Seasons & Episodes
Chip-Off the Old Block
Aeronautical Engineer Steve Douglas and his youngest son Chip face a parallel problem -- how to rid themselves of two de
The Little Ragpicker
The Annual School rag drive starts Chip off on a scavenger hunt of the neighbourhood. Every time the neighbor, Miss Pitt
Bub in the Ointment
When Bub steps on the toes of each grandson in turn, Steve is about to rebuke him when the household returns to normal o
Countdown
A Missile launch, sleeping in and Daylight Saving make for an interesting Monday morning. The Douglas household is a cha
Brotherly Love
When Mike and Robbie cross swords over a blonde schoolgirl, the issue widens until the whole family is involved in the a
Adjust or Bust
Steve's theory that 'life is just a small series of adjustments' is put to the test in just one day's discovered doings.
Lady Engineer
Steve is enamored of his new business associate, an attractive woman who is strictly business. He is tempted to mix busi
Chip's Harvest
Thanksgiving Day's turkey dinner is threatened when the electricity is short-circuited throughout the neighborhood. Chip
Raft on the River
Feeling left out when Mike and Robbie decide to go camping at Gunman's Gulch—and at the urging of his father to use hi
Lonesome George
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 to
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
Robbie is baffled when his girlfriend rejects the excitement of his new motor in favor of standard feminine frills. He t
My Three Strikers
The boys want a raise in their allowance, but Steve tells them that they are spending money recklessly and not doing the
The Elopement
Mike and the girl next door arouse the suspicions of Steve and Bub when secrets are exchanged and the two are seen leavi
Mike's Brother
Constant comparison to his brother, Mike, leaves Robbie feeling inferior and angry—and their father has to face t
Domestic Trouble
When Bub is suddenly called out of town, Steve seeks an agency to get temporary help—unaware that he may be recru
Bub Leaves Home
When Steve invites his second cousin Selena to come and visit, Bub gets the strange impression that he is being neglecte
Mike in a Rush
Mike prepares for the transition from high school to college and the question of joining a fraternity is one that compli
The Bully
Chip falls foul of the school bully who isn't interested in fighting with him. Steve soon realises that Chip is delibera
Organization Woman
Steve's ever efficient sister arrives for a visit, and immediately changes and complicates the entire Douglas household.
Other People's Houses
When Robbie Douglas sees his new friend's home he is envious of what he thinks is really the perfect teenage home and be
The Delinquent
Mike Douglas and the family mongrel Tramp keep disappearing at night, and Jean becomes increasingly suspicious, unaware
Man In a Trench Coat
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 Ro
Deadline
Mike has to finish the layout and write a sports article for the school paper by himself in between running in a track m
The Lostling
Chip begins to think it would be great to be an older brother, so he wishes for a little sister. After the new Hawkins
Off Key
Chip brags to his new playmate that his genius brother Robbie can fix almost anything. Soon Robbie is repairing a Grand
Small Adventure
With Steve away in Seattle on a business trip, the Douglas household's version of man's best friend has been known to dr
Soap Box Derby
Unaware of each other's problems, Steve and Robbie engage in what seem to be widely varied projects. Robbie is trying to
Unite or Sink
Robbie and Mike want some extra pocket money but Steve tells them that they will have to earn it by themselves. The boys
The Wiley Method
Robbie can't seem to arouse the interest of the affairs of the heart with his classmate Maribel Quinby. So with the help
The National Pastime
Chip is so discouraged by his batting slump that he quits the baseball team. After his brothers encourage him to return,
The Croaker
Malcolm, a frog that Chip has captured for a school project is the focus of all eyes in the Douglas home. Bub discerns a
The Musician
Robbie's new girlfriend, lives in refined and elegant style, causing Robbie to turn a critical eye on his own home life.
The Horseless Saddle
Bub sets out to find the mysterious person who sent him an old saddle... C.O.D.
Trial by Separation
Its final exam time and Mike and his girlfriend Jean have thought up a test of their own - to try the strength of their
The Sunday Drive
Mr. Pearson's idea of a quiet drive in the country with his wife is altered by a station-wagon load of Douglases. Meanwh
Fire Watch
Mike Douglas gets a Summer job with the Forestry Service and he thinks its going to be a barrel of fun until he learns
Birds And Bees
When Chip announces Tramp is the father of six puppies, Steve is concerned because he has never explained the cycle of l
Instant Hate
The good neighbour policy gets a real workout when the boys, and later Bub, tangle individually with members of the new
The Crush
Mike has found a girl at college, Mary Beth. But when he brings her home to meet the family, she makes a beeline straigh
Tramp The Hero
When a boiling pot explodes Tramp's barking wakes the family saving them.
A Perfect Memory
An old high school sweetheart calls for Steve while he is out. Feeling nostalgic, Steve tries to locate her in town, but
Bub's Lodge
Bub and Mike are at odds with each other because both are trying to get into different, exclusive clubs. Bub is to be in
A Lesson in Any Language
Mike wants to go skiing on the weekend with his friends but must also keep up his Spanish studies. So he adopts the lear
The Ugly Duckling
Robbie is heading for an ‘F' in world literature until the teacher assigns a beautiful blonde newcomer as his stud
Chip's Composition
A composition titled ‘What My Mother Means to Me' has Chip baffled. After interviewing other mothers in the neighb
Mike in Charge
Steve and Bub are both called out of town and Mike urges them to leave him in charge, only to find the role of mother he
Bub Goes to School
Bub decides to go to night school when he finds that his grandsons keep asking endless questions that he simply cannot a
Robbie's Band
Robbie's band rehearsals upsets the household. Mike's fraternity is looking for a band and Robbie tries to get the job.
