CBS My Three Sons promo late 60s

[muse4life61]

nice video

[letsplaycards40]

It bothers me now that most of the cast ended up being fags and coming out of the closet years later. Why was that such a popular thing to do back then and it seems most of them came out at once because the 1980's had arrived and most of these actors were bankrupt by then and needed the publicity. Friggin shame if you ask me.

[chainamarie03]

@letsplaycards40 Who became gay? or came out of the closet. I recently heard rumers that 'Robbie' was gay but then I read he was married with kids. (tho, that doesn't mean he's not a fag, tho.

But who else?

[letsplaycards40]

@chainamarie03 the whole concept is rude and I am glad you made the point that all these others have overlooked about marriage...it doesnt mean a thing. Uncle Charlie also was and it wasnt right to disappoint all the viewers of which there were millions by setting that sort of example.

[chipdrusano]

Chip Douglas!!!

[jityr2]

Fred McMurry looks so much like Hugh Beaumont.

[OldMrMemories]

Ernie is actually an Alien and Uncle Charley was a degenerate cross dresser.

[OldMrMemories]

Good old Uncle Charley! He was pure piss and vinegar.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Shame the print is so badly faded. Eastmancolor, I presume?

[OldMrMemories]

ERNIE!! How can one not love the Ernster???

[huskyjerk]

@OldMrMemories Ernie was NOT a Chinaman !

[GatewayGhettoProd]

You should change the headline to read Mid-60's to more precise.

[breannluvsfrankie20]

I remember TV Land used to show this during the late 90s.

[super8punk]

Nerds rule!

[MightySaturn5]

Charlie frequently lifted Ernie or Chip over his head and tossed them out a closed window, of course being that Charlie did all of the housework it kind of sucked that he was the one sweeping up broken glass and tending to the boys bandages and wounds.

[BigBoiJC]

great show!

[frankd1965]

1965-1966 season. I was born in September 1965 when this and the Beverly Hillbillies went to color

[parkman35]

0:06....the immortal Earnest Douglas...funky buck teeth, thick framed black glasses,and that bowl haircut....

[kalinamic]

Uncle Charley should have taken him to the orthodontist and a stylist. LOL

[scottbaino]

When someone mentions "My Three Sons" that's the first image to come to mind - nerd glasses Ernie!

[repomaninclt]

what a classic.... thanks for sharing.....

[Lifepartners2]

Loved this when i was a kis..yes t.v. was great for kids then...

[LosAngeleno1959]

Ernie was the man, Uncle Charlie was a real pisser always ranting and raving. I never liked Fred MacMurray cause they say he was really mean in real life. I'd of hit Fred MacMurray with a stick. Chip had some psychological problems and Robbie was just as cool as ice.

[kalinamic]

You leave my Uncle Charlie alone!!!! I loved the old fart. He added life to that nerd house. Thank God.

[LosAngeleno1959]

Well, at least you agree that Fred McMurray was a real nimrod don't you?

[kalinamic]

You said it honey or sir. Uncle Charley forever!!!! He was so cute and he died the same day my other baby Dennis Wilson died. Two good men in one day. God don't torture us too much. I loved Uncle Charley

[algavin47]

Mac Murray would never let himself be hit with a pie. He was very much into himself.

[jettkrash]

was uncle charlie a cross dresser?

what's up with the thong?

[fordman4444]

My Three Sons was originaly cast as MY FOUR DAUGHTERS starring the Lennon Sisters but they turned it down.

[SteveCarras]

Yes, I remember reaidng abotu that. The same company [Don Fedderson Prods.] worked on both. Imagine - Frank deVol theme. Lennon Sisters singing. Welk music. Mutel/Capitol stock music. And William Frawley and Demarest. Overpowering!!!!:)

[whitewitchoz]

Uncle charlie reminds me of Burgess Meredith. I like the episode when Ernie sees a UFO.

[MusikMom]

...aaaah, the good old days, when family shows didn't mean, "The Girls Next Door" or other stupid MTV reality shows.

[798389]

Always liked My Three Sons.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Television was a lot better years ago.

There were so many great shows that are hits to this day.

Take me back in time to the days of My Three Sons!

Those were the days!

George Vreeland Hill

[britfrenir]

Or, if companies like "Shout Factory" "Rhino" distribued it it would retain the orginial network copies.

[britfrenir]

Too bad about CBS Paramount. Hope there are public domain ones that retain classic sponser tags and logos from the networks and or classic sydication Viacom logos.

[vividwatch47]

Wasn't there a "My Three Sons" farewell special?

[RedDogLunch]

YES YES YES~~ and it is so lost by CBS..If anyone were to ever find a copy of that, it would be AWESOME! It aired in January 1972 as an hour special, my brother remembers watching it..it was never re-run, and the Fedderson family has no record of it...

[newportvtman]

was best with ernie.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love it!

A classic!!

George Vreeland Hill

[thejudicialbranch9]

I think it is frog and spice and tails

[timmymylad]

I have not seen "My Three Sons" on TV for

14 years. That's when Nick At Nite stopped airing the show. This week starting on November 3, 2008 WTLG Channel 19 in Leesburg/Orlando FL started showing "My Three Sons" again!

