12-31-2011. He's havin' fun at 71. Happy Birthday, Mike Douglas -er, Tim Considine. You've come a long way since those days. And I hope that you have a Happy New Year.
there were tons of great dads during this era of tv: Fred McMurray, Bill Bixby, Brian Keith, Dick van Dyke, heck even Herman Munster and Gomez Addams! and technically not dads but let's throw in: Mr. French, Uncle Charlie and Lurch.
After watching this show for years it was a sad day when Don Grady came out of the closet and admitted his homosexuality to the media. Its a dirty rotten shame all those fun years ended with him bein` a fruitcake. Why did alot of those actors back then have to resort to that kind of thing?? Makes no sense.
He's really a fairy----damn I never even supected he was like that at all. Mayby I was just taken in by the wholesomeness of the whole show. Damned shame. He should have just keep his mouth shut.
Does anyone out there have MeTV? They show MTS and other shows like Family Affair, Gunsmoke, etc. When I watch MTS though, it's obvious that it's speeded up a little bit, I guess to fit more commercials in. At times the characters talk too fast and move around a bit too quickly. It's subtle but if you watch for awhile, you can tell.
Ahhh yes! Good old pissed off always Uncle Charley. Pure piss and vinegar for 30 minutes every week jumping all over Robbie,Chip and Ernie for the slightest infraction of the rules. The man made the whole household a fuking living hell on earth. I'll bet he died with his mouth crooked and his last words were "oh shit"..
Tonight I watched a commercial that said that "That 70's Show" is on Nick At Nite now. I'm 28 and I remember shows like "My Three Sons" being on Nick At Nite. Those shows have staying power because they're funny without being crude. I'd take "Mr. Ed", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", etc over the crap that kids have today.
Yes, back in the days when writers for these old shows actually wrote stuff that was funny, not lewd or mean and rude. The writing for the I Love Lucy series was about as good as it gets.
remember when you went to the movie theatre to watch a movie? They would always play a cartoon before the movie. I still miss that. i liked the roadrunner the best!
This is a short version of the original. To go back to the mid 60s or early 70s, here's how it originally opened: First you'd see the CBS Color identifier come on (the letters C, B and S would spring to the middle of the screen in white, then the eye would sweep across turning them to color). Next, Fred MacMurray would be sitting in the living room set and say, "hello, and welcome to our show." Then the animation would begin.
I agree with everyone we need a network for 60s and 70s shows.
I read somewhere that Fred McMurray didn't spend all season filming these episodes when the entire cast was around - his contract allowed him to film all of the scenes he would be involved in for the entire season, and then he would be free to do whatever he liked until next season started - that's probably why this show lasted 12 seasons, from 1960 to 1972- all the episodes didn't necessarily center around the main character-
I used to want to buy a brand new Chevrolet and put In a 8 track tape of the My 3 Sons Song though A Friend of Mine suggested See The USA In Your Chevrolet and turn the volume up all the way and get on a long country road and floor It until ran out of road or gas.
what is the name of this song its my dads 50th bday on sat and this was his favorite tv show so i want to add the song to the slide show im working on and I cant find it.
TenStarsplus !!!!!!! Hahahahaha !!!!!! Thank you for making my day, this show was so funny, and the late Fred MacMurray was fantastic !!! This show, and The Patty Duke Show were my favorites along with Michigan Outdoors!!! Thanks for making me smile!!! Oh the memories!!!!! :-))
I never thought this show was as good as some of the other 60s shows. I do remember on episode where Uncle Charlie outhustled some female pool hustlers. That was pretty damend funny. MightySaturn 5 is correct, though. Uncle Charlie's character was a miserable bastard.
Geez! I grew up all through the sixties watching those three pairs of stinky shoes and that song. Its engrained in my psyche. Not to mention that pissy old fart Uncle Charlie. That fella died with piss and vinegar in his veins. I don't think there was a single episode where Uncle Charlie smiled or was happy. And Fred MacMurray reminde me of a closet perv.
Lets face it, no one aside from Moe Howard ever projected such a violent angry persona as did Uncle Charlie....typical situation would be -Ernie "hey uncle Charlie, whats for dinner?" ...Charlie-"WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS A RESTURAUNT!...YOU'LL EAT WHATEVER I PUT IN FRONT OF YA!!!!" I am glad the producers chose to leave out the scenes where Charlie O' Casey beat the snot out of the boys
Yup,that old fart Charley was Fred MacMurrays enforcer. I'm sure many a drunken night in that house ended in all kinds of sadistic tomfoolery. Ever notice how the oldest brother 'Tim Considine" disappeared after the first couple of seasons when Bub left he beat feet out of that torture house quick.
"My Three Sons" is actually the first of two television themes to incorporate "Chopsticks" (the other was "The Jetsons"; ironically, both aired on A.B.C. at the same time in 1962).
I was 4 or so when this was new I was more interested in the shoes tapping and the accordian music at the beginning and end than anything else..except when Katie came along I had a crush on her..I used to think uncle Charlie looked like the guy on the Operation. game
Well kalinamic,you have a point there. I'd rather have a good drunk with Uncle Charlie than any of the weasels that lived in that house. I'm suprised that Uncle Charley didn't do things to mess with Ernie's mind.
He didn't produce the show, ABC TV did. Also, this show was developed by Walt Disney when he was still with ABC (notice the similarities between this and Shaggy Dog?)