Damon and Pythias
When Robbie and his friend Hank decide they want to join a club at school, Robbie insists he does not want to join Mike'
Chip Leaves Home
Chip feels ignored by his family and decides to do them all a favour by running away from home. His solution is to strik
The Romance of Silver Pines
Steve takes a week's vacation from the family where he soon finds that he can fall in love with someone as easily as fal
Blind Date
Two dates, confused phone calls and name mix-ups create a tangled evening for brothers Mike and Robbie, when each get's
Second Time Around
Attractive Pamela MacLish whom Steve took to Chip's grade school dance a year ago, is still trying to melt his bachelor
The Girls Next Door
Four beautiful airline stewardesses move into the vacant house next door and Mike and Robbie immediately are attracted t
Bub Gets a Job
Bub reads an article in a magazine which is directed at bored homemakers and he begins to think that he fits the descrip
Le Petit Stowaway
Steve is going to Chicago on business and he's promised to take Chip with him. A change of plans sees Steve boarding a m
Robbie Valentino
Bub fires Robbie's show business ambitions when he tells him to make the most of an opportunity when Robbie's 9th grade
The Masterpiece
Chip tries to snow his teachers so he can win an art contest and almost succeeds with some help from Bub, who actually p
A Holiday for Tramp
The Douglas family goes to the train station to meet Steve but when they prepare to leave, they can't find Tramp anywher
The Big Game
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 h
Chip's Party
Chip's schoolmates want to help him celebrate his tenth birthday with a party but he doesn't want to share the occasion
Casanova Trouble
Steve's friend asks him to come up with a solution when she thinks her daughter is dating an older man. Steve is shocke
The Pencil Pusher
Chip puts his father into the uncomfortable position of defending the importance of his profession. Chip is unenlightene
Innocents Abroad
When Steve and an old boyhood pal discuss the time they ran away to another town, Mike and Robbie, who are continually i
Robbie the Caddy
At the suggestion of his best pal Hank, Robbie plans to earn some extra pocket-money by caddying at the local Golfing To
Coincidence
Steve's wish for a calm life sends him on a chaotic journey into a parallel universe when on a typically rambunctious mo
Air Derby
Robbie's only real competition for winning a school scholarship in a model airplane contest is a young boy named Roly Ba
Too Much In Common
Mike has problems with his girlfriend's father when Mike tries to see another girl.
Chug and Robbie
On his first day in High School, Robbie has some memorable highlights -- such as being assigned a locker with Chug Willi
Good Influence
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 wh
The Hippopotamus Foot
Mike faces disciplinary action at the hands of the Board of Regents and the Dean of the College for a wayward fraternity
The Kibitzers
Two of Bub's cronies who are visiting for their usual game of pinochle, accidentally get an earful of the family's woes.
Weekend in Tokyo
Steve is going on a business trip to Japan and thinks he might as well take his family along with him. Mike gets involve
Robbie's Employment Service
Robbie and Hank think there is only one thing in the whole world that impresses girls -- money! So they decide to open
Tramp's First Bite
Tramp supposedly takes a nip out of pampered young Alan Edgerton and the court case that follows, gives Robbie the chanc
Moment of Truth
College freshman Mike Douglas has invited the reigning campus beauty to his fraternity's Saturday night dance, but he so
Daughter for a Day
Homeward bound from a long business trip Steve meets an old friend on the plane and he suggests that her daughter stay a
The Ghost Next Door
Chip and his friend Sudsy see a Halloween spook carrying a candle in the neighbor's vacant house next door while out tri
Pretty As A Picture
Robbie get in trouble with the big brothers of a girl he likes when he takes her picture.
What's Cooking?
A cooking contest at school upsets Chip when he realizes he doesn't have a mother to submit a recipe. But there is much
Chip's Last Fight
Chip is thrown out of the neighbourhood clubhouse because he cannot convince the older boys that he is all grown up. He
Steve Gets An 'A'
Robbie goes on a date when he was suppose to write a term paper. Mike gives him a paper that Steve wrote and received an
Heat Wave
A summer heat wave has tempers flaring. Steve remains cool and calm until some important plans go missing and he thinks
The Beauty Contest
Mike is dragooned into acting as the sole judge of a campus beauty contest and discovers that the hazards of choosing a
Doctor in the House
Steve is in too big a hurry to get home to his family and spread the good news of his upcoming business trip to Bolivia,
Going Steady
Robbie wants to date a cute fifteen year old blonde, whose mother campaigns for Steve's co-operation to end the relation
Mother Bub
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,
Honorable Grandfather
Chip gets a relief from boredom when Steve's friend invites him to a birthday celebration for his ""honorable"" grandfat
How to Impress a Woman
Mike has the job of recruiting some campus models for a fashion show and when a gorgeous store representative stops by t
Roman Holiday
Steve's reluctance to make a business trip to Rome with the family puzzles everyone in the Douglas household except Bub.
Flashback
Steve encounters a sweet, old-fashioned 16-year-old at the bus depot, who reminds him of someone from his high school da
The Dream Book
When he is badgered by one of his co-workers to join the company musical combo as a saxophonist, Steve, who is rather ap
Big Chief Bub
Chip volunteers Bub to be their Cub Scout leader.
The Clunky Kid
Chip is overcome with loneliness when Sudsy starts spending all of his time with a new boy in the neighborhood. The enti
Caged Fury
The members of Robbie's high school wrestling team need higher grades to remain eligible, so they choose Steve as their
Make Way for Yesterday
Bub, representing the older generation, makes some suggestions for Robbie's school club carnival, but to the Committee t
Robbie Wins His Letter
Robbie's science master announces a special achievement award for being a straight 'A' student and to his embarassment,
High on the Hog
When Robbie and his friend complain about being broke, another student offers them a pig to fatten in a profit-sharing p
First Things First
With his Air Force Reserve crew depending on him for an engine maintenance exercise, Mike is faced with having to abando
Bub's Butler
Bub, an inveterate contest buff, finally hits the jackpot, winning a prize worth $1,000 in a TV competition. But when th
Francesca
While Steve and Bub are away, Chip, Robbie and Mike face the problem of caring for two sick foundlings, a wild bird and
The Rug
Steve lays down the law to Chip, warning him he'll be grounded for a month the next time he loses or misuses someone els
The System
Mike learns the importance of indirect questioning in his psychology course when Robbie is sought after by eight classma
Let's Take Stock
Robbie's economics teacher gives each student a fictional $10,000 dollars to invest in stocks but Steve's boss at work g
Total Recall
Bub's old classmate is returning to town to receive an award.
