TV dad

We had some great TV dads back in the sixties. This is Fred MacMurray, you may recall him as Steven Douglas from the long running My Three Sons series. I also remember him from Disney movies. The first drive-in I recall ever seeing was The Absent Minded Professor. It was a double feature with the sequel Son Of Flubber at the Rainbow Drive-in. I remember it so clearly, all the Finlayson's (there were seven of us at that time) crammed into a station wagon while Professor Ned Brainerd seemed to fly around in the sky above us.
Fred seemed like a nice guy, and probably unlike most movie and television personalities, probably lived up to his swell guy image. Wikipedia write-up said that fame didn't seem to affect his frugal ways. He'd bring a brown sack lunch to work and it usually consisted of a boiled egg. William Demarest said that he'd be eating dry dyed eggs with him several months after Easter. A few months ago I bought a DVD of Jack Benny Shows. There's an episode where Fred shows up at Jack's house with his saxophone to jam with the guys. Fred started out as a musician - film worked better for him. I enjoyed his comedies and even played rolls in darker roles such as the Billy Wilder's film classic Double Indemnity. I don't know if many people recall men like Fred MacMurray. Maybe one day, when my time is up, I'll have Fred as a neighbor. I think he'd make a good one at that.