At least you can still remember the animation. As good as the show is I always remember the opening credits and music. Plus the show wasn't about the animation, just something to rep the beginning so it wasn't that serious
Hope the Holier than thou 'tude works out for you as well. Goodness knows you must have nothing better to do than correcting poor spellers on YouTube. Rather sad, but whatever gets you going in the morning. Hopefully, you used your God given talent to become a teacher. "And uh"? Tells me all I need to know! Thanks for the lesson and the insult.. What a delightful person you must be to be around.
Yes...your sorry I'm stupid and I just feel sorry for you. You see, stupid can be fixed dispite what Ron White claims. What you have will stay in your heart forever. I'd much rather be stupid and compassionate than smart and sour. Good luck to you.
Own my weaknesses ?? Have I not? Try arguing like a man that doesn't HAVE to resort to name calling and cursing in a public forum to make himself feel good. I can't spell,that's true. However I have shown much more maturity than you can even comprehend. You are just making yourself look horrible. I'll grow a pair when you grow up. Now everyone can see the kind of kids that parents are raising today. I'm glad bad spelling is all I have to worry about.
Thanks. I just cannot imagine someone getting SO upset because I didn't spell a couple of words right. I would not want to be his child bringing home a bad report card. Have a great weekend!
I'm not a great speller really, but what started it all was just a couple of goof-ups. I know "pasted" and "passed" are not the same! LoL I posted that at 4 AM before coffee =) It was a couple of incorrect words. I mean, I didn't drop the iceberg in front of the Titanic or anything. heh!
Spread the word. I never got to the Cigar Store. 3 movie producers from France, Switzerland & Romania talked with me.
They gave me two great cigars that cost over $150. They made me smoke them both in 20 minutes so I could puke for the movie camera. They advertise in High Times Magazine,Sports Illustrated & The Guardian.
I couldn't agree more with the TV Land comments! The current programming is horrible. I'd love to see Hazel, Gomer Pyle, My Three Sons, Rhoda, Dick Van Dyke, Family Affair, Mary Tyler Moore, Kojak, The Odd Couple....
The problem with today's TV is poor acting, and poor writing, and poor sets, etc., etc., etc. Hell, seems all a sitcom needs now is a couch, a few chairs, and some lame one-line reciters and bingo, a sitcom!! This is why I call them "couch shows."
@schef99 To your list I add Andy Griffith, The Munsters, Addams Family, The Flintstones, Gilligan's Island (yeah, yeah, I know...but I was a kid), Batman, Flipper, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, Red Skelton, Get Smart, and Saturday morning cartoons. Yup, we're old, but it was a good time to be a kid...
@morgaffi true, those are some good add ons, not to mention Bugs and those guys, cartoons the way they were meant to be, Hair Bear Bunch, Hong Kong Phoohey, I could go on and on
@stellietex I remember watching shows like Mister Ed, Make Room For Daddy, I Love Lucy, Patty Duke, Dobie Gillis, My Three Sons, etc,. on Nick at Nite back in the late 80s and early 90s. There needs to be another 24/7 classic television channel since TVLand has abandoned it's roots.
William Frawley was "Uncle Bub" in the first five episodes. When he passed away in real life, he was replaced by "Uncle Charlie" played by William Demarest.
When Nick at Nite aired My Three Sons they had rights the the first 5 seasons and the last season. Because so many episodes were made syndicators divided the episodes, other stations aired the season 6-11 episodes, I know TBS was one of them.
Anyone remember an episode of this show where Steve flew to a business conference or something like that and the sons misunderstood a news report and thought he had died in a plane crash? The episode revolved around their emotional turmoil about that but of course it was all a big misunderstanding and Steve was OK. Very heavy stuff for this show which was usually involved with lightweight topics.
Many years ago a man was loclked away in a mental institution because everytime he heard this theme song he assaulted someone...one day he heard the song, snapped, and killed a guy..they found him guilty by insanity...the tune does kind of build up anger in your system...
Ummm, I can see where they'd lock up some nut who'd snap everytime he heard the My Three Sons theme, but why would the song make any normal person angry?
The doctor that delivered my younger brother in October 1965 said to my Mom: "I was just sitting down to watch MY THREE SONS when the phone call came."
actually tv land AND nick at nite both suck right now. I mean i love home improvement, and fresh prince, and i use to watch family matters a lot, but i dont understand why the hell they bought the rights to air those shows??? plus i hear in 2009 or 2010, nick at nite will begin to air reruns of FREINDS (another favorite of mine...but give me a fukin break.) What about the jeffersons, sanford and son, cheers, and more cosby????
I know what you mean! TVland is for old shows, not shows that ended in the last ten years. I wish they would show Mary Tyler Moore, That Girl to name a few. TVland is complete crap now.
I agree. They should have kept it for the "classics" only. No reality shows. I have alot of the classics on dvd now since they aren't shown on television too much these days.
Yep..come on High School Reunion? That model search for women over 40? Now I think TVland is going to start aring friends? I blocked Tvland from my tv.
I HATE TVland now. What happened to Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gidget, Hazel, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Donna Reed Show, My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle USMC? The list goes on.....
Exactly. What about shows like Nanny and the Professor, Mayberry RFD, or even 1970s shows like Lotsa Luck or On the Rocks? TV Land is a shell of its former self. I don't watch it anymore either.