When I Was Your Age
Bub condemns modern-day youth as he reminds his three charges how different things were when he was their age. The boys
Chip's World
Chip spots a runaway toddler and disobeys orders to stay home and wait for someone who is coming to pick up some plans.
Evening with a Star
Chip reads a news item about someone winning a date with an actress and gets the idea of raffling off a date with a big
The Date Bureau
After a series of disastrous blind dates, Robbie and Hank set up a romantic employment agency that works to avoiding dul
Bub's Sacrifice
To help Robbie gain himself of the attentions of a beautiful girl, Bub is willing to give up two tickets to a pre-sold s
Found Money
The family is so engrossed in searching for a missing, valuable stamp that they ignore Chip's announcement that he is ge
Almost the Sound of Music
To capture the affections of a pretty blond, Robbie turns pop composer and produces a novelty song. The family agrees to
Scotch Broth
The Douglas family inherit a castle in Scotland from their Scottish Grandfather and the whole family descends upon Sheeh
Didya Ever Have One of Those Days?
It's a bad day for Steve when everything seems to be going wrong for him. His run of bad luck starts when he cuts himsel
Dear Robbie
Robbie is chosen to write an 'advice to the lovelorn' column for the school newspaper, but Steve gets caught in the midd
A Car of His Own
Mike offers to give Robbie his old car but his response baffles everyone. Robbie says he needs his own car to impress a
How Do You Know?
Steve gives Mike advice on love after he announces his passion for his new girlfriend Darlene, who Mike wants to devote
My Friend Ernie
Chip and his new sidekick Ernie find some old treasure maps but get lost in the woods when they go treasure hunting, cau
The End of The You-Know-What
Chip and Ernie, having heard two scientists calculate that the world will be destroyed in one week are faced with the cl
The Toupee
The pungent smell around the Douglas home proves to emeante from Bub's head for his baldness is anointed with yet anothe
The Ever-Popular Robbie Douglas
Robbie is faced with a real political dilemma when he and a rival for a girl's affections, are campaigning for Student C
The Proposals
Mike gets cold feet when he decides to propose marriage to Sally. His bungling attempts further confuse the issue. He tr
Steve and the Viking
Steve is chosen to act as nursemaid for the attractive daughter of a visiting Danish dignitary who turns out to be only
Par for the Course
Robbie is always forgetting to pass on Steve's telephone messages and to get back in his good graces, decides to take up
Windfall
Chip comes to the rescue of a trapped dog and receives a reward, which leads to new found popularity with his fellow mem
Top Secret
Steve has to fly to Washington and is given a top secret military project. Steve tells the Pentagon brass that he would
Will Success Spoil Chip Douglas?
Ex-thespian Bub laments that there hasn't been a member of the Douglas family in show business for over thirty years, so
Second Chorus
While walking the dog through the park one night, Steve meets a lovely cabaret singer and before the evening ends he is
Never Look Back
Steve eagerly anticipates his twenty fifth anniversary class reunion at Midwest University. Ignoring Bub's warnings that
Marriage by Proxy
Mike and Sally try to discover the truth about marriage from two of their recently wed friends, and think twice about ge
The Chaperone
Bub is appointed chaperone to Robbie and his friends when they decide to have a costume party. Robbie feels it will damp
My Fair Chinese Lady
House for Sale
The family is excited when Steve might travel to Hawaii on business, but there is dismay on their faces when the 'For Sa
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
Stage Door Bub
Bub wants to get back to the greasepaint, so he swaps jobs with an actress friend at the Playhouse theater who longs for
Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly
Mike feels that Sally should learn how to fish, since she's joining a family of avid fishermen - Except that Sally reall
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 su
What's the Princess Really Like?
