You may have to dip pretty far back into the recesses of your TV memory to recall "My Three Sons,"
a sitcom about a widower (Fred MacMurray) raising a trio of boys (hence
the name) as a single dad. Well, not entirely single. He had some help
from his father-in-law during the first few years of the show, then
from housekeeper Uncle Charlie. (A male housekeeper? Kinda
forward-thinking for a show that ran during the '60s and early '70s.) 
In
one of the many storyline changes that occurred during the comedy's
run, MacMurray decided to adopt a friend of his son Chip's after the
boy's parents died in a car accident. The kid's name was Ernie and he
was cute, a little nerdy and an obvious attempt to keep the three sons
concept alive after the eldest, Mike, was written out of the show.
Ernie Douglas was played by Barry Livingston, who happened to be the
real-life brother of Steve Livingston, the actor who played Chip. After
"My Three Sons" ended its run in 1972, what became of the boy we knew
and loved as Ernie?
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