My Three Sons

TV Series
1960–1972
TV-G
30m

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7.1/10

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Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons... Read allWidower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
At Fred MacMurray's insistence, all episodes were filmed out of sequence during the show's entire run using a technique now known as the MacMurray method. MacMurray would do all of his scenes in 65 nonconsecutive days. The cast regulars got haircuts once a week in order to maintain continuity. Guest stars would have to return months later to complete an episode. All kitchen scenes would be done together, then all scenes in the upstairs hallway would be filmed together, etc. This fact was well concealed until Dawn Lyn joined the cast as Dodie. Her upper front teeth grew in irregularly during the entire 1969-70 season, from being barely visible in scenes with MacMurray to being plainly visible in scenes without him. William Frawley never felt comfortable with this method of filming, having grown accustomed to filming "I Love Lucy" in sequence during its entire run.

Goofs
Frequent Continuity Errors. Due to the 'out of sequence' way they were making the show, there's sometimes evidence that scenes in any episode were filmed months apart and edited together, looking like it's set in a very short time.

Quotes
Salesman: Madam, I know you are simply going to...
[realizes it's an old man in front of him]
Salesman: Oh, I'm terribly sorry, sir.
Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh, that's all right... Happens all the time. What's your paddlin'?
Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh, uuh... Cosmetics.
Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh-ho, BOY! Have you got the wrong house!
Salesman: Oh?
Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: I'm the nearest thing to a lady around here. Come back when somebody's married.
Salesman: Yes, yes, I-I'll do that.
Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: I will be back.
[slams the door]

Connections
Featured in Pas de répit sur planète terre: The Way Home (1989)

Soundtracks
My Three Sons
Written and Performed by Frank De Vol (1960-1972)

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Feet stepping in time !

I have read various postings of the My Three Sons subject, and sincerely hope that they NEVER make a "new" version of it ! I only wish they would syndicate the black and white episodes, as they were the best ! Yeah,I miss the early California sitcoms with a message,, and would opt to view them rather than watch Will and Grace any day ! Naturally Bill Frawley was great as Bub, but you do get to see him tire through that last year or two episodes....Will Demerest as Uncle Charlie was precious though !,, I'm so sorry that through the last few years,, that the show scummed to the changing times, and the boys went "hip", and the issues got more messagey....Yup, the early years were the best, and there ain't no replacing' it !!!