Movie connections for
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

"The Comedy Spot: Head of the Family" (1960)

Followed by

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004) (TV)

Edited into

CBS Fall Preview Special: Seven Wonderful Nights (1961) (TV)

Spin off

The Alan Brady Show (2003) (TV)
 -  The show-within-a-show on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is now an animated TV series called "The Alan Brady Show", both starring Carl Reiner as Alan Brady.

Referenced in

"Biography: Mary Tyler Moore: All American-Girl (1995)" (????)
 -  Scenes are shown.
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/The Kinks (#2.15)" (1977)
 -  Mentioned on Hollywood Bingo
"Saturday Night Live: Eddie Murphy/Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers (#10.9)" (1984)
 -  Morey Amsterdam is mentioned as a sandwich by Gumby
Phoenix the Warrior (1988)
 -  Title chanted by one of the Airwave worshippers
"Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Keith Richards (#14.1)" (1988)
 -  Dennis Miller mentiones Rob Petrie and Richie on Weekend Update
"thirtysomething: The Mike Van Dyke Show (#2.3)" (1988)
 -  title reference
"Murphy Brown: Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (#1.12)" (1989)
 -  still from this show used in opening credits
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster (#2.3)" (1989)
 -  Joel: "Cheese it, it's Alan Brady."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
 -  As the Martian leader walks into his home, the guys sing the theme from this show
Frozen Assets (1992)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Attack of the the Eye Creatures (#5.18)" (1992)
 -  "Rob and Laura are calling"
"Herman's Head: When Hairy Met Hermy (#3.4)" (1993)
 -  The people in Herman's Head bring in Buddy and Sally (Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie) to write jokes for Herman.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (#6.13)" (1993)
 -  Crow: "Hey, what's Millie Helper doing here?"
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
 -  in the radio studio, as Wayne hits his knee on the coffee table, he says "Dick Van Dyke Show"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (#6.21)" (1993)
 -  Servo: It's Rob and Laura.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
 -  Mike: The Laura Petrie line of fashion.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)
 -  Servo: It's Rob and Laura's bedroom.
"The Nanny: Take Back Your Mink (#2.12)" (1994)
 -  The show is mentioned by name. There is an inside joke involving actress Ann Guilbert, who plays Yetta and who played Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Fran laments the fact that Millie never got a spin-off show of her own, to which Yetta replies that she heard the actress was difficult to work with.
Unzipped (1995)
"The Nanny: A Fine Friendship (#2.19)" (1995)
 -  Fran mentions the characters Sally (Rogers) and Buddy (Sorel) by name.
"Mad About You: The Alan Brady Show (#3.16)" (1995)
 -  Carl Reiner appears as his "Dick Van Dyke" show character, Alan Brady.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Undead (#9.6)" (1997)
 -  Mike: (As Mel Cooley) Rob, I'm telling Alan what you're doing.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (#9.9)" (1997)
 -  "This is a really bad episode"
"The X Files: Kitsunegari (#5.8)" (1998)
 -  "It's Mel Cooley" says Modell to Skinner.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (#10.2)" (1998)
 -  Servo: Laura Petrie, you are charged with treason.
"The X Files: Arcadia (#6.15)" (1999)
 -  Mulder and Scully go undercover and use the aliases Rob and Laura Petrie - the names of the characters played by Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore on this show
"The Nanny: Yetta's Letters (#6.18)" (1999)
 -  Fran mentions that Yetta thinks the Sheffields are Rob and Laura Petrie, while she's their neighbor Millie.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (#11.9)" (1999)
 -  Ophelia: There's Rose Marie. Servo: And Morey Amsterdam.
"E! True Hollywood Story: The Beverly Hillbillies" (2001)
Surge of Power (2004)
 -  Rose Marie is introduced as Sally Rogers from this show
"Family Guy: PTV (#4.14)" (2005)
 -  Characters watch this on TV.
Murder 101 (2006) (TV)
 -  The TV Guide magazine that Jonathan Maxwell (Dick Van Dyke) reads in the doctor's office features a cover photo of Rob and Laura Petrie from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961).
"TV Land Confidential: Oddballs & Original Characters (#2.1)" (2007)
 -  still picture
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
 -  publicity still shown
"Pushing Daisies: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy (#2.9)" (2008)
 -  Emerson wants Ned to "trip over an ottoman and Dick van Dyke [Charles Charles'] ass".
"The Simpsons: How the Test Was Won (#20.11)" (2009)
 -  Referenced in the opening sequence.
"Jeopardy!: Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Quarterfinal 1 (#26.4)" (2009)
 -  Subject of a $1,000 clue in the category "Situation Comedy Room"
"Jeopardy!: (#26.15)" (2009)
 -  Subject of the Final Jeopardy! clue in the category "Emmy Winners"

Featured in

Oh, God! (1977)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Boris and Natasha (1992)
Twist (1992)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
 -  The kids watch the show when they get home from school.
The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered (1994) (TV)
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
"Friends: The One Where Ross and Rachel... You Know (#2.15)" (1996)
 -  Chandler and Joey are watching the show on tv
Behind the Laughs (1998) (TV)
 -  clips from this show are in this special
Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)
 -  clips from this show are used in this special
Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (2000) (TV)
TV Guide 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (TV)
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003) (TV)
 -  at the begining they sing the theme song
CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)
 -  a clip is featured
"TV Land Moguls" (2004)
 -  shows it when talking about Danny Thomas
"The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments" (2004)
 -  They are in the 100 Greatest Moments
Fuck (2005)
 -  Features clip from the movie

Spoofed in

"The Mary Tyler Moore Hour: (#1.4)" (1979)
 -  Moore and Van Dyke perform two sketches showing how Rob & Laura might have aged
Boris and Natasha (1992)
"The Simpsons: $pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) (#5.10)" (1993)
 -  Homer trips over an ottoman the same way Dick Van Dyke does in the intro of every episode. Also, a studio audience laughs.
"The Nanny: The Rosie Show (#4.4)" (1996)
 -  At the end there's a spoof of The Dick Van Dyke Show with many of the cast members.
"Spin City: One Wedding and a Funeral: Part 2 (#2.18)" (1998)
 -  The tripping over the ottoman bit.
"Family Guy: Holy Crap (#2.2)" (1999)
 -  The Griffins watch a parody episode of this show
"The Simpsons: Coming to Homerica (#20.21)" (2009)
 -  Spoofed in the opening credits, with Homer tripping like Dick Van Dyke.

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