The Dick Van Dyke Show
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The Dick Van Dyke ShowConsidered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives Rob Petrie, a writer on the fictional Alan Brady Show. He's happily married to former dancer Laura, and they have a young son, Ritchie. 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 -- or at home."The Dick Van Dyke Show"Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives Rob Petrie, a writer on the fictional Alan Brady Show. He's happily married to former dancer Laura, and they have a young son, Ritchie. 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 -- or at home.
S5, EP32 "The Last Chapter"Rob's autobiography is bought by Alan Brady for a television series.
S5, EP31 "The Gunslinger"Rob dreams he is a sheriff in the Wild West.
S5, EP30 "Long Night's Journey Into Day"Laura spends a night alone in the house when Rob and Richie go fishing.
S5, EP29 "Love Thy Other Neighbor"Rob and Laura are dismayed by Millie's jealousy of their new neighbors.
S5, EP28 "You Ought to Be in Pictures"Rob is cast in a low-budget film and turns out to be the screen's worst lover.
S5, EP27 "The Man From My Uncle"The Petrie home becomes a command post when government agents move in.
S5, EP26 "Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc."Rob, Buddy and Sally are in trouble when their script insults the boss.
S5, EP25 "A Day in the Life of Alan Brady"The Helpers' anniversary bash becomes a documentary.
S5, EP24 "Talk to the Snail"Thinking he is going to lose his job, Rob has an interview with a ventriloquist.
S5, EP23 "Bad Reception in Albany"While out of town for a cousin's wedding, Rob has to watch a special show.
S5, EP22 "Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy"Buddy is either seeking therapy or having an affair.
S5, EP21 "Dear Sally Rogers"As a gag, Sally advertises for a husband on a national television show.
S5, EP20 "Remember the Alimony"Rob and Laura remember the time they completed an application for a $10 divorce.
S5, EP19 "The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart"Mel takes Rob's advice to stand up to Alan Brady -- and is promptly fired.
S5, EP18 "The Curse of the Petrie People"Rob's parents give a family heirloom to Laura, who accidentally ruins it.
S5, EP17 "The Making of a Councilman"Rob agrees to run for office but realizes he'd prefer to vote for his opponent.
S5, EP16 "I Do Not Choose to Run"Rob can't make up his mind when asked to be a candidate for the city council.
S5, EP15 "Who Stole My Watch?"Rob accuses his friend of taking his missing watch.
S5, EP14 "Fifty-Two Forty-Five or Work"Rob recalls the time he was out of work and Laura was expecting Ritchie.
S5, EP13 "You're Under Arrest"Rob goes out to cool off after a quarrel with Laura and winds up in trouble.
S5, EP12 "See Rob Write; Write, Rob, Write"Rob and Laura become rivals when each writes a story for children.
S5, EP11 "Body and Sol"Rob recalls the time he defended his title as middleweight champion of an Army camp.
S5, EP10 "Go Tell the Birds and the Bees"When school officials hear about Ritchie's version of the birds and the bees, Rob and Laura are forced to meet with the school's psychologist.
S5, EP9 "Viva Petrie"A bullfighter becomes the Petries' new handyman.
S5, EP8 "Odd But True"Rob almost earns $500 because the freckles on his back are in the shape of the Liberty Bell.
S5, EP7 "The Great Petrie Fortune"Rob's dreams of inheriting a fortune seem dashed when he gets an old desk.
S5, EP6 "Draw Me a Pear"Soon after Rob and Laura begin an art class, the instructor has designs on Rob.
S5, EP5 "No Rice at My Wedding"Rob and Laura recall their courtship days when Rob almost lost Laura to another man.
S5, EP4 "The Ugliest Dog in the World"Rob and Laura try to find a home for an ugly mutt from the dog pound.
S5, EP3 "Uhny Uftz"Rob tracks a UFO to the office above his own.
S5, EP2 "A Farewell to Writing"Rob sets out to write a book during his vacation but has trouble getting started.
