The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
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Episode 1 - Never Name a Duck
Release Date: 1962-09-26Rob brings home two baby ducks left over from the show, and Ritchie becomes attached to them. When one dies and the other becomes ill, Rob must convince him that wild animals are happier when left in the wild.
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Episode 2 - The Two Faces of Rob
Release Date: 1962-10-03Rob tries to prove he can use a fake accent to fool Laura into flirting with a stranger, then is dismayed to think that he really has.
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Episode 3 - The Attempted Marriage
Release Date: 1962-10-10Rob and Laura tell Ritchie the story of their failed attempts to get married.
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Episode 4 - Bank Book 6565696
Release Date: 1962-10-17When Rob discovers Laura’s secret bank, he thinks he is getting a new projector for his birthday—but instead he receives a sports shirt, and begins to wonder what that money is really for.
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Episode 5 - Hustling the Hustler
Release Date: 1962-10-24Rob invites Buddy’s brother Blackie for a friendly game of pool, not realizing that he is a hustler.
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Episode 6 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk
Release Date: 1962-10-31Rob accidentally intercepts a hypnotic suggestion meant for Buddy, and doesn’t realize that every time he hears a bell ring, he starts acting like a roaring drunk.
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Episode 7 - What's in a Middle Name?
Release Date: 1962-11-07Ritchie wonders what the ""R"" in his middle name stands for (Rose Bud) Rob and Laura figure out how to explain how he got Rose Bud for a middle name, it started when Laura tells Rob she is going to have a baby. Ritchie learns he has 7 middle names! (which spell out Rose Bud)
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Episode 8 - Like a Sister
Release Date: 1962-11-14Rob thinks Rick Vallone isn't right for Sally and tries to make him drunk (Sally hates drunks) and asks Rick to fall in love with Laura. Laura is always to smart for Rob and he realizes love is too hard to break.
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Episode 9 - The Night the Roof Fell In
Release Date: 1962-11-21Rob comes home mad because the script needed a rewrite, Buddy was late & Sally left early. Rob leaves mad and goes for a walk. Laura wants a chance to talk to somebody so Millie listens not quite sure what they fought about.
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Episode 10 - The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
Release Date: 1962-11-28Rob worries that Buddy & Sally aren't his friends & falling in love with each other. Rob calls Buddy at home and Pickles and thinks Buddy picked up the phone. Now Rob has proof (or so he thinks) that Buddy are working on another show. They are doing a nightclub act on the side.
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Episode 11 - A Bird in the Head Hurts
Release Date: 1962-12-05Ritchie claims he is being attacked by a giant woodpecker, but Rob and Laura are convinced it’s just a bid for attention.
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Episode 12 - Gesundheit, Darling
Release Date: 1962-12-12Rob, Laura, Jerry & Millie are playing cards, when Jerry thinks Rob might be sneezing because he keeps losing a game. Rob thinks he could be allergic to Laura. Rob goes to the doctor to find out he could be allergic to his wife!
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Episode 13 - A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own
Release Date: 1962-12-19Rob bites some chicken and breaks a tooth but feels bad when another dentist fixes the tooth. He worries that Jerry won't be his friend. Rob tries not to show his teeth. Jerry isn't mad at Rob.
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Episode 14 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
Release Date: 1962-12-26Rob recalls directing last year’s PTA variety show, when jealousy interfered as he tried to pair the perfect Cleopatra with an amorous Mark Antony.
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Episode 15 - The Cat Burglar
Release Date: 1963-01-02Rob & Laura read about a cat burglar and wants his picture in the paper. A noise is heard & Rob takes the gun but can't find the bullets! Laura puts them in her Jewelry box!
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Episode 16 - The Foul Weather Girl
Release Date: 1963-01-09Laura has a problem when a girl asks for help in lading a role on the show. Laura's problems get worse as Janie tells Laura how far they go back in high school and she is single. Laura gets mad when Rob works nights with Janie, She begins to thank Mel and not Rob.
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Episode 17 - Will You Two Be My Wife?
Release Date: 1963-01-16Buddy and Sally find Rob’s manuscript, which tells the story of the time he had to choose how to spend a three-day leave from the Army: go on a honeymoon with Laura, or travel back to Danville to tell his former fiancée Dorothy that he was marrying someone else.
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Episode 18 - Ray Murdock's X-Ray
Release Date: 1963-01-23Rob goes on an interview show, where he is tricked into describing Laura as a nut.
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Episode 19 - I Was a Teenage Head Writer
Release Date: 1963-01-30Rob recalls the day he became head writer of the Alan Brady Show, and his first day of work with Buddy and Sally.
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Episode 20 - It May Look Like a Walnut!
Release Date: 1963-02-06In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.
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Episode 21 - My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Release Date: 1963-02-13Rob wonders why Laura is angry with him, and learns she objects to his habit of picking up checks when they go out with their friends.
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Episode 22 - Don't Trip Over That Mountain
Release Date: 1963-02-20Laura is convinced that Rob will hurt himself on a ski trip, and when he actually does, Rob tries to hide his injuries rather than admit she was right.
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Episode 23 - Give Me Your Walls!
Release Date: 1963-02-27Rob and Laura hire a painter who seems to want to do anything but paint their walls.
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Episode 24 - The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
Release Date: 1963-03-06Buddy and Sally are asked by Rob to help in a show for a friend of Rob's - Danny Brewster.
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Episode 25 - The Square Triangle
Release Date: 1963-03-20This week’s guest star on the Alan Brady Show turns out to be someone from Rob and Laura’s past—and they both have a reason to avoid him.
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Episode 26 - I'm No Henry Walden!
Release Date: 1963-03-27Rob gets to meet Henry Walden at literary party but feels uncomfortable when he learns that he is the only comedy writer. The Hotels can't get their names right!
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Episode 27 - Racy Tracy Rattigan
Release Date: 1963-04-03Alan Brady is out of town so Tracy Rattigan is the host. Rob is going to have to fight to keep Laura. Rob doesn't like how fast things are going. Tracy loves driving Rob crazy, The gang writes the best show for Tracy.
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Episode 28 - Divorce
Release Date: 1963-04-10Rob gets in the middle of a marital dispute between Buddy and Pickles.
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Episode 29 - It's a Shame She Married Me
Release Date: 1963-04-17Rob meets Jim Darling who is an old flame Laura dated. Rob won't tell Laura he ran into Jim at the office, Rob tells Jim they can't make it to his party because Ritchie is sick. Jim then brings the party to the Petrie home. Rob wants Laura to wear a jacket so Jim won't fall in love with her again.
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Episode 30 - A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise
Release Date: 1963-04-24Rob nearly ruins his own surprise birthday party after Laura finds out Rob already knows! Laura stays up all night planning the party. The guests are hiding in the Petrie house!
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Episode 31 - Jilting the Jilter
Release Date: 1963-05-01Sally gets engaged to Freddy White, a shady comedian who just wants her to write his act.
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Episode 32 - When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen
Release Date: 1963-05-08Ritchie gives Rob an idea for a comedy sketch, but Rob doesn’t know he saw it on The Uncle Spunky Show.