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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, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    My Three Sons Season 5 Episode 36 - Uncle Charley and the Redskins
    5.3/10(71 votes)

    #1 - Uncle Charley and the Redskins

    S5:E36

    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

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  2. My Three Sons Season 7 Episode 26 - Help the Gypsies are Coming!
    5.5/10(59 votes)

    #2 - Help the Gypsies are Coming!

    S7:E26

    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.

    Directors:James V. Kern, James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. My Three Sons Season 7 Episode 29 - Ernie and the O'Grady
    5.6/10(46 votes)

    #3 - Ernie and the O'Grady

    S7:E29

    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.

    Directors:James V. Kern, James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. My Three Sons Season 7 Episode 21 - My Son, the Bullfighter
    5.7/10(61 votes)

    #4 - My Son, the Bullfighter

    S7:E21

    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:Unknown

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  5. My Three Sons Season 12 Episode 21 - The Birth of Arfie
    5.7/10(45 votes)

    #5 - The Birth of Arfie

    S12:E21

    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:Unknown

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  6. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 34 - When I Was Your Age
    5.8/10(53 votes)

    #6 - When I Was Your Age

    S3:E34

    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:Unknown

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  7. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 29 - Francesca
    5.9/10(59 votes)

    #7 - Francesca

    S3:E29

    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:Unknown

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  8. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 23 - Caged Fury
    6.0/10(63 votes)

    #8 - Caged Fury

    S3:E23

    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

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  9. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 33 - The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer
    6.0/10(64 votes)

    #9 - The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer

    S4:E33

    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:Unknown

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  10. My Three Sons Season 5 Episode 29 - Chip, the Trapper
    6.0/10(51 votes)

    #10 - Chip, the Trapper

    S5:E29

    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:Unknown

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  11. My Three Sons Season 2 Episode 17 - Second Time Around
    6.1/10(70 votes)

    #11 - Second Time Around

    S2:E17

    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:Unknown

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  12. My Three Sons Season 5 Episode 31 - Tramp and the Prince
    6.1/10(58 votes)

    #12 - Tramp and the Prince

    S5:E31

    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:Don Grady

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  13. My Three Sons Season 8 Episode 24 - Uncle Charley's Aunt
    6.1/10(46 votes)

    #13 - Uncle Charley's Aunt

    S8:E24

    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

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  14. My Three Sons Season 11 Episode 23 - The Return of Terrible Tom
    6.1/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Return of Terrible Tom

    S11:E23

    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:Unknown

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  15. My Three Sons Season 12 Episode 5 - Four for the Road
    6.1/10(52 votes)

    #15 - Four for the Road

    S12:E5

    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:Unknown

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  16. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 9 - Chip's Last Fight
    6.2/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Chip's Last Fight

    S3:E9

    Chip is thrown out of the neighbourhood clubhouse because he cannot convince the older boys that he is all grown up. He makes a bargain -- he will fight one of the older boys for the privelege of becoming club mascot. But he doesn't count on being sent to hospital to have his tonsils removed the very day of the big fight.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  17. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 24 - Stage Door Bub
    6.2/10(57 votes)

    #17 - Stage Door Bub

    S4:E24

    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

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  18. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 34 - Tramp Goes To Hollywood
    6.2/10(59 votes)

    #18 - Tramp Goes To Hollywood

    S4:E34

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. My Three Sons Season 8 Episode 22 - A Horse for Uncle Charley
    6.2/10(50 votes)

    #19 - A Horse for Uncle Charley

    S8:E22

    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:Unknown

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  20. My Three Sons Season 12 Episode 24 - Whatever Happened to Ernie?
    6.2/10(60 votes)

    #20 - Whatever Happened to Ernie?

    S12:E24

    Steve's boss Bob Anderson and his wife share 'Where-did-we-go-wrong?' panic as they struggle to communicate with their son; Steve and Barbara are the counselors. The teenager is rude and disrespectful to his parents but his insolence doesn't bother them nearly as much as not knowing if he is taking drugs.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  21. My Three Sons Season 2 Episode 24 - The Big Game
    6.3/10(65 votes)

    #21 - The Big Game

    S2:E24

    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:Unknown

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  22. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 33 - Total Recall
    6.3/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Total Recall

    S3:E33

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 38 - Bub's Sacrifice
    6.3/10(59 votes)

    #23 - Bub's Sacrifice

    S3:E38

    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:Unknown

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  24. My Three Sons Season 2 Episode 6 - Bub's Lodge
    6.4/10(78 votes)

    #24 - Bub's Lodge

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown

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  25. My Three Sons Season 2 Episode 34 - Good Influence
    6.4/10(63 votes)

    #25 - Good Influence

    S2:E34

    Steve pushes Chip to go on a week-long vacation with a boy he really doesn't like. The boy is very shy and timid, and when Chip calls him a chicken-clunk, he cops an unexpected black eye for his trouble. Meanwhile Bub tries his hand at painting.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:John McGreevey

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Uncle Charley and the Redskins" is the worst rated episode of "My Three Sons". It scored 5.3/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by James V. Kern and written by George Tibbles, it aired on 5/20/1965. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Help the Gypsies are Coming!".