynolds | Tim Considine & John Considine | April 25, 1963 | 331 |
Mike learns a business secret in psychology class. | ||||||
104 | 32 | "Let's Take Stock" | Gene Reynolds | Larry Markes, Michael Morris | May 2, 1963 | 332 |
Robbie's class exercise involves making investments. | ||||||
105 | 33 | "Total Recall" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay by: Elon Packard & Stanley Davis and George Tibbles Story by: Elon Packard & Stanley Davis | May 9, 1963 | 333 |
Bub's old pal, a baseball manager, comes for an award. | ||||||
106 | 34 | "When I Was Your Age" | Gene Reynolds | Ernest Chambers | May 16, 1963 | 334 |
Bub tells the boys about his youth. | ||||||
107 | 35 | "Chip's World" | Gene Reynolds | Dorothy Cooper Foote | May 23, 1963 | 335 |
Chip faces a life-and-death problem. | ||||||
108 | 36 | "Evening with a Star" | Gene Reynolds | Douglas Tibbles | May 30, 1963 | 336 |
Chip decides to raffle off a date with a movie star. | ||||||
109 | 37 | "The Date Bureau" | Gene Reynolds | John McGreevey | June 6, 1963 | 337 |
Robbie's blind date turns out badly. | ||||||
110 | 38 | "Bub's Sacrifice" | Gene Reynolds | Howard Leeds | June 13, 1963 | 338 |
Bub's new neighbor causes troubles. | ||||||
111 | 39 | "Found Money" | Richard Whorf | Gail Ingram Clement | June 20, 1963 | 339 |
A hunt for a stamp overshadows Chip's announcement. |
Season 4 (1963–64)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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112 | 1 | "Almost the Sound of Music" | Gene Reynolds | Ed James & Seaman Jacobs | September 19, 1963 | 401 |
Robbie decides to enter a rock 'n' roll contest. | ||||||
113 | 2 | "Scotch Broth" | Gene Reynolds | George Tibbles | September 26, 1963 | 402 |
The Douglases go to Scotland to see their castle. | ||||||
114 | 3 | "Didya Ever Have One of Those Days?" | Gene Reynolds | Milt Rosen & Danny Simon | October 3, 1963 | 403 |
Steve has a terrible day. | ||||||
115 | 4 | "Dear Robbie" | Gene Reynolds | Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 10, 1963 | 404 |
Robbie becomes the school advice-columnist. | ||||||
116 | 5 | "A Car of His Own" | Gene Reynolds | TBA | October 17, 1963 | 405 |
Robbie deals to get a car to win a girl. | ||||||
117 | 6 | "How Do You Know?" | TBA | TBA | October 24, 1963 | 406 |
Mike announces he has found true love -- Sally Ann Morrison (played by Meredith MacRae) in her first of 29 appearances on the show. | ||||||
118 | 7 | "My Friend Ernie" | TBA | TBA | October 31, 1963 | 407 |
Chip and his pal Ernie go treasure hunting. | ||||||
119 | 8 | "The End of You-Know What" | Gene Reynolds | James Allardice & Tom Adair | November 7, 1963 | 408 |
Chip and Ernie conclude the world is ending. | ||||||
120 | 9 | "The Toupee" | TBA | TBA | November 14, 1963 | 409 |
Bub tries to cover his baldness for a woman's visit. | ||||||
121 | 10 | "The Ever-Popular Robbie Douglas" | TBA | TBA | November 21, 1963 | 410 |
Robbie runs for student council. | ||||||
122 | 11 | "The Proposals" | TBA | TBA | November 28, 1963 | 411 |
Mike bungles his attempts to propose, but Sally says yes by the episode's end. (They will marry in Episode 185 -- Season 6, episode 1.) | ||||||
123 | 12 | "Steve and the Viking" | TBA | TBA | December 5, 1963 | 412 |
Steve must escort a visiting dignitary's daughter, played by a heartily robust Sally Kellerman. | ||||||
124 | 13 | "Par for the Course" | TBA | TBA | December 12, 1963 | 413 |
Robbie decides to take up golf to please Steve. | ||||||
125 | 14 | "Windfall" | TBA | TBA | December 19, 1963 | 414 |
Chip's reward for saving a dog makes him popular. | ||||||
126 | 15 | "Top Secret" | TBA | TBA | December 26, 1963 | 415 |
Bub is curious about Steve's top-secret project. | ||||||
127 | 16 | "Will Success Spoil Chip Douglas?" | TBA | TBA | January 2, 1964 | 416 |
Ex-Vaudevillian Bub laments that there hasn't been a member of the Douglas family in show business for over thirty years, so he is delighted when Chip is selected to portray Christopher Columbus in a school play. | ||||||
128 | 17 | "Second Chorus" | TBA | TBA | January 9, 1964 | 417 |
Mike and Sally think Steve is dating a singer. | ||||||
129 | 18 | "Never Look Back" | TBA | TBA | January 16, 1964 | 418 |
Steve prepares for his 25-year high-school reunion. | ||||||
130 | 19 | "Marriage By Proxy" | TBA | TBA | January 23, 1964 | 419 |
Helping a pregnant woman gives engaged Mike pause. | ||||||
131 | 20 | "The Chaperone" | TBA | TBA | January 30, 1964 | 420 |
Bub acts as chaperon for Robbie's costume party. | ||||||
132 | 21 | "My Fair Chinese Lady" | TBA | TBA | February 6, 1964 | 421 |
Robbie teaches American customs to a Chinese girl. | ||||||
133 | 22 | "House for Sale" | TBA | TBA | February 13, 1964 | 422 |
The family may be moving to Hawaii. Note: In her first of 135 appearances, Tina Cole guest stars as Robbie's girlfriend Ina; three years later she'd appear as Katie Miller, Robbie's girlfriend and eventual wife. | ||||||
134 | 23 | "Stone Frog" | TBA | TBA | February 20, 1964 | 423 |
Chip's stone frog may indeed be magical. | ||||||
135 | 24 | "Stage Door Bub" | TBA | TBA | February 27, 1964 | 424 |
The show-business fever reawakens in Bub. Pert Kelton had an important role in this episode. | ||||||
136 | 25 | "Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly" | TBA | TBA | March 5, 1964 | 425 |
Mike decides to teach Sally how to fish. Note: This is the first of eight appearances for Doris Singleton, two as Sally's mother and then six appearances in Season 11 as the mother of Chip's wife. | ||||||
137 | 26 | "Cherry Blossoms in Bryant Park" | TBA | TBA | March 12, 1964 | 426 |
Mike's Japanese former girlfriend comes to town. | ||||||
138 | 27 | "What's the Princess Really Like?" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay by: Cynthia Lindsay & Gail Ingram Clement Story by: Cynthia Lindsay | March 19, 1964 | 427 |
Steve's former sweetheart is now a princess. A pre-Sgt. Schultz John Banner has a bit part. | ||||||
139 | 28 | "The People's House" | TBA | TBA | March 26, 1964 | 428 |
Steve submits his house for a decorating contest. Jean Stapleton and Dianne Foster have featured roles in this episode. | ||||||
140 | 29 | "The Tree" | TBA | TBA | April 2, 1964 | 429 |
Bub joins a women's group to save a tree. | ||||||
141 | 30 | "The Substitute Teacher" | TBA | TBA | April 9, 1964 | 430 |
Robbie's class harasses a substitute teacher, and when Robbie mentions her name at home, Mike immediately recognizes it and Robbie gets an earful from Steve. | ||||||
142 | 31 | "Mike Wears the Pants" | TBA | TBA | April 16, 1964 | 431 |
Mike and Sally waffle over a marriage decision. | ||||||
143 | 32 | "The Guys and the Dolls" | TBA | TBA | April 23, 1964 | 432 |
Mike and his Air Force Reserve friends collect money for surgery for a mute girl. Martin Sheen has a pivotal role in this episode. | ||||||
144 | 33 | "The Ballad of Lissa Stratmeyer" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay by: Glenn Wheaton & Mannie Manheim and Douglas Tibbles Story by: Glenn Wheaton & Mannie Manheim | April 30, 1964 | 433 |
Members of a losing team may lose their girlfriends. | ||||||
145 | 34 | "Tramp Goes to Hollywood" | TBA | TBA | May 7, 1964 | 434 |
Tramp is scheduled for a Hollywood film test. | ||||||
146 | 35 | "Adventure in New York" | TBA | TBA | May 14, 1964 | 435 |
Mike and Robbie take a song to a New York publisher. J. Pat O'Malley has a featured part in this episode. | ||||||
147 | 36 | "Huckleberry Douglas" | TBA | TBA | May 21, 1964 | 436 |
Ernie and Chip re-enact 'Tom Sawyer.' | ||||||
148 | 37 | "Guest in the House" | TBA | TBA | May 28, 1964 | 437 |
Steve must take in a delinquent for a week. Tony Dow guest stars. |
