The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3
Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3!
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.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 3 is "That's My Boy???", rated 9.1/10 from 485 user votes. It was directed by John Rich and written by N/A. "That's My Boy???" aired on 9/25/1963 and is rated 1.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Masterpiece".
9.1/10 485 votes#1 - That's My Boy???
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1963
Rob recounts the day he became convinced that they brought home the wrong baby from the hospital.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 281 votes#2 - The Masterpiece
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1963
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 260 votes#3 - Laura's Little Lie
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1963
Are Rob and Laura married? This episode brings up that question as Rob asks Laura to sign insurance forms that Laura never signed. Laura does everything she can to hide a mistake Rob doesn't know about. Rob is tired of ""losing his wife"" He finds out he married a 17 year-old Laura.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.7/10 261 votes#4 - Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1963
Rob and Laura must get remarried for legal purposes, but it provokes an argument that could derail their plans.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
8.6/10 398 votes#5 - All About Eavesdropping
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1963
Rob and Laura overhear Jerry and Millie complaining about them on the kid’s walkie-talkies, which makes for a cold dinner party.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sheldon Keller
7.5/10 270 votes#6 - Too Many Stars
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1963
Rob is recruited to direct another talent show, but this time Laura faces competition as the star.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Sheldon Keller
8.0/10 300 votes#7 - Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1963
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!
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
6.6/10 253 votes#8 - Uncle George
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1963
Rob’s Uncle George comes to visit in search of a wife.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 295 votes#9 - Big Max Calvada
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1963
A gangster asks Rob and the gang to write an act for his no-talent nephew.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 241 votes#10 - The Ballad of the Betty Lou
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1963
The Ballad of Betty Lou, Is episode seventy-two, In which Rob and Jerry buy a boat, That really got their goat, 'Cause just as Laura predicted, As the Wisard of Id did, Their friendship was tested, But as soon as they rested, All was fine, So cast off the Line! - [email protected]
Director: Howard Morris
Writer: Martin Ragaway
7.0/10 250 votes#11 - Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1963
Rob hires a maid who turns out to have broken arm, speaks only Spanish, and is expecting a live-in position.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: John Whedon
7.5/10 241 votes#12 - The Sound of Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1963
Rob thinks he has seen the suspects in a jewelry store robbery, but is afraid to go to the police.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
7.7/10 310 votes#13 - The Alan Brady Show Presents
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1963
The staff has to plan a Christmas show.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
7.6/10 245 votes#14 - The Third One from the Left
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1964
Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: John Whedon
7.8/10 252 votes#15 - My Husband is the Best One
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1964
Rob is interviewed by a reporter, but the resulting story gives him a little too much credit for comfort at the office, thanks to Laura’s input.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Martin Ragaway
7.2/10 282 votes#16 - The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1964
Laura tries to setup Arthur with a wife she invites Sally & Donna on two different days. Laura really wants Donna date Arthur, when Donna & Arthur hit it Rob does everything to stop the date by locking Donna in the bathroom! Rob feels Sally won't have a chance with Arthur, Rob and Laura wonder who Arthur picked for his date, he picks his former wife who he married twice!
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson
8.3/10 319 votes#17 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1964
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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.9/10 263 votes#18 - A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1964
Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.
Director: Howard Morris
Writer: Ernest Chambers
6.9/10 242 votes#19 - Happy Birthday and Too Many More
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1964
Laura & Rob are deciding when to have his party day should it be 3 weeks after or before Ritchie actual date of birth? Laura says she will have the party at Dizzy Land (not Disney Land). Rob & Laura forget the Gardner has come and have the party inside (with 63 kids!) because the garden needed to be fertilized!
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
7.4/10 246 votes#20 - The Brave and the Backache
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1964
Laura wonders why Rob never wants to be alone with her.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Sheldon Keller, Howard Merrill
7.5/10 242 votes#21 - The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1964
Sally is famous overnight leaving Rob and Buddy to work alone.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
7.8/10 243 votes#22 - My Part-Time Wife
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1964
Laura helps out at the office but drives Rob crazy while Sally is away.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
7.7/10 268 votes#23 - Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1964
Rob recalls a time when he left Camp Crowder to spend his honneymoon with Laura.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.7/10 252 votes#24 - How to Spank a Star
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1964
Rob's favorite star Paula Marshall is due to guest on the Alan Brady show but her demands cause problems for everybody.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Nathaniel Curtis, Bill Idelson
7.6/10 239 votes#25 - The Plots Thicken
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1964
The Petrie's parents fight over where Laura and Rob should be buried. They have to decide which burial plot to choose without upsetting their in-laws.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff