About this season
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.
Episodes (32)
1. My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
7.0Aired 23 September 1964 • 25 min
Laura has a talent for judo when she defends Rob at a bar.
2. The Ghost of A. Chantz
7.0Aired 30 September 1964 • 25 min
Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a cabin that is haunted. They later learn that Mel is playing a joke!
3. The Lady and the Babysitter
5.0Aired 7 October 1964 • 25 min
Roger Ritchie's Babysitter has fallen in love with Laura. Roger has trouble telling Laura that he loves her.
4. A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat
5.0Aired 14 October 1964 • 25 min
A disagreement over politics almost breaks up a friendship between Rob and Jerry.
5. The Man from Emperor
4.0Aired 21 October 1964 • 25 min
Rob is offered a job at a men's magazine but Laura doesn't like the idea.
6. Romance, Roses and Rye Bread
7.0Aired 28 October 1964 • 25 min
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?
7. 4½
5.0Aired 4 November 1964 • 25 min
Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp.
8. The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail
Aired 11 November 1964 • 25 min
Rob has to perform at prison, just as he is about to perform Rob is thought to be an inmate of the jail.
9. Three Letters from One Wife
Aired 18 November 1964 • 25 min
Millie gets a letter campaign together to make sure Rob still has a job.
10. Pink Pills and Purple Parents
Aired 25 November 1964 • 25 min
Laura takes some of Millie's pills only to find that they make her drunk.
11. It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise
Aired 2 December 1964 • 25 min
Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.
12. The Death of the Party
Aired 9 December 1964 • 25 min
Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura with a party.
13. My Two Show-Offs and Me
5.0Aired 16 December 1964 • 25 min
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.
14. Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk
Aired 30 December 1964 • 25 min
Neil Schenk comes looking for a job while Rob returns an old favor.
15. Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
Aired 6 January 1965 • 25 min
Rob loses a script, and a hobo holds it for ransom.
16. The Impractical Joke
Aired 13 January 1965 • 25 min
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.
17. Stacey Petrie: Part I
Aired 20 January 1965 • 25 min
Sally is asked to help Stacey learn how to date a lady.
18. Stacey Petrie: Part II
Aired 27 January 1965 • 25 min
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.
19. Boy #1, Boy #2
Aired 3 February 1965 • 25 min
Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.
20. The Redcoats Are Coming
Aired 10 February 1965 • 25 min
Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.
21. The Case of the Pillow
Aired 17 February 1965 • 25 min
Rob takes pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.
22. Young Man With a Shoehorn
Aired 24 February 1965 • 25 min
Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.
23. Girls Will Be Boys
Aired 3 March 1965 • 24 min
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!
24. Bupkis
Aired 10 March 1965 • 25 min
Rob tries to get the royalites on The Bupkis after signing off on them eariler.
25. Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home
Aired 17 March 1965 • 25 min
Rob and Laura may have found their dream house soon they find a rock in the center of the house!
26. Anthony Stone
Aired 24 March 1965 • 25 min
Rob and Buddy find out that Sally's date is married.
27. Never Bathe on Saturday
10.0Aired 31 March 1965 • 25 min
Laura and Rob plan to see a play but she gets locked in a bathroom at their hotel.
28. Show of Hands
Aired 14 April 1965 • 25 min
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.)
29. Baby Fat
Aired 21 April 1965 • 25 min
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.
30. One Hundred Terrible Hours
Aired 5 May 1965 • 25 min
Just before Rob meets Alan Brady for the first time he tries to stay awake for 100 hours while doing a radio show.
31. Br-rooom, Br-rooom
Aired 12 May 1965 • 25 min
Rob has a new motorcycle and takes it for a ride and is later arrested.
32. There's No Sale Like Wholesale
Aired 26 May 1965 • 25 min
Rob learns a leason after letting Buddy buy a coat that is to big for Laura.