Steve's high school sweetheart returns to town as a real-life Princess, complete with entourage and the Douglases are in
The People's House
In order to get himself a date with an attractive magazine editor, Steve submits his house as an entry in her magazine's
The Tree
The town of Bryant Park takes sides violently when it is proposed to cut down the tree which stands outside of Robbie's
The Substitute Teacher
Disciplinarian Mrs. Proctor, Robbie's awful history teacher, breaks a leg and the replacement they receive is even wors
Mike Wears the Pants
Anxious to get married, but unable to afford an apartment, Mike suggests that he and his fiancee Sally move in with him
The Guys and the Dolls
Mike and Chip take part in good deeds -- Mike goes with his fellow U.S. Air Force Reservists to deliver ten thousand dol
The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer
When Robbie's team gets slaughtered one too many times, their keenest fan Lissa Stratemeyer gets her girlfriends to igno
Tramp Goes To Hollywood
Adventure in New York
Aspiring song writers Mike and Robbie decide to take a song they wrote to New York City and present it to a publisher. A
Huckleberry Douglas
Mark Twain's stories inspire Chip, Ernie and Melinda to re-enact the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Beck
Guest in the House
Steve is roped into boarding a delinquent for just one week so the boys put on their armor and ready themselves for batt
Caribbean Cruise
Steve sails aboard the S.S. Carolina in order to establish a business contract with a firm but his task is complicated b
A Serious Girl
Robbie and Ernie find that women are full of surprises and not all of them pleasing. Robbie tires of his noisy rock and
The Practical Shower
Realising the need for economy, Mike and Sally decide that her shower will be productive of useful gifts for the kitchen
Dublin's Fair City (1)
Bub decides to use his winning raffle ticket to take the Douglases to Ireland to visit his relatives. While in the vill
Dublin's Fair City (2)
The Douglas family continues to revel in the fun in the Irish village of Farnsea, ruled by the formidable Aunt Kate. Ste
One of Our Moose is Missing
Steve brings a business associate home for a quiet weekend of work, forgetting a prior commitment to the Cub Scouts wher
Lady President
Political overtones arise in the Douglas house when Steve becomes escort to a visiting congresswoman. Meanwhile Chip mu
A Touch of Larceny
Chip and Ernie get an interesting lesson in honesty, and dishonesty from the school bully, who volunteers an insight to
Goodbye Again
Mike's life is complicated by the return of his old girlfriend Jean Pearson. He can't bring himself to tell her that he
The Coffee House Set
Robbie's new girlfriend offers to get him and his guitar an audition at a club, and introduces him to a strange new worl
The Lotus Blossom
At the Lotus Blossom Cafe, Steve is impressed by the timid and beautiful proprietress. The elegant Chinese widow contemp
First, You're a Tadpole
Robbie consults Sally about his latest heartthrob—and he's sure he's too young for the girl. Robbie alarms Sally
You're in My Power
After acting as the subject for a stage hypnotist, Robbie decides that hypnosis could help in his latest romance, which
The In-Law Whammy
It's a comedy of errors when Mike sets out to make an impression on his future father-in-law when Sally's father returns
Robbie and the Nurse
Robbie breaks a leg on the football field and becomes the first patient of a dazzling French nurse. Robbie doesn't mind
Divorce, Bryant Park Style
When their best friends' marriage heads for the rocks, Mike and Sally pause for a second thought about their forthcoming
A Woman's Work
Bub decides to leave for an Irish holiday to help his formidable Aunt Kate celebrate her 104th Birthday in Dublin. Son-
Here Comes Charley
With Bub permanently away in Ireland, Steve finally resorts to domestic assistance and the Douglas home is afflicted wit
Charley and the Kid
A young engineer finds his lost half-Korean daughter who is staying temporarily at the Douglas House. But Uncle Charley
He Wanted Wings
Robbie follows the fad and buys an antique aircraft to impress his new girlfriend. Steve lets him go ahead with trying t
Be My Guest
Robbie's glamorous girlfriend invites him to the exotic Brookdale Country Club, and he resolves to put pressure on Steve
Lady in the Air
A top woman pilot is preparing for her flight around the world and calls on Steve Douglas to modify the design of her pl
Hawaiian Cruise
Steve's plan for an Hawaiian holiday is cancelled when Chip develops a case of bronchitis, so Charley and the boys plan
The Teenagers
Chip dates an older woman and Robbie finds his ideas misinterpreted when the Douglas boys face the troubles of growing u
Mexico Olé
To avoid being absent from the family longer than neccessary, Steve declines an invitation to stay at a luxurious mansio
The Fountain of Youth
Charley accompanies Robbie and his date to a reading by an old pal of his, Maggie McSterling. She is a veteran actress a
It's a Dog's Life
Steve is to show important engineering plans to a British scientist on a rush visit to the United States. But soon disap
The Sure Thing
Robbie's friend has a grandfather that trains horses, but on the day of the big race when the thoroughbred racehorse los
Chip, the Trapper
Chip feels left out of things when he is the only member of the family not working either full or part time. But watchi
Steve and the Computer
Steve is having nightmares and his vision of the future has a computer named Betsy join the family. It interferes with w
Tramp and the Prince
Tramp causes confusion in two households when he runs away from home for fear of a cat. Meanwhile pampered 'Prince', pe
Chip O' the Islands
Charley has a visit from an old Australian acquaintance who quickly fires the boys' imagination with tales of a paradis
The Glass Sneaker
Chip meets a group of Vaudevillians at a black tie affair with Uncle Charley and loses his sneaker in a Cinderella-like
All the Weddings
Preparations for Mike and Sally's coming nuptials get confusing when Sally's mother arrives two months early and takes o
The Leopard's Spots
Sally has her hands full when her glamorous cousin comes to visit after being expelled from three colleges. She attract
Uncle Charley and the Redskins
Charley refuses to believe that a polite and quietly dressed man is in fact the last Chief of Owahnanee Tribe and his di
The First Marriage
Mike and Sally finally get married and leave for the East where Mike has a job as an assistant college psychology instru
Red Tape Romance
Steve explores the possibility of adopting 10-year-old Ernie but runs into antagonism from Uncle Charley, who can forsee
Brother Ernie
Ernie's adoption into the all-male Douglas household is threatened by a regulation that there must be a lady of the hous
Robbie and the Chorus Girl
Uncle Charley is upset when he learns that Robbie is dating a flashy chorus girl, but Steve refuses to worry because he
There's a What in the Attic?
An escaped circus lion makes a midnight call at the Douglas house, and Ernie sees it and awakens the understandably skep
Office Mother
Mary-Lou
Chip's secret love is an older girl named Mary Lou. When Steve suggests his love sick son should find out where he stand
Monsters and Junk Like That
Ernie writes a play and volunteers Steve's services for his father-and-son night, so he dons a heavy robot costume. The
Charley and The Dancing Lesson
A seductive dance instructor named Helen signs Uncle Charley up for a lifetime membership in a dance club. Dreaming of a
My Son, The Ballerina
Robbie is so eager to make the track team that, to improve his timing, he agrees to join a ballet class. He proves an un
The Ernie Report
Ernie feels neglected when the other members of the Douglas family are busy with various girlfriends and he is left alon
The Hong Kong Story
Steve Douglas turns a business trip to Hong Kong into a vacation for the whole family. Uncle Charley, who once lived in
Marriage and Stuff
Steve's unusual behaviour convinces his family that he is about to be secretly married. The boys plan to leave home to
Douglas-A-Go-Go
The Douglas family bravely accepts the challenge when 13 year old Chip decides to give a party -- with girls. On the par
Charley The Pigeon
When Steve travels to Washington on business, he leaves $50 with Robbie, to pay for golf club repairs but Uncle Charley
What About Harry?