Season 5 (1964–65)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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149 | 1 | "Caribbean Cruise" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | September 17, 1964 | 501 |
Steve and Robbie go on a Caribbean cruise. | ||||||
150 | 2 | "A Serious Girl" | James V. Kern | John McGreevey | September 24, 1964 | 502 |
Women surprise Robbie, Ernie and Bub. Marta Kristen guest stars. | ||||||
151 | 3 | "The Practical Shower" | James V. Kern | Gail Ingram Clement | October 1, 1964 | 503 |
Bub plans Sally's bridal shower. | ||||||
152 | 4 | "Dublin's Fair City: Part 1" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | October 8, 1964 | 504 |
Bub wins the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstakes and takes the Douglases to Ireland. Guest stars Jeanette Nolan, Mariette Hartley and Robert Emhardt | ||||||
153 | 5 | "Dublin's Fair City: Part 2" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | October 15, 1964 | 505 |
Bub's Dublin relatives give a picnic. | ||||||
154 | 6 | "One of Our Moose is Missing" | James V. Kern | Seaman Jacobs & Ed James | October 22, 1964 | 506 |
Steve forgets his Cub Scout weekend commitment. Prolific character actor Allyn Joslyn guest stars. | ||||||
155 | 7 | "Lady President" | James V. Kern | Tom Adair & James B. Allardice | October 29, 1964 | 507 |
Steve escorts a visiting congresswoman, played by Betsy Jones-Moreland. | ||||||
156 | 8 | "A Touch of Larceny" | James V. Kern | Story by : Arnold and Lois Peyser Teleplay by : Arnold and Lois Peyser & George Tibbles | November 5, 1964 | 508 |
The school bully teaches Chip to steal lunches. | ||||||
157 | 9 | "Goodbye Again" | James V. Kern | John Considine & Tim Considine | November 12, 1964 | 509 |
Cynthia Pepper returns to Bryant Park for her ninth and final appearance as Jean Pearson, Mike's high school sweetheart. When she learns that Mike is engaged, they bid each other farewell, this time for good. | ||||||
158 | 10 | "The Coffee House Set" | James V. Kern | John McGreevey | November 19, 1964 | 510 |
Robbie's singer/guitarist act is a hit at the hip coffee house. Gloria Talbott, Tina Cole and Jamie Farr guest star. | ||||||
159 | 11 | "The Lotus Blossom" | James V. Kern | John McGreevey | November 26, 1964 | 511 |
Steve admires the lovely, shy owner of a cafe. | ||||||
160 | 12 | "First, You're a Tadpole" | James V. Kern | Don Grady & Gary Abrams | December 3, 1964 | 512 |
Robbie starts to develop feelings for Sally, Mike's fiancée, until Steve gently sets him straight. | ||||||
161 | 13 | "You're in My Power" | James V. Kern | Dean Hargrove | December 10, 1964 | 513 |
A TV hypnotist picks Robbie to participate, but while watching the show at home, Bub succumbs. Sandy Descher guest stars as a classmate Robbie tries to hypnotize. | ||||||
162 | 14 | "The In-Law Whammy" | James V. Kern | Danny Simon & Milt Rosen | December 17, 1964 | 514 |
Mike meets Sally's father for the first time. The result? Total disaster. A good-natured Sebastian Cabot (actor) endures a series of messy but funny indignities in the course of his visit. | ||||||
163 | 15 | "Robbie and the Nurse" | James V. Kern | Phil Davis | December 24, 1964 | 515 |
A nurse attends to more than Robbie's broken leg. | ||||||
164 | 16 | "Divorce, Bryant Park Style" | James V. Kern | Earl Barrett | December 31, 1964 | 516 |
A broken marriage gives Mike and Sally pause. | ||||||
165 | 17 | "A Woman's Work" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | January 7, 1965 | 517 |
Steve fills in during Bub's trip to Ireland. Note: This was William Frawley's 165th and final appearance as William Francis "Bub" O'Casey. | ||||||
166 | 18 | "Here Comes Charley" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | January 14, 1965 | 518 |
Help arrives as the Douglases try to replace Bub. William Demarest joins the cast in his first of 215 appearances as Bub's brother Charley O'Casey. | ||||||
167 | 19 | "Charley and the Kid" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles & Kitty Buhler | January 21, 1965 | 519 |
A young Korean-American visitor adores Charley. | ||||||
168 | 20 | "He Wanted Wings" | James V. Kern | Tom Adair & James B. Allardice | January 28, 1965 | 520 |
Robbie buys an antique plane to impress a girl. | ||||||
169 | 21 | "Be My Guest" | James V. Kern | Stanley Davis & Elon Packard | February 4, 1965 | 521 |
A country club looks over the Douglases. | ||||||
170 | 22 | "Lady in the Air" | James V. Kern | Story by : Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz Teleplay by : Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish | February 11, 1965 | 522 |
Steve is more interested in a woman pilot than her plane. | ||||||
171 | 23 | "Hawaiian Cruise" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles & Steve McNeil | February 18, 1965 | 523 |
The family makes do after a Hawaiian trip is axed. | ||||||
172 | 24 | "The Teenagers" | James V. Kern | Story by : Dorothy Cooper Foote Teleplay by : Joseph Hoffman | February 25, 1965 | 524 |
Chip dates an older woman; Robbie is misunderstood. | ||||||
173 | 25 | "Mexico Ole'" | James V. Kern | Douglas Tibbles | March 4, 1965 | 525 |
Robbie learns about chaperoning in Mexico. | ||||||
174 | 26 | "The Fountain of Youth" | James V. Kern | Ray Brenner | March 11, 1965 | 526 |
An old vaudeville pal (played by Gloria Swanson) fails at first to recognize Charley, but then convinces him to rejoin show business. | ||||||
175 | 27 | "It's a Dog's Life" | James V. Kern | Dorothy Cooper Foote | March 18, 1965 | 527 |
A British scientist comes to the United States to meet with Steve and in the process, important blueprints begin to disappear. | ||||||
176 | 28 | "The Sure Thing" | James V. Kern | Tom Adair & James B. Allardice | March 25, 1965 | 528 |
A Thoroughbred cannot run without her rabbit mascot, and Robbie is called upon to fill the bill. Character actors Andy Devine and Ned Glass have featured roles in this episode. | ||||||
177 | 29 | "Chip, the Trapper" | James V. Kern | Joe Robert Leonard | April 1, 1965 | 529 |
Chip and Ernie form a trapping business. | ||||||
178 | 30 | "Steve and the Computer" | James V. Kern | Tom Adair & James B. Allardice | April 8, 1965 | 530 |
A computer matches Mike and Sally with others. | ||||||
179 | 31 | "Tramp and the Prince" | James V. Kern | Don Grady & Gary Abrams | April 15, 1965 | 531 |
Scared by a cat, Tramp runs away from home. | ||||||
180 | 32 | "Chip O' the Islands" | James V. Kern | Howard Merrill & Bill O'Halleren | April 22, 1965 | 532 |
Charley, Robbie and Chip head to a tropical island. | ||||||
181 | 33 | "The Glass Sneaker" | James V. Kern | Dorothy Cooper Foote | April 29, 1965 | 533 |
Chip meets Uncle Charley's vaudevillian pals and loses his shoe. Angela Cartwright, Maudie Prickett, Vince Barnett and Billy Curtis have featured roles in this episode. | ||||||
182 | 34 | "All the Weddings" | James V. Kern | John McGreevey | May 6, 1965 | 534 |
Sally's mother (Doris Singleton) takes over wedding preparations. | ||||||
183 | 35 | "The Leopard's Spots" | Tim Considine | Douglas Tibbles | May 13, 1965 | 535 |
Sally's glamorous cousin (Susan Seaforth Hayes) comes to visit. | ||||||
184 | 36 | "Uncle Charley and the Redskins" | James V. Kern | Story by : Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz Teleplay by : Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz & George Tibbles | May 20, 1965 | 536 |
Indians want to perform a ceremony in the yard. Last episode on ABC and in Black and White. |
Season 6 (1965–66)
All episodes now filmed in color
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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185 | 1 | "The First Marriage" | TBA | TBA | September 16, 1965 | 6501 |
