My Three Sons Theme song intro/outro

a lab reject if you can't tell - object in frame in lower left-hand corner
From a 16mm print

[@HowTheSinkWorks3009]

What's with the beep at 1:37?

[@MrVCidade]

Mark Clouden For the cart machines, so they play back the normal Pinball jingle.

[@budscin]

This was a lot of fun to watch. It reminds me of how much fun TV used to be. In the days before the current television landscape was littered with a lot of mindless garbage. We need more programs like this more than ever before. I know it will be awhile before the color seasons of MTS start coming out on DVD. They are up to season one, at the present time. I could watch a marathon of this for hours at a time any old day of the week.

[@55jimott]

I've been watching a marathon on the DECADES Channel for the last two days, and they're still in Season 2!

[@TheVintageTVArchive]

I’ll never forget: this was the video that ultimately sealed my interest on collecting 16mm films. Discovered this video in 2012, and I was amazed. Finally got my first 16mm print in October of 2012, a print of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. I’ve never looked back since, because it’s such a wonderful hobby!

[@H2R504]

A little FYI: The saxophone that you hear in the theme song is played by none other than Fred McMurray himself. Besides being an actor, he was also a big band saxophonist as well as a singer.

[@theBaron0530]

I was a kid when this show aired, and I only knew Fred MacMurray from "My Three Sons" and Disney movies. As I got older, I was surprised to learn about his film career and the roles he played, in westerns, film noir, or even as Keefer in "The Caine Mutiny". Always enjoyed his performances.

[@judilynn9569]

I loved this show as a kid.

[@55jimott]

*had....😝 KZbin won't let me edit for some reason. 🙄

[@ChadQuick270W]

Nice to hear the end credits not sped up and time compressed. This is a great show. I have it complete on a set of grey area dvd's taped from tv since CBS took to long to release it and those half a season dvd's are stupid. Yes, shows used to have 39 episodes in one season people! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@b0rn1king]

The classic foot tap, lol! This song and that image are permanently burned into my memory!

[@acp865]

The foot tap! And I think it kept perfect timing with the music.

[@theBaron0530]

I remember Bobcat Goldthwait telling a joke about that, in his early standup years. "Here are the lyrics to the 'My Three Sons' theme song: 'Oh, move your foot, oh, move your foot! Oh move your foot! C'mon-move your foot!'"

[@Vahmrick60]

I always get nostalgic when I hear the crackle of a 16mm optical sound track and see light fogged leader, academy countdown complete with the LAD frames for the color timers. I was an A/V nerd in school and my first job out of high school was at Russell Film Labs in Jacksonville, Florida. I loved that job, really depressed when they went out of business in 1980.

[@AarHan3]

From the first episode of _My Three Sons_ to air on CBS and in color: "The First Marriage" (Prod. #6501, September 16, 1965). Also the final appearance of Tim Consdine as Mike Douglas.

[@AarHan3]

And probably the only time Don Grady was given mention in the opening credits.

[@thomasdudley4558]

if this show had not been cancelled it would have a held a good number of season eppisodes through the late 70s .

[@michaelsmall6946]

A theme song that 40+ years never leaves your head...but no one is going to mention the dancing mouse at the bottom left from 0:46. 😅

[@TobyTuesday]

Dancing mouse or dust-mite doin the projector-fan-dance-jig-being-roasted-alive-by-the-burning-hot-bulb…🤪😜😝

[@docadams7099]

I think it's a bug.@@TobyTuesday

[@Stevedup]

"China girl." Interesting.I never knew there was a name for the lady in the countdown. When my classmates and I had to watch documentaries in elementary school/junior-high (late 70's, early 80's), we thought she was the narrator! :-)

[@afflicted1]

Thanks for sharing! It's cool to look at the crew, lots of people who worked on Lucy shows are on the credits since MTS was filmed at Desilu, sure miss the good old days

[@sallykohorst8803]

Hello thanks as I love the beginnings and ends of shows. The music is great and seeing who was in it is great too. Oh and yes I love the in between too. I also loved William Frawley when he was there.

[@TIPTON340]

This is the first color episode and first episode to be shown on CBS. It is the last episode to feature Tim Considine as Mike and Meridith MacRae as Sally.

[@jed6271]

This appears to be Color episode 1 of the first year on CBS, the '65-66 season opener when Mike and Sally get married and leave the show. In syndication, the opening credits for this episode seem to add " and Don Grady...." as an afterthought, as you can tell here. Great closing theme version also, and the Viacom without audio is a bit odd.

[@pernelldh]

At first, I didn't know that Uncle Charley (should be spelled correctly as Charlie) and Bub were brothers. Of course, Bub was portrayed by William Frawley of 'I Love Lucy' fame. But I know!

[@CrashingCrockery]

I LOVE the LEADER stuff! With that "mystery lady" that changed every decade or so - ya gotta freeze the frame between the 4 and the 3 (usually) to see her - they insert her amidst the numeric countdown, for a nanosecond, I have no idea what she is there for, color registration maybe? In this video, it is on or around 12 or 14 seconds in. She fascinates me. Years later, she was replaced by a Mod.

