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 - That's My Boy???
Release Date: 1963-09-25Rob recounts the day he became convinced that they brought home the wrong baby from the hospital.
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Episode 2 - The Masterpiece
Release Date: 1963-10-02Rob unwittingly bids on a painting at an auction, and when he gets it home, he uncovers another painting underneath that looks like a Grant Wood.
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Episode 3 - Laura's Little Lie
Release Date: 1963-10-09Are Rob and Laura married? This episode brings up that question as Rob asks Laura to sign insurance forms that Laura never signed. Laura does everything she can to hide a mistake Rob doesn't know about. Rob is tired of ""losing his wife"" He finds out he married a 17 year-old Laura.
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Episode 4 - Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice
Release Date: 1963-10-16Rob and Laura must get remarried for legal purposes, but it provokes an argument that could derail their plans.
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Episode 5 - All About Eavesdropping
Release Date: 1963-10-23Rob and Laura overhear Jerry and Millie complaining about them on the kid’s walkie-talkies, which makes for a cold dinner party.
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Episode 6 - Too Many Stars
Release Date: 1963-10-30Rob is recruited to direct another talent show, but this time Laura faces competition as the star.
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Episode 7 - Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
Release Date: 1963-11-06While working on a joke, Rob should be going to Alan's house to talk about the joke. After hitting himself on the head with a violin (a real one) Rob goes to a party. The party is in Red Hook, New Jersey!
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Episode 8 - Uncle George
Release Date: 1963-11-13Rob’s Uncle George comes to visit in search of a wife.
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Episode 9 - Big Max Calvada
Release Date: 1963-11-20A gangster asks Rob and the gang to write an act for his no-talent nephew.
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Episode 10 - The Ballad of the Betty Lou
Release Date: 1963-11-27The Ballad of Betty Lou, Is episode seventy-two, In which Rob and Jerry buy a boat, That really got their goat, 'Cause just as Laura predicted, As the Wisard of Id did, Their friendship was tested, But as soon as they rested, All was fine, So cast off the Line! - Van_Dyke_r@hotmail.com
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Episode 11 - Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors
Release Date: 1963-12-04Rob hires a maid who turns out to have broken arm, speaks only Spanish, and is expecting a live-in position.
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Episode 12 - The Sound of Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears
Release Date: 1963-12-11Rob thinks he has seen the suspects in a jewelry store robbery, but is afraid to go to the police.
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Episode 13 - The Alan Brady Show Presents
Release Date: 1963-12-18The staff has to plan a Christmas show.
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Episode 14 - The Third One from the Left
Release Date: 1964-01-01Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
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Episode 15 - My Husband is the Best One
Release Date: 1964-01-08Rob is interviewed by a reporter, but the resulting story gives him a little too much credit for comfort at the office, thanks to Laura’s input.
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Episode 16 - The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer
Release Date: 1964-01-15Laura tries to setup Arthur with a wife she invites Sally & Donna on two different days. Laura really wants Donna date Arthur, when Donna & Arthur hit it Rob does everything to stop the date by locking Donna in the bathroom! Rob feels Sally won't have a chance with Arthur, Rob and Laura wonder who Arthur picked for his date, he picks his former wife who he married twice!
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Episode 17 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
Release Date: 1964-01-22Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living. Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.
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Episode 18 - A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
Release Date: 1964-01-29Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.
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Episode 19 - Happy Birthday and Too Many More
Release Date: 1964-02-05Laura & Rob are deciding when to have his party day should it be 3 weeks after or before Ritchie actual date of birth? Laura says she will have the party at Dizzy Land (not Disney Land). Rob & Laura forget the Gardner has come and have the party inside (with 63 kids!) because the garden needed to be fertilized!
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Episode 20 - The Brave and the Backache
Release Date: 1964-02-12Laura wonders why Rob never wants to be alone with her.
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Episode 21 - The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth
Release Date: 1964-02-19Sally is famous overnight leaving Rob and Buddy to work alone.
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Episode 22 - My Part-Time Wife
Release Date: 1964-02-26Laura helps out at the office but drives Rob crazy while Sally is away.
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Episode 23 - Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
Release Date: 1964-03-04Rob recalls a time when he left Camp Crowder to spend his honneymoon with Laura.
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Episode 24 - How to Spank a Star
Release Date: 1964-03-11Rob's favorite star Paula Marshall is due to guest on the Alan Brady show but her demands cause problems for everybody.
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Episode 25 - The Plots Thicken
Release Date: 1964-03-18The Petrie's parents fight over where Laura and Rob should be buried. They have to decide which burial plot to choose without upsetting their in-laws.
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Episode 26 - Scratch My Car and Die
Release Date: 1964-03-25Rob has a new car that he loves and won't let anyone touch. When Laura takes Ritchie to school she gets a scratch on the car! When Rob finds out he wants to sue the person who did it.
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Episode 27 - The Return of Edwin Carp
Release Date: 1964-04-01Alan Brady is on vacation so Rob arranges for Edwin Carp and other stars of the golden era of radio comedy to guest on a tv special.
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Episode 28 - October Eve
Release Date: 1964-04-08Laura's past comes back to haunt her in form of painting that is at an art gallery.
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Episode 29 - Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail
Release Date: 1964-04-15Rob ends up in jail after contacting an army buddy.
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Episode 30 - My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life
Release Date: 1964-04-22Rob and Laura see Jerry go out with another woman.
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Episode 31 - I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All
Release Date: 1964-04-29Rob goes to Buddy’s barber for a dubious treatment to prevent baldness.
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Episode 32 - Teacher's Petrie
Release Date: 1964-05-13The teacher falls in love with Laura.