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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Dick Van Dyke
Rob Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore
Laura Petrie
Rose Marie
Sally Rogers
Morey Amsterdam
Buddy Sorrell
Larry Mathews
Richie Petrie
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30 episodes • 1961Avg: 8.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sick Boy and the Sitter | Oct 3, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 2 | My Blonde-Haired Brunette | Oct 10, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sally and the Lab Technician | Oct 17, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Washington vs. the Bunny | Oct 24, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Oh, How We Met on the Night That We Danced | Oct 31, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo. | Nov 6, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Jealousy! | Nov 7, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 8 | To Tell or Not to Tell | Nov 14, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Unwelcome Houseguest | Nov 21, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Meershatz Pipe | Nov 28, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Forty-Four Tickets | Dec 5, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Empress Carlotta's Necklace | Dec 12, 1961 | 9.0 |
| 13 | Sally Is a Girl | Dec 19, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? | Dec 26, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Where Did I Come From? | Jan 3, 1962 | 9.0 |
| 16 | The Curious Thing About Women | Jan 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Punch Thy Neighbor | Jan 17, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Who Owes Who What? | Jan 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Talented Neighborhood | Jan 31, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 20 | A Word a Day | Feb 7, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Boarder Incident | Feb 14, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Father of the Week | Feb 21, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Twizzle | Feb 28, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 24 | One Angry Man | Mar 7, 1962 | 8.0 |
| 25 | Where You Been, Fassbinder? | Mar 14, 1962 | 9.0 |
| 26 | I Am My Brother's Keeper | Mar 21, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Sleeping Brother | Mar 28, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Bad Old Days | Apr 4, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sol and the Sponsor | Apr 11, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Return of Happy Spangler | Apr 18, 1962 | 0.0 |
32 episodes • 1962Avg: 7.4Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Name a Duck | Sep 26, 1962 | 9.0 |
| 2 | The Two Faces of Rob | Oct 3, 1962 | 7.0 |
| 3 | The Attempted Marriage | Oct 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Bank Book 6565696 | Oct 17, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hustling the Hustler | Oct 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 6 | My Husband Is Not a Drunk | Oct 31, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 7 | What's in a Middle Name? | Nov 7, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Like a Sister | Nov 14, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Night the Roof Fell In | Nov 21, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally | Nov 28, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Bird in the Head Hurts | Dec 5, 1962 | 9.0 |
| 12 | Gesundheit, Darling | Dec 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 13 | A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own | Dec 19, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra | Dec 26, 1962 | 8.5 |
| 15 | The Cat Burglar | Jan 2, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Foul Weather Girl | Jan 9, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Will You Two Be My Wife? | Jan 16, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ray Murdock's X-Ray | Jan 23, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 19 | I Was a Teenage Head Writer | Jan 30, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 20 | It May Look Like a Walnut! | Feb 6, 1963 | 9.5 |
| 21 | My Husband Is a Check-Grabber | Feb 13, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Don't Trip Over That Mountain | Feb 20, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Give Me Your Walls! | Feb 27, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Sam Pomerantz Scandals | Mar 6, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Square Triangle | Mar 20, 1963 | 5.0 |
| 26 | I'm No Henry Walden! | Mar 27, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Racy Tracy Rattigan | Apr 3, 1963 | 4.0 |
| 28 | Divorce | Apr 10, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 29 | It's a Shame She Married Me | Apr 17, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 30 | A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise | Apr 24, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Jilting the Jilter | May 1, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 32 | When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen | May 8, 1963 | 0.0 |
32 episodes • 1963Avg: 6.1Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That's My Boy??? | Sep 25, 1963 | 9.0 |
| 2 | The Masterpiece | Oct 2, 1963 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Laura's Little Lie | Oct 9, 1963 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice | Oct 16, 1963 | 5.0 |
| 5 | All About Eavesdropping | Oct 23, 1963 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Too Many Stars | Oct 30, 1963 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius? | Nov 6, 1963 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Uncle George | Nov 13, 1963 | 4.0 |
| 9 | Big Max Calvada | Nov 20, 1963 | 5.0 |
| 10 | The Ballad of the Betty Lou | Nov 27, 1963 | 5.0 |
| 11 | Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors | Dec 4, 1963 | 4.0 |
| 12 | The Sound of Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears | Dec 11, 1963 | 2.7 |
| 13 | The Alan Brady Show Presents | Dec 18, 1963 | 6.5 |
| 14 | The Third One from the Left | Jan 1, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 15 | My Husband is the Best One | Jan 8, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 16 | The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer | Jan 15, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 17 | The Life and Love of Joe Coogan | Jan 22, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 18 | A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards | Jan 29, 1964 | 6.0 |