[@jadsi]

CrashingCrockery Those frames are called the “China Girl”. She satisfies me too. 😊

[@millenniumman75]

I was trying to figure out what year this was from by the opening credits. When I saw Tim Considine's name, I knew it was 1965. This was from the very first color episode they ever made. It could have been Tim's name in the credits if he hadn't have left after this episode. I have never heard Don's name in a voiceover before - interesting clip.

[@H2R504]

This might’ve been from an episode prior to Considine leaving the series and later being replaced with Barry Livingston as adopted son Ernie.

[@millenniumman75]

@@H2R504 Tim left on the season premiere....he was only in the first scene. He and Sally drove off after their wedding and were never seen again.

[@jaredjlinden]

This intro - with Don Grady (and a voiceover for him) and without the Livingston brothers isn’t used anymore. But it was originally used for season 6 (and perhaps season 7).

[@kennybegeske8824]

Put it on Netflix kids and TVLand

[@55jimott]

The DECADES channel is having a marathon this week! I've been watching for two days, and they're still on Season 2!

[@fromthesidelines]

If this were the original network version, Fred McMurray would have appeared before the opening title, and said, "Hi! And welcome to our show, for Hunt-Wesson Foods...."

[@ScreamingScallop]

The lint stuck in the bottom left of the frame looks like a baby Triceratops bobbing his head to the music.

[@anitravereen7248]

I'm thinking it's like an ant in the lower left hand corner manuevering its head up and down

[@Landaux]

Man I wish you had the WHOLE episode of this!! :(

[@tommythomason6187]

The closing credits say this one is from 1965. I remember the program. On every Saturday night for a long time.

[@55jimott]

12 years!! From 1960-1972.

[@kennybegeske8824]

Chuck Comeau Should Do A Reboot TV Sitcom My Three Sons

[@vintagetvandexciting]

i never heard announcer say "and don grady as robbie" before...

[@alexdavis4406]

That the only intro where the narrator says ''And Don Grady as Robbie''

[@maryridgway6696]

i miss this great show RIP fred macm,fred frawley and don Ever notice every other show had a widow or widower that and c of eddie's father, doris day show,etc divorce back then was such a bad word..even death was better in eyes of networks

[@ochsj1971]

This is the only color episode with Tim Considine and Meredith McRae. The show starts out with them leaving their wedding, and driving off. They are never seen or even mentioned in the show again.

[@kennybegeske8824]

My Three Sons

[@pesadilla143]

RIP Don Grady

[@eightiesbabies1980s]

Wow I remember this show

[@Musicradio77Network]

Whatever happened to Fred MacMurray where he says "Hi, welcome to our show!"?

[@millenniumman75]

Those were much later in the run (1968-1971 maybe?) - Family Affair did the same thing as they were from the same producer.

[@libertubey2199]

@@millenniumman75 Actually, Fred MacMurray also did the opening sponsor tags during the show's run on ABC, particularly during the later years on that network.

[@HowTheSinkWorks3009]

0:45 That thing on the bottom left corner looks like some kind of unicorn eating something.

[@nelazstfmovedold]

That's weird

[@SuperFlanders123]

Or a baby dragon

[@bknovibeograd4292]

that is not a unicorn thats a shadow in a cinema

[@jadsi]

Dejan Kovacevic 🤦🏽‍♂️ They said it _looked_ like it

[@this_Joe_Smith]

Yasss little munching gerbil or unicorn guinea pig

[@ThomasPianta]

What happened to the Pinball theme at the Viacom logo?

[@parkman35]

This was about the time old Ernest started flopping on the Douglas family so when Timmy Considine left the show they could slid the little gink right into the show...

[@kennybegeske8824]

Chuck Comeau from simple plan should do a TV Show call My Three Sons

[@wigwagstudios2474]

why is viacom just a tone

[@kennybegeske8824]

Starring Chuck Comeau

[@evilkirk9360]

The theme song from hell! I cant get it out my head! But yet I like it for some strange reason unknown to me?

[@spicedjellybeans]

+EVIL KIRK, it's wonderfully awful and catchy.

[@midinerd]

It literally sounds like moths dying of boredom.

[@CaptApril123]

@@midinerd that just captured it perfectly..it's truly awful.

[@KIMMYSSONG]

much LOVE Kimmyssong

[@1974rail]

I wonder if most tv stations kept the 16 mil films

[@kennybegeske8824]

My Three Sons Starring Chuck Comeau and Ken Begeske as Robbie

[@UchuuStudio]

0:13 who is she? (play with speed 0.25)

[@1974rail]

Where did you get the 16 film from nice

[@1974rail]

rare find

[@millenniumman75]

@britfrenir I think Tina Cole did appear on a black and white episode of the show, but not as Katie, but another character. She would not be on the show as a regular until 1967.

[@KingDbo1]

0:13 what was the purpose of that random lady during the countdown?