Mike and Sally are married as Tim Considine makes his last appearance on the show. Mike thanks Steve for everything before he and Sally head off to his new job out of state. Back at home, the attention turns to Ernie, whose foster parents have moved to Japan, leaving Ernie at loose ends. Vera Miles appears in three episodes as Ernie's case worker and Virginia Gregg appears twice as her supervisor. | ||||||
186 | 2 | "Red Tape Romance" | James V. Kern | George Tibbles | September 23, 1965 | 6502 |
Steve considers adopting 10-year-old Ernie. | ||||||
187 | 3 | "Brother Ernie" | TBA | TBA | September 30, 1965 | 6503 |
Steve signs on the dotted line and Ernie is officially adopted into the Douglas family. "Goodnight, son" and "Goodnight, dad" are the last lines spoken by Steve and Ernie in this touching episode. | ||||||
188 | 4 | "Robbie and the Chorus Girl" | TBA | TBA | October 14, 1965 | 6504 |
Charley is concerned about Robbie's latest girl. | ||||||
189 | 5 | "There's a What in the Attic?" | TBA | TBA | October 21, 1965 | 6505 |
Ernie spots a lion but no one believes him, thinking it's just a bid for attention from his new family. | ||||||
190 | 6 | "Office Mother" | TBA | TBA | October 28, 1965 | 6506 |
Steve's new secretary (an over-the-top Joan Blondell) runs the office like a kitchen. | ||||||
191 | 7 | "Mary-Lou" | TBA | TBA | November 4, 1965 | 6507 |
Chip makes a date with an 'older woman.' | ||||||
192 | 8 | "Monsters and Junk Like That" | TBA | TBA | November 11, 1965 | 6508 |
Steve becomes trapped in a metal robot suit on his way to perform in Ernie's school play. | ||||||
193 | 9 | "Charley and the Dancing Lesson" | TBA | TBA | November 18, 1965 | 6509 |
A lovely dance instructor (Joanna Moore) signs Charley up for lessons. | ||||||
194 | 10 | "My Son, the Ballerina" | TBA | TBA | November 25, 1965 | 6510 |
Robbie is recommended to take a ballet class by his football coach, to improve his coordination. All goes well, until Robbie is expected to perform at an upcoming ballet recital, against his "masculine" instincts. Will he perform? | ||||||
195 | 11 | "The Ernie Report" | TBA | TBA | December 2, 1965 | 6511 |
The family's busy love lives leave little time for Ernie. | ||||||
196 | 12 | "The Hong Kong Story" | TBA | TBA | December 9, 1965 | 6512 |
Charley searches for a long-lost love in Hong Kong. George Takei has a bit part in this episode. | ||||||
197 | 13 | "Marriage and Stuff" | TBA | TBA | December 16, 1965 | 6513 |
The family is convinced Steve is soon to wed, so Uncle Charley plans to go back to sea, Robbie plans to move to a dorm, and Chip and Ernie make plans to live with Mike and Sally in Arizona. | ||||||
198 | 14 | "Douglas A Go-Go" | TBA | TBA | December 23, 1965 | 6514 |
Chip decides to give a coed party. | ||||||
199 | 15 | "Charley the Pigeon" | TBA | TBA | December 30, 1965 | 6515 |
Charley seeks revenge on two female pool hustlers. | ||||||
200 | 16 | "What About Harry?" | TBA | TBA | January 6, 1966 | 6516 |
A shaggy dog adopts Steve; guests Lee Meriwether and Linda Watkins as animal rescuers. | ||||||
201 | 17 | "From Maggie with Love" | TBA | TBA | January 13, 1966 | 6517 |
Steve's wealthy admirer (Dana Wynter) gives gifts to the family. | ||||||
202 | 18 | "Robbie and the Slave Girl" | TBA | TBA | January 20, 1966 | 6518 |
A Chinese girl Robbie saved wants to be his slave. | ||||||
203 | 19 | "Steve and the Huntress" | TBA | TBA | January 27, 1966 | 6519 |
A beautiful explorer (Terry Moore (actress)) asks Steve to go on safari with her. | ||||||
204 | 20 | "Robbie the College Man" | TBA | TBA | February 3, 1966 | 6520 |
Robbie moves into a crowded dorm room. | ||||||
205 | 21 | "Whatever Happened to Baby Chip?" | TBA | TBA | February 10, 1966 | 6521 |
Chip decides to grow long hair; guest Jay North. | ||||||
206 | 22 | "Robbie and the Little Stranger" | TBA | TBA | February 17, 1966 | 6522 |
Baby-sitter Robbie must bring his charge home. Tina Cole plays Robbie's girlfriend, Joanne. | ||||||
207 | 23 | "Call Her Max" | TBA | TBA | February 24, 1966 | 6523 |
Two tomboys -- a female engineer and a member of a girls hockey team -- prove tough to handle for Steve and Chip. | ||||||
208 | 24 | "Kid Brother Blues" | TBA | TBA | March 3, 1966 | 6524 |
Chip and a pal break up Robbie's date. Soon, Chip gets the same treatment from Ernie. | ||||||
209 | 25 | "Robbie's Double Date" | TBA | TBA | March 10, 1966 | 6525 |
Robbie goes steady with two girls at once. | ||||||
210 | 26 | "Our Boy in Washington" | TBA | TBA | March 17, 1966 | 6526 |
Ernie's courtesy wins the family a trip to France. | ||||||
211 | 27 | "Ernie and That Woman" | TBA | TBA | March 24, 1966 | 6527 |
A sixth-grade girl deceives fourth-grader Ernie. | ||||||
212 | 28 | "The State vs. Chip Douglas" | TBA | TBA | March 31, 1966 | 6528 |
Ernie notices that a rare coin in his collection is missing and accuses Chip of swiping it to pay for postage due. A kangaroo court is held and Chip is acquitted. Ernie then finds the coin and realizes Chip was innocent all along. | ||||||
213 | 29 | "A Hunk of Hardware" | TBA | TBA | April 7, 1966 | 6529 |
Ernie feels left out, when he realizes he has no trophies to add to the Douglas trophy shelf. | ||||||
214 | 30 | "The Wrong Robbie" | TBA | TBA | April 14, 1966 | 6530 |
An unknown double nearly wrecks Robbie's reputation. Mike Minor (actor) provided the deep voice of Robbie's mischievous doppelgänger. | ||||||
215 | 31 | "The Wheels" | TBA | TBA | April 21, 1966 | 6531 |
A girl (Sherry Jackson) driving Robbie's car gets a traffic ticket, causing Robbie to lose driving privileges until he pays Uncle Charley back the $16 for the fine. | ||||||
216 | 32 | "London Memories" | TBA | TBA | April 28, 1966 | 6532 |
Steve longs for a widow he met while in London, played by veteran actress Anna Lee. |
Season 7 (1966–67)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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217 | 1 | "Stag at Bay" | James V. Kern | Elroy Schwartz | September 15, 1966 | 6601 |
An evicted dancer (Leslie Parrish) seeks refuge. | ||||||
218 | 2 | "Fly Away Home" | TBA | TBA | September 22, 1966 | 6602 |
A former hometown love disappoints Steve. Mike is referred to by name for the last time in the series. | ||||||
219 | 3 | "Forget Me Not" | James V. Kern | Joseph Hoffman | September 29, 1966 | 6603 |
Steve gets a letter from a woman he supposedly dated a long time ago who says she'll be in town and would like to get together. She appears to remember an awful lot about Steve including his likes and dislikes, and keeps calling him Stevie. On the other hand, try as he might, Steve does not remember her at all. | ||||||
220 | 4 | "Good Guys Finish Last" | TBA | TBA | October 6, 1966 | 6604 |
Steve's team fares poorly on a father-son quiz show. | ||||||
221 | 5 | "Arrivederci Robbie" | TBA | TBA | October 13, 1966 | 6605 |
An Italian custom could send Robbie to the altar. | ||||||
222 | 6 | "If at First" | TBA | TBA | October 20, 1966 | 6606 |
Steve flunks his driving test more than once. Yvonne Craig guests as a zealous meter maid. | ||||||
223 | 7 | "Robbie's Underground Movie" | TBA | TBA | November 3, 1966 | 6607 |
Robbie makes an avant-garde movie for a film class. | ||||||
224 | 8 | "Fiddler Under the Roof" | TBA | TBA | November 10, 1966 | 6608 |
Uncle Charley tries to teach Ernie to play the violin but runs into a major obstacle: the boy's lack of talent. | ||||||
225 | 9 | "Happy Birthday, World" | TBA | TBA | November 17, 1966 | 6609 |
Robbie starts a cake-baking business in his home. | ||||||
226 | 10 | "The Awkward Age" | TBA | TBA | December 1, 1966 | 6610 |
Steve and Robbie both like one woman (Susan Oliver). | ||||||
227 | 11 | "A Real Nice Time" | TBA | TBA | December 8, 1966 | 6611 |