[wmbrown6]

Could it be possible Art Hannes was the announcer of this promo?

[clydesplace]

I loved the show but won't be buying it. CBS/Paramount does it again by charging full price for half a season. In other words, just to get the full season one will end up costing you over $50 while I am able to get full Seasons of Donna Reed and Father Knows Best for half that. I won't succumb to corporate greed.

[vividwatch47]

Sorry to tell you this, but C.B.S./Paramount did it again by changing some of the music (and even the sound effects!) for the Season 1 Vol. 1 D.V.D. set (why?)

[jerrysboys]

The entire cast was the biggest bunch of fags in tv history.

[DRbiohazard]

What do you know...your still battling acne

and self-esteem.

[jerrysboys]

i think you had 'deep visions' for Grady......oh well its ok just be open about it

[jerrysboys]

just be honest its the best way

[jerrysboys]

the need for honesty is killin ya` aint it just let it out

[gottogosome]

It's official!! My Three Sons DVD season 1 to be released September 30 2008

[opossumland5]

little ernie was supposed to be called little horny but is was changed

[Jeff98177]

I wish this was on DVD. The entire series, not just the Uncle Charley ones. The Bub ones haven't been aired in decades.

[vividwatch47]

Season 1 Vol. 1 is already on D.V.D., but be forewarned! some of the music and sound effects have been changed!

[Jeff98177]

The music I can (somewhat) understand... but the sound effects?

[vividwatch47]

Jeff, see the Witkopedia entry on the internet for "My Three Sons" pertaining to the Season 1 Vol 1 D.V.D. set in what I referred to the music and sound effcts (I meant to say sound ESSETS!)

[Jeff98177]

No, you meant sound assets. :-) Are the changes pretty minor or are they pretty noticeable?

[dojomania]

I bet you all you didn't know this-- the theme song has two different time signatures, 3/4 for the piano ( which is playing chopsticks) and 4/4 for the horn section. Try tapping out 3/4 time on the left hand and 4/4 on the right hand simultaneously as in the song..unless you went to music school, you'll see it's impossible. The music was actually rather complex! Tenks f' da mammries!

[welltuned24]

Did you notice the thematic material from Beethoven's Triple concerto? It's really a rather cleaver inclusion by DeVol.

[SallySallySallySally]

Astute observation. Even when I watched this as a kid, that musical trick impressed me. The theme from "The Jetsons" has a little of that too (also with Chopsticks!).

[vividwatch47]

"The Jetsons" main title was one of the first television themes to use an Fender Rhodes electric piano, just a couple of years before the jazz players picked it up, and made a staple.

[33Mark221]

The scene in which Ernie says: "You always told me that if I ran around without any clothes on, I'd catch a cold" was from 9/15/66 Season 7 Episode 1, "Stag at Bay,"--the first episode that Robbie began to part his hair on the left side (the same way he still wears his hair today).

[RedDogLunch]

Hey..Do you have any copies of the opening theme from the last season when they changed the credits? I've never seen Season 12 credits, but I am told they exist.

[fromthesidelines]

This probably is a promo from the fall of 1966, when the series was still on Thursday nights at 8:30pm(et), right after "JERICHO".

[oldsteinar]

We loved this old show.  Good family values. These values live through this tv show. God bless all men of good will. Gramps

[puppychick08]

Ha! I found it on wiki. It was on Nick @ Nite.

[puppychick08]

I remember watching this in reruns in the 90's when I was little. I can't remember the channel though.

[RedDogLunch]

The voice belonged to Fred MacMurray

[wmbrown6]

The other thing about this 'M3S' promo . . . Bill Frawley was forced to leave due to ill health during its final (1964-65) season on ABC, and William Demarest was already on board, before its 1965 move to CBS . . . this promo looks like it could've been c.1966-67.

[schpitf]

The particular episodes excerpted in this promo are from early in Season 7 (fall 1966). The pie/cake fight is from the 11/66 ep "Happy Birthday, World", and I recognize a few of the clips (Ernie on the violin; the ladies' shorts w/ the tassles) from eps in the same timeframe. They have been rerun on a local station during the daytime lately, and I have been setting the VCR to watch them after work each day, so I have seen a lot of these particular episodes recently.

[britfrenir]

Also because it is in color right?

[wmbrown6]

Actually, "M3S's" entire CBS run (1965-72) was color.

[britfrenir]

It was in color like "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Lucy Show" among others right? They were unlike other shows that started to be in color in fall 1966.

[JubalCalif]

@britfrenir

Like those other shows you mentioned, "My 3 Sons" started out in black & white when it first appeared on the network in the early 60's. By the mid-60's (65/66) all prime time shows began filming or taping in color.

[wmbrown6]

May be. I heard this V/O on a clip shown during WCBS-TV's August 1967 retrospective on their coverage of the Newark riots (advising that a regularly-scheduled program would be preempted to air special coverage thereof).

[kaptainkidshow]

Correct me if I'm wrong... I think that's longtime announcer Art Gilmore doing the voice over. (This promo had to be from 1965 or later as Bill Frawley had retired.)