• Air date: 23 Sep '64 32 episodes
      The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam and Mary Tyler Moore. It centered around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The show was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. The music for the show's theme song was written by Earle Hagen. The series won 15 Emmy Awards. In 1997, the episodes "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" and "It May Look Like a Walnut" were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, it was ranked at 13 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
  • List of Episodes (32)
    • 1. My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

      23 Sep '64
      Laura has a talent for judo when she defends Rob at a bar.
    • 2. The Ghost of A. Chantz

      30 Sep '64
      Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a cabin that is haunted. They later learn that Mel is playing a joke!
    • 3. The Lady and the Babysitter

      07 Oct '64
      Roger Ritchie's Babysitter has fallen in love with Laura. Roger has trouble telling Laura that he loves her.
    • 4. A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

      14 Oct '64
      A disagreement over politics almost breaks up a friendship between Rob and Jerry.
    • 5. The Man from Emperor

      21 Oct '64
      Rob is offered a job at a men's magazine but Laura doesn't like the idea.
    • 6. Romance, Roses and Rye Bread

      28 Oct '64
      Sally finds a secret admirer turns out to be an unwanted suitor in the shape of DelI proprietor, Bert Monker. With middle-age loneliness the only thing they have in common, can she let him down gently?
    • 7. 4½

      04 Nov '64
      Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp.
    • 8. The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail

      11 Nov '64
      Rob has to perform at prison, just as he is about to perform Rob is thought to be an inmate of the jail.
    • 9. Three Letters from One Wife

      18 Nov '64
      Millie gets a letter campaign together to make sure Rob still has a job.
    • 10. Pink Pills and Purple Parents

      25 Nov '64
      Laura takes some of Millie's pills only to find that they make her drunk.
    • 11. It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

      02 Dec '64
      Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.
    • 12. The Death of the Party

      09 Dec '64
      Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura with a party.
    • 13. My Two Show-Offs and Me

      16 Dec '64
      When a writer comes to do a piece on the Alan Brady Show, Rob is worried about how Buddy and Sally will act in front of her.
    • 14. Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk

      30 Dec '64
      Neil Schenk comes looking for a job while Rob returns an old favor.
    • 15. Brother, Can You Spare $2500?

      06 Jan '65
      Rob,Buddy, & Sally have just spent 11 hours finishing a script, on his way home Rob thinks he has the script in his hand but all he brings home is a newspaper! Rob remembers later that he left the script at Grand Centeral Station!
    • 16. The Impractical Joke

      13 Jan '65
      Rob tells Buddy that he will play a joke on Buddy. When Rob doesn't do it, Buddy's troubles only gets worse as an IRS agent visits him.
    • 17. Stacey Petrie: Part I

      20 Jan '65
      Sally is asked to help Stacey learn how to date a lady.
    • 18. Stacey Petrie: Part II

      27 Jan '65
      Stacey meets Julie. Julie opens the letter and finds out who really wrote the letter. (Stacey signed the letter James Garner who is a friend of his but not the actor.) Now Laura and Rob must help Stacey get over Julie.
    • 19. Boy #1, Boy #2

      03 Feb '65
      Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.
    • 20. The Redcoats Are Coming

      10 Feb '65
      Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.
    • 21. The Case of the Pillow

      17 Feb '65
      Rob takes pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.
    • 22. Young Man With a Shoehorn

      24 Feb '65
      Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.
    • 23. Girls Will Be Boys

      03 Mar '65
      Ritchie comes to his parents for advice on how to get Priscilla Darewell to stop hitting him. Soon Rob and Laura find out that Pricilla loves Ritchie!
    • 24. Bupkis

      10 Mar '65
      Rob tries to get the royalites on The Bupkis after signing off on them eariler.
    • 25. Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

      17 Mar '65
      Rob and Laura may have found their dream house soon they find a rock in the center of the house!