My Three Sons Vs. Full House

The 1960's sitcom , My Three Sons, is about a family that lives in the midwest until they decided to move out to California. The father is the only parent and is expected to be the "bread winner" and the "homemaker", with help from his father-in-law and great-uncle they make it through life as a family. IT is brought up on occassion and thought of as odd that there is not a woman in the household. 

This reiterates the way life was idealized in that time, where the husband was at work all day while the wife was at home cooking and cleaning.



In 1987 the sitcom, Full House, The father of three girls is left to take care of them after the death of his wife, so he has his brother-in-law and best friend come to help him out with the house and raising a family. The show begins with a lot of uncertainty about whether the decision was wise but over time they all bond and become a family. The brother-in-law marries and has children of his own but they all stay in the same house and help one another out even when things get confusing. 

Even though they changed the father character the others stay the same. 



The differences between these two episodes may be very small but they are still there. In My Three Sons the family is fully functional, and the father and others know how to take care of the family, in Full House it seems as though they all are learning as they go. In Full House they added a bit of sexuality into the mix with single men and their women.