The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 4)
My Mother Can Beat Up My Father 7.0
Air date: 1964-09-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Laura has a talent for judo when she defends Rob at a bar.
The Ghost of A. Chantz 7.0
Air date: 1964-09-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a cabin that is haunted. They later learn that Mel is playing a joke!
The Lady and the Babysitter 5.0
Air date: 1964-10-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Roger Ritchie's Babysitter has fallen in love with Laura. Roger has trouble telling Laura that he loves her.
A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat 5.0
Air date: 1964-10-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A disagreement over politics almost breaks up a friendship between Rob and Jerry.
The Man from Emperor 4.0
Air date: 1964-10-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob is offered a job at a men's magazine but Laura doesn't like the idea.
Romance, Roses and Rye Bread 7.0
Air date: 1964-10-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally finds a secret admirer turns out to be an unwanted suitor in the shape of DelI proprietor, Bert Monker. With middle-age loneliness the only thing they have in common, can she let him down gently?
4½ 5.0
Air date: 1964-11-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp.
The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail 0.0
Air date: 1964-11-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob has to perform at prison, just as he is about to perform Rob is thought to be an inmate of the jail.
Three Letters from One Wife 0.0
Air date: 1964-11-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Millie gets a letter campaign together to make sure Rob still has a job.
Pink Pills and Purple Parents 0.0
Air date: 1964-11-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Laura takes some of Millie's pills only to find that they make her drunk.
It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise 0.0
Air date: 1964-12-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.
The Death of the Party 0.0
Air date: 1964-12-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura with a party.
My Two Show-Offs and Me 5.0
Air date: 1964-12-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When a writer comes to do a piece on the Alan Brady Show, Rob is worried about how Buddy and Sally will act in front of her.
Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk 0.0
Air date: 1964-12-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Neil Schenk comes looking for a job while Rob returns an old favor.
Brother, Can You Spare $2500? 0.0
Air date: 1965-01-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob loses a script, and a hobo holds it for ransom.
The Impractical Joke 0.0
Air date: 1965-01-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob tells Buddy that he will play a joke on Buddy. When Rob doesn't do it, Buddy's troubles only gets worse as an IRS agent visits him.
Stacey Petrie: Part I 0.0
Air date: 1965-01-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sally is asked to help Stacey learn how to date a lady.
Stacey Petrie: Part II 0.0
Air date: 1965-01-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Stacey meets Julie. Julie opens the letter and finds out who really wrote the letter. (Stacey signed the letter James Garner who is a friend of his but not the actor.) Now Laura and Rob must help Stacey get over Julie.
Boy #1, Boy #2 0.0
Air date: 1965-02-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.
The Redcoats Are Coming 0.0
Air date: 1965-02-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.
The Case of the Pillow 0.0
Air date: 1965-02-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob takes pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.
Young Man With a Shoehorn 0.0
Air date: 1965-02-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.
Girls Will Be Boys 0.0
Air date: 1965-03-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ritchie comes to his parents for advice on how to get Priscilla Darewell to stop hitting him. Soon Rob and Laura find out that Pricilla loves Ritchie!
Bupkis 0.0
Air date: 1965-03-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob tries to get the royalites on The Bupkis after signing off on them eariler.
Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home 0.0
Air date: 1965-03-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob and Laura may have found their dream house soon they find a rock in the center of the house!
Anthony Stone 0.0
Air date: 1965-03-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob and Buddy find out that Sally's date is married.
Never Bathe on Saturday 10.0
Air date: 1965-03-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Laura and Rob plan to see a play but she gets locked in a bathroom at their hotel.
Show of Hands 0.0
Air date: 1965-04-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob & Laura go to banquet to get an award for Alan Brady, but before they go Laura & Rob put their hands in a pot of black ink (Laura was dying a costume Ritchie needs for a play.)
Baby Fat 0.0
Air date: 1965-04-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Alan Brady is going on Broadaway, he asks Rob to add jokes to the play. Rob later whishes he hadn't agreed to help Alan.
One Hundred Terrible Hours 0.0
Air date: 1965-05-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Just before Rob meets Alan Brady for the first time he tries to stay awake for 100 hours while doing a radio show.
Br-rooom, Br-rooom 0.0
Air date: 1965-05-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob has a new motorcycle and takes it for a ride and is later arrested.
There's No Sale Like Wholesale 0.0
Air date: 1965-05-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rob learns a leason after letting Buddy buy a coat that is to big for Laura.
Seasons
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Episodes 32
Episodes 32
Episodes 32
Episodes 32
Episodes 10