• 1961
  • TV-G
  • 30m
The Dick Van Dyke Show

Summary The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home. View more details

  • 1961
  • TV-G
  • 30m

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Morey Amsterdam Dick Van Dyke Rose Marie Larry Mathews

All cast & crew

8.4

Details

Genres : Comedy Family

Release date : Oct 2, 1961

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Dick Van Dyke Show - The Official Website

Language : English

Filming locations : Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Calvada Productions

Summary The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Family

Release date : Oct 2, 1961

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Dick Van Dyke Show - The Official Website

Language : English

Filming locations : Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Calvada Productions

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 02, 1961
The Sick Boy and the Sitter
Alan Brady is throwing a party at his penthouse for a few of the network executives and he wants the writing staff to attend. Unfortunately for Rob though Laura thinks Richie is on the verge of being sick and wants to stay home. Rob is certain he'll be okay and wants to get a babysitter but he's having a hard time convincing Laura.
Episode 2 • Oct 09, 1961
My Blonde-Haired Brunette
Laura dyes her hair blonde when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading.
Episode 3 • Oct 16, 1961
Sally and the Lab Technician
After Rob gets home late from work because he has to drive Sally home Laura gets the idea to try and play matchmaker. Rob is against it but Laura thinks Sally would be a good match with her cousin Thomas, the lab technician. The two are polar opposites...Thomas is quiet, mild and meek and Sally is loud, brassy and full of jokes. The dinner is a disaster but can opposites attract?
Episode 4 • Oct 23, 1961
Washington vs. the Bunny
Rob is torn between going to Washington, DC on business and attending Ritchie's school play.
Episode 5 • Oct 30, 1961
Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced
While clearing out the bedroom closet, Rob finds his old army boots, bringing back memories of how he and Laura first met.
Episode 6 • Nov 05, 1961
Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, MO
Harrison B. Harding stops by the office and claims he's an old Army buddy of Rob from Camp Crowder. Rob pretends to recognize Harrison, but he doesn't really recognize him (Harrison says he lost 57 pounds). Rob doesn't even remember anybody with that name. Rob tries to get rid of Harrison, but winds up inviting Harrison and his wife home for dinner. He then starts to suspect that Harrison is a con man with embarrassing results.
Episode 7 • Nov 06, 1961
Jealousy!
Jerry plants seeds of mistrust in Laura's mind when he learns that Valerie Blake, the beautiful movie star, will be guesting on The Alan Brady Show. Laura doesn't listen to him until Rob begins a string of late night work sessions. Soon Laura's jealousy begins to grow and Rob will have to work just as hard to convince Laura that nothing is going on between he and Valerie Blake.
Episode 8 • Nov 13, 1961
To Tell or Not to Tell
Complications ensue when Mel tells Rob that he wants Laura to dance on "The Alan Brady Show".
Episode 9 • Nov 20, 1961
The Unwelcome Houseguest
Buddy and his wife can't take their German Shepherd, Larry, with them on a three-day weekend. Buddy wants Rob to keep Larry for the weekend, but Rob refuses because he hasn't talked it over with Laura. The next time we see Rob, he's trying to sneak Larry into the house. Ritchie is afraid because he thinks that Larry is a wolf and Laura can't sleep because Larry is crying. What is Rob to do?
Episode 10 • Nov 27, 1961
The Meershatz Pipe
Rob's not as impressed with Buddy's new Meershatz pipe as he is with the fact that it was a gift from Alan Brady. Not just impressed but envious as well. After all, he is the head writer of the show and begins to feel as if he isn't needed. Getting sick and having to miss work for several days doesn't help his insecurities.
Episode 11 • Dec 04, 1961
Forty-Four Tickets
Rob complains about Ritchie's forgetfulness, but suddenly realizes he forgot to reserve 44 tickets for the PTA to see The Alan Brady Show. Rob begs and borrows some tickets; Buddy and Sally try to steal some tickets for him. An unexpected twist occurs at the last moment.
Episode 12 • Dec 11, 1961
Empress Carlotta's Necklace
Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.
Episode 13 • Dec 18, 1961
Sally Is a Girl
Rob and Buddy treat Sally as "one of the guys", even in the presence of Sally's date. Laura wants Rob to treat Sally like a lady. Mel and Buddy get the wrong idea.
Episode 14 • Dec 25, 1961
Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
