N = Never Look Back (Season 4 episode)

O - obstetrician: Dr. Roy Osbourne serves as Katie's obstetrician (Season 9).

P - Press clothes, once in awhile we see Charley at the ironing board

Q = Quiet evenings spent at home

R - real estate: Robbie quits school to work as a real estate agent (Season 7)

S - Sally Morrison

T = Three Sons of the title

U - under the weather, Charley sometimes was, like when his horse came in last

V - violin - played in Charley's string quartet (Season 10).

W - William O"Casey (Bub)

X -eX address: The Douglas Family formerly resided at 837 Mill St., Bryant Park USA

Y - Young Dodie

Z - zapped: When Steve worked on the washing machine or kitchen stove, he hoped not to be zapped by electricity...!

A - Arthur the insurance man who worked for Jim, that the kids called uncle, but we saw him only once. when he was forced to retire.

A - Arthur the insurance man who worked for Jim, that the kids called uncle, but we saw him only once. when he was forced to retire.

I think this was intended for the FKB boards...!


A - asparagus: When Robbie & Katie stay at the Bryant Park Hotel in Season 10, the featured dinner includes Swedish meatballs & light green asparagus!


B

B = Bub O'Casey

C - Chevrolet, an early sponsor

D - "Downtown" - the Douglas family plays the song Downtown, a 1964 Petula Clark hit, with Katie as vocalist.

E - Espresso / Osserpse, the coffee house Katie worked at briefly

F = Fred MacMurray

G - GTO: Robbie's rival Brad Parmenter drives a Pontiac GTO automobile (Season 6).

H - Harry, the dog that became attached to Steve in a season 6 episode

I = Philip Ahn

J - Join the Cub Scouts, Chip did

K - "Kappa Kappa Theta": Robbie goes to work as a waiter & worker in the Kappa Kappa Theta sorority house on campus (Season 6).

L - Litter of kittens Gordon's cat had

M = My Three Sons

N - Nan Summers: Teenage film star Nan Summers arrives as a birthday present for Chip, but the date is all about publicity (Season 7).

O - Oven door that fell off when Steve tried to repair it

P = Peter Tewksbury, director

Q - quandary: Robbie is in a quandary as to being a full-time college student yet wanting to support the triplets & Katie financially (Season 9).

R - rear of house, where Charley's room is

S = Steve

T - Time clock Ernie made for the science fair

U = Unite or Sink

V - Vera Miles

W - waitress: Terri Dowling works as a cocktail waitress at a bowling alley (Season 12).

X = Xtra nice family life they had

Y - yes men, none where Steve worked

Z - zone: It was a no-parking zone when Steve & Barbara were parked on private property on a date (Season 10).

A - Adjust or Bust

B - Big tin man Steve dressed up as in a season 6 episode

C - Cecile, Katie's aunt (Season 8)

D - Demarest, Wm.

E = Ernie

F - visit to France

G - Good Influence

H = Household duties of Bub's

I - irked, Charley always was

J - jalopy: a slang term used on M3S for an older motor vehicle, oftentimes in less-than-nice condition.

K - Kathleen (per Aunt Cecile)

L - laboratory: Rob's college classes included required work in the chemistry laboratory

M - "Mother Bub"

N - nephews: When the triplets were born, suddenly Chip & Ernie had 3 nephews.

O - O'Casey side of the family, Steve's unnamed wife, Charley, Bill (Bub)...

P = Polly

Q - Quizzes Ernie didn't do well on, in Miss Houck's AP English class

R = Robbie

S - Sylvia Sidney as Ernie's AP teacher, in a late season 9 episode

T = Triplets

U - Up in the attic, where Chip once ran away to

V - vest: Charley sometimes wore a vest with his suit.

W - Wm. O'Casey

X - eX-girlfriend: A woman who comes to the Douglas home is clearly Steve's old ex-girlfriend, but he has no memory of her...!

Y - Youthful Polly, for marriage

Z = One little flash of personality, and zoom, he's up there. (from Robbie Valentino)

A - aviation: Steve works in the aviation industry

B - Bobbie, as Barbara's old boyfriend called her

C = Chip

D - Douglas

E = Ernie

F - fraternity: In Season 3, Mike is a member of the Sigma Gamma Chi fraternity.

G - George, an annoying friend of Ernie's who visited around season 8

H = Homework (The boys ask Bub for help with their homework.)

I = If At First

J - J. P. Douglas

K - kissing: Dodie notices that Steve has been kissing her mother (Season 10).

L - Little Ernie

M = Mike

N - New oven needed, after the door came off when Steve opened it

O - O'Casey, Michael Francis "Bub"

P - Pepper, Cynthia

Q = Quiet nights at home with family

R - Rob Douglas

S - Stanley Livingston

T - Tramp

U= Uncle Charley

V - Vera Miles, playing a role involved in Ernie's adoption

W = William O'Casey

X - on Ernie's tests

Y = Young Sudsy

Z - Zsa Zsa from season 8

A = Adjust or Bust (Steve's potential client, a Major General, has a motto of "Adjust or bust.")