S5, EP1 "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth"Laura blurts out an embarrassing secret on a national television quiz show.
S4, EP32 "There's No Sale Like Wholesale"Buddy offers to help Laura get a fur coat for the wholesale price.
S4, EP31 "Br-Room, Br-Room"Rob buys a motorcycle and is arrested as a joy-riding delinquent.
S4, EP30 "100 Terrible Hours"Rob stays awake for 100 hours just before his job interview with Alan Brady.
S4, EP29 "Baby Fat"Rob helps his boss, Alan Brady, by rewriting a play starring the comic.
S4, EP28 "A Show of Hands"Just before they are due at a formal banquet, Rob and Laura mistakenly dye their hands black.
S4, EP27 "Never Bathe on Saturday"Laura's toe becomes stuck in a bathtub spout.
S4, EP26 "Anthony Stone"Nobody really knows what Sally's new boyfriend does for a living.
S4, EP25 "Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home"Rob recalls the time he and his best friend tried to buy the same house.
S4, EP24 "Bupkis"Rob learns that a song he helped write is about to become a hit.
S4, EP23 "Girls Will Be Boys"The Petries face a problem when Ritchie is beaten up by a girl.
S4, EP22 "Young Man With a Shoehorn"Rob learns that a shoe clerk's lot is not always a happy one.
S4, EP21 "The Case of the Pillow"Rob Petrie becomes a trial lawyer to prosecute a shifty salesman.
S4, EP20 "The Redcoats Are Coming"The Petries entertain a British duo (Chad & Jeremy).
S4, EP19 "Boy No. 1, Boy No. 2"Laura and Millie become stage mothers when their sons are cast in a TV commercial.
S4, EP18 "Stacey Petrie, Part II"Stacey (Jerry Van Dyke) saves both his coffeehouse and his romance.
S4, EP17 "Stacey Petrie, Part I"Rob's younger brother involves Sally Rogers in a romantic Waterloo.
S4, EP16 "The Impractical Joke"Rob resorts to psychological warfare to get even with a practical joker.
S4, EP15 "Brother, Can You Spare $2,500?"Rob receives a ransom demand of $2,500 for his lost television script.
S4, EP14 "Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk"Rob is forced to squelch the scheme of an opportunistic old friend.
S4, EP13 "My Two Showoffs and Me"Rob, Sally and Buddy go on big ego trips when a national magazine wants to do a story about them.
S4, EP12 "The Death of the Party"Rob tries to attend Laura's family reunion without anyone finding out that he is sick.
S4, EP11 "It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise"The writers demand a raise and get entangled in the world of corporate finance.
S4, EP10 "Pink Pills and Purple Parents"Laura takes two pink pills and suffers disastrous side effects.
S4, EP9 "Three Letters From One Wife"Rob risks his job when he convinces Alan Brady to do a cultural documentary program.
S4, EP8 "The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail"The Alan Brady writers entertain at a prison and Rob gets locked up with the inmates.
S4, EP7 "4 1/2"On their way to an appointment with Laura's doctor, Rob and his pregnant wife end up stuck in an elevator with an inept armed robber (Don Rickles).
S4, EP6 "Romance, Roses and Rye Bread"Sally Rogers is romanced by her "secret" admirer -- the owner of Monker's Delicatessen.
S4, EP5 "The Man From Emperor"Rob is offered a job as humor consultant on a magazine for men-about-town.
S4, EP4 "A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat"Rob's friendship with Jerry is almost destroyed in a row over a neighbor's crab grass lawn.
S4, EP3 "The Lady and the Babysitter"Rob and Laura are unaware that their teenage baby sitter has a crush on Laura.
S4, EP2 "The Ghost of A. Chantz"Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy spend a frightening night in a haunted cabin at a mountain resort.
S4, EP1 "My Mother Can Beat Up My Father"Laura proves more proficient than Rob in the art of self-defense.
