The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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. 9.2/10(628 votes)

    #1 - It May Look Like a Walnut!

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    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
  2. 9.1/10(511 votes)

    #2 - That's My Boy???

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    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:N/A
  3. 9.0/10(459 votes)

    #3 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

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    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:N/A
  4. 8.9/10(483 votes)

    #4 - The Ghost of A. Chantz

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    S4:E2

    Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a cabin that is haunted. They later learn that Mel is playing a joke!

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  5. 8.8/10(456 votes)

    #5 - The Curious Thing About Women

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    S1:E16

    Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.

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    Director:John Rich
  6. 8.7/10(411 votes)

    #6 - All About Eavesdropping

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    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:N/A
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  8. 8.7/10(298 votes)

    #7 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.

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    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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  9. 8.6/10(312 votes)

    #8 - The Impractical Joke

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    S4:E16

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.6/10(347 votes)

    #9 - Never Bathe on Saturday

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    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
  11. 8.5/10(383 votes)

    #10 - Where Did I Come From?

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    S1:E15

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.5/10(318 votes)

    #11 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents

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    S4:E10

    Laura takes some of Millie's pills only to find that they make her drunk.

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  13. 8.5/10(306 votes)

    #12 - One Hundred Terrible Hours

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    S4:E30

    Just before Rob meets Alan Brady for the first time he tries to stay awake for 100 hours while doing a radio show.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.4/10(331 votes)

    #13 - October Eve

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    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. 8.4/10(351 votes)

    #14 - Long Night's Journey into Day

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    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. 8.3/10(305 votes)

    #15 - The Two Faces of Rob

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    S2:E2

    Rob tries to prove he can use a fake accent to fool Laura into flirting with a stranger, then is dismayed to think that he really has.

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    Director:John Rich
  17. 8.3/10(303 votes)

    #16 - Don't Trip Over That Mountain

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    S2:E22

    Laura is convinced that Rob will hurt himself on a ski trip, and when he actually does, Rob tries to hide his injuries rather than admit she was right.

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    Director:N/A
  18. 8.3/10(290 votes)

    #17 - A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise

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    S2:E30

    Rob nearly ruins his own surprise birthday party after Laura finds out Rob already knows! Laura stays up all night planning the party. The guests are hiding in the Petrie house!

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    Director:Jerry Paris
  19. 8.3/10(333 votes)

    #18 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan

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    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
  20. 8.2/10(358 votes)

    #19 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk

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    S2:E6

    Rob accidentally intercepts a hypnotic suggestion meant for Buddy, and doesn’t realize that every time he hears a bell ring, he starts acting like a roaring drunk.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
  21. 8.2/10(266 votes)

    #20 - Three Letters from One Wife

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    S4:E9

    Millie gets a letter campaign together to make sure Rob still has a job.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:N/A
  22. 8.2/10(395 votes)

    #21 - Uhny Uftz

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    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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  23. 8.2/10(311 votes)

    #22 - The Great Petrie Fortune

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    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:N/A
  24. 8.2/10(307 votes)

    #23 - The Man from My Uncle

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    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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  25. 8.1/10(447 votes)

    #24 - My Blonde-Haired Brunette

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    S1:E2

    Rob has only one day off from work and Laura is upset that Rob won't eat with her or do anything but sleep until 11am. Laura tells him he got about 7 seconds worth of sleep! (She set the clock ahead two hours!) Laura worries she is getting old (because of gray hair Rob found). In the office Rob tells Buddy and Sally the problem, but Rob has no idea what he and Laura fought over (She was crying to hard) Rob thinks over what may have made Laura cry. Rob calls her to say ""I Love You."" Laura tells Rob not to come home for an hour. (Millie ran out the hair color she use it all last week.)

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  26. 8.1/10(331 votes)

    #25 - One Angry Man

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    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

Best Episodes Summary

"It May Look Like a Walnut!" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". It scored 9.2/10 based on 628 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Carl Reiner, it aired on 2/6/1963. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "That's My Boy???".