A huge shaggy stray dog adopts Steve Douglas and disrupts the neighborhood with his howls when Steve tries to leave home
From Maggie, With Love
Steve Douglas meets recently divorced Maggie Bellini, reputed to be one of the world's ten richest women. She sets her
Robbie and the Slave Girl
When Robbie Douglas yanks pretty co-ed Terri Wong out of the path of a speeding truck, he becomes the unwilling benefici
Steve and The Huntress
Steve Douglas is attracted to a beautiful female explorer who shows Steve and the family her exciting adventure films. S
Robbie The College Man
Robbie takes on a heavy work load of waiting on tables in his girlfriend's sorority house and working as a chemistry lab
Whatever Happened to Baby Chip?
When Chip adopts a Beatle-style, shoulder length haircut, the other members of the family feel that Steve should lay dow
Robbie and The Little Stranger
Robbie Douglas is practically engaged to his girlfriend Joanne, and when they discover how their friends are both succes
Call Her Max
Two tomboys - a pretty lady engineer named Max and a member of the girls Hockey team named Georgie prove tough to handle
Kid Brother Blues
Robbie Douglas learns how much of a pest a younger sibling can be when Chip and a buddy break up his date with a pretty
Robbie's Double Life
Robbie has a wonderful time going steady with two girls simultaneously -- a highschooler and a college co-ed -- until th
Our Boy in Washington
Ernie Douglas sends a letter to the French Embassy to thank France for the Statue of Liberty and receives, in return, an
Ernie and That Woman
Chip is worried when his younger brother Ernie becomes a close friend of a pretty sixth grader, because the girl is now
The State vs. Chip Douglas
Chip demands a jury trial after he borrows four cents from a pile of brother Ernie's pennies and Ernie accuses him of ta
A Hunk of Hardware
Ernie packs a suitcase, ready to leave home, after he fails to win a cup for the family trophy shelf. He eagerly goes in
The Wrong Robbie
A boy who looks just like Robbie almost ruins his reputation by driving around on-campus and inviting strange girls to k
The Wheels
Uncle Charley takes away Robbie's driving privileges after the campus beauty queen gets a $16 traffic ticket while drivi
London Memories
The Douglas family returns from a trip to Britain and as the family watches home movies of their vacation, the amateuris
Stag at Bay
The usually all-male Douglas household becomes a refuge for an attractive girl dancer who has been evicted from her apar
Fly Away Home
Steve Douglas takes his family to his birthplace of Bedford Springs. He tries to locate his 1940 fiancee Ellen, married
Forget Me Not
Steve Douglas receives a perfumed letter from an old girlfriend announcing she will stop by and see him. She terrifies
Good Guys Finish Last
Three fathers face their sons in a quiz game at a school entertainment night, and when the boys easily beat the dads so
Arrivederci, Robbie
Because Robbie's friend wants him to understand Italians better, he invites Robbie to his home. Robbie runs afoul of an
If At First . . .
Steve Douglas gets a parking ticket from Robbie's girlfriend, a pretty meter maid, and another citation for not having h
Robbie's Underground Movie
Robbie films a 'way out' movie for his Cinema class with the aid of a non-talented, 'way out' co-ed who earnestly tries
Fiddler Under the Roof
Ernie feels left out when the Douglas family orchestra begins to practise. Uncle Charley tries to teach Ernie the violi
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
The Awkward Age
Robbie is immediately infatuated when he hires a pretty chemistry instructor as a tutor, and their friendship seems to b
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
Falling Star
Steve Douglas meets a celebrated popular vocalist of 20 years ago whose career seems over. Although her famous voice is
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 say
Grandma's Girl
Chip's romance with a classmate flourishes when he rents a horse and buggy so as to impress the girl's strict, old fashi
You Saw a What?
Ernie's excited reports of seeing a flying saucer are received with skepticism, but the next day he not only sees the we
Both Your Houses
Robbie is delighted when college classmate Peggy moves in next door, and the pair immediately go to work on a joint assi
My Pal Dad
Steve Douglas passes up his company's offer of a weekend in Rio because Saturday is the start of trout season. The boys
TV or Not TV
Television viewing at the Douglas household has dropped to zero because Uncle Charley, annoyed with the boys' quarreling
My Dad, the Athlete
Ernie's friends all boast of their dads' college athletic trophies, which forces Steve into a grueling two mile cross-co
The Good Earth
Uncle Charley puts down a deposit on a vacation lot at beautiful Whispering Pines, only to learn he's been hoodwinked in
My Son, the Bullfighter
Robbie Douglas tries to impress his girlfriend by competing with a handsome bullfighter against a killer bull, but has t
The Best Man
Robbie is crushed when he learns that Denise DuBois, a French exchange student that Robbie had hoped to marry, has accep
Now in My Day
Chip Douglas's junior high school is having an Olden Days dance and the boys are to bring their mothers, and the girls t
Melinda
To help out his Dad, Steve, Chip pretends to like the aggressive as she is pretty, daughter of a new executive woman tha
Charley O' The Seven Seas
Uncle Charley's romantic tales of adventure captivates Ernie's teacher. The pretty, middle-aged lady is fascinated by th
Help the Gypsies are Coming!
