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Rezny@gmail.com · 12-09-2010, 01:57 PM

NEVER did a Christmas-themed episode?The shows I am talking about are "Leave it to Beaver","F Troop","Get Smart",and "My Three Sons".Or did they?

Marvo301 · 12-09-2010, 03:56 PM

I can't speak for these shows specifically but I know that the producers of some TV shows choose not to do seasonal episodes because they're thinking ahead to when the show is rerun in syndication. In that case the episodes could run at any time of year. So if they had a seasonal episode it could end up running in April or July or September. In order to avoid this and to maximize the value of the show in syndication they avoid seasonal episodes.

Jude The Obscure · 12-10-2010, 02:31 PM

Said producers couldn't envision a station actually withholding the seasonal episodes til the season...

biffbronson · 12-21-2010, 11:09 PM

Did Family Affair ever have a Christmas episode? That was another Don Fedderson production like My Three Sons.

cocytus · 12-21-2010, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

NEVER did a Christmas-themed episode?The shows I am talking about are "Leave it to Beaver","F Troop","Get Smart",and "My Three Sons".Or did they?

Not exactly of teh reason (if any) but:

1) F Troop only lasted 2 years/65 episodes and was set in the Old West before Xmas celebrations became common in the US.

2) Leave it to Beaver had a Xmas-themed episode called the "The Haircut" in its first season.

3) Can't find any information about My Three Sons.

4) Get Smart! was supposed to be spy spoof so maybe Xmas wasn't "top of mind." I do remember an episode that showed Maxwell Smart's apartment and there was a Xmas tree. Not sure of the name of the episode.

treky · 12-21-2010, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

Did Family Affair ever have a Christmas episode? That was another Don Fedderson production like My Three Sons.

I think they did an episode once where they had a Christmas party in July or something for a girl who was dyeing and wouldn't be alive to see Christmas.

Marvo301 · 12-22-2010, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

I think they did an episode once where they had a Christmas party in July or something for a girl who was dyeing and wouldn't be alive to see Christmas.

And the dying girl was played by Eve Plumb who would go on to play the role of Jan on The Brady Bunch. The episode was called "Christmas Came A Little Early" and it aired in 1968.

biffbronson · 12-24-2010, 04:28 PM

Thanks for the info. And Family Affair had a much shorter run than My Three Sons...!

Interesting that Eve appeared in that, as Maureeen McCormick had appeared on Sons as a classmate of Ernie Douglas.

gidgetgrape · 12-24-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cocytus

3) Can't find any information about My Three Sons.

There weren't any Christmas episodes of My Three Sons.

12-09-2010, 01:57 PM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	How come THESE TV Shows of the 1950's and 1960's NEVER did a Christmas-themed episode?The shows I am talking about are "Leave it to Beaver","F Troop","Get Smart",and "My Three Sons".Or did they?

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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,452	I can't speak for these shows specifically but I know that the producers of some TV shows choose not to do seasonal episodes because they're thinking ahead to when the show is rerun in syndication. In that case the episodes could run at any time of year. So if they had a seasonal episode it could end up running in April or July or September. In order to avoid this and to maximize the value of the show in syndication they avoid seasonal episodes.
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Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,519	Said producers couldn't envision a station actually withholding the seasonal episodes til the season...

12-24-2010, 04:28 PM	#8
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,409	Thanks for the info. And Family Affair had a much shorter run than My Three Sons...! Interesting that Eve appeared in that, as Maureeen McCormick had appeared on Sons as a classmate of Ernie Douglas.