Chip goes on a date with a teen movie star thanks to Ernie, who requests a photo as a birthday present. The studio sends the actress in person to Bryant Park and Chip becomes disenchanted by all the attention she's getting. | ||||||
228 | 12 | "A Falling Star" | TBA | TBA | December 15, 1966 | 6612 |
Steve helps a faded singing star (Jaye P. Morgan). | ||||||
229 | 13 | "Tramp or Ernie" | TBA | TBA | December 22, 1966 | 6613 |
The doctor says Ernie is allergic to Tramp. | ||||||
230 | 14 | "Grandma's Girl" | TBA | TBA | December 29, 1966 | 6614 |
Chip wants to take a girl from school to a party, but her old-fashioned grandma think she's too young to date. Chip and Uncle Charley visit the grandma but find that once they stir up her old memories, it's not going to be easy to get out of the house. | ||||||
231 | 15 | "You Saw a What?" | TBA | TBA | January 5, 1967 | 6615 |
Ernie's excited reports of seeing a flying saucer are received with skepticism, but the next day he not only sees the weird vehicle again, but he snaps some pictures and is later told by the Air Force to keep quiet about it. | ||||||
232 | 16 | "Both Your Houses" | TBA | TBA | January 12, 1967 | 6616 |
Robbie is delighted when college classmate Peggy moves in next door, and the pair immediately go to work on a joint assignment for their Shakespeare class. He plays Romeo to her Juliet when a feud between the two families seems imminent. Jackie DeShannon, Constance Moore and Elvia Allman play the neighbors in this episode. | ||||||
233 | 17 | "My Pal Dad" | TBA | TBA | January 19, 1967 | 6617 |
Robbie and Chip want Steve to take Ernie fishing. | ||||||
234 | 18 | "TV or Not TV" | TBA | TBA | January 26, 1967 | 6618 |
Uncle Charley bans TV for one week. Robbie and a cynical girl create a college television show. | ||||||
235 | 19 | "My Dad, the Athlete" | TBA | TBA | February 2, 1967 | 6619 |
Steve must run in a cross-country race for fathers. | ||||||
236 | 20 | "The Good Earth" | TBA | TBA | February 9, 1967 | 6620 |
Uncle Charley buys a lot in a new real estate development that looks and sounds better on paper than in actuality. | ||||||
237 | 21 | "My Son, the Bullfighter" | TBA | TBA | February 16, 1967 | 6621 |
Robbie has aspirations of becoming a bullfighter. He starts out by confronting a killer bull with no knowledge about the sport whatsoever. Then, after a few lessons, he tries out his skills on a farmer's pet bull, who is tame, completely harmless and disinterested. | ||||||
238 | 22 | "The Best Man" | TBA | TBA | February 23, 1967 | 6622 |
Robbie must be best man at an old love's wedding. | ||||||
239 | 23 | "Now, in My Day" | TBA | TBA | March 2, 1967 | 6623 |
Chip dates two junior-high girls at once. | ||||||
240 | 24 | "Melinda" | TBA | TBA | March 9, 1967 | 6624 |
Chip pretends to like the daughter of Steve's date. | ||||||
241 | 25 | "Charley O' the Seven Seas" | TBA | TBA | March 16, 1967 | 6625 |
Charley's seafaring tales enchant Ernie's teacher. | ||||||
242 | 26 | "Help, the Gypsies Are Coming!" | TBA | TBA | March 23, 1967 | 6626 |
A Gypsy tribe camps out on the Douglases' lawn. | ||||||
243 | 27 | "Ernie's Folly" | TBA | TBA | March 30, 1967 | 6627 |
Ernie lacks Steve's help on a science-fair project. He builds a clock by himself and unlike his schoolmates, he is able to explain how it works - only in his case, it doesn't work. | ||||||
244 | 28 | "Ernie's Crowd" | TBA | TBA | April 6, 1967 | 6628 |
When Ernie tags along on their dates, the Douglas men have trouble telling him that he is not wanted and try to avoid him whenever they go out again. | ||||||
245 | 29 | "Ernie and the O'Grady" | TBA | TBA | April 13, 1967 | 6629 |
When Ernie invites a vagabond that he befriended in the park to the house for dinner, Steve decides to not pass judgment and give Ernie the chance to realize that the guy is nothing more than a freeloader. Guest star Eddie Foy Jr. | ||||||
246 | 30 | "The Sky Is Falling" | TBA | TBA | April 20, 1967 | 6630 |
Robbie does well as a part-time real estate agent. | ||||||
247 | 31 | "So Long Charley, Hello" | TBA | TBA | April 27, 1967 | 6631 |
An old friend (James Gregory (actor)) tempts Charley with a sea voyage. | ||||||
248 | 32 | "Weekend in Paradise" | TBA | TBA | May 11, 1967 | 6632 |
A visit to Hawaii proves eventful for all. |
Season 8 (1967–68)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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249 | 1 | "Moving Day" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | September 9, 1967 | 6701 |
After Steve gets transferred in his job to California, the Douglas family sells their house in Bryant Park and heads for the West Coast. They soon realize that the people in California, including their neighbors, are as chilly as the weather is warm. Robbie develops feelings for Katie (Tina Cole), a girl at his new college. Note: My Three Sons moved from Thursdays to Saturdays on CBS. | ||||||
250 | 2 | "Robbie Loves Katie" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | September 16, 1967 | 6702 |
After Robbie decides he will tell Katie that he wants to stop exclusively seeing her, he ends up proposing marriage instead. He then enlists Steve's help to let her down easy. | ||||||
251 | 3 | "Inspection of the Groom" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | September 23, 1967 | 6703 |
As Robbie and Katie get ready for their upcoming wedding, Katie's family and friend are skeptical over whether Robbie is the right guy for Katie. Joan Tompkins makes her first of nine appearances as Katie's mother and Kathryn Givney the first of four appearances as Katie's grandmother. | ||||||
252 | 4 | "Countdown to Marriage" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | September 30, 1967 | 6704 |
Robbie and Katie are ready to call off their engagement after having a fight until Katie's grandmother intercedes, asking each if they love each other. Katie doesn't respond, but Robbie says he loves Katie. That's all Katie needs to hear. They reconcile and the wedding is back on. Meanwhile, Robbie's best man falls ill and Chip is recruited to take his place. | ||||||
253 | 5 | "Wedding Bells" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 7, 1967 | 6705 |
The Douglas clan oversleeps on Robbie and Katie's wedding day and chaos reigns as they get ready. Tramp is missing but arrives at the church just in time for the ceremony, which goes off without a hitch. Later, a wistful Steve and Charley marvel at how fast Robbie has turned into a man. | ||||||
254 | 6 | "The Homecoming" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 14, 1967 | 6706 |
Robbie and Katie return from their honeymoon and everything seems to go wrong for Katie as the Douglas clan adjusts to the fact that their all-male household is no longer all-male. | ||||||
255 | 7 | "My Wife, the Waitress" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 21, 1967 | 6707 |
Robbie is distressed to discover that Katie is working as a cigarette girl. | ||||||
256 | 8 | "The Chameleon" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 28, 1967 | 6708 |
The Douglas family has a problem persuading Ernie to accept a new friend when he learns she's a girl. | ||||||
257 | 9 | "Designing Woman" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 4, 1967 | 6709 |
Katie recognizes Steve's new colleague (Oscar-winner Anne Baxter) as a designing woman long before the men in the family discover it. | ||||||
258 | 10 | "Ernie, the Bluebeard" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 11, 1967 | 6710 |
Ernie, who doesn't even like girls, winds up with two dates for the same dance. A pre-Brady Bunch Maureen McCormick appears as one of the girls. | ||||||
259 | 11 | "The Heartbeat" | Fred de Cordova | Bernard Rothman | November 18, 1967 | 6711 |