Ernie Douglas's new school friend is little Laszlo, whose gypsy family is camped outside of town. Soon the gypsies are c
Ernie's Folly
Other fathers help their sons in a school science fair, but Steve tells Ernie he's on his own. Soon his project turns to
Ernie's Crowd
The older members of the Douglas family find their social lives complicated when little Ernie decides to accompany them
Ernie and the O'Grady
A genial bum Ernie brings home for dinner outrages Uncle Charley by eating everything in sight and then decides to stay
The Sky is Falling
Robbie leaves school after contemplating a very important offer from a former school drop out who now heads his own Real
So Long, Charley, Hello
Uncle Charley's old seafaring buddy arrives with a wonderful proposition: He wants Charley to join him as first mate for
Weekend in Paradise
On a visit to Hawaii, Robbie falls in love, Ernie almost gets arrested and Uncle Charley is pursued by an old girl frien
Moving Day
The Douglases move to California, where at first they are depressed to find the residents as chilly as the weather is wa
Robbie Loves Katie
After advice from his father who tells him it isn't right to tie himself down to one girl, Robbie Douglas, intending to
Inspection of the Groom
Robbie and Katie pick a wedding date two weeks off. Katie's sorority sisters decide to do some private investigating on
Countdown to Marriage
The day before her wedding Katie Miller feels she faces complete disaster. When Robbie tries to console her, she flares
Wedding Bells
Early on his wedding day, Robbie Douglas and his family are peacefully oversleeping. They awaken just in time and scramb
The Homecoming
Robbie and Katie come home from their honeymoon to face the problems of newlyweds in a previously all-male household. Ka
My Wife, the Waitress
For their fourth week wedding anniversary, Katie decides to earn some money for an expensive gift for Robbie by taking a
The Chameleon
At school, Ernie meets Mike, who offers to play with him, but the family is exasperated to know Mike likes tomboyish pra
Designing Woman
Attractive lady engineer Eileen Talbot is assigned to help Steve Douglas on a rush project in his office, and she applie
Ernie, the Bluebeard
Chip learns the meaning of empathy when he helps Ernie out of a predicament when he somehow winds up with two dates with
The Heartbeat
One stormy night while Steve is in San Francisco, Katie is alone in the Douglas house while the rest of the family is at
The Computer Picnic
Chip manages to outwit the machine age when a computer is used to select partners for picnic dates for the boys in his c
The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
Katie is worried when Steve invites her visiting Aunt to spend a week at the house while he is out of town. Before long,
Leaving the Nest
When minor irritations arise in the Douglas household, Robbie and Katie move temporarily into a borrowed apartment while
You're Driving Me Crazy
Chip Douglas is so nervous about taking his driving test that his new sister in law Katie decides to help by taking the
Liverpool Saga
Chip invites his neighbour's long-haired, guitar playing boy from Liverpool as a key addition to his off-key rock and ro
The Chaperones
With his father Steve busy over the weekend, Chip suggests that newlyweds Robbie and Katie act as chaperones to him and
Green-Eyed Robbie
Robbie Douglas displays a bit of jealousy when his bride innocently agrees to tutor a handsome student. Later, Katie co
Charley's Tea
Katie tearfully complains when Uncle Charley makes her feel unnecessary in the Douglas household. Steve speaks to Charle
Ernie, the Jinx
A series of strange coincidences make young Ernie feel he's a jinx to anyone he contacts, but his father assures him tha
Ernie and Zsa Zsa
Bored because he has been left at home alone on a day off from school, Ernie goes on a search for movie stars. The boy
A Horse for Uncle Charley
Uncle Charley is talked into buying an 11 year old trotting horse in the hopes of capturing old racing glories. The fam
Dear Enemy
Robbie goes to Camp Roberts for two weeks military reserve training. At home, Steve becomes alarmed when he sees Charley
Uncle Charley's Aunt
Dressed as a chorine named Apple Annie at his Lodge 'Frolics' night, a weary Uncle Charley awakens from a nap after a ma
The Standing-Still Tour
Ernie remains at home with Uncle Charley while the rest of the family travel to various locations. Charley invites an ol
Honorable Guest
The Douglas family cancels a camping trip to play host to unexpected Chinese friends from Bryant Park who are en route t
The Perfect Separation
The first time Robbie and Katie entertain at home they imperil the marriage of two close friends, Denise and Larry. Deni
Gossip, Incorporated
Steve Douglas is promoted to head up the Airflight Helicopter Division and the unmarried female employees quickly check
The Masculine Mystique
Uncle Charley persists in singing an old song about a guy who steals his best friend's girl. Chip listens with some sorr
The Tire Thief
Ernie and his friends sell two used tires they found in the family storage room so they can buy a water rifle, but they
The Great Pregnancy
While the family is doing some spring cleaning, Katie faints behind the couch. Soon her mother's intuition brings her to
Dr. Osborne, M.D.
Controversy erupts in the Douglas household over the selection of a doctor for Katie during her pregnancy. While Robbie
Life Begins in Katie
The baby stirs inside Katie and Robbie feels its movement and suddenly sheds his youthful ways to become very much the s
The Grandfathers
Because he is about to become a Grandfather, Steve has an easier time working out an important Air Force contract with a
The Baby Nurse
When Robbie and Katie announce that they might hire a baby nurse, Uncle Charley is confident they will ask him. When the
Big Ol' Katie
In an advanced stage of pregnancy, Katie suffers qualms about her looks that are as out of proportion as her figure. She
My Three Grandsons
The day -- or rather the night -- of the big event finds expectant mother Katie quite calm, and Steve and Uncle Charley
Tea for Three
As the triplets come home from the hospital their names are announced by the happy parents: Robbie Jr, Charley and Steve
Back to Earth
It may not be poker, but nine in the Douglas family is a full house. Feeling somewhat responsible, Robbie decides to qu
First Night Out
Robbie and Katie have been invited to a High School reunion and they are reluctant to leave their babies with an unknown
Cassanova O'Casey
On the rebound after his girlfriend Sally suddenly marries another younger man, Uncle Charley acquires many new lady fri
Expendable Katie
With three babies to look after, Dr. Osborne says Katie is completely exhausted and he prescribes a couple of days bed r
The New Room
The contractor that Steve hires to add a baby alcove to Robbie and Katie's room leaves much to be desired. He displays
The Fountain of Youth
Steve meets an attractive widow who seems to be very interested in him but suddenly she turns cool towards his intention
Three's a Crowd
Although Katie confidently calls the look-alike triplets by name, other members of the family doubt her accuracy, and wh
Chip and Debbie
Chip and his girlfriend announce to a startled Douglas family that they plan to marry and continue high school. Disappr
What Did You Do Today, Grandpa?
