The Dick Van Dyke Show Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 5 (1965 - 1966)

• Season 5 Episode 32: The Last Chapter

  Alan buys Rob's autobiography for a TV series.

• Season 5 Episode 31: The Gunslinger

  Rob dreams he is a sheriff in the Wild West.

• Season 5 Episode 30: Long Night's Journey Into Day

  Laura spends a frightening night alone.

• Season 5 Episode 29: Love Thy Other Neighbor

  Millie is jealous of the new neighbors.

• Season 5 Episode 28: You Ought to Be in Pictures

  Rob is cast with an Italian actress in a cheap film.

• Season 5 Episode 27: The Man From My Uncle

  From the Petrie house, FBI agents watch a neighbor.

• Season 5 Episode 26: Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.

  The writers spice the script with insults to Alan.

• Season 5 Episode 25: A Day in the Life of Alan Brady

  The Helpers' anniversary bash becomes a documentary.

• Season 5 Episode 24: Talk to the Snail

  Thinking he is going to lose his job, Rob has an interview with a ventriloquist.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Bad Reception in Albany

  Out-of-town Rob searches for a television set.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Buddy Sorrell -- Man and Boy

  Buddy is either seeking therapy or having an affair.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Dear Sally Rogers

  Sally advertises for a man on national television.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Remember the Alimony

  The Petries recall applying for divorce.

• Season 5 Episode 19: The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart

  Rob advises Mel to stand up to Alan Brady.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Curse of the Petrie People

  Laura accidentally loses Rob's family heirloom.

• Season 5 Episode 17: The Making of a Councilman

  Rob prefers his brainy opponent for city council.

• Season 5 Episode 16: I Do Not Choose to Run

  Rob debates running for city council.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Who Stole My Watch?

  Rob accuses his friend of taking his missing watch.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Fifty-Two Forty-Five or Work

  Rob recalls being unemployed.

• Season 5 Episode 13: You're Under Arrest

  Rob runs afoul of the law after arguing with Laura.

• Season 5 Episode 12: See Rob Write; Write, Rob, Write

  Rob and Laura each write a children's story.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Body and Sol

  Rob recalls his boxing days in the Army.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Go Tell the Birds and the Bees

  Ritchie's tall tales cause him trouble.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Viva Petrie

  A bullfighter becomes the Petries' new handyman.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Odd But True

  Rob's freckles may earn him $500.

• Season 5 Episode 7: The Great Petrie Fortune

  Rob suddenly realizes the value of an old photo.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Draw Me a Pear

  An art instructor sets her sights on student Rob.

• Season 5 Episode 5: No Rice at My Wedding

  Rob recalls when he almost lost Laura to another man.

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Ugliest Dog in the World

  The Petries try to find a home for an ugly dog.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Uhny Uftz

  Rob tracks a UFO to the office above his own.

• Season 5 Episode 2: A Farewell to Writing

  Rob has trouble getting started on writing a book.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

  Alan Brady's toupee becomes common knowledge when Laura reveals the secret to a fast-talking game show host

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 4 (1964 - 1965)

• Season 4 Episode 32: There's No Sale Like Wholesale

  Buddy obtains a wholesale fur coat for the Petries.

• Season 4 Episode 31: Br-Room, Br-Room

  Rob is arrested while riding his new motorcycle.

• Season 4 Episode 30: 100 Terrible Hours

  Rob recalls his job interview with Alan Brady following a keep-awake marathon radio broadcast

• Season 4 Episode 29: Baby Fat

  Rob lends a helping hand to TV comedian Alan Brady, by rewriting a play starring the celebrity

• Season 4 Episode 28: A Show of Hands

  Rob and Laura wear gloves to a prestigious awards banquet to hide their hands after accidentally dying them black

• Season 4 Episode 27: Never Bathe On a Saturday

  Laura finds herself in an embarrassing predicament when she gets her toe stuck up the bath spout in a fancy hotel : with the door locked from inside

• Season 4 Episode 26: Not Now Anthony Stone

  Sally's new boyfriend is secretive about his job.