Katie, alone in the Douglas home, is frightened by what she thinks is the sound of a loud heartbeat. | ||||||
260 | 12 | "The Computer Picnic" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 25, 1967 | 6712 |
Chip manages to outwit the machine age when a computer is used to select partners for a school picnic. Ed Begley Jr. makes his first screen appearance in a bit part as Chip's classmate. | ||||||
261 | 13 | "The Aunt Who Came to Dinner" | Fred de Cordova | William Raynor & Myles Wilder | December 2, 1967 | 6713 |
Katie's Aunt Cecile (Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)) is a guest in the Douglas household and in a few days rearranges their furniture -- and their lives. | ||||||
262 | 14 | "Leaving the Nest" | Fred de Cordova | Peggy Elliott | December 9, 1967 | 6714 |
When minor irritations arise in the Douglas household, Robbie and Katie move temporarily into a borrowed apartment while their friends are away. Their life is complicated by the absence of a coffee pot, a pull-down bed that won't go up and the lack of a television set. | ||||||
263 | 15 | "You're Driving Me Crazy" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | December 16, 1967 | 6715 |
Chip Douglas is so nervous about taking his driving test that his new sister-in-law Katie decides to help by taking the test with him. Soon after they both get their driving licenses the family car collects a big scratch, but neither will plead guilty. | ||||||
264 | 16 | "Liverpool Saga" | Fred de Cordova | Freddy Rhea | December 23, 1967 | 6716 |
Chip invites a long-haired, guitar-playing boy from Liverpool (guest star Jeremy Clyde) to be a key addition to his off-key band. | ||||||
265 | 17 | "The Chaperones" | Fred de Cordova | Paul West | December 30, 1967 | 6717 |
Robbie and Katie serve as chaperones for four high school couples, including Chip, on an overnight trip to a park cabin. Katie insists that Robbie follow and supervise as the couples separately go hiking outside and to a lake. In the evening the group plan to borrow Robbie's car to drive to a tavern, but Robbie purposely disables the car so it won't start. | ||||||
266 | 18 | "Green-Eyed Robbie" | Fred de Cordova | Lois Hire | January 6, 1968 | 6718 |
Robbie displays a bit of jealousy when his bride innocently agrees to tutor a handsome ex-boyfriend (Charles Knox Robinson billed as Charles Robinson.) | ||||||
267 | 19 | "Charley's Tea" | Fred de Cordova | Paul West | January 13, 1968 | 6719 |
Katie tearfully complains when Uncle Charley makes her feel unnecessary in the Douglas household. Steve speaks to Charley who is flabbergasted at the accusation, but immediately makes amends. Meanwhile, Chip is on a five-man school committee; four of the 'men' are girls and they won't let him open his mouth. | ||||||
268 | 20 | "Ernie, the Jinx" | Fred de Cordova | Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish | January 20, 1968 | 6720 |
Ernie becomes convinced he's a jinx when things inexplicably start to go wrong whenever he's around. | ||||||
269 | 21 | "Ernie and Zsa Zsa" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | January 27, 1968 | 6721 |
Ernie meets Zsa Zsa Gabor after accidentally falling into her swimming pool. She befriends Ernie, but no one at home believes him until Zsa Zsa pays a surprise visit to the Douglas household. | ||||||
270 | 22 | "A Horse for Uncle Charley" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 3, 1968 | 6722 |
Uncle Charley is talked into buying an 11-year-old trotting horse in the hopes of capturing old racing glories, and the family is delighted, but can the horse run fast enough to qualify to compete? | ||||||
271 | 23 | "Dear Enemy" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 10, 1968 | 6723 |
Robbie goes to Camp Roberts for two weeks military reserve training. Of course, the family must also traipse through the same woods, and by happenstance or misadventure each member of the family is inadvertently caught as a military prisoner. | ||||||
272 | 24 | "Uncle Charley's Aunt" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 17, 1968 | 6724 |
Uncle Charley performs in his lodge show and is forced to walk home dressed as the Lady for a Day character Apple Annie after he is locked out of the dressing room. Charley and his friends also perform as Florodora girls in the show, and the Douglas family perform Downtown (Petula Clark song) in their living room. | ||||||
273 | 25 | "The Standing Still Tour" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 24, 1968 | 6725 |
Everyone in the Douglas family leaves for some romantic place -- leaving Ernie and Uncle Charley at home. Character actor Douglas Fowley appears as an old pal of Charley's, now acting in a TV western. | ||||||
274 | 26 | "Honorable Guest" | Fred de Cordova | Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish | March 2, 1968 | 6726 |
The Douglases cancel a camping trip to play host to unexpected Chinese friends from Bryant Park. | ||||||
275 | 27 | "The Perfect Separation" | Fred de Cordova | James Brooks | March 9, 1968 | 6727 |
The first time Katie and Robbie entertain at home, a game of truth-telling imperils the marriage of two close friends, played by Lynn Loring and Robert Dunlap. | ||||||
276 | 28 | "Gossip, Incorporated" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 16, 1968 | 6728 |
When two Mrs. Douglases visit Steve at his new job, his gossipy employees suspect he's a bigamist. Familiar TV actors Abby Dalton, Shirley Mitchell, Marvin Kaplan, Jane Dulo, Marcia Mae Jones and Gail Fisher appear in this episode. | ||||||
277 | 29 | "The Masculine Mystique" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 23, 1968 | 6729 |
A misunderstanding over a girl almost ruins the friendship between Ernie and his closest pal. | ||||||
278 | 30 | "The Tire Thief" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 30, 1968 | 6730 |
Ernie and his friend cease to enjoy their 'cops and robbers' games when the real cops start searching for them. |
Season 9 (1968–69)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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279 | 1 | "The Great Pregnancy" | TBA | TBA | September 28, 1968 | 6801 |
Katie's mother senses that her daughter is expecting, and she's right. | ||||||
280 | 2 | "Dr. Osborne, M.D." | TBA | TBA | October 5, 1968 | 6802 |
Katie and Robbie must choose a doctor to see them through her pregnancy, and despite Robbie's initial skepticism they choose Katie's long-time family physician, played by venerable character actor Leon Ames in his first of four appearances as Dr. Osborne. | ||||||
281 | 3 | "Life Begins in Katie" | TBA | TBA | October 12, 1968 | 6803 |
The baby stirs inside Katie, and Robbie suddenly sheds his youthful ways. Butch Patrick makes his first of seven appearances as Ernie's best pal Gordon Dearing. | ||||||
282 | 4 | "The Grandfathers" | TBA | TBA | October 19, 1968 | 6804 |
Because he's about to become a grandfather, Steve has an easier time working out a contract with a general who is also a new grandfather himself. Arthur O'Connell and Herbert Anderson portray generals | ||||||
283 | 5 | "The Baby Nurse" | TBA | TBA | October 26, 1968 | 6805 |
Uncle Charley prepares himself as a baby nurse by hiring himself out as a baby sitter. | ||||||
284 | 6 | "Big Ol' Katie" | TBA | TBA | November 9, 1968 | 6806 |
Expectant Katie is distressed by her hugeness until she learns she is to have more than one baby. | ||||||
285 | 7 | "My Three Grandsons" | TBA | TBA | November 16, 1968 | 6807 |
In this touching episode, Katie surprises everyone by giving birth to identical triplet sons. At the end of the episode, the new mother asks her husband "What are you thinking?" and Robbie replies "I'm thinking about how much I love you... and my three sons," followed by big smiles and a tender kiss. | ||||||