B - Boys, a houseful

C = Chip

D - Douglases

E = Ernie

F - Fred Mac Murray

G = Guest in the House

H - Harry, the dog that latched onto Steve in an early CBS episode

I = Ireland trip

J - Jim Bell, Robbie's friend from Bryant Park days

K = Katie

L - Little Sudsy

M = Mike's Brother

N - Nasty Charley when Ernie was adopted

O - Olan Soule: Olan Soule plays Mr. Mindermann at the Bryant Park hotel, when Rob & Katie go back to visit in Season 10 (among other M3S roles).

P - "Papa" Harper, who visited in season 10

Q = Quick-with-a-Quip Uncle Charley

R - Robbie

S - substitute teacher: Barbara does some substitute teaching at the high school level.

T - Terrible Tom from late in season 11

U = Uncle Charley

V - vanished valuable: When Ernie's valuable one-cent coin seemingly has vanished, he believes Chip is responsible for its absence.

W - Wm. Demarest

skipping X

Y = Yvonne Craig

Z - Zorro, is Sudsy a fan?

A = Anderson family

B - Barry Livingston

C - custard: Katie makes custard for Robbie, not knowing he dislikes it.

D = Demarest, William

E = Ernie

F - Fred De Cordova, director for seasons 8 thru 11

G - garage: Steve draws up plans for wooden shelving for the Douglas garage in Bryant Park, to be built by Mike & Robbie.

H - Harry the dog that latched onto Steve

I = Mike

J - Jaye P. Morgan in season 6 or 7 and possibly a black and white episode before that

K = Katie

L - Livingston brothers

M - mudslide: Robbie and Steve have to contend with a mudslide, as heavy rain brings mud through the back door of a house Robbie is trying to sell (Season 7).

N - Norman Alden as Tom Williams, Polly's overbearing father in season 11

O = O'Casey

P - Paul Petersen: Alumnus of The Donna Reed Show, Paul plays one of the honeymooners when Steve and Barbara go to Mexico (Season 10).

Q = Quarrelsome tendency of Uncle Charley

R - Rob

S - Snell Family: The Douglases meet their new next-door neighbors, the Snells (Season 7).

T - Tramp

U - uprooted: The Douglas Family is uprooted, leaving Bryant Park for California.

V - Vera Miles, from the adoption arc

W = William Frawley

(skipping X)

Y - Young Sudsy

Z - zingers: Uncle Charley had some zingers of replies when answering the boys.

A = Air Derby

B - basement: A thumping sound from the Douglas basement is investigated on a rainy night in California.

C - Aunt Cecile, played by Marsha Hunt, who died in 2022 at age 104. She had a one-shot appearance in season 8, as Katie's irritating aunt.

D = Douglas family

E - Ellen: Steve has dinner with his old hometown girlfriend Ellen, played by Virginia Grey (Season 7).

F = Fire Watch (Season 1)

G - George, an annoying friend of Ernie's from around season 8

H - Hippopotamus Foot, The -- Season 2 episode featuring Mike.

I = Instant Hate (Season 2)

J - Journey, several trips over 12 seasons

K - kissing: Dodie commented to Barbara that she and Steve were always kissing (Season 10).

L = Lodge uniform of Bub's

M - Mike

N = The National Pastime

O - orphan: Ernie was an orphan before his foster parents and later the Douglas Family took him in.

P - Pert Kelton guested in an early episode

Q = Quiet evenings at home when Steve reads the newspaper

R - roadburner: Chip is interested in purchasing his friend's car, a hot rod called "Wayne's Roadburner" (Season 9).

S - Sally, a wife for Mike and a later girlfriend for Charley

T = Three Sons

U - Upper room (attic) Chip ran away to, in an early episode

V = violation: A traffic violation is committed by Robbie's girlfriend, ticketed for speeding when he lets her drive his car (Season 6).

W = Mr. Wiley, Robbie's teacher

X - Mr. X, the supposed spy who was really Dodie's grandfather

Y - young Steve Douglas: Young Steve in flashback scenes was played by another actor.

Z - Zsa Zsa's pool that Ernie fell into, season 8

A = Ambassador who calls and speaks to Ernie

B - Brian Fong: Brian plays Ray Wong's son-in-law.

C - Aunt Cecile, Katie's aunt, an annoying visitor to the Douglas house in season 8

D = Douglas family

E - eavesdroppers: Charley finds Chip & Ernie eavesdropping through the wall on Rob & Katie, who are arguing.

F = Family togetherness

G - George Gobel, guest early in season 1

H = Happy Home

I = identification: In "The Wrong Douglas," the college dean asks Robbie and his lookalike Douglas Frasier to each show him their identification cards (Season 6).

J: Jaye P. Morgan, guest a couple of times

K = Kitchen table

L - labor pains: When Katie goes into labor, Robbie is unavailable (on military reserves maneuvers), and she wants him present for the birth of the triplets (Season 9).

M - "Mother Bub"

N = Bub: How many times have I told you guys Not to slam any doors around here when I'm baking a cake?

O - Osborne, Dr. Roy: Doctor Osborne M.D. is Katie's obstetrician (Season 9).