• Season 4 Episode 25: Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

  Rob recalls when he and a pal wanted the same house.

• Season 4 Episode 24: Bupkiss

  An old song Rob co-wrote is about to become a hit.

• Season 4 Episode 23: Girls Will Be Boys

  A little girl beats up the boy she loves, Ritchie.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Young Man With a Shoehorn

  Rob invests in a shoe store.

• Season 4 Episode 21: The Case of the Pillow

  Rob takes on the prosecution of a shady salesman.

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Redcoats Are Coming

  The Petries entertain a British duo (Chad & Jeremy).

• Season 4 Episode 19: Boy No. 1 vs. Boy No. 2

  Laura's and Millie's sons are cast in a commercial.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Stacey Petrie

  Stacey (Jerry Van Dyke) saves both his coffeehouse and his romance.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Stacey Petrie

  Rob's brother Stacey (Jerry Van Dyke) romances Sally.

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Impractical Joke

  Rob seeks revenge against a practical joker.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Brother, Can You Spare $2500?

  Extortionists demand $2500 for Rob's lost script.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk

  An old friend's (Jack Carter) scheme upsets Rob.

• Season 4 Episode 13: My Two Showoffs and Me

  Rob, Sally and Buddy may be featured in a magazine.

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Death of the Party

  An ailing Rob tries to attend Laura's family reunion without anyone finding out that he is sick.

• Season 4 Episode 11: It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

  The writers demand a raise and get entangled in the world of corporate finance.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Pink Pills for Purple Parents

  Two pink pills have an adverse effect on Laura.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Three Letters From One Wife

  Rob convinces Alan to do a cultural documentary.

• Season 4 Episode 8: The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail

  Rob becomes locked up while entertaining inmates.

• Season 4 Episode 7: 4 1/2

  Rob and pregnant Laura are trapped with a robber (Don Rickles).

• Season 4 Episode 6: Romance, Roses and Rye Bread

  A secret admirer romances Sally.

• Season 4 Episode 5: The Man From Emperor

  Rob is offered a job on a man-about-town magazine.

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

  A fight over crab grass splits Rob and Jerry.

• Season 4 Episode 3: The Lady and the Baby Sitter

  A teenage baby-sitter has a crush on Laura.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Ghost of A. Chantz

  The gang spends a night in a haunted mountain cabin.

• Season 4 Episode 1: My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

  Laura demonstrates self-defense tactics on Rob.

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 3 (1963 - 1964)

• Season 3 Episode 32: Teacher's Petrie

  Laura's writing teacher thinks she shows promise.

• Season 3 Episode 31: I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All

  Rob frets about losing his hair.

• Season 3 Episode 30: My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life

  The Petries see Jerry dining with a gorgeous blonde.

• Season 3 Episode 29: Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail

  A night with an Army buddy lands Rob in jail.

• Season 3 Episode 28: October Eve

  An art exhibition at a New York gallery causes distinct embarrassment for Laura, as a nude portrait bearing her likeness is displayed. Classic American comedy from the 1960s

• Season 3 Episode 27: The Return of Edwin Carp

  Rob hires three radio notables for an Alan Brady special.

• Season 3 Episode 26: Scratch My Car and Die

  A crisis arises from a scratch on Rob's new car.

• Season 3 Episode 25: The Plots Thicken

  The Petries' parents conflict over cemetery plots.

• Season 3 Episode 24: How to Spank a Star

  A guest on the Alan Brady Show demands that Rob take over as producer.

• Season 3 Episode 23: Honeymoons Are for the Lucky

  Rob recalls his honeymoon with Laura.

• Season 3 Episode 22: My Part-Time Wife

  Laura does a perfect job of filling in for Sally.

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Mouth

  Sally becomes an overnight TV celebrity.

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Brave and the Backache

  Rob thinks his ailments may be psychosomatic.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Happy Birthday and Too Many More

  Ritchie's birthday party erupts into bedlam.

• Season 3 Episode 18: A Nice Friendly Game of Cards

  Rob inadvertently wins at poker with marked cards.

