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The Worst Episodes of My Three Sons

Every episode of My Three Sons ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of My Three Sons!

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son,...
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Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Uncle Charley and the Redskins" is the worst rated episode of "My Three Sons". It scored 5.2/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by James V. Kern and written by George Tibbles, it aired on 5/20/1965. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Help the Gypsies are Coming!".

  • Uncle Charley and the Redskins
    5.2/1065 votes
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    #1 - Uncle Charley and the Redskins

    Season 5 Episode 36 - Aired 5/20/1965

    Charley refuses to believe that a polite and quietly dressed man is in fact the last Chief of Owahnanee Tribe and his disbelief is deepened when the Indian asks for permission to visit their Tribal Burial grounds which just happens to be the backyard of the Douglas House.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Help the Gypsies are Coming!
    5.5/1057 votes
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    #2 - Help the Gypsies are Coming!

    Season 7 Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/1967

    Ernie Douglas's new school friend is little Laszlo, whose gypsy family is camped outside of town. Soon the gypsies are camped on the front lawn of the Douglas home. To Steve's amazement and Uncle Charley's disgust they stage several hours of singing and dancing.

    Director: James Sheldon, James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • When I Was Your Age
    5.6/1046 votes
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    #3 - When I Was Your Age

    Season 3 Episode 34 - Aired 5/16/1963

    Bub condemns modern-day youth as he reminds his three charges how different things were when he was their age. The boys try to convince him that they aren't as lazy as he thinks they are.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • My Son, the Bullfighter
    5.6/1060 votes
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    #4 - My Son, the Bullfighter

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1967

    Robbie Douglas tries to impress his girlfriend by competing with a handsome bullfighter against a killer bull, but has to flee for his life when the bull charges him.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Ernie and the O'Grady
    5.6/1045 votes
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    #5 - Ernie and the O'Grady

    Season 7 Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/1967

    A genial bum Ernie brings home for dinner outrages Uncle Charley by eating everything in sight and then decides to stay the night even though he wasn't invited. Steve feels that they should let Ernie work things out for himself.

    Director: James Sheldon, James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • The Birth of Arfie
    5.7/1044 votes
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    #6 - The Birth of Arfie

    Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1972

    The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the ageing family mongrel, keeps disappearing at night. Meanwhile, Uncle Charley makes her a rag-doll and names it Arfie.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • Francesca
    5.8/1048 votes
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    #7 - Francesca

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 4/11/1963

    While Steve and Bub are away, Chip, Robbie and Mike face the problem of caring for two sick foundlings, a wild bird and a frightened girl, who they learn is a runaway from a maid's job in Philadelphia where she has been unhappy.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • Tramp and the Prince
    5.8/1051 votes
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    #8 - Tramp and the Prince

    Season 5 Episode 31 - Aired 4/15/1965

    Tramp causes confusion in two households when he runs away from home for fear of a cat. Meanwhile pampered 'Prince', pet in the mansion of a rich socialite, undergoes a complete and mysterious personality change.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip, the Trapper
    5.9/1046 votes
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    #9 - Chip, the Trapper

    Season 5 Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/1965

    Chip feels left out of things when he is the only member of the family not working either full or part time. But watching 'Davy Crockett' and dreaming gives him a remarkable solution to his problem - he takes in a partner in his trapping business.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Caged Fury
    6.0/1055 votes
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    #10 - Caged Fury

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1963

    The members of Robbie's high school wrestling team need higher grades to remain eligible, so they choose Steve as their tutor. Soon the house is quarantined for Diptheria, and when Bub doesn't get his long-awaited rendezvous with ""Old Roy,"" the biggest catch in the lake, watch out boys.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Stage Door Bub
    6.0/1051 votes
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    #11 - Stage Door Bub

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1964

    Bub wants to get back to the greasepaint, so he swaps jobs with an actress friend at the Playhouse theater who longs for a normal home life. Each is so envious of the other's life that they agree to switch roles for the remainder of the company's season.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer
    6.0/1058 votes
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    #12 - The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer

