Has anyone else never seen an episode of My Three Sons? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

opus · 08-22-2024, 05:53 PM

----putting this on general sitcoms in an attempt to reach a broader audience---

12 seasons, 380 episodes (numbers from Wikipedia). Can anyone reading this say like me they've never seen one of them?

Dude111 · 08-22-2024, 07:12 PM

I dunno if I have ever seen one,probably and I forgot.......

TJ · 08-22-2024, 07:50 PM

I've never watched a complete episode. I've watched clips here and there. I know the characters. I just never got around to watching it. 380 episodes is a pretty big time commitment.

Bonniegirl · 08-23-2024, 12:21 AM

It is a fantastic show . One of my all time favorites. Such a wholesome family show. Very charming , yet very funny too. When Chip was little and didn't like girls yet and refereed to them as " that clunky girl " !

Than other times it was more a dramady ! Esp.in the later seasons .

And the intro with the neat music and the animated 3 sets of feet/ shoes that they showed was so cool. It
was really funny. It fascinated me as a kid and I still think it's cool.

If anyone who hasn't seen My Three Sons wants to check it out, lots of episodes on YouTube or at least Google My Three Sons intro and check out the three sets of shoes !

BigManMike · 08-23-2024, 06:53 AM

I haven’t seen a whole lot of it but I’ve watched it some when it’s been on Catchy binges. Overall it’s a good show that I would like to see more of.

Marcus2026 · 08-23-2024, 10:50 AM

According to a FETV thread that was posted about a month ago, it was announced that 2 other shows will debut on the channel.

One of them was Dragnet, which made its debut on Monday, and the other is My Three Sons, which is expected to debut later this year after MeTV dumped that show for The Flintstones (later Adam-12) at 6:30am ET.

Edward216 · 08-25-2024, 10:03 PM

I have yes but I haven't seen them all I'm sure. When I was a kid a local TV station showed reruns of the show in the late afternoon in the late 70s into the early 80s. Probably about 1978 to 1981 or 82 I'd say. I didn't know it was reruns and thought it was a new show as I'd never heard of or seen it before. But they were only the episodes after the character of Ernie was introduced and adopted. So I have no idea how many seasons there are before that or why the TV station never ran the earlier seasons. But yes I did like the show, even if Uncle Charlie was a little cantankerous sometimes LOL. And yes I know now William Frawley was on the show before William Demarest basically replaced him, but I've never seen any of those episodes.

Ed.

Dianne3 · 08-26-2024, 03:46 PM

i saw My Three Sons as a kid, then after that I had not seen or heard of this show for decades.

Before the internet came I thought Robbie was the oldest, Chip was the middle son and Ernie the youngest. I always knew Ernie was adopted, but as a kid, it didn't register to be that the reason Ernie was adopted was because the oldest Mike had left the show. What I always remembered is that Robbie & Katie had triplet sons. The episodes that were shown in reruns were after My Three Sons left ABC and moved to CBS.

Just a few years back I saw the first 5 years of the show when it was still in black & white. Ernie originally was Chip's new best friend, after Chip's original best friend disappeared without explanation.

Charles Knox · 08-26-2024, 11:40 PM

Fred MacMurray and Tim Considine had already worked together on Disney's "The Shaggy Dog". Casting them together in a show alongside Mouseketeer Don Grady and William Frawley was a no brainer for a sitcom set in the early 60's.

Like all sitcoms that go on way too long, it lost its way in the later seasons, when it started marrying off all the sons plus Steve to a divorce woman who already had a kid from her previous marriage.

24/7 reruns · 08-27-2024, 11:46 AM

Towards the end of the series it looked more like " My Three Daughters " (Katie, Polly and Dodie) than "My Three Sons "

stevea · 08-27-2024, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Towards the end of the series it looked more like " My Three Daughters " (Katie, Polly and Dodie) than "My Three Sons "

The only two actors who appeared in all twelve seasons are Fred MacMurray and Stanley Livingston, and Don Grady made it thru 11. Livingston rarely appeared in season 12, and many later-season scripts concentrated on the females, and the triplets.

The only seasons that were syndicated for years were at first 6 thru part of 11, and then just 6 thru 10. At times Nickelodeon, TV Land, and Odyssey/Hallmark have shown other seasons as well, and eventually MeTV showed the entire series.

Bonniegirl · 08-27-2024, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

The only two actors who appeared in all twelve seasons are Fred MacMurray and Stanley Livingston, and Don Grady made it thru 11. Livingston rarely appeared in season 12, and many later-season scripts concentrated on the females, and the triplets.

The only seasons that were syndicated for years were at first 6 thru part of 11, and then just 6 thru 10. At times Nickelodeon, TV Land, and Odyssey/Hallmark have shown other seasons as well, and eventually MeTV showed the entire series.

Yeah Nick at Nite was where I first saw the early seasons. I had known about Bub and Mike by my Mom telling me. But I had never seen the original older My Three Sons eps.till the 80's . I wasn't even born when it premiered and too little to watch till Ernie and Uncle Charley came on.

Bonniegirl · 08-27-2024, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Towards the end of the series it looked more like " My Three Daughters " (Katie, Polly and Dodie) than "My Three Sons "

Yeah, I liked the early seasons and mid seasons better than the later ones. Still liked it till the end but much better the earlier seasons focused on the boys !

