The Dick Van Dyke Show
Season 1
30 episodes
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S01E01 The Sick Boy and the Sitter
Head comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their slightly sick son Ritchie at home with a babysitter while they attend a party at the home of his boss.
Pilot note — From the desk: The Dick Van Dyke Show opens its catalog run with “The Sick Boy and the Sitter” (1961-10-03). Modern workplace/home hybrid sitcom DNA starts in that New Rochelle living room. Mary Tyler Moore's ascent and industry gender politics simmer under the laughs.
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S01E02 My Blonde-Haired Brunette
Laura thinks she is losing her sex appeal so she decides to dye her hair blond, then changes her mind when Rob says he loves her with brown hair on the phone.
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S01E03 Sally and the Lab Technician
Much to Rob's horror, Laura tries her hand at matchmaking when she invites her quiet introverted cousin Thomas over for a meal with exactly the opposite Sally.
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S01E04 Washington vs. the Bunny
Rob suffers with guilt when he has to go on a business trip the night of his son's play
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S01E05 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.
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S01E06 Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo.
When an old Army buddy comes for a visit, Rob can't remember who he is.
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S01E07 Jealousy!
Laura begins to worry when Rob has to work nights with a beautiful TV star.
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S01E08 To Tell or Not to Tell
Rob and Richie find themselves more than a little lost when Laura briefly resumes her dancing career.
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S01E09 The Unwelcome Houseguest
Without checking with Laura, Rob agrees to look after Buddy's dog over the upcoming long weekend. Not only do Laura and Richie have other plans, Richie is terrified the large dog will eat him.
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S01E10 The Meershatz Pipe
Rob feigns bemusement at Buddy's new "Meershatz pipe", but is secretly envious that it was a gift from their boss, Alan Brady.
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S01E11 Forty-Four Tickets
After scolding Richie for being forgetful, Rob belatedly realizes that he forgot to reserve tickets to The Alan Brady Show, which he had promised to the local PTA.
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S01E12 Empress Carlotta's Necklace
Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.
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S01E13 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.
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S01E14 Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
Buddy has a chance for a head writer job. Rob and Sally help Buddy get released from his contract to "The Alan Brady Show". The plan backfires, so Rob and Sally have to find an ingenious way to get Buddy re-hired.
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S01E15 Where Did I Come From?
Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.
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S01E16 The Curious Thing About Women
After bickering with Laura over her habit of preemptively opening his mail, Rob decides to write a comedy sketch based on this. A success upon broadcast, friends and acquaintances recognize Laura as the inspiration for the sketch, causing her embarrassment.
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S01E17 Punch Thy Neighbor
Jerry teases Rob about the quality of The Alan Brady Show. Amused at Rob's annoyance, Jerry devises increasingly elaborate ways of expressing his derision.
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S01E18 Who Owes Who What?
Laura chides Rob for not collecting money owed to him by Buddy. Confusion ensues after Rob's tentative attempts to remind Buddy of the debt.
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S01E19 The Talented Neighborhood
When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.
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S01E20 A Word a Day
Ritchie's expanding vocabulary starts to branch out in unexpected directions.
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S01E21 The Boarder Incident
While his wife is away, Buddy stays with the Petries and quickly wears out his welcome.
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S01E22 Father of the Week
Rob is invited to talk to Richie's class about what he does for a living. However, Richie hates the idea, thinking the other kids will be bored listening to his dad talk about comedy writing.
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S01E23 The Twizzle
Sally drags the entire gang to a bowling alley when she discovers a new dance sensation that's sure to sweep the nation.
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S01E24 One Angry Man
Rob embarrasses himself at jury duty when he finds himself attracted to the defendant, a former exotic dancer accused of diamond smuggling.
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S01E25 Where You Been, Fassbinder?
Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.
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S01E26 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.
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S01E27 The Sleeping Brother
Rob's brother auditions for the show while awake.
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S01E28 The Bad Old Days
Buddy's lamentation over the decline in the preeminence of the American male leads Rob to daydream about the past.
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S01E29 Sol and the Sponsor
Rob faces a dilemma when a rambunctious old army pal must be told he cannot attend a special dinner party that the Petries are throwing to make an impression with an Alan Brady Show sponsor.
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S01E30 The Return of Happy Spangler
Rob convinces his old mentor, Happy Spangler, to join the writing staff of The Alan Brady Show; but Happy seems more interested in telling about his life than in doing any work.
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