Ditto. I don't watch it either. That stuff from the '90s (e.g., "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air", "Home Improvement") might have held up in their time, but not today. I think T.V. Land is going the same way with their reality shows, "Scrubs", and "Extreme Makeover" (which should be on the HGTV channel).
Vividwatch47- I completely agree with you. TV Land sucks. It started when they added Star Trek and how they have added Extreme Makeover which is alos on CMT (or some other channel). I would urge you to watch another channel called "American Life Channel". It has mostly drama shows like "Burke's Law", "Lost In Space', "Voagage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Green Hornet" and other. In the recent past they had "My Favorite Martian" and "F-Troop".
Now that takes me back! The last time I watched My Three Sons was on a black and white set. I didn't even know at the time that it even was in colour.
The cable/satellite stations air the restored versions from videotape/disc and the flicker and artifacts from the film are not as present like when they originally aired. The only way to get the original film look is from local tv stations that actually have the show on film and not a videotape/disc.
Man, this brings back memories. I havent seen episodes of "My Three Sons" since they aired syndicated reruns of it in my area (New York City) way back in the mid-late 70s (they stopped showing it in the late 70s IIRC). And on top of that, they aired only the color episodes with William Demarest. Thankfully they are now releasing the 1st season DVD so I can finally see the black and white episodes.
This show was developed by Walt Disney for ABC as The Shaggy Dog (the film version was a result of ABC only wanting westerns) with MacMurray and Tim Considine but when Disney left ABC for NBC, ABC kept MacMurray and Considine in the cast (now wanting some comedies) and tweaked it into My Three Sons (and changed the dog, a little), with Disney's approval. (Tip: The only theatrical Black and White films Walt made were TV pilots).
It's my understanding, that there were three triplet boys (around 3 yrs. old perhaps), that were scheduled to replace the "aging" original My Three Sons. Sadly, one was killed in an accident while camping. The series wasn't renewed, because of the tradgedy. Anyone else remember that...???
A scary thought, because I've just come back from a camping trip this morning. I don't want to get into a tangent or trivialize this sad moment, but the worst that every happened to me during camp was getting lost in the woods. I certainly don't recall this casting change (I was roughly the same age as those triplets at the time), but I do remember that the show didn't come back for the 1972-73 TV season. Funny to remember this, and little else, from that time.
Urban legend. After Robbie married Katie they had triplets on the show and were part of the shows. If one had died a new set would have been cast. At the time CBS axed a lot of family shows even though they were hits (Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, etc...) in lieu of shows that would attract a younger audience (All in the Family, etc...)
actually clair de lune(which i have on an oscar levant 78 album-'levant plays debussy)is mary had a little lamb backwards-but seriously,listen closely to the piano-it's chopsticks-btw,this show was always special to me as i am the youngest of 3 sons...
I don't care for the theme song, but the animated intro is good and so was the show. It was funny in a gentle way, and certainly better than most of the stuff we have thrown at us today.
to answer the question did the boys ever get boners on the show the answer is yes in one show which was billed as a very special my three sons, steve douglas caught little ernie under the covers with a flashlight and a hardon
No, MacMurray had it in his contract that all of his scenes for each season had to be shot first. That way, he didn't have to be tied down to filming a TV series for half a year. After he was done, the rest of the cast filmed the scenes MacMurray wasn't in!
No, but they stockpiled scripts for half a season before MacMurray even started filming. They came up with many ingenious ways to shoot around him when he was away from the set.
Poor Ernie, he had 3 gorgeous women living with him in the same house as he reached puberty. Rob's wife, Chip's wife and his step-mom. No wonder he needed thick glasses he was probably doing you-know-what 5 times a day.
12-31-2011. He's havin' fun at 71. Happy Birthday, Mike Douglas -er, Tim Considine. You've come a long way since those days. And I hope that you have a Happy New Year.
mkl62 1 month ago
ACOCO!!!!!!!!!!!!
IGNsucks 3 months ago
there were tons of great dads during this era of tv: Fred McMurray, Bill Bixby, Brian Keith, Dick van Dyke, heck even Herman Munster and Gomez Addams! and technically not dads but let's throw in: Mr. French, Uncle Charlie and Lurch.
GreatGarloo 4 months ago
the mothers-in-law :)
pdoll96 4 months ago
@letsplaycards40:
Not that there's anything wrong with it ..
willypdyer 5 months ago
After watching this show for years it was a sad day when Don Grady came out of the closet and admitted his homosexuality to the media. Its a dirty rotten shame all those fun years ended with him bein` a fruitcake. Why did alot of those actors back then have to resort to that kind of thing?? Makes no sense.
letsplaycards40 5 months ago
@letsplaycards40 No Way!
He's really a fairy----damn I never even supected he was like that at all. Mayby I was just taken in by the wholesomeness of the whole show. Damned shame. He should have just keep his mouth shut.
chainamarie03 5 months ago
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liepinshtein 4 months ago
@letsplaycards40 Don is married and has two children. Even so, if he WAS gay, why should that stop your little world from turning?
liepinshtein 4 months ago
@liepinshtein because it isnt right thats why
letsplaycards40 4 months ago
love them wingtips...