Buddy has a chance for a head writer job. Rob and Sally help Buddy get released from his contract to "The Alan Brady Show". The plan backfires, so Rob and Sally have to find an ingenious way to get Buddy re-hired.
Episode 15 • Jan 02, 1962
Where Did I Come From?
Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.
Episode 16 • Jan 09, 1962
The Curious Thing About Women
Laura opens and reads Rob's mail, she giving him a Reader's Digest version of it, and even throwing away what she considers unimportant. Rob is not angry that Laura opened his mail, but he is angry that she read it before he did. Laura doesn't understand why Rob is so upset as he always lets her read his mail anyway. After apologies are made, the issue is resolved. Or is it? Out of general chit-chat, Rob tells Sally and Buddy about the event. Buddy thinks the situation is ripe for a comedy sketch for the show, to which Sally and Rob concur. Before the show airs, Laura, not knowing the topic of the sketch, tells Millie and Jerry that Rob told her that she was its inspiration. What's worse for Laura after watching the sketch is that Rob, Sally and Buddy kept the female character's name Laura, so that everyone watching the show believes that character truly is her. To add further insult to Laura, the sketch truly is funny - one of the best they've ever written - making her an even bigger laughing stock. Laura is furious with Rob, who has to make it up to her somehow. But when the next day seems to mirror what happened in the sketch, will Laura act exactly the way the maniacal wife in the sketch did?
Episode 17 • Jan 16, 1962
Punch Thy Neighbor
Rob's dentist pal, Jerry, strains the friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public.
Episode 18 • Jan 23, 1962
Who Owes Who What?
Rob remembers $25 he lent Buddy. Laura doesn't think he will collect. Rob is too embarrassed to remind Buddy and tries many ways to drop hints to Buddy. Buddy remembers something that Rob overlooked.
Episode 19 • Jan 30, 1962
The Talented Neighborhood
When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.
Episode 20 • Feb 06, 1962
A Word a Day
Ritchie is starting to learn some new words. He says a bad word to Laura in the car. She thinks ignoring it is the best course, but Rob wants to have a "man-to-man" talk with Ritchie. Rob also wants to confront the family that he assumes is responsible for Ritchie learning the bad words, but that could prove embarrassing.
Episode 21 • Feb 13, 1962
The Boarder Incident
While his wife is away, Buddy moves in with the Petries and quickly wears out his welcome.
Episode 22 • Feb 20, 1962
Father of the Week
Rob is Father of the Week at Ritchie's school. Ritchie is afraid that Rob will embarrass him. How can Rob show a class of first graders what a comedy writer does? (What's he gonna do - type?)
Episode 23 • Feb 27, 1962
The Twizzle
Sally drags the entire gang to a bowling alley when she discovers a new dance sensation that's sure to sweep the nation.
Episode 24 • Mar 06, 1962
One Angry Man
Rob gets called for jury duty; unbeknownst to him, Laura attends the trial. The defendant is an exotic dancer. Is she really innocent as only Rob believes? Will Rob be in major trouble when he gets home?
Episode 25 • Mar 13, 1962
Where You Been, Fassbinder?
Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.
Episode 26 • Mar 20, 1962
I Am My Brother's Keeper
Rob's brother Stacey has a two week furlough and sends Rob a telegram that he's coming for a visit. Rob (whom Stacey calls "Burford") isn't thrilled. He explains to Laura that his shy brother has a problem.
Episode 27 • Mar 27, 1962
The Sleeping Brother
Rob's shy brother Stacey has a problem. He's a somnambulist! And Stacey's a great performer when he's asleep. How can Rob get Stacey to perform a great audition for Alan Brady while Stacey is awake?
Episode 28 • Apr 03, 1962
The Bad Old Days
Buddy laments the decline of the American male and yearns for the "good old days". Rob starts to feel he does too much housework. He has a nightmare about the bad circumstances of the "old days".
Episode 29 • Apr 10, 1962
Sol and the Sponsor
Rob faces a dilemma when a rambunctious old army pal must be told he cannot attend a special dinner party that the Petries are throwing to make an impression with an Alan Brady Show sponsor.
Episode 30 • Apr 17, 1962
The Return of Happy Spangler
Rob runs into Happy Spangler, the fellow who gave him his first break to get into show business. Learning that writing jobs have been a little lean of late for Spangler, Rob decides to repay the debt to his old mentor by agreeing to take him on temporarily as a writer for the Alan Brady Show. Rob soon comes to regret his act of kindness, however, as he realizes that Spangler is much more interested in telling stories that distract his writing staff, preventing them from getting their work done.
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