P = Pot left on a burning stove that starts a fire and Tramp barks to warn everybody

Quick change the channel,another stupid commercial!!

R

R = Robbie

S - Steve

T = tassels: Charley does a little sewing on the tassels attached to the performing outfit of Flame LaRose, while left at the Douglas home in "Stag at Bay" (Season 7).

U - Unbelievable - a lion is in the Douglas house!

V = Steve meets Fran on a camping trip Vacation.

W - Walmsley, Jon - played a few different roles in the color seasons

X = eX-Merchant Marines: Charley was formerly in the Merchant Marines

Y - Yvonne Craig, as a meter maid in a season 7 episode

Z = Zest that Uncle Charley might put into his cooking

A - Alfred: A six-year-old boy named Alfred has a major crush on Dodie (Season 12).

B - "Brother Ernie" form the start of season 6

C = Chip

D - Debbie: Ernie falls for a girl named Debbie, and the Douglas men fix her car's dented fender for her (Brooke Bundy in Season 11).

E - Ernestine Coulter, with the county child welfare, involved in Ernie's adoption and a brief love interest for Steve, opening season 6

F - flipped: New substitute teacher Barbara Harper wants to meet with Steve, partly because Ernie flipped the class's desks around (as a prank - Season 10).

G - George Gobel, guest early in season 1

H - hedge: The California house of the Douglas family includes a hedge, and the sons take turns for trimming duty.

I - "It's a Woman's World" from season11

J = Joseph Todd played one of the triplets.

K

K - Kern, James V. - director for seasons 5 thru part of season 7, until his death in Nov. 1966

L = Loving family

M

M = motor scooter: Chip's friend has a motor scooter in need of repair, and visiting musician Paul Drayton of the U.K. lends a hand (Season 8).

N - No TV, when Charley bans it, in a season 7 (I think) episode

O

O = O'Casey, Mr.

P - Peter Tewksbury, early director

Q R

Q - quench: Milk, coffee, and milkshakes served to quench the thirst of the Douglas Family members.

R

R - Recital that Uncle Charley trains young students for, in his unorthodox way; a season 11 episode

S

S = Spring Will Be a Little Late from Season 1

T - Tina Cole

U thru W

U - unrestored: Steve buys a vintage auto for Chip's birthday in fine unrestored, original condition (Season 9).

V

V - Vera Miles, plays Miss Coulter, a brief love interest for Steve, during Ernie's adoption in season 6

W

W = Widower Steven Douglas

X - Mr. X, a "spy" who is really Barbara's father-in-law from her first marriage--season 10

Y thru A

A = A Holiday for Tramp (Season 2)

B

B - Bub

C

C - coin collector: In Season 6 we learn that Ernie has a collection of pennies.

D - Demarest, Wm.

E

E- Ever growing family, the Douglas's, adding wives, triplets, a stepdaughter to the family .

F

F - France, destination of one of Steve's business trips

G

G - gasoline: Robbie offers to pick up a couple of gallons of gasoline for Miss Evans when he meets her (and she's run out of gas) in Season 6.

H - Houck, Miss -- an AP English teacher Ernie had trouble with, at the end of season 9

I

I - invitations: Barbara's mother Mrs. Vincent helps with the invitations for the wedding of Barbara & Steve (Season 10).

J = Jungle (In Season 2, Ernie and Chip discuss running away into the jungle.)

K

K - Klunky, a favorite word for young Chip

L - Liverpool, England: Musician Paul Drayton (Jeremy Clyde) visits from Liverpool (Season 8).

M

M - Carolina in the Morning, sung by Bub in an early-season episode, but edited out on MeTV

N

N = Nice family dinners

O

O - Oven door that came off when Steve pulled it, I think in a season 12 episode

P - "Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home": A song Steve remembered from his youth, though had trouble recalling the lyrics.

Q = The Delinquent (from Season 1)

R - Ricky Allen as Sudsy, in the first three seasons

S

S - storage shelves: Steve draws up plans for shelves to be built in the garage by Mike & Robbie.

T

T - Teacher played by Nancy Kulp, in an early episode

U V W

U - unplanned stop: Katie and Robbie make an unplanned stop to see the former Douglas Family home, now with new owners, on a visit back east to Bryant Park (Season 10).

V = Very loving family

W

W - West, moving west--the Douglases, to open season 8.

X Y Z A

X - eX husbands: Terri Dowling reveals she's been married previously (Season 12).

Y - "Yo-Ho" Crocker, an Eddie Haskell-type friend of Ernie's in season 11, played by Butch Patrick. Patrick had played Ernie's friend Gordon Dearing in seasons 8 and 9.

Z A

Z = Zany movie Fred MacMurray starred in, Son of Flubber (1963)

A

A - "The Advent of Fergus"

B

B - Brenda Benet: Appeared twice on the series, first as a college student whose birthday starts Robbie's cake business (S7), and later as a secretary for the engineering firm (S10).

C

C - Cartwright, Angela - from "Chip and Debbie," season 9

D

D = Douglas family

E

E - Ernie

F

F - "frosted parents" -- Chip refers to Ernie's foster parents as "frosted" (Season 6).

G