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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show

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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show

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...

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  1. Background image for Never Bathe on Saturday
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Never Bathe on Saturday

    S4:E27

    Laura and Rob plan to see a play but she gets locked in a bathroom at their hotel.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
  2. Background image for It May Look Like a Walnut!
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - It May Look Like a Walnut!

    S2:E20

    In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
  3. Background image for That's My Boy???
    9.1/10(554 votes)

    #3 - That's My Boy???

    S3:E1

    Rob recounts the day he became convinced that they brought home the wrong baby from the hospital.

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    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Empress Carlotta's Necklace
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Empress Carlotta's Necklace

    S1:E12

    Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Where Did I Come From?
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Where Did I Come From?

    S1:E15

    Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Where You Been, Fassbinder?
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Where You Been, Fassbinder?

    S1:E25

    Sally doesn't have a date for her birthday, then an old friend from high school (Leo Fassbinder) calls. Sally invites Leo to her apartment for a quiet evening, but Rob, Laura, Buddy and Mel think Leo is just a made up friend and plan to bring a loud party to Sally's apartment.

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  8. Background image for Never Name a Duck
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Never Name a Duck

    S2:E1

    Rob brings home two baby ducks left over from the show, and Ritchie becomes attached to them. When one dies and the other becomes ill, Rob must convince him that wild animals are happier when left in the wild.

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    Director:John Rich
  9. Background image for A Bird in the Head Hurts
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - A Bird in the Head Hurts

    S2:E11

    Ritchie claims he is being attacked by a giant woodpecker, but Rob and Laura are convinced it’s just a bid for attention.

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    Director:John Rich
  10. Background image for Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
    9.0/10(508 votes)

    #9 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

    S5:E1

    A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for All About Eavesdropping
    8.7/10(437 votes)

    #10 - All About Eavesdropping

    S3:E5

    Rob and Laura overhear Jerry and Millie complaining about them on the kid’s walkie-talkies, which makes for a cold dinner party.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
    8.6/10(332 votes)

    #11 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.

    S5:E26

    The staff sends a script to Alan Brady without deleting the insults directed at the star that they routinely add to blow off steam.

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  13. Background image for Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

    S2:E14

    Rob recalls directing last year’s PTA variety show, when jealousy interfered as he tried to pair the perfect Cleopatra with an amorous Mark Antony.

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    Director:John Rich
  14. Background image for October Eve
    8.4/10(361 votes)

    #13 - October Eve

    S3:E28

    Laura's past comes back to haunt her in form of painting that is at an art gallery.

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  15. Background image for Long Night's Journey into Day
    8.4/10(376 votes)

    #14 - Long Night's Journey into Day

    S5:E30

    Rob & Jerry go fishing leaving Laura (who has a cold) home alone with a mynah bird. Millie comes back to keep Laura company, Millie couldn't find Laura (She was taking a shower).

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  16. Background image for The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
    8.2/10(370 votes)

    #15 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan

    S3:E17

    Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living. Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
  17. Background image for Uhny Uftz
    8.2/10(418 votes)

    #16 - Uhny Uftz

    S5:E3

    Rob and Buddy are working late, and keep thinking they hear a metallic voice saying ""Uhny Uftz""! The explore a supposedly abandoned office somewhere in the building, and find a somewhat 'mad' inventor (complete with a taciturn and vaguely menacing assistant) who has constructed a toy flying saucer. It works quite well, except that, instead of saying ""Merry Christmas"" as the inventor intended, the saucer only says ""Uhny Uftz"".

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  18. Background image for The Great Petrie Fortune
    8.2/10(338 votes)

    #17 - The Great Petrie Fortune

    S5:E7

    After Rob and Laura finish watching a movie Uncle Hezekiah gives Rob and Laura clue as to what the fortune might be.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Man from My Uncle
    8.2/10(335 votes)

    #18 - The Man from My Uncle

    S5:E27

    Ritchie's bedroom is used as a stakeout point (it has the best view) Harry Bond is looking for the nephew of Wendell Gerard, Rob loves the gadgets the agent brings to solve the case.

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  20. Background image for The Sick Boy and the Sitter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Sick Boy and the Sitter

    S1:E1

    Alan Brady is throwing a party at his penthouse for a few of the network executives and he wants the writing staff to attend. Unfortunately for Rob though Laura thinks Richie is on the verge of being sick and wants to stay home. Rob is certain he'll be okay and wants to get a babysitter but he's having a hard time convincing Laura.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Sally and the Lab Technician
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Sally and the Lab Technician

    S1:E3

    Laura tries to get Thomas (her cousin) and Sally together, but when Sally arrives Thomas doesn't get to say much, Thomas likes Sally anyway!

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    Director:John Rich
  22. Background image for Jealousy!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Jealousy!

    S1:E7

    Jerry plants seeds of mistrust in Laura's mind when he learns that Valerie Blake, the beautiful movie star, will be guesting on The Alan Brady Show. Laura doesn't listen to him until Rob begins a string of late night work sessions. Soon Laura's jealousy begins to grow and Rob will have to work just as hard to convince Laura that nothing is going on between he and Valerie Blake.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for One Angry Man
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - One Angry Man

    S1:E24

    Rob gets called for jury duty. Unbeknownst to Rob, Laura attends the trial. The defendant is an exotic dancer. Is she really innocent as only Rob believes? Is Rob going to be in a lot of trouble when he gets home?

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    Director:John Rich
  24. Background image for The Masterpiece
    8.0/10(326 votes)

    #23 - The Masterpiece

    S3:E2

    Rob unwittingly bids on a painting at an auction, and when he gets it home, he uncovers another painting underneath that looks like a Grant Wood.

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    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
    8.0/10(341 votes)

    #24 - Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?

    S3:E7

    While working on a joke, Rob should be going to Alan's house to talk about the joke. After hitting himself on the head with a violin (a real one) Rob goes to a party. The party is in Red Hook, New Jersey!

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    Director:Jerry Paris
  26. Background image for A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
    7.9/10(304 votes)

    #25 - A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards

    S3:E18

    Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Never Bathe on Saturday" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Carl Reiner, it aired on 3/31/1965. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "It May Look Like a Walnut!".