1skullduggery 5 months ago
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tgimacb 5 months ago
My ringtone for HOME -:)
I have three sons
tgimacb 5 months ago
Does anyone out there have MeTV? They show MTS and other shows like Family Affair, Gunsmoke, etc. When I watch MTS though, it's obvious that it's speeded up a little bit, I guess to fit more commercials in. At times the characters talk too fast and move around a bit too quickly. It's subtle but if you watch for awhile, you can tell.
Jeff98177 5 months ago
@Jeff98177 Yeah, I do. I love the old Gunsmokes and Combat and Rawhide and The Fugitive, along with many of the comedys of the day.
chainamarie03 5 months ago
Ahhh yes! Good old pissed off always Uncle Charley. Pure piss and vinegar for 30 minutes every week jumping all over Robbie,Chip and Ernie for the slightest infraction of the rules. The man made the whole household a fuking living hell on earth. I'll bet he died with his mouth crooked and his last words were "oh shit"..
RetroTony1959 5 months ago
thank you for posting this as well. i think a tv station out of va. has the rights to this show in 2011. i believe the station is metv..
vcaldwellable 5 months ago
I still remember the time when Fred and uncle Charlie were caught in the bath tub together.....boy they had some splain'n ta do!
stronghandyman 5 months ago
Tonight I watched a commercial that said that "That 70's Show" is on Nick At Nite now. I'm 28 and I remember shows like "My Three Sons" being on Nick At Nite. Those shows have staying power because they're funny without being crude. I'd take "Mr. Ed", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", etc over the crap that kids have today.
DevoBassGirl 6 months ago
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junkyrust 8 months ago
I ALWAYS had the biggest CRUSH on ERNIE!!!!!!
Iam a girl by the way!
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
Yes, back in the days when writers for these old shows actually wrote stuff that was funny, not lewd or mean and rude. The writing for the I Love Lucy series was about as good as it gets.
neffada53 1 year ago 3
A lot of good shows and memories. And these were on prime time network TV.
ripcord1022 1 year ago
remember when you went to the movie theatre to watch a movie? They would always play a cartoon before the movie. I still miss that. i liked the roadrunner the best!
wetluv4 1 year ago
Late in the series, second to last season?
ryoushii 1 year ago
trying to locate original episodes, they used my Grandfathers house for the white 2 story in Los Angeles. We used to go be on the set, such fun!
MrTheBoblola 1 year ago 2
My Three Sons-of -Bitches! Hehe.
TheSkuLLcomedyShow 1 year ago
I remember the William Frawley who played 'Bub'.
Wellch 1 year ago
LOVE IT!!
JWelfareMinistries 1 year ago
i used to love that simple animation for the intro, lol
jody808 1 year ago
This is as much of the show as I ever watched. But I must have watched it a couple hundred times.
olflatop 1 year ago
I'm glad I grew up with these shows as a kid. I feel sorry for today's kids with crap like Hannah Montana and all the other rot on TV.
phuckizlam 1 year ago 4
YES
iriszb 1 year ago
This is a short version of the original. To go back to the mid 60s or early 70s, here's how it originally opened: First you'd see the CBS Color identifier come on (the letters C, B and S would spring to the middle of the screen in white, then the eye would sweep across turning them to color). Next, Fred MacMurray would be sitting in the living room set and say, "hello, and welcome to our show." Then the animation would begin.
I agree with everyone we need a network for 60s and 70s shows.
radiovegan 1 year ago 2
I read somewhere that Fred McMurray didn't spend all season filming these episodes when the entire cast was around - his contract allowed him to film all of the scenes he would be involved in for the entire season, and then he would be free to do whatever he liked until next season started - that's probably why this show lasted 12 seasons, from 1960 to 1972- all the episodes didn't necessarily center around the main character-
christheone8773 1 year ago
I used to want to buy a brand new Chevrolet and put In a 8 track tape of the My 3 Sons Song though A Friend of Mine suggested See The USA In Your Chevrolet and turn the volume up all the way and get on a long country road and floor It until ran out of road or gas.
ortafunk 1 year ago
Uncle Charlie is always like, Fuck off I'm baking a cake here!
seethransom 1 year ago
@seethransom hahahaahahahaha
karolynruffin1 1 year ago
what is the name of this song its my dads 50th bday on sat and this was his favorite tv show so i want to add the song to the slide show im working on and I cant find it.
MrLSspirt08 1 year ago
TenStarsplus !!!!!!! Hahahahaha !!!!!! Thank you for making my day, this show was so funny, and the late Fred MacMurray was fantastic !!! This show, and The Patty Duke Show were my favorites along with Michigan Outdoors!!! Thanks for making me smile!!! Oh the memories!!!!! :-))
BigDuckKetterer 1 year ago
vaguely remember this as a kid....
lancemckellar 1 year ago
My cat likes this.
flippydad30 2 years ago 2
Oh yeah?, Your cat like it? Then as a matter of FACT, My RAT LOVE it!!
vergalechera 1 year ago
I never thought this show was as good as some of the other 60s shows. I do remember on episode where Uncle Charlie outhustled some female pool hustlers. That was pretty damend funny. MightySaturn 5 is correct, though. Uncle Charlie's character was a miserable bastard.
tonywallacess45 2 years ago
Yup old Uncle Charley was pure piss and vinegar
OldMrMemories 2 years ago 3
Mean as a snake
tonywallacess45 2 years ago
Cool theme song--the 60's had the best -nuff said !!! .
