The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 4) DVD Review
In the Fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but featuring more docile and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in the top 10 Nielsen ratings for its first four seasons. When the show's ratings slipped in the fifth season, the network cancelled the show. But in the four decades since, The Dick Van Dyke Show has continued to entertain its fans and their children (and their children's children) via syndicated re-runs
The Dick Van Dyke Show is centered around the life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a family man living in suburban New York. As the head writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show," he works with co-writers Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie). Rob's work life is always interesting given Buddy's constant wisecracks, Sally's never-ending search for a husband, and the trio's unified harassment of Alan Brady's brother-in-law, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home, Rob's loving yet overly-nervous wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) stays at home with the couple's son Ritchie (Larry Mathews). Surrounded by all these unique characters, Rob is always embroiled in someone's scheme, fantasy, or shenanigan
The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 4) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "My Two Show-Offs and Me" in which Rob, Buddy, and Sally are interviewed as part of a magazine article on the "Alan Brady Show" Other notable episodes from Season 4 include "Four and a Half" in which Rob tells the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp (played by Don Rickles), and "The Impractical Joke" in which Buddy thinks that an IRS visit is part of a practical joke by Rob
Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 4) DVD:
Episode 95 (My Two Show-Offs and Me) Air Date: 09-16-1964
Episode 96 (My Mother Can Beat Up My Father) Air Date: 09-23-1964
Episode 97 (The Ghost of A. Chantz) Air Date: 09-30-1964
Episode 98 (The Lady and the Babysitter) Air Date: 10-07-1964
Episode 99 (A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat) Air Date: 10-14-1964
Episode 100 (The Man from Emperor) Air Date: 10-21-1964
Episode 101 (Romances, Roses, and Rye Bread) Air Date: 10-28-1964
Episode 102 (4 1/2) Air Date: 11-04-1964
Episode 103 (The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail) Air Date: 11-11-1964
Episode 104 (Three Letters from One Wife) Air Date: 11-18-1964
Episode 105 (It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise) Air Date: 11-25-1964
Episode 106 (Pink Pills and Purple Parents) Air Date: 12-02-1964
Episode 107 (The Death of the Party) Air Date: 12-09-1964
Episode 108 (Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk) Air Date: 12-30-1964
Episode 109 (The Impractical Joke) Air Date: 01-06-1965
Episode 110 (Brother, Can You Spare $2,500?) Air Date: 01-13-1965
Episode 111 (Stacey Petrie: Part 1) Air Date: 01-20-1965
Episode 112 (Stacey Petrie: Part 2) Air Date: 01-27-1965
Episode 113 (The Redcoats are Coming) Air Date: 02-03-1965
Episode 114 (Boy #1, Boy #2) Air Date: 02-10-1965
Episode 115 (The Case of the Pillow) Air Date: 02-17-1965
Episode 116 (Young Man with a Shoehorn) Air Date: 02-24-1965
Episode 117 (Girls Will Be Boys) Air Date: 03-03-1965
Episode 118 (Bupkis) Air Date: 03-10-1965
Episode 119 (Your Sweet Home is My Sweet Home) Air Date: 03-17-1965
Episode 120 (Anthony Stone) Air Date: 03-24-1965
Episode 121 (Never Bathe on Saturday) Air Date: 03-31-1965
Episode 122 (100 Terrible Hours) Air Date: 04-14-1965
Episode 123 (A Show of Hands) Air Date: 04-21-1965
Episode 124 (Baby Fat) Air Date: 05-05-1965
Episode 125 (Br-rooom, Br-rooom) Air Date: 05-12-1965
Episode 126 (There's No Sale Like Wholesale) Air Date: 05-26-1965
Episode 127 (A Farewell to Writing) Air Date: 09-22-1965
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