S3, EP32 "Teacher's Petrie"Rob is skeptical when Laura's new writing teacher thinks she shows promise.
S3, EP31 "I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All"Rob starts a daily count of the hairs he is losing.
S3, EP30 "My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life"Rob and Laura suspect the worst when they spy Jerry dining out with another woman.
S3, EP29 "Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail"A night with an Army buddy lands Rob in jail.
S3, EP28 "October Eve"A painting of Laura resurfaces -- but this time she is not wearing any clothes.
S3, EP27 "The Return of Edwin Carp"Rob rounds up three notable personalities from the old days of radio for a TV special.
S3, EP26 "Scratch My Car and Die"A scratch on Rob's brand-new car brings on a domestic crisis.
S3, EP25 "The Plots Thicken"Rob's and Laura's parents compete for the couple's favor in the choice of which family plot to be buried in.
S3, EP24 "How to Spank a Star"At the insistence of a domineering guest star, Rob takes over as producer of "The Alan Brady Show.".
S3, EP23 "Honeymoons Are for the Lucky"Rob recalls the hectic time of his Army marriage to Laura, and their trouble getting away for a honeymoon.
S3, EP22 "My Part-Time Wife"Rob nearly goes out of his mind when Laura fills in for Sally at the office.
S3, EP21 "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Mouth"Sally becomes a television personality overnight, and it is Rob and Buddy who suffer.
S3, EP20 "The Brave and the Backache"Rob consults a psychiatrist to determine whether a series of mysterious ailments is psychosomatic.
S3, EP19 "Happy Birthday and Too Many More"Laura and Rob give Ritchie a birthday party and 63 screaming moppets make a shambles of their house.
S3, EP18 "A Nice Friendly Game of Cards"Rob wins at poker, but almost loses a few friends after inadvertently using marked cards.
S3, EP17 "The Life and Love of Joe Coogan"Laura meets her old love and discovers he has entered the priesthood.
S3, EP16 "The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer"When a handsome bachelor moves in next door, Rob and Laura turn matchmakers.
S3, EP15 "My Husband Is the Best One"Rob gets a chilly reception from co-workers after Laura tells a visiting journalist that he is the main creative force behind "The Alan Brady Show."
S3, EP13 "The Alan Brady Show Presents"The entire "Alan Brady" staff presents a Christmas show instead of the script turned in by the writers.
S3, EP12 "The Sound of the Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears ... Or Something Like That!"Rob gets involved with the police when he thinks he has witnessed two crooks making their getaway.
S3, EP11 "Turtles, Ties and Toreadors"Rob feels very much the hero when he hires a maid for his overworked wife, Laura.
S3, EP10 "The Ballad of Betty Lou"Rob and Jerry invest in a sailboat and find they have embarked on a disastrous venture.
S3, EP9 "Big Max Calvada"An underworld figure involves Rob, Sally and Buddy in an unusual writing assignment.
S3, EP8 "Uncle George"Rob's Uncle George arrives in town and asks his nephew to find him a wife.
S3, EP7 "Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?"Rob finds himself at a party in a strange town, dancing with a young woman.
S3, EP6 "Too Many Stars"As usual, Rob finds he has too many "stars" on his hands when he tries to direct this year's show for the Parent Council.
S3, EP5 "All About Eavesdropping"Through Ritchie's toy intercom, Rob and Laura tune in on a conversation at the Helpers.
S3, EP4 "Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice"Rob and Laura, having learned they are not legally married, make plans to elope.
S3, EP3 "Laura's Little Lie"Laura confesses to Rob that she lied about her age on their marriage certificate.
S3, EP2 "The Masterpiece"Rob and Laura return home from an auction with two mysterious pieces of art.
S3, EP1 "That's My Boy?"Rob reminisces about the joy and uneasiness of the day Ritchie was born.
S2, EP32 "When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen"Rob finds himself in hot water after inadvertently lifting a comedy idea from another show.
