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TV-G
ABC
Jun 13, 1963
30 m

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ABC
Jun 13, 1963
30 m

My Three Sons

Summary "MY THREE SONS" is the story of a Mid-West Aeronautical Engineer who watches his family grow up. This seemingly innocuous and simple, but effective sitcom, was a huge hit and a cornerstone of television's 'family programming' era in the 1960s. Second next to "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" as television's longest running family sit...

Directed By: Gene Reynolds

Written By: Howard Leeds

TV-G
ABC
Jun 13, 1963
30 m

TV-G
ABC
Jun 13, 1963
30 m

S3 • Episode 38

Bub's Sacrifice

Air Date: Jun 13, 1963

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Summary "MY THREE SONS" is the story of a Mid-West Aeronautical Engineer who watches his family grow up. This seemingly innocuous and simple, but effective sitcom, was a huge hit and a cornerstone of television's 'family programming' era in the 1960s. Second next to "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" as television's longest running family sit...

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Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1962 • 30 m

Weekend in Tokyo

The whole family goes on a trip to Japan when Steve has to fly there for business. Everyone enjoys seeing the tourist sites, and Mike enjoys his meeting with a young woman named Kimiko.

Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1962 • 30 m

Robbie's Employment Service

Robbie and his friend start a business for home repairs and chores in order to make money to go on dates. Chip decides to start his own business for babysitting so he can buy a new bike. Sometimes the clients overlap the two businesses.

Episode 3 • Oct 4, 1962 • 30 m

Tramp's First Bite

The Douglas' are taken to small claims court when a teen accuses Tramp of biting him. Robbie sets out to prove Tramp was provoked into biting, and therefore is not guilty.

Episode 4 • Oct 11, 1962 • 30 m

Moment of Truth

Mike (Tim Considine) is in a bind when he realizes he has two dates for his fraternity's dance. He did not think the college beauty (Diana Piper) would accept his date, so he asked another girl (Penney Parker) as well.

Episode 5 • Oct 18, 1962 • 30 m

Daughter for a Day

Steve invites the 8 year old daughter of a friend to stay with the Douglas' while her mother attends to business in town. Unfortunately, other than Steve, the other family members have plans. Steve has to entertain the girl himself.

Episode 6 • Oct 25, 1962 • 30 m

The Ghost Next Door

While out trick-or-treating, Chip and his friend Sudsy see someone - or something - carrying a candle, in the window of an empty house next to the Douglas'. No one believes them.

Episode 7 • Nov 1, 1962 • 30 m

Pretty as a Picture

Robbie is infatuated with a senior in high school who does not notice him. Mike gives Robbie some advice which backfires.

Episode 8 • Nov 8, 1962 • 30 m

What's Cooking?

Chip's school holds a cooking contest with the kids submitting their mother's favorite recipe. Chip is upset because he does not have a mother. He dad comes through by submitting his favorite recipe.

Episode 9 • Nov 15, 1962 • 30 m

Chip's Last Fight

Chip wants to join a neighborhood club, but the members say he is too young. He wants to prove he is big enough, but first he has to have his tonsils taken out at the hospital.

Episode 10 • Nov 22, 1962 • 30 m

Steve Gets an A

Robbie did not do his term paper so he finds an old paper that Steve used years ago when he was in school. While Steve got an A on his homework, Robbie gets an F.

Episode 11 • Nov 29, 1962 • 30 m

Steve cannot find some important papers for his work. As he searches high and low, he remembers the family gave papers to the boy scouts for their paper drive fund raiser.

Episode 12 • Dec 6, 1962 • 30 m

The Beauty Contest

Mike's college holds a beauty pageant and Mike is selected as the judge. During the days before the pageant, all the women approach Mike to show him their talent. Mike has more problems when his girlfriend enters the pageant.

Episode 13 • Dec 13, 1962 • 30 m

Doctor in the House

Steve (Fred MacMurray) hurts his back and needs a doctor (Oliver McGowan).

Episode 14 • Dec 20, 1962 • 30 m

Robbie wants to go steady with Linda, but Linda's mother does not approve of her daughter getting involved at her young age. Linda's mother talks to Steve to try to end the relationship. Steve and Paulette start their own relationship.

Episode 15 • Dec 27, 1962 • 30 m

Chip and Sudsy want to buy a model auto to work on. When Steve seems like he will allow Chip to buy it, Bub comes up with an argument.

Episode 16 • Jan 3, 1963 • 30 m

Honorable Grandfather

Steve's friend Ray Wong (Benson Fong) is having a birthday party for his honorable grandfather. He tells Steve (Fred MacMurray) that Chip (Stanley Livingston) can come to the party.

Episode 17 • Jan 10, 1963 • 30 m

How to Impress a Woman

Episode 18 • Jan 17, 1963 • 30 m

A business trip to Rome does not interest Steve. Since Steve doesn't normally turn down business trips, the boys try to find out why this time is different. Bub tells them that Steve and their mother once vacationed in Italy.

Episode 19 • Jan 24, 1963 • 30 m

Steve sets Robbie up on a blind date with a girl he met that reminded him of his own youthful dates. When Robbie and the girl (Joyce Bulifant) meet, she thinks he is too sophisticated for her.