The Douglases feel that Steve is becoming sedentary, not knowing that he's just been assigned to help capture some enemy
Chip on Wheels
Steve Douglas gives Chip a well-preserved second hand car for his 16th birthday but he is astounded by his son's unenthu
Honorable Expectant Grandfather
Steve's old Chinese friend transfers to Los Angeles and happily renews his friendship with the Douglases. He confides i
The Other Woman
Chip and Ernie observe their married older brother, Robbie, in the company of a glamorous woman. The boys report the ups
Goodbye, Forever
Young Ernie is crushed when he learns that his next door neighbors are selling their house, and his best friend is leavi
The O'Casey Scandal
Ernie and his girlfriend are dismayed when Uncle Charley and her grandmother don't act like old folks after they meet at
Ernie's Pen Pal
Ernie bemoans the task of writing in Spanish to a Latin-American pen pal but she then astonishes him by accepting a dinn
Ernie, the Transmitter
After being the only one in his class to choose the correct color in a card test, Ernie is convinced he has extra sensor
The Matchmakers
Steve's co-worker and golf buddy, suggests that Steve and two of his sons, go to the company picnic with him and his two
Ernie is Smitten
Ernie attempts to remould his image after a classmate he is attracted to, Margaret, refuses to give him a second look. M
Two O'Clock Feeding
When old Bryant Park friends move into the neighbourhood, they renew their friendship with the Douglases at a family bar
Teacher's Pet
Ernie's writing ability lands him in the dreaded special English class with its strict but efficient teacher. Her reputa
The First Meeting
Robbie and Katie move into an apartment on the next block and widower Steve Douglas becomes the target of Katie's relent
Instant Co-Worker
Robbie needs to talk to his dad-who seems unreachable
Is it Love?
The whole Douglas clan conspires to encourage Steve's romance with the lady in question, Barbara Harper. After dinner, S
A Ring for Barbara
Everyone (Except Barbara) knows Steve is going to propose to Barbara
The Littlest Rebel
With the ring finally on her finger, Steve and Barbara's engagement is exciting for everyone except Barbara's five year
Two Weeks to Go
Steve and Barbara have different ideas on how their wedding should go.
One Week to Go
After a series of events at which the Bride and Groom wonder if they are doing the right thing, Steve and Barbara have a
Came the Day
On Steve's wedding day the groom is predictably nervous. Recalling certain mishaps from his own big day, super efficient
Mexican Honeymoon
Steve and Barbara's Honeymoon in a remote fishing village is bustling with hordes of other, younger honeymooners. They e
After You, Alphonse
With Steve and Barbara due back from their honeymoon in Mexico, Katie forces Robbie to lecture Uncle Charley on politene
Rough on Dodie
Little Dodie feels out of place among her three stepbrothers and her often grumpy uncle, and discovers that being a memb
Silver Threads
When Katie panics as she detects a few gray hairs in her youthful head, a family crisis is not far away. She further wo
It's a Woman's World
When her brothers have more pressing commitments, Steve gets cast in Dodie's school play as a tree, more or less proving
Table for Eight
Barbara faces a fiasco when she prepares her first dinner party for Steve's business associates and their wives. The eve
Double Jealousy
Barbara is jealous when a glamorous special secretary enters the lives of both Steve and his son, Robbie, and causes a d
Dodie's Tonsils
Little Dodie goes to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and insists that her new father stay overnight with her. Barbara u
Who is Sylvia?
