
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 loving family in later seasons.
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Air Date: 1960-09-29
Aeronautical Engineer Steve Douglas and his youngest son Chip face a parallel problem -- how to rid themselves of two...
Air Date: 1960-10-06
The Annual School rag drive starts Chip off on a scavenger hunt of the neighbourhood. Every time the neighbor, Miss P...
Air Date: 1960-10-13
When Bub steps on the toes of each grandson in turn, Steve is about to rebuke him when the household returns to norma...
Air Date: 1960-10-20
A Missile launch, sleeping in and Daylight Saving make for an interesting Monday morning. The Douglas household is a ...
Air Date: 1960-10-27
When Mike and Robbie cross swords over a blonde schoolgirl, the issue widens until the whole family is involved in th...
Air Date: 1960-11-03
Steve's theory that 'life is just a small series of adjustments' is put to the test in just one day's discovered doin...
Air Date: 1960-11-10
Steve is enamored of his new business associate, an attractive woman who is strictly business. He is tempted to mix b...
Air Date: 1960-11-17
Thanksgiving Day's turkey dinner is threatened when the electricity is short-circuited throughout the neighborhood. C...
Air Date: 1960-11-24
Feeling left out when Mike and Robbie decide to go camping at Gunman's Gulch—and at the urging of his father to use h...
Air Date: 1960-12-01
TV Star George Gobel is invited to dinner by Bub, who forgets to tell his son-in-law Steve who returns from an out of...
Air Date: 1960-12-08
Robbie is baffled when his girlfriend rejects the excitement of his new motor in favor of standard feminine frills. H...
Air Date: 1960-12-15
The boys want a raise in their allowance, but Steve tells them that they are spending money recklessly and not doing ...
Air Date: 1960-12-22
Mike and the girl next door arouse the suspicions of Steve and Bub when secrets are exchanged and the two are seen le...
Air Date: 1960-12-29
Constant comparison to his brother, Mike, leaves Robbie feeling inferior and angry—and their father has to face the...
Air Date: 1961-01-05
When Bub is suddenly called out of town, Steve seeks an agency to get temporary help—unaware that he may be recruit...
Air Date: 1961-01-12
When Steve invites his second cousin Selena to come and visit, Bub gets the strange impression that he is being negle...
Air Date: 1961-01-19
Mike prepares for the transition from high school to college and the question of joining a fraternity is one that com...
Air Date: 1961-01-26
Chip falls foul of the school bully who isn't interested in fighting with him. Steve soon realises that Chip is delib...
Air Date: 1961-02-02
Steve's ever efficient sister arrives for a visit, and immediately changes and complicates the entire Douglas househo...
Air Date: 1961-02-09
When Robbie Douglas sees his new friend's home he is envious of what he thinks is really the perfect teenage home and...
Air Date: 1961-02-16
Mike Douglas and the family mongrel Tramp keep disappearing at night, and Jean becomes increasingly suspicious, unawa...
Air Date: 1961-02-23
On a dark night when Steve is away, Robbie and his date are frightened by a man in a trench coat. It all happens when...
Air Date: 1961-03-02
Mike has to finish the layout and write a sports article for the school paper by himself in between running in a trac...
Air Date: 1961-03-09
Chip begins to think it would be great to be an older brother, so he wishes for a little sister. After the new Hawki...
Air Date: 1961-03-16
Chip brags to his new playmate that his genius brother Robbie can fix almost anything. Soon Robbie is repairing a Gr...
Air Date: 1961-03-23
With Steve away in Seattle on a business trip, the Douglas household's version of man's best friend has been known to...
Air Date: 1961-03-30
Unaware of each other's problems, Steve and Robbie engage in what seem to be widely varied projects. Robbie is trying...
Air Date: 1961-04-06
Robbie and Mike want some extra pocket money but Steve tells them that they will have to earn it by themselves. The b...
Air Date: 1961-04-13
Robbie can't seem to arouse the interest of the affairs of the heart with his classmate Maribel Quinby. So with the h...
Air Date: 1961-04-27
Chip is so discouraged by his batting slump that he quits the baseball team. After his brothers encourage him to retu...
Air Date: 1961-05-04
Malcolm, a frog that Chip has captured for a school project is the focus of all eyes in the Douglas home. Bub discern...
Air Date: 1961-05-11
Robbie's new girlfriend, lives in refined and elegant style, causing Robbie to turn a critical eye on his own home li...
Air Date: 1961-05-18
Bub sets out to find the mysterious person who sent him an old saddle... C.O.D.
Air Date: 1961-05-25
Its final exam time and Mike and his girlfriend Jean have thought up a test of their own - to try the strength of the...
Air Date: 1961-06-01
Mr. Pearson's idea of a quiet drive in the country with his wife is altered by a station-wagon load of Douglases. Mea...
Air Date: 1961-06-08
Mike Douglas gets a Summer job with the Forestry Service and he thinks its going to be a barrel of fun until he lear...