Re: What Was William Frawley Like ? -- My Three Sons Message Board

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, [2], 3, 4 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 03:22:37 05/28/03 Wed
Author: Joe
Author Host/IP: dialup-171.75.28.27.Dial1.Phoenix1.Level3.net / 171.75.28.27
Subject: Re: What Was William Frawley Like ?
In reply to: nilanthi 's message, "Re: What Was William Frawley Like ?" on 11:37:40 05/27/03 Tue

This scene takes on special meaning with the passage of time. I think it's worth a brief mention in the entry for it on TV Tome.

If you are referring to the timeline in the show itself, the next episode I alluded to, "Here Comes Uncle Charly", which immediately followed Frawley's farewell episode, was, as the title indicates, William Demarast's debut on M3S, midway through season 5, the show's last season in B&W, and its last season on ABC. The episode begins with the Douglases coping with an impossible housekeeper Steve hired after Bub's departure. Uncle Charly arrives about midway through the show, hoping to surprise his brother, Bub, with a visit, only to find Bub has left for Ireland. Steve remembers Charly from years back. Charly last met the Douglases, I think, when Robbie was a baby. They invite Charly to stay. The housekeeper then leaves in a huff, refusing to cook for and clean up after one more male, so the Douglases are eternally grateful to Charly.

At first he intends to stay only a short while, then Steve is called away on business, so Charly agrees to stay a couple of extra days before leaving for San Francisco, and the sea. Then, at the last minute, he postpones his departure to attend a parent night or something at Chip's school, making him one of the family. It turns out he was a cook with the Merchant Marines, a skill which comes in handy after Steve's abominable cooking made the boys almost forget that food can sometimes taste good, besides keeping you from dying of malnutrition. Needless to say, he never leaves, and the rest is TV history.

For more info, check the entry for M3S on TV Tome.

Goodnight.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Re: What Was William Frawley Like ? -- nilanthi, 11:32:21 05/28/03 Wed
- Re: What Was William Frawley Like ? -- Joe, 04:01:41 05/29/03 Thu
  - Re: Uncle Charley's first appearance -- Geoff, 20:50:23 05/29/03 Thu
    - Re: Uncle Charley's first appearance -- Joe, 02:05:28 05/31/03 Sat
      - Re: Uncle Charley's first appearance -- Geoff, 09:42:42 05/31/03 Sat
        Re: Uncle Charley's first appearance -- Joe, 03:48:37 06/03/03 Tue
        Sponsors logos -- Geoff, 09:59:16 06/03/03 Tue
        Re: Sponsors logos -- Joe (tv king), 02:47:44 06/11/03 Wed
        Re: Sponsors logos -- Geoff, 12:57:23 06/12/03 Thu
        Re: Sponsors logos -- Joe (tv king), 14:04:50 06/15/03 Sun
        Re: Sponsors logos -- Joe (tv king), 06:35:24 07/03/03 Thu

Forum timezone: GMT-3
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums^(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.