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  • Dec 26, 1962
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Summary Once Upon a Time... There's a New Show on CBS-TV called The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on October 3, 1961 and fresh out of the pilot called "Head of the Family" in 1960 as part of "The Comedy Spot". On this Series, Set in New Rochelle, NY at home. The Show focus on Robert "Rob" Petrie is the husband and Father of 1 Child and the Head Wri...

Directed By: John Rich

Written By: Martin Ragaway, Carl Reiner

  • TV-G
  • CBS
  • Dec 26, 1962
  • 30 m
  • TV-G
  • CBS
  • Dec 26, 1962
  • 30 m
The Dick Van Dyke Show
S2 • Episode 14
Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
Air Date: Dec 26, 1962
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Summary Once Upon a Time... There's a New Show on CBS-TV called The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on October 3, 1961 and fresh out of the pilot called "Head of the Family" in 1960 as part of "The Comedy Spot". On this Series, Set in New Rochelle, NY at home. The Show focus on Robert "Rob" Petrie is the husband and Father of 1 Child and the Head Wri...

Created By: Carl Reiner

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Episode 1 • Sep 26, 1962 • 30 m
Never Name a Duck
Ritchie becomes very attached to two baby ducks that were left over from a show and adopts them. Rob faces the task of making Ritchie understand the consequence of trying to keep pets that may be happier living in the wild.
Episode 2 • Oct 3, 1962 • 30 m
The Two Faces of Rob
Can a man disguise his voice and fool his wife over the phone? Rob thinks he has, using an Italian accent as "Dr. Benelli", reciting poetry. Was Laura flirting with a stranger or was she wise the whole time? How dolce fare niente, indeed.
Episode 3 • Oct 10, 1962 • 30 m
The Attempted Marriage
Rob recalls his and Laura's attempts to get married when Ritchie brings up the subject.
Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1962 • 30 m
Bank Book 6565696
Rob discovers Laura's secret bank account. Its mystery preoccupies his thoughts till he finally has to confront her and ask what it's for.
Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1962 • 30 m
Hustling the Hustler
Rob doesn't know what he's in for when he invites Buddy's charming, pool hustling brother Blackie over for dinner and a friendly game of billiards.
Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1962 • 30 m
My Husband Is Not a Drunk
A hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.
Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1962 • 30 m
What's in a Middle Name?
Ritchie finds his birth certificate and wants an explanation for his middle name being Rosebud.
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1962 • 30 m
Like a Sister
When handsome Ric Vallone is the guest star on the Alan Brady Show, Rob grows increasingly concerned that Sally is falling madly for the star, who is unaware of this complication.
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1962 • 30 m
The Night the Roof Fell In
Having each had a rough day, Laura and Rob argue, but only their goldfish can report the truth as Laura and Rob later tell colorful, self-aggrandizing versions to others of what happened.
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1962 • 30 m
The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
Rob suspects that Buddy and Sally may be moonlighting for another comedy show (or worse - having an affair).
Episode 11 • Dec 5, 1962 • 30 m
A Bird in the Head Hurts
Ritchie claims he keeps being attacked by a giant woodpecker.
Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1962 • 30 m
Gesundheit, Darling
The Petries start quarreling after neighbor Jerry suggests Rob's recent sneezing fits are psychosomatic expressions of repressed rage at Laura. Worse yet, could Rob have become allergic to Laura?
Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1962 • 30 m
A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own
Rob suffers pangs of guilt after a dental emergency arises while Jerry's out of town, forcing Rob to accept treatment from another dentist whom Rob finds superior.
Episode 14 • Dec 26, 1962 • 30 m
Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
While directing the annual variety show sponsored by his talented neighbors, Rob becomes frustrated by spousal jealousies as he tries to pair the perfect "Cleopatra" to "Mark Antony" for the lead roles.
Episode 15 • Jan 2, 1963 • 30 m
The Cat Burglar
A successive string of neighborhood cat burglaries makes the Petries and the Helpers jumpy, all of whom get victimized despite their hyper-vigilance over every little sound.
Episode 16 • Jan 9, 1963 • 30 m
The Foul Weather Girl
Rob sneaks in and plants a big kiss on Laura only to find it isn't Laura at all but an old flame of his from high school who's in New York for an audition.
Episode 17 • Jan 16, 1963 • 30 m
Will You Two Be My Wife?
Rob recounts the wrath and fury he encountered when he broke his engagement with his hometown sweetheart, Dorothy, after he and Laura became engaged.
Episode 18 • Jan 23, 1963 • 30 m
Ray Murdock's X-Ray
Rob thinks he can be a guest on an infamously incendiary talk show without getting burned. Boy, was HE ever wrong. Now if he can just keep Laura from seeing the show, he might just save his marriage.
Episode 19 • Jan 30, 1963 • 30 m
I Was a Teenage Head Writer
Facing off with Mel over a rejected script, Rob leaves the show, fuming when Buddy and Sally don't join him.
Episode 20 • Feb 6, 1963 • 30 m
It May Look Like a Walnut
Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.
Episode 21 • Feb 13, 1963 • 30 m
My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Laura's silence forces Rob to recount their evening out to determine what he did that made her infuriated over jeopardizing Ritchie's college future.
Episode 22 • Feb 20, 1963 • 26 m
Don't Trip Over That Mountain
Rob promises Laura he won't get injured on his skiing trip with Jerry, but when he sustains a full-body bang-up, he does all he can to keep it from her rather than admit her woman's intuition was correct.
Episode 23 • Feb 27, 1963 • 30 m
Give Me Your Walls
The Petries hire a painter for their living room who ends up doing a lot, other than what they hired him to do.
Episode 24 • Mar 6, 1963 • 30 m
The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
The gang vacations at Rob's army buddy's new resort, but when Rob incapacitates its headlining comic, he gets the gang to help put on a show to make up for it.
Episode 25 • Mar 20, 1963 • 30 m
The Square Triangle
Rob plans to make himself scarce when he hears French heartthrob Jacques Savon is Alan's guest star, a man whose marriage Rob feels responsible for breaking up. Oddly enough, Laura feels responsible, too.
Episode 26 • Mar 27, 1963 • 30 m
I'm No Henry Walden
In answer to an invitation, the Petries attend a swank dinner party thrown by wealthy Mrs. Huntington, which later reveals itself to be a fund-raiser where Rob's compliant gesture turns into a donation far beyond his means.
Episode 27 • Apr 3, 1963 • 30 m
Racy Tracy Rattigan
Tracy Rattigan, the show's guest host while Alan Brady's on vacation, is a charming but incorrigible flirt, the extent of which Laura and Rob discover to their discomfort.
Episode 28 • Apr 10, 1963 • 30 m
Divorce
Suspected infidelity puts Buddy's marriage to Pickles in jeopardy, and Rob, friends to both, finds himself situated between an enraged husband and an hysterical wife.
Episode 29 • Apr 17, 1963 • 30 m
It's a Shame She Married Me
Laura's old beau re-enters the Petries' lives as Alan Brady's newest sponsor. His appearance coincides with Rob's agitation over personal finances, triggering insecurities.
Episode 30 • Apr 24, 1963 • 30 m
A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise
Rob drives himself beyond distraction trying to figure out whether Laura is going to throw him a surprise party for his birthday and, if she IS going to throw a surprise party, when and where it's going to happen.
Episode 31 • May 1, 1963 • 30 m
Jilting the Jilter
Marriage looms on Sally's horizon when she meets Freddy White, a rat fink comedian who's willing to become her husband in exchange for endless free comedy material.
Episode 32 • May 8, 1963 • 30 m
When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen
Rob submits a sketch about a talking bowling pin which Alan Brady loves, but trouble arises when it is revealed that a rival comedian has already used that same material.
5 Seasons

