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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4

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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4

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  1. Background image for The Ghost of A. Chantz
    8.9/10(531 votes)

    #1 - The Ghost of A. Chantz

    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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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky
  2. Background image for Never Bathe on Saturday
    8.6/10(375 votes)

    #2 - 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
    Writer:Carl Reiner
  3. Background image for The Impractical Joke
    8.5/10(363 votes)

    #3 - The Impractical Joke

    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
  4. Background image for Pink Pills and Purple Parents
    8.4/10(346 votes)

    #4 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents

    S4:E10

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

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Garry Marshall
  5. Background image for One Hundred Terrible Hours
    8.4/10(340 votes)

    #5 - One Hundred Terrible Hours

    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
  6. Background image for Three Letters from One Wife
    8.1/10(291 votes)

    #6 - Three Letters from One Wife

    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
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  7. Background image for My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
    8.0/10(373 votes)

    #7 - My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

    S4:E1

    Laura has a talent for judo when she defends Rob at a bar.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky
  8. Background image for Br-rooom, Br-rooom
    8.0/10(338 votes)

    #8 - Br-rooom, Br-rooom

    S4:E31

    Rob has a new motorcycle and takes it for a ride and is later arrested.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt
  9. Background image for The Redcoats Are Coming
    7.9/10(365 votes)

    #9 - The Redcoats Are Coming

    S4:E20

    Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:N/A
  10. Background image for The Case of the Pillow
    7.8/10(305 votes)

    #10 - The Case of the Pillow

    S4:E21

    Rob takes pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.

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    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:N/A
  11. Background image for Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home
    7.8/10(293 votes)

    #11 - Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

    S4:E25

    Rob and Laura may have found their dream house soon they find a rock in the center of the house!

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    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:N/A
  12. Background image for Show of Hands
    7.8/10(294 votes)

    #12 - Show of Hands

    S4:E28

    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.)

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. Background image for 4½
    7.7/10(338 votes)

    #13 - 4½

    S4:E7

    Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson
  14. Background image for It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise
    7.7/10(287 votes)

    #14 - It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

    S4:E11

    Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. Background image for The Death of the Party
    7.7/10(305 votes)

    #15 - The Death of the Party

    S4:E12

    Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura with a party.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:N/A
  16. Background image for The Lady and the Babysitter
    7.5/10(304 votes)

    #16 - The Lady and the Babysitter

    S4:E3

    Roger Ritchie's Babysitter has fallen in love with Laura. Roger has trouble telling Laura that he loves her.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky
  17. Background image for Young Man With a Shoehorn
    7.5/10(289 votes)

    #17 - Young Man With a Shoehorn

    S4:E22

    Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall
  18. Background image for Bupkis
    7.5/10(292 votes)

    #18 - Bupkis

    S4:E24

    Rob tries to get the royalites on The Bupkis after signing off on them eariler.

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    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:N/A
  19. Background image for Baby Fat
    7.5/10(284 votes)

    #19 - Baby Fat

    S4:E29

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall
  20. Background image for A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat
    7.4/10(286 votes)

    #20 - A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

    S4:E4

    A disagreement over politics almost breaks up a friendship between Rob and Jerry.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Carl Reiner
  21. Background image for My Two Show-Offs and Me
    7.4/10(278 votes)

    #21 - My Two Show-Offs and Me

    S4:E13

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sheldon Keller, Howard Merrill
  22. Background image for Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
    7.4/10(279 votes)

    #22 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?

    S4:E15

    Rob loses a script, and a hobo holds it for ransom.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall
  23. Background image for There's No Sale Like Wholesale
    7.4/10(279 votes)

    #23 - There's No Sale Like Wholesale

    S4:E32

    Rob learns a leason after letting Buddy buy a coat that is to big for Laura.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall
  24. Background image for The Man from Emperor
    7.3/10(314 votes)

    #24 - The Man from Emperor

    S4:E5

    Rob is offered a job at a men's magazine but Laura doesn't like the idea.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky
  25. Background image for Stacey Petrie: Part I
    7.3/10(296 votes)

    #25 - Stacey Petrie: Part I

    S4:E17

    Sally is asked to help Stacey learn how to date a lady.

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    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Ghost of A. Chantz" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 4. It scored 8.9/10 based on 531 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, it aired on 9/30/1964. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Never Bathe on Saturday".