286 | 8 | "Tea for Three" | TBA | TBA | November 23, 1968 | 6808 |
The triplets come home from the hospital, but Robbie finds he is unprepared for the attention they are getting. Katie and Robbie name the boys Robert Jr., Steven and Charles. | ||||||
287 | 9 | "Back to Earth" | TBA | TBA | November 30, 1968 | 6809 |
Robbie decides to quit school in order to work full time, but Steve and a school counselor discourage him. | ||||||
288 | 10 | "First Night Out" | TBA | TBA | December 7, 1968 | 6810 |
All the other Douglases come home early when a baby sitter (Rose Marie) and Ernie take care of the triplets for the first time. | ||||||
289 | 11 | "Casanova O'Casey" | TBA | TBA | December 14, 1968 | 6811 |
On the rebound after his girlfriend, Sally, suddenly marries another, Uncle Charley acquires many new lady friends. | ||||||
290 | 12 | "Expendable Katie" | TBA | TBA | December 21, 1968 | 6812 |
When Katie is exhausted and goes away with her mother for a couple of days, the noise and chaos caused by Ernie and his friends overwhelm Uncle Charley, Robbie and the babies, so a three-woman cleaning crew is hired to restore the home to its usual state. | ||||||
291 | 13 | "The New Room" | TBA | TBA | December 28, 1968 | 6813 |
A cantankerous contractor (Ed Begley) hired to enlarge Robbie and Katie's room ends up locking horns with everyone except Katie, who manages to charm him into completing the job according to her wishes. | ||||||
292 | 14 | "The Fountain of Youth" | TBA | TBA | January 4, 1969 | 6814 |
Steve meets an attractive widow who seems very interested in him, but she suddenly turns cool toward him. | ||||||
293 | 15 | "Three's a Crowd" | TBA | TBA | January 11, 1969 | 6815 |
The triplets get mixed up and must be taken back to the hospital -- twice! -- for proper identification. | ||||||
294 | 16 | "Chip and Debbie" | TBA | TBA | January 18, 1969 | 6816 |
Chip surprises the Douglas family by becoming 'engaged' to pretty Debbie Hunter (Angela Cartwright). | ||||||
295 | 17 | "What Did You Do Today, Grandpa?" | TBA | TBA | January 25, 1969 | 6817 |
Uncle Charley thinks Steve is stuck in a rut, but that day instead of the same old routine, Steve is selected by his company to carry out a top-secret assignment in which he encounters spies, undercover agents, and a New York City full of eccentric characters, including Anne Jeffreys and Mike Mazurki. | ||||||
296 | 18 | "Chip on Wheels" | TBA | TBA | February 1, 1969 | 6818 |
Steve gives Chip a well-preserved secondhand car for his birthday. | ||||||
297 | 19 | "Honorable Expectant Grandfather" | TBA | TBA | February 8, 1969 | 6819 |
A Chinese-American friend of Steve's is concerned about the man his daughter has married. | ||||||
298 | 20 | "The Other Woman" | TBA | TBA | February 15, 1969 | 6820 |
Chip and Ernie observe their married older brother, Robbie, in the company of a glamorous other woman. | ||||||
299 | 21 | "Goodbye Forever" | TBA | TBA | February 22, 1969 | 6821 |
Ernie goes through a trying period when he learns that his best friend is moving away. | ||||||
300 | 22 | "The O'Casey Scandal" | TBA | TBA | March 1, 1969 | 6822 |
Ernie and his girlfriend are dismayed when Uncle Charley and her grandmother don't act like old folks. | ||||||
301 | 23 | "Ernie's Pen Pal" | TBA | TBA | March 8, 1969 | 6823 |
Ernie's Latin American pen pal astonishes him by showing up in person at the Douglas home. | ||||||
302 | 24 | "Ernie the Transmitter" | TBA | TBA | March 15, 1969 | 6824 |
Ernie, convinced he has ESP, predicts disaster if Robbie and Katie keep a doctor's appointment. | ||||||
303 | 25 | "The Matchmakers" | TBA | TBA | March 22, 1969 | 6825 |
Steve and his business partner face a problem when their children develop an immediate dislike for each other. | ||||||
304 | 26 | "Ernie Is Smitten" | TBA | TBA | March 29, 1969 | 6826 |
Ernie attempts to remake his image when Margaret Crookshank refuses to give him a second look. | ||||||
305 | 27 | "Two O'Clock Feeding" | TBA | TBA | April 5, 1969 | 6827 |
Steve is cast in the role of marriage counselor by a young couple who turn to him for help. | ||||||
306 | 28 | "Teacher's Pet" | TBA | TBA | April 19, 1969 | 6828 |
Ernie's writing ability lands him in an advanced special English class with a strict but efficient teacher, played by guest star Sylvia Sidney. |
Season 10 (1969–70)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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307 | 1 | "The First Meeting" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 4, 1969 | 6901 |
Widower Steve meets a remarkable woman in a high-school corridor, and the two are quickly attracted to each other. Also, Robbie and Katie and their three sons move out of the Douglas home and into their own apartment. Beverly Garland's first appearance as Barbara Harper. | ||||||
308 | 2 | "Instant Co-Worker" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 11, 1969 | 6902 |
Steve's romance with Barbara flowers and Robbie is offered a job as a structural engineer at his father's firm. He tries to talk it over with Steve, because he wants to avoid the appearance of nepotism. Dawn Lyn is introduced as Barbara's daughter Dodie, and familiar character actress Eleanor Audley is cast as Barbara's mother. | ||||||
309 | 3 | "Is It Love?" | Fred de Cordova | George Tibbles | October 18, 1969 | 6903 |
The whole Douglas clan -- and Barbara's mother -- conspire to encourage Steve and Barbara's romance. The episode ends with their first kiss. | ||||||
310 | 4 | "A Ring for Barbara" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | October 25, 1969 | 6904 |
Steve pops the question to Barbara under circumstances far from ideal. | ||||||
311 | 5 | "The Littlest Rebel" | Fred de Cordova | George Tibbles | November 1, 1969 | 6905 |
Barbara employs her considerable store of diplomacy in an effort to gain acceptance from Steve's all-male family. | ||||||
312 | 6 | "Two Weeks to Go" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 8, 1969 | 6906 |
Steve and Barbara discover they have been thinking in opposite terms as to how their wedding should be held. | ||||||
313 | 7 | "One Week to Go" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 15, 1969 | 6907 |
Steve and Barbara have an argument serious enough for them to consider canceling their wedding. | ||||||
314 | 8 | "Came the Day" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 22, 1969 | 6908 |
It's Steve and Barbara's wedding day. Not wanting a repeat of what happened before Rob's wedding, the Douglas clan awakes very early and gets dressed, then everyone goes back to sleep. Tramp runs off again and arrives at the wedding as before. | ||||||
315 | 9 | "Mexican Honeymoon" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | November 29, 1969 | 6909 |
Steve and Barbara arrive in a quaint village in Mexico which Steve had previously visited on a fishing trip. They expect to find the same quiet place Steve remembers and have the place virtually to themselves. They are surprised to find the village has been "put on the map" by a travel magazine and the obscure little hotel, whose name has changed from Moon Hotel to Honeymoon Hotel, is filled to capacity with young newlyweds. The Douglases are continually put upon by the young couples around them for help with everything from homesickness, to settling quarrels to ordering food. Finally, the arrival of a bottle of Champagne from the family back in California, tips off the hotel guests to the fact that Steve and Barbara are themselves newlyweds. They give them the restaurant to themselves that evening and the romantic honeymoon they anticipated finally begins. | ||||||