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Life and Love of Joe Coogan

  An old flame of Laura's stirs up jealous feelings in Rob : especially when he sees the love poems he sent her years before. Michael Forest guests in the classic comedy

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer

  The Petries play matchmaker for a handsome neighbor.

• Season 3 Episode 15: My Husband Is the Best One

  Laura interferes in Rob's interview.

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Third One From the Left

  A chorus girl from the show falls for Rob.

• Season 3 Episode 13: The Alan Brady Show Presents

  The show's staff puts on a Christmas show.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Sound of the Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears ... Or Something Like That!

  Rob thinks he saw two crooks escaping.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Turtles, Ties and Toreadors

  The maid Rob hires to help Laura can't speak English.

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Ballad of Betty Lou

  Rob and Jerry buy a sailboat.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Big Max Calvada

  Rob, Sally and Buddy write for an underworld boss.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Uncle George

  His uncle (Denver Pyle) wants Rob to find him a wife.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?

  Rob does the bossa nova at a party.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Too Many Stars

  Director Rob has too many stars for his show.

• Season 3 Episode 5: All About Eavesdropping

  Rob and Laura listen in on the Helpers' conversation over Richie's toy intercom : and they don't like what they hear

• Season 3 Episode 4: Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice

  The Petries, not legally wed, elope.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Laura's Little Lie

  Laura admits to Rob that she lied about her age on their marriage licence : was their commitment ever legal? Classic comedy, also featuring Mary Tyler Moore and Rose Marie

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Masterpiece

  Rob and Laura buy art at an auction.

• Season 3 Episode 1: That's My Boy?

  Rob reminisces about the days following Richie's birth, during which he convinced himself that the hospital had given them the wrong baby. Vintage comedy series, also starring Mary Tyler Moore

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 2 (1962 - 1963)

• Season 2 Episode 32: When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen

  Rob unknowingly steals a comedy idea.

• Season 2 Episode 31: Jilting the Jilter

  A comedian seeking material proposes to Sally.

• Season 2 Episode 30: A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise

  Rob learns Laura is planning a surprise party.

• Season 2 Episode 29: It's a Shame She Married Me

  Laura meets a successful old love (Robert Vaughn).

• Season 2 Episode 28: Divorce

  Buddy announces he is getting a divorce.

• Season 2 Episode 27: Racy Tracy Rattigan

  A British film star (Richard Dawson) eyes Laura.

• Season 2 Episode 26: I'm No Henry Walden!

  Rob attends a dinner for celebrated writers.

• Season 2 Episode 25: The Square Triangle

  A French singer from the Petries' past reappears.

• Season 2 Episode 24: The Sam Pomerantz Scandals

  The gang stages a show to help an old friend.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Give Me Your Walls

  Rob hires a master painter to do the living room.

• Season 2 Episode 22: Don't Trip Over That Mountain

  Novice skier Rob regrets ignoring Laura's warning.

• Season 2 Episode 21: My Husband Is a Check-Grabber

  Laura dislikes Rob's habit of always paying the check.

• Season 2 Episode 20: It May Look Like a Walnut

  After watching a late-night TV thriller, Rob has a nightmare about an alien who looks like TV star Danny Thomas

• Season 2 Episode 19: I Was a Teenage Head Writer

  Rob recalls his early comedy-writing days.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Ray Murdock's X-Ray

  Rob unwittingly describes Laura as a 'nut' on TV.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Will You Two Be My Wife?

  Rob is abused by the girl he left behind.

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Foul Weather Girl

  Laura thinks a TV weather-girl is after Rob.

• Season 2 Episode 15: The Cat Burglar

  A burglar pillages the Petrie home.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

  Director Rob must cast the role of Cleopatra.

• Season 2 Episode 13: A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own

  Rob feels guilty when he sees another dentist.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Gesundheit Darling

  Rob has a sneezing fit while playing cards with Laura : leading him to suspect he could be allergic to his wife

• Season 2 Episode 11: A Bird in the Head Hurts

  Ritchie claims a giant woodpecker attacked him.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally

  Rob suspects Buddy and Sally of having an affair.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Night the Roof Fell In

  A tiring day causes a spat between the Petries.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Like a Sister

  Sally finds romance with a singer (Vic Damone).