S2, EP31 "Jilting the Jilter"Sally gets a marriage proposal from an opportunistic comic (Guy Marks) who wants her to write his material.
S2, EP30 "A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise"Laura despairs when Rob learns of her elaborate plans to throw a surprise party for him.
S2, EP29 "It's a Shame She Married Me"Rob suffers pangs of jealousy when Laura meets a successful old flame (Robert Vaughn).
S2, EP28 "Divorce"Rob finds himself caught in the middle after Buddy announces he is going to divorce Pickles.
S2, EP27 "Racy Tracy Rattigan"A romantic British film star (Richard Dawson) arouses Rob's ire by his attentions to Laura.
S2, EP26 "I'm No Henry Walden!"Rob finds himself very out of place at a dinner party for several celebrated literati.
S2, EP25 "The Square Triangle"French singing idol Jacques Savon, who has played a curious part in both Rob's and Laura's pasts, suddenly reappears.
S2, EP24 "The Sam Pomerantz Scandals"Rob, Laura and the office gang put together a variety show to help an old friend.
S2, EP23 "Give Me Your Walls"Rob's living room needs to be painted so he hires a colorful master painter from Rome.
S2, EP22 "Don't Trip Over That Mountain"Rob ignores Laura's warning to stay off the big slopes on his first skiing trip.
S2, EP21 "My Husband Is a Check-Grabber"Laura tries to break Rob of his expensive habit of picking up the check.
S2, EP20 "It May Look Like a Walnut"Rob, under the influence of science fiction, fears that a walnut will steal his imagination and his thumbs.
S2, EP19 "I Was a Teenage Head Writer"An office crisis sets Rob to reminiscing about his hectic early days as a comedy writer.
S2, EP18 "Ray Murdock's X-Ray"Rob unwittingly describes Laura as a "nut" on TV.
S2, EP17 "Will You Two Be My Wife?"Rob is slapped, kicked and screamed at by the girl he left behind when he entered the Army.
S2, EP16 "The Foul-Weather Girl"Laura believes her marriage is threatened by a singing weather girl.
S2, EP15 "The Cat Burglar"A phantom burglar pillages the Petrie home and baffles the police.
S2, EP14 "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra"Rob must choose a Cleopatra for a community theater production.
S2, EP13 "A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own"Rob feels that he has betrayed his dentist friend, Jerry, when he goes to another dentist.
S2, EP12 "Gesundheit, Darling"Rob begins to fear that he is allergic to his own family when proximity to Laura and Ritchie starts him sneezing.
S2, EP11 "A Bird in the Head Hurts"Ritchie runs into the house screaming that he has been pecked on the head by a giant woodpecker.
S2, EP10 "The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally"Rob suspects co-writers Buddy and Sally of carrying on a clandestine romance.
S2, EP9 "The Night the Roof Fell In"A tiring day causes a spat between the Petries.
S2, EP8 "Like a Sister"A balladeer brings romance into television comedy writer Sally Rogers' life.
S2, EP7 "What's in a Middle Name?"Rob has some explaining to do when son Ritchie discovers his peculiar middle name.
S2, EP6 "My Husband Is Not a Drunk"A post-hypnotic suggestion turns Rob tipsy every time he hears a bell ring.
S2, EP5 "Hustling the Hustler"Rob has an evening of high adventure with a veteran pool shark who pretends he cannot play the game.
S2, EP4 "Bank Book 6565696"Rob learns Laura has a secret bank account.
S2, EP3 "The Attempted Marriage"A crippled jeep and a sprained ankle make Rob two hours late for his own wedding.
S2, EP2 "The Two Faces of Rob"To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the phone, Rob disguises his voice and calls Laura.
S2, EP1 "Never Name a Duck"When one of Ritchie's two pet ducks dies, it seems as if the Petrie family has lost one of its human members.
S1, EP30 "The Return of Happy Spangler"Rob tries to help an old radio comedy writer make a comeback.