316 | 10 | "After You, Alphonse" | Fred de Cordova | Lois Hire | December 13, 1969 | 6910 |
Katie asks Robbie to speak to Uncle Charley on his manners, and the result nearly drives Barbara out of her mind -- Charley is now being maddeningly polite with his "Sir Walter Raleigh" routine. | ||||||
317 | 11 | "Rough on Dodie" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | December 20, 1969 | 6911 |
Little Dodie discovers that being a member of the Douglas family can be a rough-and-tumble proposition. | ||||||
318 | 12 | "Silver Threads" | Fred de Cordova | Douglas Tibbles | December 27, 1969 | 6912 |
Katie panics when she detects a few gray hairs in her youthful head, and a family crisis is not far away. | ||||||
319 | 13 | "It's a Woman's World" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | January 3, 1970 | 6913 |
Steve gets cast as a tree in Dodie's school play. | ||||||
320 | 14 | "Table for Eight" | Fred de Cordova | Bob Touchstone | January 10, 1970 | 6914 |
Barbara faces a fiasco when she prepares her first dinner party for Steve's business associates. | ||||||
321 | 15 | "Double Jealousy" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | January 17, 1970 | 6915 |
An attentive, attractive but highly efficient secretary (Brenda Benet) causes jealousy among the Douglas women, and quite a different reaction among the Douglas men. | ||||||
322 | 16 | "Dodie's Tonsils" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | January 24, 1970 | 6916 |
Little Dodie goes to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and Steve stays the night with her. Meanwhile, Robbie and Katie go on a Mexican getaway without the triplets. | ||||||
323 | 17 | "Who Is Sylvia?" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | January 31, 1970 | 6917 |
Steve's old girlfriend (guest star Jane Wyman), now a rich divorcee, comes to town and gives Barbara (and Katie) a few jealous moments. | ||||||
324 | 18 | "You Can't Go Home" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 7, 1970 | 6918 |
Rob gets invited to an old friend's wedding back in Bryant Park and takes Katie with him, hoping to introduce her to other people he knew as well. Much to his surprise, virtually no one else remembers him. | ||||||
325 | 19 | "Guest in the House" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 14, 1970 | 6919 |
Barbara finally loses the feeling that she is a guest in her own home when she needs to confront one of Chip's teachers, resulting in a new closeness between her and Chip and Ernie, who call her "mom" for the first time. | ||||||
326 | 20 | "Charley's Cello" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 21, 1970 | 6920 |
Barbara thinks Uncle Charley is lonely playing his cello, so she invites three female musicians to join him. | ||||||
327 | 21 | "The Honeymoon Is Over" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | February 28, 1970 | 6921 |
A special project at the plant keeps Steve and Robbie so busy and exhausted every night that their wives decide to pay them a surprise visit, only to find a seemingly wild party under way. | ||||||
328 | 22 | "Baubles, Bangles and Beatrice" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 7, 1970 | 6922 |
Ernie becomes the unwilling object of the affection of Dodie's 6-year-old friend Beatrice, and Barbara is called in to work as Chip's substitute history teacher. | ||||||
329 | 23 | "Mister X" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 14, 1970 | 6923 |
A bearded man of mystery confounds the Douglas family and authorities alike. The man turns out to be Barbara's former father-in-law. Veteran actor Lew Ayres guest stars. | ||||||
330 | 24 | "Dodie's Dilemma" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 21, 1970 | 6924 |
Steve formally adopts Dodie, who enlists the aid of Chip and Ernie after being harassed in school by a mean-spirited girl. Erin Moran, who would become famous as Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days, guest stars. | ||||||
331 | 25 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | March 28, 1970 | 6925 |
Rob and Katie hit it off right away with their new neighbors, but tensions soon develop. Jerry Mathers and Lori Martin guest star. | ||||||
332 | 26 | "J.P. Douglas" | Fred de Cordova | TBA | April 4, 1970 | 6926 |
Chip decides to become rich early in life by instituting a breakneck schedule of earning money. |
Season 11 (1970–71)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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333 | 1 | "The First Anniversary" | September 19, 1970 | 7001 |
Dodie throws a "surprise" party for Steve and Barbara on their first wedding anniversary. Ronne Troup joins the cast as Chip's girlfriend Polly, and Doris Singleton and Norman Alden appear as her strict parents. | ||||
334 | 2 | "The Once Over" | September 26, 1970 | 7002 |
Chip is badly shaken when his girlfriend Polly suggests they elope. | ||||
335 | 3 | "The Return of Albert" | October 3, 1970 | 7003 |
Barbara's handsome college boyfriend visits the Douglases for dinner, and he also goes golfing with Steve, who is affable at first but ultimately admits to a little jealousy. "Welcome to the human race" Barbara tells Steve with a smile as they snuggle up together. Craig Stevens (actor) guest stars. | ||||
336 | 4 | "The Non-Proposal" | October 10, 1970 | 7004 |
Chip is amazed when he learns that Polly thinks she has become engaged to him. | ||||
337 | 5 | "Polly Wants A Douglas" | October 17, 1970 | 7005 |
Chip and Polly have a spat when Chip turns down her offer to elope. | ||||
338 | 6 | "The Cat Burglars" | October 31, 1970 | 7006 |
Dressed for a costume party, Steve goes for gas when his car stalls. | ||||
339 | 7 | "The Elopement" | November 7, 1970 | 7007 |
Chip and Polly agree to elope -- and also agree to ask their parents' permission first. | ||||
340 | 8 | "The Honeymoon" | November 14, 1970 | 7008 |
Newlyweds Chip and Polly drive to Mexico for their honeymoon at the same hotel Steve and Barbara stayed on their honeymoon a year earlier. Veronica Cartwright has a small part as a guest at the hotel. | ||||
341 | 9 | "One By One They Go" | November 21, 1970 | 7009 |
Bridegroom Chip faces a father-in-law who refuses to speak to his newly married daughter. | ||||
342 | 10 | "My Four Women" | November 28, 1970 | 7010 |
Steve reluctantly agrees to be a model for his wife's fashion show, then refuses at the last minute when he discovers he has to walk the runway in a frilly shirt. | ||||
343 | 11 | "The Bride Went Home" | December 5, 1970 | 7011 |
Chip becomes ill after eating Polly's cooking, and she believes it would be better if he left her. | ||||
344 | 12 | "The Power of Suggestion" | December 12, 1970 | 7012 |
Ernie uses the members of the Douglas household as guinea pigs for his psychology assignment. | ||||
345 | 13 | "St. Louis Blues" | December 19, 1970 | 7013 |
Rob and Katie have a month without the triplets as an anniversary present from Katie's mother in St. Louis. Joan Tompkins' final appearance as Katie's mom Lorraine. | ||||
346 | 14 | "The Liberty Bell" | January 2, 1971 | 7014 |
Free-spirited childhood friend Jim Bell (Sal Mineo) piques Rob's interest in a motorcycle trip to the Colorado River. | ||||
347 | 15 | "The Love God" | January 9, 1971 | 7015 |
Dodie falls for her second-grade teacher, played by Peter Brown (actor). A young Jodie Foster and Victoria Paige Meyerink appear as two of Dodie's classmates. | ||||
348 | 16 | "The New Vice-President" | January 16, 1971 | 7016 |
Steve is up for a promotion, but Charley's colorful past may be an impediment. | ||||
349 | 17 | "Robbie's Honey" | January 23, 1971 | 7017 |
Due to a series of innocent misunderstandings and unspoken accusations, Robbie is suspected of unfaithfulness. | ||||
