Episode
My Three Sons: The Chaperone
Overview
Bub is appointed chaperone to Robbie and his friends when they decide to have a costume party. Robbie feels it will dampen the party as Bub doesn't see eye to eye with them on the little matter of correct behaviour.
Details
- Series
- My Three Sons
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1964-01-30
Episode context
The Chaperone is Episode 20 in Season 4 of My Three Sons. It aired on 1964-01-30.
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Episode 19: Marriage by Proxy
Mike and Sally try to discover the truth about marriage from two of their recently wed friends, and think twice about getting married and having babies when they help another friend's expectant wife whose time has come.
Episode 21: My Fair Chinese Lady
Robbie is chosen to help Americanize a traditional Chinese girl who is soon to meet her very hip Chinese-American fiancé. However, she is a girl so steeped in the traditions of her homeland that it seems unlikely she'll ever fit into American life.
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Steve eagerly anticipates his twenty fifth anniversary class reunion at Midwest University. Ignoring Bub's warnings that the old gang won't be as Steve remembers them, his enthusiasm increases when he meets the charming Heather Marlow, only girl in the class.
Episode 22: House for Sale
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Episode 17: Second Chorus
While walking the dog through the park one night, Steve meets a lovely cabaret singer and before the evening ends he is out night-clubbing with her. Mike and Robbie feel they must intercede and protect Steve from a supposed matrimonial trap.
Episode 23: Stone Frog
Chip believes in a magical stone frog, given to him by a lady from India and as coincidences stack up, the magic is hard to deny. The boy's belief causes some very interesting circumstances.
Episode 16: Will Success Spoil Chip Douglas?
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Episode 24: Stage Door Bub
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Episode 15: Top Secret
Steve has to fly to Washington and is given a top secret military project. Steve tells the Pentagon brass that he would attract the least attention by just doing the work at home. While Bub is just beside himself with curiosity, Chip suddenly becomes the target for security men.
Episode 25: Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly
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Episode 14: Windfall
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Episode 26: Cherry Blossoms in Bryant Park
Kimiko, a Japanese girl Mike met in Tokyo last year comes to town to test her old feelings for Mike before she can be sure she loves another. Although Mike is now engaged to Sally, could he still feel something for her?