"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) TV series 1961-1966

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creator:

Carl Reiner
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

3 October 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Husband Wife Relationship | Only Child | Insult | Army

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 20 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Dick Van Dyke	...	Robert 'Rob' Petrie (158 episodes, 1961-1966)
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Laura Petrie (153 episodes, 1961-1966)
Rose Marie	...	Sally Rogers (131 episodes, 1961-1966)
Morey Amsterdam	...	Maurice B. 'Buddy' Sorrell (131 episodes, 1961-1966)
Richard Deacon	...	Melvin 'Mel' Cooley (108 episodes, 1961-1966)
Larry Mathews	...	Richard Rosebud 'Ritchie' Petrie (70 episodes, 1961-1966)

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Series Directed by
Jerry Paris		(84 episodes, 1963-1966)
John Rich		(41 episodes, 1961-1966)
Howard Morris		(5 episodes, 1963-1965)
Sheldon Leonard		(4 episodes, 1961-1963)
Alan Rafkin		(4 episodes, 1962-1964)
Lee Philips		(4 episodes, 1965)
Robert Butler		(2 episodes, 1961)
James Komack		(2 episodes, 1961)
Coby Ruskin		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Hal Cooper		(2 episodes, 1962)
Peter Baldwin		(2 episodes, 1964)
Theodore J. Flicker		(2 episodes, 1965)
Richard Erdman		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Writing credits
Carl Reiner		(67 episodes, 1961-1966)
Sam Denoff		(29 episodes, 1963-1966)
Bill Persky		(29 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jerry Belson		(18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Garry Marshall		(18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Carl Kleinschmitt		(9 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dale McRaven		(9 episodes, 1965-1966)
Howard Merrill		(8 episodes, 1962-1964)
John Whedon		(7 episodes, 1962-1966)
Sheldon Keller		(7 episodes, 1962-1964)
Martin Ragaway		(5 episodes, 1962-1965)
Frank Tarloff		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Bill Idelson		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ernest Chambers		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joseph Cavella		(3 episodes, 1965)
Walter Kempley		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ed Haas		(2 episodes, 1962)
Norm Liebmann		(2 episodes, 1962)
Ronald Alexander		(2 episodes, 1963)
Jay Burton		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Art Baer		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ben Joelson		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(2 episodes, 1965)
Fred Freeman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Rick Mittleman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Joseph Bonaduce		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Produced by
Ronald Jacobs	....	associate producer (158 episodes, 1961-1966)
Sheldon Leonard	....	executive producer (158 episodes, 1961-1966)
Carl Reiner	....	producer (95 episodes, 1961-1965)
Danny Thomas	....	executive producer / associate producer (6 episodes, 1962-1965)
Sam Denoff	....	producer (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Bill Persky	....	producer (2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Original Music by
Earle Hagen		(36 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Cinematography by
Robert De Grasse		(67 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Film Editing by
Bud Molin		(34 episodes, 1961-1963)
Beryl Gelfond		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Casting by
Ruth Burch		(6 episodes, 1962-1965)
Marjorie Benson		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Kenneth A. Reid		(68 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Ken Swartz		(62 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Costume Design by
Harald Johnson		(5 episodes, 1962-1963)
Marge Makau		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Thomas Tuttle	....	makeup artist (67 episodes, 1961-1966)
Donna McDonough	....	hair stylist (38 episodes, 1962-1966)
Eleanor Edwards	....	hair stylist (23 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Production Management
Frank E. Myers	....	production manager (62 episodes, 1961-1966)
Argyle Nelson	....	production supervisor (24 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ronald Jacobs	....	production supervisor (3 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John C. Chulay	....	assistant director (60 episodes, 1961-1966)
Jay Sandrich	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1961)
Edward M. Hillie	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Glenn Ross	....	prop master / property master (37 episodes, 1961-1966)
Stuart Stephenson	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Cam McCulloch	....	sound engineer (61 episodes, 1961-1966)
Edward L. Sandlin	....	re-recording editor (24 episodes, 1961-1962)
Dick Le Grand	....	re-recording editor (8 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Reeve	....	re-recording editor (2 episodes, 1963)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James Niver	....	camera coordinator (34 episodes, 1961-1963)
Robert Sousa	....	camera coordinator (4 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Casting Department
Ruth Burch	....	casting (60 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Harald Johnson	....	costumes / costumer (62 episodes, 1961-1966)
Daroff	....	tailor: Mr. Van Dyke (4 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Editorial Department
Bud Molin	....	film editor (41 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Music Department
Earle Hagen	....	composer: theme music / composer: additional music (158 episodes, 1961-1966)
Walter Popp	....	music coordinator (38 episodes, 1961-1966)

Series Other crew
Marjorie Mullen	....	continuity / script continuity (36 episodes, 1961-1966)
Carl Reiner	....	story consultant (12 episodes, 1961-1963)
Sylvia Lewis	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 1963-1966)

Production Companies

• Calvada Productions
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1961-1969)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1961-1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• BFS Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS Films (1966-1971)
• Image Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 1, 2)
• Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (Best of Dick Van Dyke Show: Vols. 1-6)
• Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 3, 4, 5)
• Image Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Paramount Television
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video) (7 episodes)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Viacom