1Bandit455 2 years ago 2
I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!!!when i was little
leolah2006 2 years ago 8
me too!!!!!!! I was born in 72 and they use to repeat this show!! I loved it!
lisamaria1972 2 years ago 3
@leolah2006 me too
muse4life61 3 weeks ago
I love this theme song, it still pops into my head once in a while.
retox 2 years ago 4
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the worst tv show theme ever
n1701ncc 2 years ago
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Appropriate for one of the most boring sitcoms known to man - well, certainly not in this nebula.
thejobloshow 2 years ago
Geez! I grew up all through the sixties watching those three pairs of stinky shoes and that song. Its engrained in my psyche. Not to mention that pissy old fart Uncle Charlie. That fella died with piss and vinegar in his veins. I don't think there was a single episode where Uncle Charlie smiled or was happy. And Fred MacMurray reminde me of a closet perv.
OldMrMemories 2 years ago
Lets face it, no one aside from Moe Howard ever projected such a violent angry persona as did Uncle Charlie....typical situation would be -Ernie "hey uncle Charlie, whats for dinner?" ...Charlie-"WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS A RESTURAUNT!...YOU'LL EAT WHATEVER I PUT IN FRONT OF YA!!!!" I am glad the producers chose to leave out the scenes where Charlie O' Casey beat the snot out of the boys
MightySaturn5 2 years ago
Yup,that old fart Charley was Fred MacMurrays enforcer. I'm sure many a drunken night in that house ended in all kinds of sadistic tomfoolery. Ever notice how the oldest brother 'Tim Considine" disappeared after the first couple of seasons when Bub left he beat feet out of that torture house quick.
OldMrMemories 2 years ago
lol
MightySaturn5 2 years ago
I always thought Fred looked way to old be their father.
zapkvr 2 years ago
"My Three Sons" is actually the first of two television themes to incorporate "Chopsticks" (the other was "The Jetsons"; ironically, both aired on A.B.C. at the same time in 1962).
vividwatch47 2 years ago
That's not irony. You need a to consult a dictionary.
zapkvr 2 years ago
I was 4 or so when this was new I was more interested in the shoes tapping and the accordian music at the beginning and end than anything else..except when Katie came along I had a crush on her..I used to think uncle Charlie looked like the guy on the Operation. game
tjfreak 2 years ago
Boy this takes me back as a kid..
jason75 2 years ago
I liked Bub. Shows how old I am....
nickellodeon55 2 years ago
Bub was a pita, but I loved Uncle Charley. He was cute.
kalinamic 2 years ago
stanley livingston and don grady were hot!
tippymugs 2 years ago
Where is my Uncle Charlie? I loved that old fart. He was so cute.
kalinamic 2 years ago
That old coot Uncle Charlie was pure piss and vinegar. He was never happy
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
That old coot brought laughs to the nerd house. I would rather have him for me than against me. You go Uncle Charley. You Rock!!!!
kalinamic 2 years ago
Well kalinamic,you have a point there. I'd rather have a good drunk with Uncle Charlie than any of the weasels that lived in that house. I'm suprised that Uncle Charley didn't do things to mess with Ernie's mind.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
Thank you. Uncle Charley rocks. He would need to mess with Ernies mind. lol
kalinamic 2 years ago
You leave My Uncle Charlie alone!!! He was the coolest thing in that nuthouse. lol
kalinamic 2 years ago
I want to watch this show so badly! I never saw this before. And there aren't any episodes even on Youtube!
c3section 2 years ago
Fred Mac Murray was the cheapest guy in Hollywood, and this intro proves it.
algavin47 2 years ago
He didn't produce the show, ABC TV did. Also, this show was developed by Walt Disney when he was still with ABC (notice the similarities between this and Shaggy Dog?)
Gnillob802 2 years ago
At one time I had a woman living next door to me that looked like uncle charlie..................no! I didn't even think about it!
circa1960 2 years ago
One of the worst intros in TV history. Bad animation!!
Born2bRedeemed 2 years ago
At least you can still remember the animation. As good as the show is I always remember the opening credits and music. Plus the show wasn't about the animation, just something to rep the beginning so it wasn't that serious
rjam1974 2 years ago
The WORST?that Three Stooges Cartoon.
bigroy38 2 years ago
Trivia Time: Dan Grady's (Robbie) Sister played the oldest daughter Mary on "Eight is Enough" She pasted away just the other day.
sodpoo 2 years ago
'other day'?...try 2001
SolarTiger 2 years ago
sorry...I saw the artical the other day
Thanks
sodpoo 2 years ago
Pasted away? What kind of paste do you use to "paste away?"
Or did you mean "passed away?" And, uh, "article" not artical.
Hope that Hooked on Phonics class works out for you.
MKEGFY 2 years ago
Hope the Holier than thou 'tude works out for you as well. Goodness knows you must have nothing better to do than correcting poor spellers on YouTube. Rather sad, but whatever gets you going in the morning. Hopefully, you used your God given talent to become a teacher. "And uh"? Tells me all I need to know! Thanks for the lesson and the insult.. What a delightful person you must be to be around.
sodpoo 2 years ago
Yes, I am delightful!
Throw it all back at me if you must......I'm sorry you're SO stupid that you can't correctly speak or write English.
