Episode
My Three Sons: Falling Star
Overview
Steve Douglas meets a celebrated popular vocalist of 20 years ago whose career seems over. Although her famous voice is still there, the public demands music in the current style. Steve helps her update her style when he arranges for her to sing with Robbie's combo, the Greefs.
Details
- Series
- My Three Sons
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1966-12-15
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Falling Star is Episode 12 in Season 7 of My Three Sons. It aired on 1966-12-15. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 11: A Real Nice Time
When Ernie sends for a picture of Chip's favourite movie star, planning to give it to him as a birthday gift, Chip gets an actual date with the movie starlet for a publicity stunt and is astounded by all the resulting hoopla.
Episode 13: Tramp or Ernie
Ernie sneezes as he brushes past the family dog, Tramp, and when a doctor verifies the boy's allergy to dog hair and says the dog must go, Ernie packs his bags as he feels Tramp has seniority over him in the family.
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Episode 14: Grandma's Girl
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Episode 9: Happy Birthday, World
When Robbie's girlfriend's father calls from out of town and asks him to deliver a birthday cake to her, he thinks there might be a fortune in performing this birthday service and immediately goes into the cake business.
Episode 15: You Saw a What?
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Episode 8: Fiddler Under the Roof
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Episode 16: Both Your Houses
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Episode 7: Robbie's Underground Movie
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Episode 17: My Pal Dad
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Episode 6: If At First . . .
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Episode 18: TV or Not TV
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