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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. 9.5/10(2 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. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Empress Carlotta's Necklace

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    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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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Where You Been, Fassbinder?

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    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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  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Never Name a Duck

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    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
  6. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - A Bird in the Head Hurts

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    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
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  8. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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
  9. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All

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    S3:E31

    Rob goes to Buddy’s barber for a dubious treatment to prevent baldness.

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  10. 8.9/10(530 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 8.9/10(499 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. 8.6/10(371 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. 8.6/10(329 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

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    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
  15. 8.5/10(363 votes)

    #14 - 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
  16. 8.5/10(335 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 8.4/10(345 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 8.4/10(373 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 8.2/10(414 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. 8.2/10(337 votes)

    #19 - 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
  21. 8.2/10(334 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 8.1/10(290 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Sick Boy and the Sitter

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    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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  24. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Sally and the Lab Technician

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    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
  25. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Jealousy!

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    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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  26. 8.0/10(1 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 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Carl Reiner, it aired on 2/6/1963. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Empress Carlotta's Necklace".