    Season 4 Episode 33 - Aired 4/30/1964

    When Robbie's team gets slaughtered one too many times, their keenest fan Lissa Stratemeyer gets her girlfriends to ignore the boys for the victory rally until they do something about the score and break their losing streak.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Terrible Tom
    6.0/1042 votes
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    #13 - The Return of Terrible Tom

    Season 11 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1971

    Uncle Charley is elated when he gets word that his pugislistic shipmate and buddy is going to visit him in a few days. However, Charley is forced to concede that times and people do change when the tough-talking, bad mannered ex-sailor he once knew isn't so terrible anymore.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Time Around
    6.1/1061 votes
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    #14 - Second Time Around

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1962

    Attractive Pamela MacLish whom Steve took to Chip's grade school dance a year ago, is still trying to melt his bachelor heart. She arrives at the house on the pre-text of soliciting Bub's help to join an Irish Society called the 'Daughters of the Emerald Isle'. Soon Bub thinks that Pamela is after him.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Total Recall
    6.1/1042 votes
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    #15 - Total Recall

    Season 3 Episode 33 - Aired 5/9/1963

    Bub's old classmate is returning to town to receive an award.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bub's Sacrifice
    6.1/1052 votes
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    #16 - Bub's Sacrifice

    Season 3 Episode 38 - Aired 6/13/1963

    To help Robbie gain himself of the attentions of a beautiful girl, Bub is willing to give up two tickets to a pre-sold sellout fight. However part of the bargain entails that he take the girl's disagreeable Aunt to the movies.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • Tramp Goes To Hollywood
    6.1/1055 votes
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    #17 - Tramp Goes To Hollywood

    Season 4 Episode 34 - Aired 5/7/1964

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four for the Road
    6.1/1049 votes
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    #18 - Four for the Road

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1971

    Having no choice, Steve takes the triplets to work where a secretary offers to take them home until he is finished. However he accidentally loses her details and when she finally rings, she announces that the boys have run out the front door, much to Steve's annoyance.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • Bub's Lodge
    6.2/1066 votes
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    #19 - Bub's Lodge

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1961

    Bub and Mike are at odds with each other because both are trying to get into different, exclusive clubs. Bub is to be installed as the D'Artagnon of the East Door, while Mike is subjected to his initiation which involves pretend fishing in front of the local drug-store.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Game
    6.2/1056 votes
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    #20 - The Big Game

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1962

    Robbie finds out that he won't be able to play in the big game unless he passes a math exam. Steve assures him that if he fails he will not be playing against his team's arch rival. When Chip comes down with the measles, it dampens Robbie's attempt to play even more than before.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Mother Bub
    6.2/1048 votes
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    #21 - Mother Bub

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1962

    Chip and Sudsy see a model auto at the toy store. When he is reminded that he is doesn't have a mother to nix the idea, he tries to persuade his father to buy it. But they both don't figure that Bub will have his say on the subject.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • High on the Hog
    6.2/1048 votes
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    #22 - High on the Hog

    Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 3/14/1963

    When Robbie and his friend complain about being broke, another student offers them a pig to fatten in a profit-sharing plan. When the time comes for it to be slaughtered however, nobody is quite sure that they want to do it.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • A Horse for Uncle Charley
    6.2/1049 votes
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    #23 - A Horse for Uncle Charley

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/1968

    Uncle Charley is talked into buying an 11 year old trotting horse in the hopes of capturing old racing glories. The family is delighted when they hear that the horse, driven by Uncle Charley, has qualified for a race after winning a trial competition.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: N/A

  • Uncle Charley's Aunt
    6.2/1044 votes
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    #24 - Uncle Charley's Aunt

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/1968

    Dressed as a chorine named Apple Annie at his Lodge 'Frolics' night, a weary Uncle Charley awakens from a nap after a matinee performance and is forced to walk home and is arrested by the police for hitting a flirtatious man.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Second Banana
    6.2/1042 votes
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    #25 - Second Banana

    Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1972

    While Steve becomes pre-occupied with a time-consuming project named Taurus, Barbara blossoms forth as a Championship Cook. Her recipe for 'Tangy Tidbits' wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cookout.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A