Hoping to renew her funloving friendship, Steve's old girlfriend from Bryant Park, who is now a rich divorcee, comes to
You Can't Go Home
Robbie is asked to be the best man at the wedding of an old friend from Bryant Park. He decides to go back a week early
Guest in the House
Barbara tells her mother that she feels rejected when the boys never tell her their troubles and go to Steve or Charley
Charley's Cello
Barbara feels that Uncle Charley is lonely playing his Cello, so she talks to a msuic store proprietress who invites thr
The Honeymoon is Over
A Special time consuming project keeps Steve and son Robbie so pre-occupied that they are tired when they arrive home. A
Baubles, Bangles, and Beatrice
Young Ernie Douglas becomes the unwilling object of the affection of Dodie's six year old friend while Barbara is asked
Mister X
A bearded man of mystery confounds the Douglas family and the authorities alike, while Steve is working on a top priorit
Dodie's Dilemma
Dodie calls upon her big brothers to help her fight her battles in the school playground when some girls say that Dougla
Love Thy Neighbor
Robbie and Katie have an unpleasant personality clash with the young couple who move into the next apartment in their bu
J.P. Douglas
Chip turns on to economics and is enthralled by the latest book by his accounting teacher, and vows that he will become
The First Anniversary
Chip begins studying with a pretty co-ed whose disciplinarian father wants to know why her new friend is spending so muc
The Once-Over
Uncle Charley and Barbara suspect that Chip and Polly are becoming serious about one another. Polly, unhappy at home be
The Return of Albert
Barbara is flustered when she receives a phone call from a former college suitor, and is very apprehensive when Steve in
The Non-Proposal
Chip delights Polly with an expensive locket for her 18th Birthday and after their vague conversation, he thinks he's ag
Polly Wants a Douglas
Chip and Polly open a joint bank account and Chip takes on a box boy job at a supermarket to accumulate money for their
The Cat-Burglars
Dressed as a cat for a costume party at the home of his employer in Bel Air, Steve goes for gasoline when his car stalls
The Elopement
Chip asks Steve's permission to elope, but before he grants it, he insists Chip give Mr. Williams the courtesy of asking
The Honeymoon
Following their elopement to Las Vegas, newlyweds Chip and Polly are beset by nothing but trouble. The universal joint i
One by One They Go
After Chip and Polly return from their honeymoon they spend a few days at the Douglases. Soon they move into their own c
My Four Women
Barbara becomes involved in presenting a fashion show for a woman's club luncheon, and Steve reluctantly agrees to becom
The Bride Went Home
Chip becomes violently ill after eating Polly's cooking, and she learns from the family that Chip is allergic to some of
The Power of Suggestion
Against his classmate's better judgement, Ernie uses the unwitting Douglas household as guinea pigs for an experiment as
St. Louis Blues
Katie's mother gives Katie and Robbie a vacation by taking the triplets to St. Louis with her for a couple of weeks. Rob
The Liberty Bell
A boyhood friend from Bryant Park, rides his motorcycle back into Robbie's life and awakens Robbie's wunderlust with app
The Love God
Dodie and some of her girl classmates in the second grade get a big crush on Mr. Turley, their new teacher, and right aw
The New Vice-President
Barbara suspects that a promotion for Steve maybe in the works and as her suspicions become stronger, a routine investig
Robbie's Honey
Level-headed Katie becomes a jealous, suspicious wife when a pile of circumstantial evidence stacks up against Robbie, a
Ernie Drives
Ernie and his friend Elmore both flunk their driving licence tests, while their dates for a dance both pass. Ernie and
Dodie Goes Downtown
Ernie is left in charge for one day when Steve and Barbara are off to Chicago for a golf tournament while Uncle Charley
The Recital
Dodie studying piano, Margaret on the violin and Susan at clarinet, comprise the 'Rondelay trio' and Dodie tells Steve a
Debbie
The rear bumper of Ernie's car is struck by a teenage girl in a parking lot. Ernie's car suffers no real damage but the
Fit the Crime
Barbara leaves Ernie in charge of looking after Dodie after she has to go shopping. However Dodie goes to her friend Dru
The Return of Terrible Tom
Uncle Charley is elated when he gets word that his pugislistic shipmate and buddy is going to visit him in a few days. H
After the Honeymoon
Rob is laid off from work, but decides to move with Katie and the boys to San Francisco to accept a job at another compa
The Advent of Fergus
Steve's look-alike Scottish nobleman cousin Fergus, comes to America looking for a bride to take back to his hometown of
Fergus for Sale
When Uncle Charley learns that Fergus is looking for a wife to take back to Scotland to provide him with heirs to carry
Lady Douglas
Steve's Scottish cousin Fergus, after only one date with Bowling Alley Cocktail Waitress Terri Dowling, proposes but get
Goodbye, Fergus
The wedding day for Steve's Scottish cousin and bowling alley waitress Terri Dowling finally arrives amid the traditiona
Four for the Road
Having no choice, Steve takes the triplets to work where a secretary offers to take them home until he is finished. Howe
Polly the Pigeon
Chip complains about Polly's lack of sales resistance because they have an apartment full of useless things. But she is
Happy Birthday, Anyway
Uncle Charley leaves for a week's vacation in San Francisco but meanwhile, birthdays disrupt the Douglas household, when
Proxy Parents
Childless young marrieds Chip and Polly Douglas suddenly find themselvs the temporary guardians of several young childre
The Enthusiast
Barbara's natural enthusiasm bubbles over into an embarrassing evening for Steve and some of his business associates. B
Katie's Career
Katie Douglas takes a job singing in a small coffee house, but both Steve and Charley have their doubts about the man sh
Polly's Secret Life
Polly fears that Chip is losing interest in her as a woman, and she takes some very dramatic steps to remedy the situati
The Sound of Music
Uncle Charley is persuaded to fill in as a Cello teacher to a small group of reluctant young music students. His teachi
TV Triplets
Katie's triplets are spotted by a talent scout for a production company and are selected to appear in a television comme
Three for School
Katie decides to put the triplets in a nursery school during the day when she fills in for a friend as a secretary, a mo
Alfred
A little first grader named Alfred develops a big crush on third grader Dodie Douglas -- much to her displeasure. When U
Buttons and Beaux
When the Douglas men feel sorry for Katie because of her husband's continued absence, they proceed to overwhelm her with
Peanuts
Dodie commits the entire Douglas family to a time consuming project - the awesome task of getting a four foot tall bag o
Bad Day for Steve
Steve suddenly becomes accident-prone when his youngest son Ernie tries to discover by graph and observation how the moo
Second Banana
While Steve becomes pre-occupied with a time-consuming project named Taurus, Barbara blossoms forth as a Championship Co
Bad Day for Barbara
Although Barbara is feeling very ill, she is saddled with the responsibility of looking after the entire Douglas househo
The Birth of Arfie
The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the ageing family mongrel, keeps disappearing
Lonesome Katie
Katie becomes disillusioned about life without Robbie, and seriously thinks about divorce after speaking with another of
Barbara Lost
Chip decides to quit his Chemical Engineering studies in favour of a rock music career when he meets up with a former fr
Whatever Happened to Ernie?
Steve's boss Bob Anderson and his wife share 'Where-did-we-go-wrong?' panic as they struggle to communicate with their s
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