The Dick Van Dyke Show

Season 1 1961 - 1962
TV-G

  • 1961-10-04T01:30:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 15h (30 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and producer Mel Cooley. At home, we also got to chuckle (and sometimes cry) over Rob's antics involving his wife, son, and neighbors.

30 episodes

Series Premiere

1961-10-04T01:30:00Z

1x01 The Sick Boy and the Sitter

Series Premiere

1x01 The Sick Boy and the Sitter

  • 1961-10-04T01:30:00Z30m

Rob talks Laura into going to a party at Alan Brady's penthouse even though she'd rather stay home and look after their ailing five-year old.

1961-10-11T01:30:00Z

1x02 My Blonde-Haired Brunette

Feeling old and unloved, Laura decides to try to dye her hair blond.

Laura set up her quiet cousin Thomas with Sally, but when Sally arrives Thomas doesn't get to say much.

1961-10-25T01:30:00Z

1x04 Washington vs. the Bunny

1x04 Washington vs. the Bunny

  • 1961-10-25T01:30:00Z30m

Rob must decide whether to see his son's play or go out of town for his job.

Rob and Laura Recall how they met.

Harrison B. Harding shows up, claiming to be an old friend of Rob's, and seems to know everything about Rob.

1961-11-08T02:30:00Z

1x07 Jealousy!

1x07 Jealousy!

  • 1961-11-08T02:30:00Z30m

Laura wonders if Rob will still love her while working with a lovely TV star.

1961-11-15T02:30:00Z

1x08 To Tell or Not to Tell

1x08 To Tell or Not to Tell

  • 1961-11-15T02:30:00Z30m

Rob wonders if Laura will go back into show business after she's offered a dancing job on the Alan Brady Show.

1961-11-22T02:30:00Z

1x09 The Unwelcome Houseguest

1x09 The Unwelcome Houseguest

  • 1961-11-22T02:30:00Z30m

Laura sets up a quiet weekend away, but Rob comes home with Buddy's dog for the weekend.

1961-11-29T02:30:00Z

1x10 The Meershatz Pipe

1x10 The Meershatz Pipe

  • 1961-11-29T02:30:00Z30m

Rob starts feeling jealous after Alan gives Buddy a nice gift.

1961-12-06T02:30:00Z

1x11 Forty-Four Tickets

1x11 Forty-Four Tickets

  • 1961-12-06T02:30:00Z30m

Rob forgets to reserve 44 tickets to the Alan Brady Show, for the PTA group.

Rob buys an ugly necklace that he thinks Laura will love.

1961-12-20T02:30:00Z

1x13 Sally Is a Girl

1x13 Sally Is a Girl

  • 1961-12-20T02:30:00Z30m

Laura encourages Rob to start treating Sally like a lady after seeing her treated like a guy around the office.

Buddy wants to leave the show to become Head Writer of another show. Mel can't release Buddy from his contract, so he helps Rob and Sally write a memo to Alan to encourage him to fire Buddy.

1962-01-04T02:30:00Z

1x15 Where Did I Come From?

1x15 Where Did I Come From?

  • 1962-01-04T02:30:00Z30m

Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.

Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.

1962-01-18T02:30:00Z

1x17 Punch Thy Neighbor

1x17 Punch Thy Neighbor

  • 1962-01-18T02:30:00Z30m

Jerry makes one too many jokes about the "bad writing" on the Alan Brady Show, to which Rob takes deep offense.

1962-01-25T02:30:00Z

1x18 Who Owes Who What?

1x18 Who Owes Who What?

  • 1962-01-25T02:30:00Z30m

Rob tries to collect a debt from Buddy, but isn't sure how he should broach the subject.

1962-02-01T02:30:00Z

1x19 The Talented Neighborhood

The Alan Brady Show is looking for talented kids and Rob is asked to get auditions for practically every kid in the neighborhood.

1962-02-08T02:30:00Z

1x20 A Word a Day

1x20 A Word a Day

  • 1962-02-08T02:30:00Z30m

Richie begins using "certain four letter words", and Rob and Laura try desperately to get him to stop.

1962-02-15T02:30:00Z

1x21 The Boarder Incident

1x21 The Boarder Incident

  • 1962-02-15T02:30:00Z30m

Buddy's wife is out of town, so Rob invites Buddy to stay at his house for the duration. Disaster ensues.

1962-02-22T02:30:00Z

1x22 Father of the Week

1x22 Father of the Week

  • 1962-02-22T02:30:00Z30m

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.

1962-03-01T02:30:00Z

1x23 The Twizzle

1x23 The Twizzle

  • 1962-03-01T02:30:00Z30m

Sally brings the gang down to the bowling alley to experience the latest dance craze.

1962-03-08T02:30:00Z

1x24 One Angry Man

1x24 One Angry Man

  • 1962-03-08T02:30:00Z30m

Rob gets called for jury duty and finds himself doubting the attractive defendant's guilt.

An old high school friend visits Sally on her birthday.

1962-03-22T02:30:00Z

1x26 I Am My Brother's Keeper

1x26 I Am My Brother's Keeper

  • 1962-03-22T02:30:00Z30m

Rob's shy brother Stacey comes for a visit, but he has a problem: he is a sleepwalker.

1962-03-29T02:30:00Z

1x27 The Sleeping Brother

1x27 The Sleeping Brother

  • 1962-03-29T02:30:00Z30m

Since Stacey is such a great performer while he's sleeping, Rob tries to get him an audition for The Alan Brady Show.

1962-04-05T02:30:00Z

1x28 The Bad Old Days

1x28 The Bad Old Days

  • 1962-04-05T02:30:00Z30m

Rob starts to feel like he does too much housework when Buddy warns him about the decline of the American male.

1962-04-12T02:30:00Z

1x29 Sol and the Sponsor

1x29 Sol and the Sponsor

  • 1962-04-12T02:30:00Z30m

Rob's old Army buddy Sol shows up just as the Petries are preparing for dinner with an important sponsor. Gregarious, hyper and obnoxious, Sol insults the sponsor's taste.

Season Finale

1962-04-19T02:30:00Z

1x30 The Return of Happy Spangler

Season Finale

1x30 The Return of Happy Spangler

  • 1962-04-19T02:30:00Z30m

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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