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Dick Van Dyke

Rob Petrie, Hezekiah Petrie

Mary Tyler Moore

Laura Petrie, Laura Meehan, Sam

Rose Marie

Sally Rogers

Morey Amsterdam

Buddy Sorrell

Larry Mathews

Ritchie Petrie

Richard Deacon

Mel Cooley

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Millie Helper, Millie Crumberbacher, Millie Crumbermacher

Frank Adamo

Party Guest, Waiter, Partygoer

Jerry Paris

Jerry Helper, Blake, Jack Sullivan

Carl Reiner

Alan Brady, Diamond Club Announcer, Fight Announcer

Johnny Silver

Waiter, Photographer, Alfred Campbell, Counter Man, Dave, Delivery Man, Humphrey Dundee, Man #1, Nick, Party Guest #1, Taxey

Allan Melvin

Sam Pomerantz, Sol Pomerantz, Guard Jenkins, Gun Drummer, Harrison B. Harding, Sam Pomeroy

Amzie Strickland

Aunt Mildred, Laughing Woman, May Wiley, Mrs. Carp, Nurse, Rebecca, Woman

Howard Wendell

Dr. Lemler, Dr. Torrence Hayworth, Ezra, Henry, John Gerber, Judge George M. Tyler, Mr. Chambers

Tiny Brauer

Cabbie, Hobo #2, Ike Balinger, Lou, Man, Mr. Parker, Taxi Driver

Herbie Faye

Willie, Cabby Man Juror, Deli Man, Harry Keen, Lou Temple

Isabel Randolph

Clara Petrie, Martha Bermont, Mrs. Given

Jerry Hausner

Charlie, Delivery Man, Herbie Finkel, Mr. Fletcher, Stage Manager, Vinnie

Ray Kellogg

Captain, Corporal, Doctor, John, Police Officer, Stagehand

Sandy Kenyon

Allergist, Cox, Doctor, Lionel Dann, Policeman

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