| 19 | Happy Birthday and Too Many More | Feb 5, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 20 | The Brave and the Backache | Feb 12, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 21 | The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth | Feb 19, 1964 | 6.0 |
| 22 | My Part-Time Wife | Feb 26, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Honeymoons Are for the Lucky | Mar 4, 1964 | 7.5 |
| 24 | How to Spank a Star | Mar 11, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 25 | The Plots Thicken | Mar 18, 1964 | 7.5 |
| 26 | Scratch My Car and Die | Mar 25, 1964 | 6.0 |
| 27 | The Return of Edwin Carp | Apr 1, 1964 | 4.0 |
| 28 | October Eve | Apr 8, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 29 | Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail | Apr 15, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 30 | My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life | Apr 22, 1964 | 4.0 |
| 31 | I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All | Apr 29, 1964 | 9.0 |
| 32 | Teacher's Petrie | May 13, 1964 | 4.0 |
32 episodes • 1964Avg: 6.1Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Mother Can Beat Up My Father | Sep 23, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 2 | The Ghost of A. Chantz | Sep 30, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 3 | The Lady and the Babysitter | Oct 7, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 4 | A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat | Oct 14, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 5 | The Man from Emperor | Oct 21, 1964 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Romance, Roses and Rye Bread | Oct 28, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 7 | 4½ | Nov 4, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 8 | The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail | Nov 11, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Three Letters from One Wife | Nov 18, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Pink Pills and Purple Parents | Nov 25, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 11 | It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise | Dec 2, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Death of the Party | Dec 9, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 13 | My Two Show-Offs and Me | Dec 16, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 14 | Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk | Dec 30, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Brother, Can You Spare $2500? | Jan 6, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Impractical Joke | Jan 13, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Stacey Petrie: Part I | Jan 20, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Stacey Petrie: Part II | Jan 27, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Boy #1, Boy #2 | Feb 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Redcoats Are Coming | Feb 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Case of the Pillow | Feb 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Young Man With a Shoehorn | Feb 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Girls Will Be Boys | Mar 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Bupkis | Mar 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home | Mar 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Anthony Stone | Mar 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Never Bathe on Saturday | Mar 31, 1965 | 10.0 |
| 28 | Show of Hands | Apr 14, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Baby Fat | Apr 21, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 30 | One Hundred Terrible Hours | May 5, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Br-rooom, Br-rooom | May 12, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 32 | There's No Sale Like Wholesale | May 26, 1965 | 0.0 |
32 episodes • 1965Avg: 6.3Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth | Sep 15, 1965 | 10.0 |
| 2 | A Farewell to Writing | Sep 22, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Uhny Uftz | Sep 29, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Ugliest Dog in the World | Oct 6, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 5 | No Rice at My Wedding | Oct 13, 1965 | 2.0 |
| 6 | Draw Me a Pear | Oct 20, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Great Petrie Fortune | Oct 27, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Odd But True | Nov 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Viva Petrie | Nov 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Go Tell the Birds and Bees | Nov 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Body and Sol | Nov 24, 1965 | 2.0 |
| 12 | See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write | Dec 8, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 13 | You're Under Arrest | Dec 15, 1965 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work | Dec 29, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Who Stole My Watch? | Jan 5, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 16 | I Do Not Choose to Run | Jan 19, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 17 | The Making of a Councilman | Jan 26, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Curse of the Petrie People | Feb 2, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 19 | The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart | Feb 9, 1966 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Remember the Alimony | Feb 16, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Dear Sally Rogers | Feb 23, 1966 | 4.0 |
| 22 | Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy | Mar 2, 1966 | 2.7 |
| 23 | Bad Reception in Albany | Mar 9, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Talk to the Snail | Mar 23, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 25 | A Day in the Life of Alan Brady | Apr 6, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc. | Apr 13, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Man from My Uncle | Apr 20, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 28 | You Ought to Be in Pictures | Apr 27, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Love Thy Other Neighbor | May 4, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Long Night's Journey into Day | May 11, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Gunslinger | May 25, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Last Chapter | Jun 1, 1966 | 0.0 |