350 | 18 | "Ernie Drives" | January 30, 1971 | 7018 |
Ernie and his friend Yo-Ho (Butch Patrick) are excited about getting their driving licenses in time for a big school dance, but things don't go according to plan. | ||||
351 | 19 | "Dodie Goes Downtown" | February 6, 1971 | 7019 |
Ernie is watching Dodie and her friend, and gives them permission to go to the local store, but they decide to take a bus downtown and do some shopping, getting lost in the process. | ||||
352 | 20 | "The Recital" | February 20, 1971 | 7020 |
Dodie and her musical trio rehearse at the Douglas' but their off-key playing drives everyone to distraction. Jodie Foster appears (barely) as a member of Dodie's group. | ||||
353 | 21 | "Debbie" | February 27, 1971 | 7021 |
A beauty (Brooke Bundy) gets the Douglas men to fix her car and Ernie takes a liking to her. The Douglas women see right away that she is manipulative and is merely taking advantage of them. | ||||
354 | 22 | "Fit the Crime" | March 6, 1971 | 7022 |
Ernie and Dodie are confined to their rooms. | ||||
355 | 23 | "The Return of Terrible Tom" | March 13, 1971 | 7023 |
Charley is disappointed when it seems his old shipmate (Arthur Hunnicutt) has changed. | ||||
356 | 24 | "After the Honeymoon" | March 20, 1971 | 7024 |
When Robbie is laid off at the plant, he lands a new job in San Francisco. Pat Carroll and Richard X. Slattery appear as the new landlords, and Mike Minor (actor) plays a neighbor. Note: this was intended to be a pilot for a spin off series that CBS passed on. |
Season 12 (1971–72)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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357 | 1 | "The Advent of Fergus" | September 13, 1971 | 7101 |
Steve's irritating cousin Fergus McBain Douglas, who looks just like him, arrives from Scotland in search of a wife to take back with him. Fergus is played by MacMurray, with an uncredited Alan Caillou dubbing his Scottish burr. | ||||
358 | 2 | "Fergus for Sale" | September 20, 1971 | 7102 |
Charley and Fergus feud but come to an understanding. Anne Francis makes the first of three appearances as Terri Dowling, a possible bride for cousin Fergus. | ||||
359 | 3 | "Lady Douglas" | September 27, 1971 | 7103 |
Steve has his suspicions about Terri's potential as the future Lady Douglas. | ||||
360 | 4 | "Goodbye Fergus" | October 4, 1971 | 7104 |
Fergus and Terri tie the knot in a lovely ceremony in the Douglas living room. | ||||
361 | 5 | "Four for the Road" | October 18, 1971 | 7105 |
The triplets sneak away from a baby sitter. | ||||
362 | 6 | "Polly the Pigeon" | October 25, 1971 | 7106 |
A door-to-door salesman (David Ketchum (actor)) works his charm on Polly. | ||||
363 | 7 | "Happy Birthday, Anyway" | November 1, 1971 | 7107 |
Three birthday flaps disrupt the Douglas household: Barbara, Katie and Polly all have birthday issues with their husbands. | ||||
364 | 8 | "Proxy Parents" | November 8, 1971 | 7108 |
Chip and Polly become parents for a weekend. | ||||
365 | 9 | "The Enthusiast" | November 15, 1971 | 7109 |
Barbara worries that her competitive enthusiasm embarrasses Steve. | ||||
366 | 10 | "Katie's Career" | November 22, 1971 | 7110 |
Katie gets a job as a coffeehouse singer. Anthony Caruso (actor) plays the owner. | ||||
367 | 11 | "Polly's Secret Life" | November 29, 1971 | 7111 |
Polly tries to regain Chip's interest. | ||||
368 | 12 | "The Sound of Music" | December 6, 1971 | 7112 |
Uncle Charley fills in as a cello instructor. | ||||
369 | 13 | "TV Triplets" | January 13, 1972 | 7113 |
The triplets are chosen to be in a TV commercial. Bob Hastings and Michael Dante appear as the talent scout and director, respectively. This was the last episode filmed. Note: My Three Sons returned from Mondays to Thursdays on CBS. | ||||
370 | 14 | "Three for School" | January 20, 1972 | 7114 |
Katie takes a temporary secretarial job, and Charley fumes when Katie puts the triplets in pre-school. Carolyn Stellar, Dawn Lyn's real-life mother, appears as Katie's co-worker. | ||||
371 | 15 | "Alfred" | January 27, 1972 | 7115 |
A little first grader named Alfred develops a big crush on third grader Dodie Douglas -- much to her displeasure. When Uncle Charley invites him to dinner, Dodie tries to fake illness to get out of it. Very soon Alfred's mother reports that he is missing. | ||||
372 | 16 | "Buttons and Beaux" | February 3, 1972 | 7116 |
When the Douglas men (and Dodie) feel sorry for Katie because of Robbie's continued absence, they shower her with attention by each one taking her out to the same restaurant four nights in a row. | ||||
373 | 17 | "Peanuts" | February 17, 1972 | 7117 |
Dodie commits the entire Douglas family to a time consuming project - the awesome task of getting a four foot tall bag of peanuts into small little sacks which they hope to sell at the school fair to raise money for Korean orphans. | ||||
374 | 18 | "Bad Day for Steve" | February 24, 1972 | 7118 |
Steve suddenly becomes accident-prone when his youngest son Ernie tries to discover by graph and observation how the moon's lunar phases affect people's behavior. | ||||
375 | 19 | "Second Banana" | March 2, 1972 | 7119 |
While Steve becomes preoccupied with a time-consuming work project, Barbara blossoms forth as a championship cook: her recipe for "Tangy Tidbits" wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cook-off. | ||||
376 | 20 | "Bad Day for Barbara" | March 16, 1972 | 7120 |
Although Barbara is feeling very ill, she is saddled with the responsibility of looking after the entire Douglas household but in the end, to escape the pressure, she just walks out and leaves Steve and the family in a worried state. | ||||
377 | 21 | "The Birth of Arfie" | March 23, 1972 | 7121 |
The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the aging family mongrel, disappears for several days, so Barbara takes her to a child psychologist and Uncle Charley makes her a doggy rag-doll and names it Arfie. | ||||
378 | 22 | "Lonesome Katie" | March 30, 1972 | 7122 |
Katie becomes disillusioned about life without Robbie, and seriously thinks about divorce after speaking with another of the wives (Elaine Giftos) in the same situation. Meanwhile, Dodie and her two pals campaign to Barbara to let them have a slumber party. | ||||
379 | 23 | "Barbara Lost" | April 6, 1972 | 7123 |
John Simpson, an old friend of Chip's who's now a big rock star, pays a visit. Soon Chip tells the family that he's decided to give up his studies and become a rock star, too. The family is extremely concerned--until John mentions that he makes $2 million a year. Guest star: Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. | ||||
380 | 24 | "Whatever Happened To Ernie?" | April 13, 1972 | 7124 |
Steve's boss and his wife count on the Douglas family to help them deal with their rebellious teen-aged son, Gordon (one of Ernie's classmates) after they suspect that the boy has fallen into drug use. |
Special (1977)
Title | Original air date |
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"A Thanksgiving Reunion with My Three Sons and The Partridge Family" | November 25, 1977 |
Home releases
At present, the following DVD sets have been released by Paramount Home Video.[1]
DVD set | Episodes | Release date | |
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My Three Sons: The First Season, Volume One | 18 | September 30, 2008 | |
My Three Sons: The First Season, Volume Two | 18 | January 20, 2009 | |
My Three Sons: The Second Season, Volume One | 18 | February 23, 2010 | |
My Three Sons: The Second Season, Volume Two | 18 | June 15, 2010 |
References
- DVD release info Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine at TVShowsOnDVD.com