MKEGFY 2 years ago
Yes...your sorry I'm stupid and I just feel sorry for you. You see, stupid can be fixed dispite what Ron White claims. What you have will stay in your heart forever. I'd much rather be stupid and compassionate than smart and sour. Good luck to you.
sodpoo 2 years ago
Seriously, you're quoting Ron White to me?
STFU, redneck. Stop eating lead paint chips, and go get a damn GED so you can read, write, and spell.
And own your weaknesses. Grow a fucking pair.
MKEGFY 2 years ago
Own my weaknesses ?? Have I not? Try arguing like a man that doesn't HAVE to resort to name calling and cursing in a public forum to make himself feel good. I can't spell,that's true. However I have shown much more maturity than you can even comprehend. You are just making yourself look horrible. I'll grow a pair when you grow up. Now everyone can see the kind of kids that parents are raising today. I'm glad bad spelling is all I have to worry about.
sodpoo 2 years ago 2
It's refreshing to see folks take the high road on here. He's pissed because he cant het you spun up. I love that...
Harleydude2 2 years ago 2
Thanks. I just cannot imagine someone getting SO upset because I didn't spell a couple of words right. I would not want to be his child bringing home a bad report card. Have a great weekend!
sodpoo 2 years ago
"Bad" spelling? I think not!
djminimoto 2 years ago
I'm not a great speller really, but what started it all was just a couple of goof-ups. I know "pasted" and "passed" are not the same! LoL I posted that at 4 AM before coffee =) It was a couple of incorrect words. I mean, I didn't drop the iceberg in front of the Titanic or anything. heh!
sodpoo 2 years ago
Fred Macmurry is one of the top three greatest tv dads of all time. Ernie was pretty cool.
whitewitchoz 2 years ago
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Spread the word. I never got to the Cigar Store. 3 movie producers from France, Switzerland & Romania talked with me.
They gave me two great cigars that cost over $150. They made me smoke them both in 20 minutes so I could puke for the movie camera. They advertise in High Times Magazine,Sports Illustrated & The Guardian.
They are flying to Helsinki next.
Jeff Fisher
LoveAmericaStyle 2 years ago
I couldn't agree more with the TV Land comments! The current programming is horrible. I'd love to see Hazel, Gomer Pyle, My Three Sons, Rhoda, Dick Van Dyke, Family Affair, Mary Tyler Moore, Kojak, The Odd Couple....
dmcfeb211 2 years ago 21
The problem with today's TV is poor acting, and poor writing, and poor sets, etc., etc., etc. Hell, seems all a sitcom needs now is a couch, a few chairs, and some lame one-line reciters and bingo, a sitcom!! This is why I call them "couch shows."
bootsiebanty 2 years ago 2
might I add Nanny and the professor?
MightySaturn5 2 years ago
@dmcfeb211 Me too !
fjbutch 1 year ago
@dmcfeb211 I'd like to see more of the classic shows too,because I could care less about howd you get so rich or extreme makeover.
RmFrRifleman 1 year ago
@dmcfeb211 Petty Coat Junction, Mr. Ed, My Favorite Martian, Courtship of Eddies Father, Room 222, Beverly Hillbillies, damn I'm old
schef99 1 year ago
@schef99 To your list I add Andy Griffith, The Munsters, Addams Family, The Flintstones, Gilligan's Island (yeah, yeah, I know...but I was a kid), Batman, Flipper, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, Red Skelton, Get Smart, and Saturday morning cartoons. Yup, we're old, but it was a good time to be a kid...
morgaffi 1 year ago 27
@morgaffi true, those are some good add ons, not to mention Bugs and those guys, cartoons the way they were meant to be, Hair Bear Bunch, Hong Kong Phoohey, I could go on and on
schef99 1 year ago
@morgaffi I'm 31, and I agree. I grew up watching those shows on Nick and Nite, and find "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" just doesn't cut it.
stellietex 1 year ago
@stellietex I remember watching shows like Mister Ed, Make Room For Daddy, I Love Lucy, Patty Duke, Dobie Gillis, My Three Sons, etc,. on Nick at Nite back in the late 80s and early 90s. There needs to be another 24/7 classic television channel since TVLand has abandoned it's roots.
ClassicTVful 5 months ago
@morgaffi I'm 22, and I grew up on the same stuff! Love those shows to death and wish TVLand would get back to that kind of programming!
buckinghamalice 10 months ago 5
I wish TV land would run this show.....I loved watching as a kid.
spdskte 2 years ago
why was william frawley credited as William Demarest?
JonathanBusterINC3 2 years ago
William Frawley was "Uncle Bub" in the first five episodes. When he passed away in real life, he was replaced by "Uncle Charlie" played by William Demarest.
yorkiegirl16 2 years ago
OOPS...I meant first five seasons, not episodes
yorkiegirl16 2 years ago
Bill Frawley wasn't the uncle. He was the grandfather.
