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1. With the help of Uncle Charlie, widower Steven Douglas had to raise the boys whom he'd call "My Three Sons". Who played Steven Douglas?
2. "For a dummy, you make a lot of sense." Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford had to raise his son, Lamont, alone, after his wife's death. But, as the quote above connotes, the relationship wasn't ideal. In fact, he often claimed to be having a coronary, and would scream out to his wife's spirit that he was coming to meet her in death. What was Fred Sanford's wife's name?
3. If "My Three Sons" had been set in the west during the late 19th century, it would have been called "Bonanza". What were the names of widower Ben Cartwright's three sons?
4. Archie Bunker and his wife, Edith, raised Gloria during enormous social changes. When Gloria moved out with her own children, and after Edith's death, Archie had to raise his Jewish niece, Stephanie, alone. How did Stephanie enter the Bunker home?
5. Even animated TV fathers had to raise their children alone. Who was the adventurous young boy who was raised by his scientist dad and his bodyguard, "Race" Bannon?
6. Brian Keith played bachelor Bill Davis who is put in charge of raising his brother's orphaned children, Cissy, Buffy, and Jody. He does a fairly good job, but thank heavens for his butlers, Mr. Giles French and then Mr. Nigel French! What show am I talking about?
7. "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", starring Glenn Ford and little Ronny Howard, was a movie success in 1963. In 1969, television adapted the movie into a series of the same name. Who played little Eddie in the television version?
8. Probably the earliest unwed father was Bentley Gregg, in the 1957-1962 show called, "Bachelor Father". Who played the Bachelor Father?
9. The relationships of the family members of "The Beverly Hillbillies" is as follows: Grannie is Jed Clampett's mother-in-law, not his mother. (Her name is "Daisy Moses", as in Grandma Moses.) Elly May is Jed's daughter. But how is Jethro Bodine related to Jed Clampett?
10. On the "Andy Griffith Show", Sheriff Andy Taylor was a good man and a good single parent to his boy, Opie. However, he had help raising the boy in idyllic Mayberry. Who fed, clothed and gave occasional advice to little Opie?
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