S1, EP29 "Sol and the Sponsor"A dinner party for Rob's television sponsor and his wife is enlivened by the arrival of one of Rob's Army buddies.
S1, EP28 "The Bad Old Days"Buddy convinces Rob that he and all other American husbands are being dominated by women.
S1, EP27 "The Sleeping Brother"Rob's brother (Jerry Van Dyke) auditions for the show while awake.
S1, EP26 "I Am My Brother's Keeper"Rob's bashful brother arrives in town and proves to be confident and outgoing only when he is sleepwalking.
S1, EP25 "Where You Been, Fassbinder?"Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.
S1, EP24 "One Angry Man"While serving jury duty, Rob finds himself siding with the female defendant.
S1, EP23 "The Twizzle"Sally drags the entire production staff to a bowling alley, where she unveils a new dance and a new song.
S1, EP22 "Father of the Week"Rob's paternal pride suffers a cruel shock when he finds out his 6-year-old son is ashamed of him.
S1, EP21 "The Boarder Incident"While his wife is away, Buddy accepts Rob's invitation to move in as a house guest.
S1, EP20 "A Word a Day"Ritchie's expanding vocabulary starts to branch out in unexpected directions.
S1, EP19 "The Talented Neighborhood"When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.
S1, EP18 "Who Owes Who What?"For Rob, a forgotten loan turns into a forgotten debt and a television script.
S1, EP17 "Punch Thy Neighbor"Rob's pal Jerry strains their friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public.
S1, EP16 "The Curious Thing About Women"Rob's sense of humor backfires when he decides to base a television skit on Laura's habits.
S1, EP15 "Where Did I Come From?"Six-year-old Ritchie asks his parents about the birds and the bees.
S1, EP14 "Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?"After Buddy quits his job for another that falls through, Rob and Sally conspire to get his old job back.
S1, EP13 "Sally Is a Girl"Rob is accused of being a Don Juan when he takes his wife's advice and stops treating Sally as one of the boys.
S1, EP12 "Empress Carlotta's Necklace"Rob proudly presents Laura with a huge, horrible necklace, but she can't bring herself to tell him it is ugly.
S1, EP11 "Forty-Four Tickets"Rob invites 44 fellow PTA members to his television show, but he forgets to get the tickets.
S1, EP10 "The Meershatz Pipe"Rob fears he is no longer needed when his co-writers turn out a show without his help.
S1, EP9 "The Unwelcome Houseguest"Laura's plans for a quiet weekend in the country are spoiled when Buddy convinces Rob to take care of his German shepherd.
S1, EP8 "To Tell or Not to Tell"Rob and Ritchie find themselves more than a little lost when Laura briefly resumes her dancing career.
S1, EP7 "Jealousy!"Laura begins to worry when Rob has to work nights with a beautiful TV star.
S1, EP6 "Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo."Rob invites an old Army pal home and begins to fear he is a jewel thief.
S1, EP5 "Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced"While rummaging through Rob's old army equipment, Rob and Laura recall that he broke her foot the night they met.
S1, EP4 "Washington vs. the Bunny"Rob is determined to go on a business trip even though Laura wants him to see their son, Richie, star in a school play.
S1, EP3 "Sally and the Lab Technician"Laura matches her pharmacist cousin with Rob's co-writer, Sally, for a dinner party with disastrous results.
S1, EP2 "My Blonde-Haired Brunette"Laura turns herself into a blonde femme fatale when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading.
S1, EP1 "The Sick Boy and the Sitter"Rob talks Laura into leaving their sick son with a baby sitter while they go to a party at Alan Brady's penthouse.
Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives Rob Petrie, a writer on the fictional Alan Brady Show. He's happily married to former dancer Laura, and they have a young son, Ritchie. 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 -- or at home.
Original Air Date: Oct 3, 1961
Genres: ComedyTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
5 seasons available on demand (157 episodes)
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