Kady81 2 years ago
Thank you for the correction. You are right. It's been like 10 years at least since I've seen an episode,
yorkiegirl16 2 years ago
Actually, "Bub" was the boys' maternal grandfather, Bub O'Casey. Uncle Charley is his brother.
lovinnotes 2 years ago
When Nick at Nite aired My Three Sons they had rights the the first 5 seasons and the last season. Because so many episodes were made syndicators divided the episodes, other stations aired the season 6-11 episodes, I know TBS was one of them.
xlogold 2 years ago
I remember that, I thought that was sooooooooo crazy
ElJefeNLA 2 years ago
JSTONE9352 3 years ago
Many years ago a man was loclked away in a mental institution because everytime he heard this theme song he assaulted someone...one day he heard the song, snapped, and killed a guy..they found him guilty by insanity...the tune does kind of build up anger in your system...
parkman35 3 years ago
Ummm, I can see where they'd lock up some nut who'd snap everytime he heard the My Three Sons theme, but why would the song make any normal person angry?
RWayne72160 3 years ago
The earlier black, and white episodes were the best. Once the family moved away from Bryant Park after Steve got married the show just turned blah.
craig1974 3 years ago
Just had my third son .... naturally this is the ring tone on my cell now!!!!
bigfathairyonions 3 years ago
The doctor that delivered my younger brother in October 1965 said to my Mom: "I was just sitting down to watch MY THREE SONS when the phone call came."
My younger brother was son NUMBER THREE!
hobokenplayboy 2 years ago
Beverly Garland, who played Barbara, passed away recently at the age of 82. R.I.P.
Jeff98177 3 years ago
Boy! That Uncle Charlie was a real pisser huh? He was never happy. Pure piss and vinegar.
LosAngeleno1959 3 years ago
For the first couple of seasons, William Frawley played Uncle Charley, correct?
tunapup12 3 years ago 2
William Frawley played Bub.He died (in real life) and then William Demarest came on as Uncle Charley
doglips1958 3 years ago
My Three Sons is one of the best shows in TV history.
It is a classic that gets better with time.
I love it!
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 3 years ago 2
I have had this theme song stuck in my head for eons... thanks a lot!!!
osocuteagent99 3 years ago
I wish TVLand would air this show. Too bad they won't. :( TVLand sucks now.
ihatetaft 3 years ago
actually tv land AND nick at nite both suck right now. I mean i love home improvement, and fresh prince, and i use to watch family matters a lot, but i dont understand why the hell they bought the rights to air those shows??? plus i hear in 2009 or 2010, nick at nite will begin to air reruns of FREINDS (another favorite of mine...but give me a fukin break.) What about the jeffersons, sanford and son, cheers, and more cosby????
mbenzsl2000 3 years ago 2
I know what you mean! TVland is for old shows, not shows that ended in the last ten years. I wish they would show Mary Tyler Moore, That Girl to name a few. TVland is complete crap now.
ihatetaft 3 years ago 3
You are SO right!
vividwatch47 3 years ago
I agree. They should have kept it for the "classics" only. No reality shows. I have alot of the classics on dvd now since they aren't shown on television too much these days.
RetroJenny 2 years ago
Yep..come on High School Reunion? That model search for women over 40? Now I think TVland is going to start aring friends? I blocked Tvland from my tv.
ihatetaft 2 years ago
I HATE TVland now. What happened to Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gidget, Hazel, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Donna Reed Show, My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle USMC? The list goes on.....
coloh08 2 years ago
Exactly. What about shows like Nanny and the Professor, Mayberry RFD, or even 1970s shows like Lotsa Luck or On the Rocks? TV Land is a shell of its former self. I don't watch it anymore either.
yorkiegirl16 2 years ago
I could not agree more!!! When that whole "High School reunion" show started, they "jumped the shark". Now, movies? You are sooo right! Just a shell!
sodpoo 2 years ago
Ditto. I don't watch it either. That stuff from the '90s (e.g., "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air", "Home Improvement") might have held up in their time, but not today. I think T.V. Land is going the same way with their reality shows, "Scrubs", and "Extreme Makeover" (which should be on the HGTV channel).
vividwatch47 3 years ago
Vividwatch47- I completely agree with you. TV Land sucks. It started when they added Star Trek and how they have added Extreme Makeover which is alos on CMT (or some other channel). I would urge you to watch another channel called "American Life Channel". It has mostly drama shows like "Burke's Law", "Lost In Space', "Voagage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Green Hornet" and other. In the recent past they had "My Favorite Martian" and "F-Troop".
schs1977 3 years ago
I totally agree with you about Tv land
I do not consider extreme makeovers
the cosby show and thrid rock from the
sun to be classic television compaired to
my three sons,mannix and peticoat junction
eci4r 2 years ago
BENZ, You got that RIGHT and how about Superman TV show from the 50s!!
blueticecho 3 years ago
haha.... George Reeves! i watched that show on nick at nite as a kid....it came on after inspector gadget i think...@ 8 or 9 back in the late 80's
mbenzsl2000 3 years ago
amazing, my dad made me watch that show.
rafael709 3 years ago
Now that takes me back! The last time I watched My Three Sons was on a black and white set. I didn't even know at the time that it even was in colour.
mottledbrain 3 years ago 3
this show was on for 12 years!!!
cookidoh093 3 years ago
The early days of color film looked unique.
The cable/satellite stations air the restored versions from videotape/disc and the flicker and artifacts from the film are not as present like when they originally aired. The only way to get the original film look is from local tv stations that actually have the show on film and not a videotape/disc.
xlogold 3 years ago
I remember when tvland used to show great shows like this one. Now they show crap like many other networks.