Episode 20 • Jan 31, 1963 • 30 m

One of Steve's coworkers asks Steve to join the company musical group. Steve declines but the coworker keeps asking. That night, Steve dreams he is being chased by a man with a musical instrument.

Episode 21 • Feb 7, 1963 • 30 m

Chip's boyscout group is losing their den mother and a scout when the family is moving out of state. Chip talks Bub into taking on the position.

Episode 22 • Feb 14, 1963 • 30 m

When a new kid moves into town, Sudsy befriends him. Soon, Sudsy is spending all his time with his new friend and Chip is odd man out.

Episode 23 • Feb 21, 1963 • 30 m

Steve becomes the tutor for the members of Robbie's wrestling team so they can improve their school grades. When several boys develop a contagious disease, the house becomes quarantined. Bub cannot leave to go fishing and he is upset.

Episode 24 • Feb 28, 1963 • 30 m

Make Way for Yesterday

Episode 25 • Mar 7, 1963 • 30 m

Robbie Wins His Letter

Robbie wins the highest achievement award in his science class but feels he does not deserve it.

Episode 26 • Mar 14, 1963 • 30 m

High on the Hog

When Robbie and Hank complain about being broke, their farm friend George offers them a pig to raise. After a rough start, the pig thrives but Chip is upset when he learns of Hamlet's future. An entry into the local fair may change things.

Episode 27 • Mar 28, 1963 • 30 m

First Things First

Mike has to decide between his work and his personal life. His Air Force Reserve crew needs him to help with engine maintenance, but he has a date at the same time.

Episode 28 • Apr 4, 1963 • 30 m

Episode 29 • Apr 11, 1963 • 30 m

The boys have their hands full when Steve and Bub are not home. The boys deal with two sick children, a runaway woman (Anita Sands), and a wild bird who gets in the house.

Episode 30 • Apr 18, 1963 • 30 m

Chip is placed on probation by Steve for his losing another item that belongs to someone else. Chips sees a tiger skin rug that Bub plans to donate for a rummage sale

Episode 31 • Apr 25, 1963 • 30 m

In his psychology course, Mike (Tim Considine) learns about random sampling, questionnaires, and graphing results. He uses these skills to determine who Robbie (Don Grady) should date.

Episode 32 • May 2, 1963 • 30 m

Let's Take Stock

Robbie's economics teacher teaches the value of money and uses the stock exchange as the assignment. Each student gets fictional money to see if they can increase their investment. As Robbie follows the stocks, Steve thinks he has talent.

Episode 33 • May 9, 1963 • 30 m

Bub is envious when he hears a former friend is coming to town and being honored with an award.

Episode 34 • May 16, 1963 • 30 m

When I Was Your Age

Bub thinks the boys are not doing their chores fast enough or well enough. He tells the boys they are lazy compared to the boys of his generation when they were teens.

Episode 35 • May 23, 1963 • 30 m

Chip is told to stay home and wait for one of Steve's coworkers to drop off some important papers. When Chip sees a young child walking unaccompanied outside, he helps the lost toddler.

Episode 36 • May 30, 1963 • 30 m

Evening with a Star

To earn money, Chip sells tickets to a raffle in which the prize is a date with a star. Bub does not realize he is the star.

Episode 37 • Jun 6, 1963 • 30 m

The Date Bureau

Robbie and his friends decide to match his classmates up scientifically so the dates could be successful. They collect information from their classmates and being to make matches.

Episode 38 • Jun 13, 1963 • 30 m

Bub's Sacrifice

Robbie tries to get a girl at school to go out with him. She agrees on two conditions: they go to a fighting match and he finds someone to go out with her aunt. Bub has tickets to the sporting match, and he is available for a date.

Episode 39 • Jun 20, 1963 • 30 m

Chip (Stanley Livingston) seems to have found a way to make money every day and he feels rich. Meanwhile, everyone else is trying to find a missing stamp that is worth a lot of money.

12 Seasons

Top Cast

Fred MacMurray

Steve Douglas, Fergus Douglas, Fergus McBain Douglas

Stanley Livingston

Chip Douglas

Don Grady

Robbie Douglas, Douglas Frasier

Barry Livingston

Ernie Thompson Douglas, Ernie Thompson, Ernie

William Demarest

Uncle Charley O'Casey

Tim Considine

Mike Douglas

William Frawley

Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey, Bub

Tina Cole

Katie Miller Douglas, Katie Miller, Curious Person

Beverly Garland

Barbara Harper Douglas, Barbara Harper

Dawn Lyn

Dodie Harper Douglas, Dodie Harper

Ricky Allen

Huey 'Sudsy' Pfeiffer, Hoby, Larry

Ronne Troup

Polly Williams Douglas, Polly Williams, Self, Student

Meredith MacRae

Sally Ann Morrison, Sally Ann Morrison Douglas

Peter Brooks

Hank Ferguson

Michael Todd

Robbie Douglas, Jr.

Daniel Todd

Steve Douglas II, Charley Douglas

Joseph Todd

Charley Douglas

John Howard

Dave Welch, Buddy Albert, Tom Hargraves

John Gallaudet

Bob Anderson, Mr. Pfeiffer, George Cleveland, Judge Leland, Mr. Guthrie

Olive Dunbar

Ruth Pfeiffer

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