Other Companies

• Ann Arnold, Beverly Hills  fashions by
• Arbé Originals  fashions by
• Botany 500  Mr. Van Dyke's wardrobe furnished by
• California Girl Inc.  fashions by
• Desilu Studios  filming location
• E.T. Jr., Los Angeles  fashions by
• Gibi Knits of Italy  fashions by
• Gino Paoli  fashions by
• Glen Glenn Sound  Sound
• Glenhaven Ltd.  suits by
• House of Gold  fashions by
• Ida K's, Wilshire  fashions by
• Laura Aponte of Rome  fashions by
• Lilli Ann  fashions by
• Mancini  fashions by
• Mr. Mort  fashions by
• Nardis of Dallas  fashions by
• Peggy Hunt  fashions by
• Philip Morris Cigarettes  original sponsor
• Procter & Gamble  original sponsor
• Swivante  fashions by
• Walter Bass, Beverly Hills  fashions by
• William Pearson, Los Angeles  fashions by

Also Known As:

All in a Day's Work (USA) (working title)
Double Trouble (USA) (working title)
Full House (USA) (working title)
Head of the Family (USA) (working title)
The Dick Van Dyke Daytime Show (USA) (rerun title)

Runtime:

30 min (158 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Calvada Productions

Trivia:

Dick Van Dyke was granted a one-week leave from "Bye Bye Birdie" to film the show's pilot episode. During his absence, understudy Charles Nelson Reilly filled in. When Van Dyke left "Bye Bye Birdie" for good in April of 1961, he was succeeded by the future host of "The Match Game" (1962), Gene Rayburn. Van Dyke was so nervous about filming the pilot that he developed a cold sore on his upper lip, requiring additional makeup to cover it up, and he admits he cannot recall President John F. Kennedy being inaugurated on the same day the pilot was filmed.

Quotes:

Rob Petrie: [referring to Ritchie] How'd he get so cute?
Laura Petrie: Your mother says you were just like him when you were a little boy.
Rob Petrie: Why, I'm surprised she said that.
Laura Petrie: Why?
Rob Petrie: I think I'm cuter. Gimme a kiss.
Laura Petrie: Never kiss egomaniacs.
Rob Petrie: How about hungry husbands?
Laura Petrie: Them I feed.
[puts a grape in his mouth]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (#11.9)" (1999)

Going Nuts!!! Walnuts!!!

This is one of the all time classic sitcoms in the history of television!!! "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was pioneer as a sitcom revelation which implemented many different forms of comedic conversation!! Because "The Dick Van Dyke Show" used so many dead pan dialog techniques, and one liner diatribes of amusement, it left a positively impressionable trademark on the television audience!! For an extended period in prime-time during this era , it effortlessly became the most popular T.V. Show on television!!! The talent was there, on and off the screen!! Dick Van Dyke, RoseMarie, Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Paris, Richard Deacon, and of course, MTM Productions mogul, Mary Tyler Moore!! Off the screen, you had Bill Persky, Sam Denoff, John Rich, and the creator of the show, Carl Reiner!! This show exuded a plethora of talent!! Comical situations persistently amused the small screen viewer by illustrating predicaments of precarious identifiability, and aspects of utterly human quirkiness that were never depicted on television shows before!! "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was the inventor of the triple!! What is the triple? When two statements follow a pattern, and the third statement breaks the pattern which sparks a laughter!!! Examples of the triple are:

Does this restaurant serve anything flaming?

1) Saganaki

2) Bananas Foster

3) Richard Simmons?

Another one: You need something that breathes a lot:

1) A Full Bodied Bordeaux

2) A Summer Linen

3) A Raunchy Pervert

Another one: Did something go down the wrong way?

1) Something You Ate

2) Something You Drank

3) Your Last Property Tax Bill!!

Suffice it to say, the element of the triple is a lot of fun, not to mention, very effective!! The above triples are mere examples, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" had their own, and popularized the use of the triple tremendously!! The triple has been a sitcom staple ever since!! This show discusses a lot of real life experiences with the characters on the show, as well as many typical proclivities which are indicative of many New Yorkers!! This show was an excellent portrayal of a polite comedy writer who displays his latent tendencies through a lot of physical humor (Dick Van Dyke)!! Razor sharp sarcasm was replaced with succinct accuracy!! The Madison Ave boys who are writing the show can be the ones who are acrimonious, they are better at it anyway!!! When the show went off the air in '1966, it left an indelible mark on small screen entertainment!! The episode with Laura falling out of the hallway closet with a bunch of walnuts is considered THE!! classic episode of all time!! My favorite episode is the one with the Spanish dancer who was auditioning for a benefit show that Rob was in charge of!! Her dancing redefined sensuality for suburban Connecticut (New Rochelle). Her sex appeal was the genuine article, as opposed to someone like Laura, who just looks sophisticated in worsted wool!! A lot a people may recognize this episode in which I am talking about!! This series, in my opinion, is one of the best sitcoms ever!! Many critics rank it third, putting it only behind "The Honeymooners" and "M*A*S*H". This series was totally outstanding!! The "Dick Van Dyke Show" was a definite diamond in the rough!!