• Season 2 Episode 7: What's in a Middle Name?

  Ritchie learns his middle name is Rosebud.

• Season 2 Episode 6: My Husband Is Not a Drunk

  Rob's hypnotic experience results in him acting completely drunk whenever he hears a bell ring

• Season 2 Episode 5: Hustling the Hustler

  A veteran pool shark takes advantage of Rob.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Bank Book 6565696

  Rob learns Laura has a secret bank account.

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Attempted Marriage

  Rob recalls how he arrived battered, bruised and three hours late for his wedding

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Two Faces of Rob

  Rob disguises his voice to ask Laura for a date.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Never Name a Duck

  One of Ritchie's pet ducks dies.

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 1 (1961 - 1962)

• Season 1 Episode 30: The Return of Happy Spangler

  Rob tries to help a comedy writer's comeback.

• Season 1 Episode 29: Sol and the Sponsor

  Rob's Army buddy arrives during a dinner party.

• Season 1 Episode 28: The Bad Old Days

  Rob thinks that Laura dominates him.

• Season 1 Episode 27: The Sleeping Brother

  Rob's brother (Jerry Van Dyke) auditions for the show while awake.

• Season 1 Episode 26: I Am My Brother's Keeper

  Rob's shy brother (Jerry Van Dyke) has confidence while sleepwalking.

• Season 1 Episode 25: Where You Been, Fassbinder?

  An insurance salesman romances Sally.

• Season 1 Episode 24: One Angry Man

  Juror Rob sides with a beautiful blonde.

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Twizzle

  Sally does a new song-and-dance in a bowling alley.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Father of the Week

  Rob discovers Ritchie is ashamed of him.

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Boarder Incident

  Buddy moves in with Rob while Laura is away.

• Season 1 Episode 20: A Word a Day

  Ritchie's vocabulary expands in unexpected ways.

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Talented Neighborhood

  Rob's show announces a talent contest.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Who Owes Who What?

  A forgotten loan inspires a TV script.

• Season 1 Episode 17: Punch Thy Neighbor

  Jerry criticizes Rob's show in public.

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Curious Thing About Women

  Laura's curiosity gets the better of her when she decides to open a parcel addressed to Rob, but her enthusiasm soon wanes when she finds what's inside

• Season 1 Episode 15: Where Did I Come From?

  Rob recalls how Laura arrived at the maternity ward in a laundry truck as he reminisces about her final frantic days of pregnancy

• Season 1 Episode 14: Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

  Buddy leaves the show for a new job that goes sour.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Sally Is a Girl

  Laura advises Rob to treat Sally like a lady.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Empress Carlotta's Necklace

  Laura is afraid to tell Rob that she doesn't like a necklace.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Forty-Four Tickets

  Rob invites 44 fellow PTA members to his television show, but forgets all about them until the programme is about to air

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Meershatz Pipe

  Rob's co-workers produce a show without him.

• Season 1 Episode 9: The Unwelcome House Guest

  Rob agrees to care for Buddy's dog for a weekend.

• Season 1 Episode 8: To Tell or Not to Tell

  Laura decides to resume her career as a dancer.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Jealousy!

  Laura worries when Rob works nights with an actress.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo.

  Rob fears a visiting Army buddy is a jewel thief.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced

  Rob and Laura recall the night they met.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Washington vs. the Bunny

  Rob's business trip conflicts with Ritchie's play.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Sally and the Lab Technician

  Laura matches her pharmacist cousin with Sally.

• Season 1 Episode 2: My Blonde-Haired Brunette

  Laura dyes her hair blonde in an attempt to win Rob's affections and recapture the magic she feels has faded from her marriage

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Sick Boy and the Sitter

  Rob persuades Laura to attend a party at Alan Brady's penthouse, despite her desire to stay at home with her sick five-year-old