RetroJenny 3 years ago
Man, this brings back memories. I havent seen episodes of "My Three Sons" since they aired syndicated reruns of it in my area (New York City) way back in the mid-late 70s (they stopped showing it in the late 70s IIRC). And on top of that, they aired only the color episodes with William Demarest. Thankfully they are now releasing the 1st season DVD so I can finally see the black and white episodes.
bmovies60 3 years ago
this opening kinda turned me off like watching the openings to Hogans Heroes, MASH or Laverne & Shirley.
CreativeCritisizm 3 years ago
luv this from my ages of 6-16 late 60's mid 60's
popGoesAnthony 3 years ago
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HaliacetusLeuco 3 years ago
This show was developed by Walt Disney for ABC as The Shaggy Dog (the film version was a result of ABC only wanting westerns) with MacMurray and Tim Considine but when Disney left ABC for NBC, ABC kept MacMurray and Considine in the cast (now wanting some comedies) and tweaked it into My Three Sons (and changed the dog, a little), with Disney's approval. (Tip: The only theatrical Black and White films Walt made were TV pilots).
MalubaySyecado 3 years ago
It's my understanding, that there were three triplet boys (around 3 yrs. old perhaps), that were scheduled to replace the "aging" original My Three Sons. Sadly, one was killed in an accident while camping. The series wasn't renewed, because of the tradgedy. Anyone else remember that...???
cmf1965 3 years ago
A scary thought, because I've just come back from a camping trip this morning. I don't want to get into a tangent or trivialize this sad moment, but the worst that every happened to me during camp was getting lost in the woods. I certainly don't recall this casting change (I was roughly the same age as those triplets at the time), but I do remember that the show didn't come back for the 1972-73 TV season. Funny to remember this, and little else, from that time.
markojameow 3 years ago
Urban legend. After Robbie married Katie they had triplets on the show and were part of the shows. If one had died a new set would have been cast. At the time CBS axed a lot of family shows even though they were hits (Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, etc...) in lieu of shows that would attract a younger audience (All in the Family, etc...)
MalubaySyecado 3 years ago
That was a sad time for television...all the
left-wing shows like Maude & All In The Family
replacing the wholesome innocent ones of the
'60s.
DRbiohazard 3 years ago
@DRbiohazard people like you are the reason the country is the way it is today
jerrysboys 11 months ago
Thats true. CBS canned almost every sitcom it had at the time. Andy Griffith said they "cancelled every show with a tree in it"
kimosabi6180 3 years ago
It was actually Pat Buttram!
vividwatch47 2 years ago
Geez! Uncle Charlie sure seemed awful pissed all the time.
primeralives 3 years ago
It's official!! My Three Sons DVD season 1 to be released September 30 2008
gottogosome 3 years ago 2
actually clair de lune(which i have on an oscar levant 78 album-'levant plays debussy)is mary had a little lamb backwards-but seriously,listen closely to the piano-it's chopsticks-btw,this show was always special to me as i am the youngest of 3 sons...
renofirvine 3 years ago
That is the beautiful alto saxophone of Phil Sobel, with the cream of hollywood studio musicians at that time. Phil is now 91 and still teaching
floozifer7 3 years ago
I have those shoes
mistahkleen1963 3 years ago
i just realised a few years ago that the themesong is a quite-embellished 'chopsticks'
renofirvine 3 years ago
Sure.
Just like Debussy is an embellished "mary had a little lamb"
ashleyj2010 3 years ago
I don't care for the theme song, but the animated intro is good and so was the show. It was funny in a gentle way, and certainly better than most of the stuff we have thrown at us today.
markojameow 3 years ago 2
is there any way I can get a copy of the video to use on my computer?
PedroValejo 3 years ago
I too am from that baby boom era and loved thwe innocense of those times. I too wish this was on TV now.
Mmewster 3 years ago
jealous youths
martha1spur 3 years ago
this is a great show
woodylove06 3 years ago
Song started, and immediately I could smell meatloaf.
kimwim 3 years ago
to answer the question did the boys ever get boners on the show the answer is yes in one show which was billed as a very special my three sons, steve douglas caught little ernie under the covers with a flashlight and a hardon
opossumland5 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
the whole thing was a fuckin fag show
jerrysboys 3 years ago
You're the reason we need shows like this back
on the air.
DRbiohazard 3 years ago
as long as your honest
jerrysboys 3 years ago
its been said that fred macmurray,shot all his scenes by himself,ARROGANT PRICK....
blueticecho 3 years ago
No, MacMurray had it in his contract that all of his scenes for each season had to be shot first. That way, he didn't have to be tied down to filming a TV series for half a year. After he was done, the rest of the cast filmed the scenes MacMurray wasn't in!
mvp822 3 years ago
so they had ALL the scripts for the entire season written before they shot a single scene? that seems highly unlikely.
sportsmediaamerica 3 years ago
No, but they stockpiled scripts for half a season before MacMurray even started filming. They came up with many ingenious ways to shoot around him when he was away from the set.
mvp822 3 years ago
I remember this TV series in my childhood, in Costa Rica much people don't remind it ¡¡¡
hispapop 3 years ago
Poor Ernie, he had 3 gorgeous women living with him in the same house as he reached puberty. Rob's wife, Chip's wife and his step-mom. No wonder he needed thick glasses he was probably doing you-know-what 5 times a day.
krushnoi 3 years ago