"My Three Sons" Double Jealousy (TV Episode 1970) Poster

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BARBARA AND KATE VERSUS THE NEW SECRETARY?
tcchelsey19 April 2024
Only a soap opera writer could put together an episode like this. Credit Rocci Chatfield, best known for DAYS OF OUR LIVES and GENERATIONS. She could spin a good old fashioned tale.

Pretty Brenda Benet, quite popular on tv at the time in dramatic roles, plays Maureen, the new secretary at the plant who is very attentive to Rob. Of course, Robbie is feeling no pain -- until Katie pays a visit to the office. She naturally has a talk with Barbara, who gives her some good step mom advice --- until Maureen is watching over Steve, who has some problems with his feet.

A minor soap opera, if not a hint of LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE. And when you come down to it; had Rob and Steve both not been married... would Maureen ever, ever have met them in the first place???

A neat little episode, just fun to watch. I agree with the last reviewer, Brenda Benet is definitely the star, later gaining much attention for her marriage to actor Bill Bixby.

From SEASON 10 EPISODE 15 remastered color.
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Brenda Benet Will Straighten Your Tie
wes-connors28 August 2015
After some banter in the Douglas household, we switch to Rob (Don Grady) arriving at the office. A shapely secretary arrives to help him with some extra work. Rob appears to be stricken with her sex appeal. Katie (Tina Cole) leaves Uncle Charley (William Demarest) to look after the triplets so she can have lunch with Rob. Katie arrives to find sexy Brenda Benet (as Maureen Morgan) fussing over Rob, who has completely forgotten lunch. While getting ready for bed, the young marrieds quarrel. "I never thought I'd be the jealous wife type," Katie later tells Barbara (Beverly Garland). Barbara offers relieving thoughts, but is placed in the same position when Ms. Benet goes to work for Steve (Fred MacMurray)...

It gets worse when Steve's sore foot develops gout. Benet offers him some bedside manner and little Dodie (Dawn Lyn) brings her girlfriends home to look at her father's big toe. Only the little girls get to look under the bed covers; fortunately, we are spared. The main attraction in this episode is seeing Benet in a featured role. She's a lovely and appealing young woman, although her character is silly and dimwitted. Television series followers should note Ms. Benet married TV favorites Paul Petersen (Jeff in "The Donna Reed Show") and Bill Bixby (of "My Favorite Martian" and others). Benet appeared in several episodic television series, usually as a sultry woman. Sadly, she committed suicide following her son's death.

***** Double Jealousy (1970-01-17) Frederick De Cordova ~ Fred MacMurray, Beverly Garland, Brenda Benet, Don Grady
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