Willbo · 08-27-2024, 03:14 PM

I have seen seasons 6-10, a few from 11 and not any from 12. I had never seen seasons 1-5. I just started watching 1-5 on Prime. I am loving these seasons with Bub and Mike. They are so funny. Chip is really funny, and I like Sudsy as well. I do like the later seasons as I like the ladies (Barbara and Katie). The later episodes seem to have a more serious tone but still funny. I will eventually watch 11 and 12 but I am trying to watch the series in order. I do like Ernie too.

24/7 reruns · 08-27-2024, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah, I liked the early seasons and mid seasons better than the later ones. Still liked it till the end but much better the earlier seasons focused on the boys !

I really like the B&W episodes. Season 1 especially since many episodes didn't follow any set format. Some looked experimental like the episode with the TV on having a rocket launch while all different situations where going on all around that. Sometimes interconnecting with the announcer's commentary of the progress of the rocket launch.

You really have to watch them to get the full affect.

08-22-2024, 05:53 PM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,754	Has anyone else never seen an episode of My Three Sons? ----putting this on general sitcoms in an attempt to reach a broader audience--- 12 seasons, 380 episodes (numbers from Wikipedia). Can anyone reading this say like me they've never seen one of them?

08-22-2024, 07:12 PM	#2
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,964	I dunno if I have ever seen one,probably and I forgot.......

08-22-2024, 07:50 PM	#3
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,748	I've never watched a complete episode. I've watched clips here and there. I know the characters. I just never got around to watching it. 380 episodes is a pretty big time commitment.

08-23-2024, 12:21 AM	#4
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 66,061	It is a fantastic show . One of my all time favorites. Such a wholesome family show. Very charming , yet very funny too. When Chip was little and didn't like girls yet and refereed to them as " that clunky girl " ! Than other times it was more a dramady ! Esp.in the later seasons . And the intro with the neat music and the animated 3 sets of feet/ shoes that they showed was so cool. It was really funny. It fascinated me as a kid and I still think it's cool. If anyone who hasn't seen My Three Sons wants to check it out, lots of episodes on YouTube or at least Google My Three Sons intro and check out the three sets of shoes !

08-23-2024, 06:53 AM	#5
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,022	I haven’t seen a whole lot of it but I’ve watched it some when it’s been on Catchy binges. Overall it’s a good show that I would like to see more of.

08-23-2024, 10:50 AM	#6
Marcus2026 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 27, 2023 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 986	According to a FETV thread that was posted about a month ago, it was announced that 2 other shows will debut on the channel. One of them was Dragnet, which made its debut on Monday, and the other is My Three Sons, which is expected to debut later this year after MeTV dumped that show for The Flintstones (later Adam-12) at 6:30am ET.

08-25-2024, 10:03 PM	#7
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	I have yes but I haven't seen them all I'm sure. When I was a kid a local TV station showed reruns of the show in the late afternoon in the late 70s into the early 80s. Probably about 1978 to 1981 or 82 I'd say. I didn't know it was reruns and thought it was a new show as I'd never heard of or seen it before. But they were only the episodes after the character of Ernie was introduced and adopted. So I have no idea how many seasons there are before that or why the TV station never ran the earlier seasons. But yes I did like the show, even if Uncle Charlie was a little cantankerous sometimes LOL. And yes I know now William Frawley was on the show before William Demarest basically replaced him, but I've never seen any of those episodes. Ed.

08-26-2024, 03:46 PM	#8
Dianne3 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2002 Posts: 1,060	i saw My Three Sons as a kid, then after that I had not seen or heard of this show for decades. Before the internet came I thought Robbie was the oldest, Chip was the middle son and Ernie the youngest. I always knew Ernie was adopted, but as a kid, it didn't register to be that the reason Ernie was adopted was because the oldest Mike had left the show. What I always remembered is that Robbie & Katie had triplet sons. The episodes that were shown in reruns were after My Three Sons left ABC and moved to CBS. Just a few years back I saw the first 5 years of the show when it was still in black & white. Ernie originally was Chip's new best friend, after Chip's original best friend disappeared without explanation.

08-26-2024, 11:40 PM	#9
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Fred MacMurray and Tim Considine had already worked together on Disney's "The Shaggy Dog". Casting them together in a show alongside Mouseketeer Don Grady and William Frawley was a no brainer for a sitcom set in the early 60's. Like all sitcoms that go on way too long, it lost its way in the later seasons, when it started marrying off all the sons plus Steve to a divorce woman who already had a kid from her previous marriage.

08-27-2024, 11:46 AM	#10
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	Towards the end of the series it looked more like " My Three Daughters " (Katie, Polly and Dodie) than "My Three Sons "

08-27-2024, 03:14 PM	#14
Willbo Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 10, 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 864	I have seen seasons 6-10, a few from 11 and not any from 12. I had never seen seasons 1-5. I just started watching 1-5 on Prime. I am loving these seasons with Bub and Mike. They are so funny. Chip is really funny, and I like Sudsy as well. I do like the later seasons as I like the ladies (Barbara and Katie). The later episodes seem to have a more serious tone but still funny. I will eventually watch 11 and 12 but I am trying to watch the series in order. I do like Ernie too.