The Dick Van Dyke Show is a TV series starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, and Rose Marie. The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.
Release Date: October 1961
10. October Eve
Air Date: 8 Apr. 1964Season 3, Episode 28
Laura once commissioned an artist for a fully clothed portrait of herself, which he, taking artist license, rendered nude and now has standing in an art gallery for all to see.
9. Pink Pills and Purple Parents
Air Date: 25 Nov. 1964Season 4, Episode 10
Rob recalls when Laura took a tranquilizer prescribed for Millie before meeting Rob’s parents for the first time, with disastrous results.
8. Never Bathe on Saturday
Air Date: 11 May 1968Season 4, Episode 27
While on their second honeymoon, Laura gets her toe stuck in a hotel bathtub faucet and Rob can’t get through the locked bathroom door to free her.
7. My Husband Is Not a Drunk
Air Date: 31 Oct. 1962Season 2, Episode 6
A hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.
6. Where Did I Come From?
Air Date: 3 Jan. 1962Season 1, Episode 15
Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie’s birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.
5. The Ghost of A. Chantz
Air Date: 30 Sep. 1964Season 4, Episode 2
After a mix up by Mel for reservations at a lodge, Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy are forced to spend a frightening night in a cabin that has not been used in years and is rumored to be haunted.
4. The Curious Thing About Women
Air Date: 10 Jan. 1962Season 1, Episode 16
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…
3. That’s My Boy??
Air Date: 25 Sep. 1963Season 3, Episode 1
During a flashback about his early days as a parent, Rob recounts why he believed Laura and he brought home a baby belonging to someone else.
2. The Impractical Joke
Air Date: 13 Jan. 1965Season 4, Episode 16
After Buddy targets Rob for a crank phone call, he expects a reprisal, but the longer Rob takes to pay him back, the more paranoid Buddy becomes, suspecting everything and everybody.
1. Coast to Coast Big Mouth
Air Date: 15 Sep. 1965Season 5, Episode 1
Laura accidentally spills the beans on a nationally televised talk show that Alan Brady is bald.