[@KingDbo1]

@@BrianDurham just asked because I used to see that on films back in school on the projector

[@pamletta02nance97]

Good shows

[@jadsi]

Thanks for the generous *NIGHTMARES* 0:00, 1:50

[@CaptApril123]

That couple frames of a women was most likely for color correcting by the production crew... or, she entered from the dimensional portal and is now in your home...watching you at 3:30am. Take your pick ;)

[@jadsi]

Ian Heier Good grief, my world really *is* falling apart.

[@BegoneJonah]

@@CaptApril123 3AM is called The Soul's Midnight, ya know.

[@CaptApril123]

@@BegoneJonah yep, I think that's because most people die around that time. Heart rate, blood pressure, etc.. all hit a low point. Make it to 3:30am you're probably good for another day.

[@jadsi]

Nobody should show these timestamps to people who are prone to epilepsy 😨

[@kennybegeske8824]

And Topher Grace as Uncle Charlie

[@kingbee1500]

The projector operator should've known to "puff the gate" (blow compressed air into the film gate opening of the projector) before changing reels! Tsk, tsk, tsk...

[@spicedjellybeans]

+King Bee, maybe that would have gotten rid of that fly in the bottom left hand corner, lol.

[@55jimott]

@@spicedjellybeans , it was a mouse.

[@kennybegeske8824]

Chuck Comeau from simple Plan is the Dad from my 3 sons

[@jed6271]

I just uploaded another version of the intro, for this SAME episode! Why are there 2 openings tied to this episode ("The First Marriage")? I had this on an old VHS tape from the 90's...syndication has many mysteries!

[@glaceonjohnson2367]

Why does the Viacom pinball logo have a long beep?

[@EvilDarkCow]

Where did you get the 16mm print?

[@culpit]

I wonder which legs belonged to Ernie, and which were Chip's, and which were Robbie's?

[@RickOnTheDrums]

Who is the lady at 0:13?

[@DoctorEdgarMcQuack]

Rick OnTheDrums some creepypasta about this film strip once belong to a snuff film

[@UltimateAzumanger]

The girl right there? In the motion picture industry this is called a china girl. No, this girl is not from China, this is what they chose to name it. It exists because technicians wanted the best color possible on the tape when it was being processed.

[@paulthomson8824]

I think that Don Grady is a music writer for jingles

[@thomasdudley4558]

uncle charly was the guiding force this one played by william demerest .don gradys garage band made frequent apearances .good show.

[@anitravereen7248]

It looks like an ant in the bottom left corner of the screen

[@thomasdudley4558]

it seems that by the 2nd uncle ...charly this sitcom picked up steam what other don fedderson shows were there?

[@Landaux]

About 7 I believe more episodes into THIS season...the closing music ROX. The tempo picks up! I also didnt have a clus that 'Mike' aka Tim Considine was even shown??? Never saw him on this? Somone has to show me the FULL ep of this, because from what I understand, this ep was a hour long??

[@ianpester2851]

Andy Griffin

[@jackjackiii]

0:45 Dirty stick.

[@anitravereen7248]

🤭

[@jackjackiii]

Whats the beep at 1:37?!

[@maureenoneill2847]

It was the purple eyeliner See's difference

[@CreamyBone]

phat

[@gregoryagogo]

Lots of fun film leaders on this... who's the pretty girl?! LOL

[@BegoneJonah]

At the 0:13 mark

[@pex3]

GUNGA GING GING GA

[@zombiekiller6712]

Biblical

[@peggypenny1]

out at sea....radio.......catalina

[@collinmaher3720]

Was this ever shown in the UK?

[@Frankie-O]

🇬🇧

[@jeremiahspideyjovanovic5263]

The Cable Guy brought me here

[@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo]

Classic.

[@Markieo]

Why do they sometimes put pretty girls in the middle of the countdown? This isn't the first time I've seen it. By the way, 16MM is the best way to see old shows! Scratches and cue marks add to the charm.

[@55jimott]

To test the color, etc.

[@1deejayemmm]

Liked William Frawley as Bub better.

[@errr5594]

🎶

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

Check out the woman that flashes for a half-a-second at 0:13.

[@MichaelMosquera866]

0:13

[@CartoonComedy64]

1:27

[@zacheryalderton3070]

Who is the announcer

[@vinnymcride5619]

My three feet😂

[@ryanarline6896]

My 3 sons seems loosely based upon Eli And Samuel Ruth and David. Ecclesiastes 4:9-13 King James Version 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

[@frankdenardo8684]

Viacom peignot.

[@barrynugent6950]

😎

[@bizkit1337]

Simpsons

[@pattibreton6393]

1:37 BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

[@midinerd]

I think Dr. Kavorkian used this as a workaround in states where euthanasia was illegal.

[@maureenoneill2847]

Fred Mac Murray it was those Kensington+ Allegheny See's where by Maureen Elias I may be traded by eillen of Lombard street over who's who seeing one was Chip caught in masquerade by Chippewas schedule ideas over who she's seeing where she paid for it earlier

[@jackjackiii]

#

[@zippos7952]

My three sons of bitches

[@patrickvecchio8138]

Lousy clip

[@55chh]

Man I hated this show!

[@RottenPizzaProductions]

ben dunn Why did you hate it?