The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) 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 5) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth” in which trouble ensues when a nationally syndicated talk show host manages to trick Laura into revealing that Alan Brady is really bald… Other notable episodes from Season 5 include “Viva Petria” in which the Petries’ maid recommends that her Spanish immigrant friend enlist Rob’s help in finding a job, and “The Bottom of Mel Cooley’s Heart” in which Alan Brady fires Mel for failing to reveal a change in the show’s script…
Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD:
Episode 128 (Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth) Air Date: 09-15-1965
Episode 129 (Uhny Uftz) Air Date: 09-29-1965
Episode 130 (The Ugliest Dog in the World) Air Date: 10-06-1965
Episode 131 (No Rice at My Wedding) Air Date: 10-13-1965
Episode 132 (Draw Me a Pear) Air Date: 10-20-1965
Episode 133 (The Great Petrie Fortune) Air Date: 10-27-1965
Episode 134 (Odd But True) Air Date: 11-03-1965
Episode 135 (Viva Petrie) Air Date: 11-10-1965
Episode 136 (Go Tell the Birds and Bees) Air Date: 11-17-1965
Episode 137 (Body and Sol) Air Date: 11-24-1965
Episode 138 (See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write) Air Date: 12-08-1965
Episode 139 (You’re Under Arrest) Air Date: 12-15-1965
Episode 140 (Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work) Air Date: 12-29-1965
Episode 141 (Who Stole My Watch?) Air Date: 01-05-1966
Episode 142 (Bad Reception in Albany) Air Date: 01-12-1966
Episode 143 (I Do Not Choose to Run) Air Date: 01-19-1966
Episode 144 (The Making of a Councilman) Air Date: 01-26-1966
Episode 145 (The Curse of the Petrie People) Air Date: 02-02-1966
Episode 146 (The Bottom of Mel Cooley’s Heart) Air Date: 02-09-1966
Episode 147 (Remember the Alimony) Air Date: 02-16-1966
Episode 148 (Dear Sally Rogers) Air Date: 02-23-1966
Episode 149 (Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy) Air Date: 03-02-1966
Episode 150 (Long Night’s Journey into Day) Air Date: 03-16-1966
Episode 151 (Talk to the Snail) Air Date: 03-23-1966
Episode 152 (A Day in the Life of Alan Brady) Air Date: 04-06-1966
Episode 153 (Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, etc.) Air Date: 04-13-1966
Episode 154 (The Man from My Uncle) Air Date: 04-20-1966
Episode 155 (You Ought to be in Pictures) Air Date: 04-27-1966
Episode 156 (Love Thy Other Neighbor) Air Date: 05-04-1966
Episode 157 (The Last Chapter) Air Date: 05-11-1966
Episode 158 (The Gunslinger) Air Date: 05-25-1966
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