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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4!

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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  • The Ghost of A. Chantz
    8.9/10(481)
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    #1 - The Ghost of A. Chantz

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 9/30/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

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  • The Impractical Joke
    8.6/10(310)
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    #2 - The Impractical Joke

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 1/13/1965

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

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  • Never Bathe on Saturday
    8.6/10(346)
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    #3 - Never Bathe on Saturday

    Season 4 Episode 27

    Aired 3/31/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Carl Reiner

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  • Pink Pills and Purple Parents
    8.5/10(310)
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    #4 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 11/25/1964

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

    Director: Alan Rafkin

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • One Hundred Terrible Hours
    8.5/10(305)
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    #5 - One Hundred Terrible Hours

    Season 4 Episode 30

    Aired 5/5/1965

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Three Letters from One Wife
    8.2/10(262)
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    #6 - Three Letters from One Wife

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 11/18/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

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  • My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
    8.0/10(338)
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    #7 - My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/23/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

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  • The Redcoats Are Coming
    7.9/10(326)
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    #8 - The Redcoats Are Coming

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 2/10/1965

    Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

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  • Br-rooom, Br-rooom
    7.9/10(303)
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    #9 - Br-rooom, Br-rooom

    Season 4 Episode 31

    Aired 5/12/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt

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  • 4½
    7.8/10(308)
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    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 11/4/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson

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  • It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise
    7.8/10(261)
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    #11 - It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 12/2/1964

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Death of the Party
    7.8/10(274)
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    #12 - The Death of the Party

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 12/9/1964

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

    Director: Alan Rafkin

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Case of the Pillow
    7.8/10(266)
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    #13 - The Case of the Pillow

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 2/17/1965

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

    Director: Howard Morris

    Writer: N/A

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  • Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home
    7.8/10(259)
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    #14 - Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

    Season 4 Episode 25

    Aired 3/17/1965

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

    Director: Lee Philips

    Writer: N/A

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  • Show of Hands
    7.8/10(262)
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    #15 - Show of Hands

    Season 4 Episode 28

    Aired 4/14/1965

    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.)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Young Man With a Shoehorn
    7.6/10(258)
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    #16 - Young Man With a Shoehorn

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 2/24/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • The Lady and the Babysitter
    7.5/10(263)
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    #17 - The Lady and the Babysitter

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 10/7/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

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  • Bupkis
    7.5/10(256)
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    #18 - Bupkis

    Season 4 Episode 24

    Aired 3/10/1965

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

    Director: Lee Philips

    Writer: N/A

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  • Baby Fat
    7.5/10(248)
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    #19 - Baby Fat

    Season 4 Episode 29

    Aired 4/21/1965

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • There's No Sale Like Wholesale
    7.5/10(249)
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    #20 - There's No Sale Like Wholesale

    Season 4 Episode 32

    Aired 5/26/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat
    7.4/10(257)
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    #21 - A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 10/14/1964

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

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: Carl Reiner

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  • My Two Show-Offs and Me
    7.4/10(250)
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    #22 - My Two Show-Offs and Me

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 12/16/1964

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Sheldon Keller, Howard Merrill

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  • Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
    7.4/10(254)
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    #23 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 1/6/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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  • Stacey Petrie: Part II
    7.4/10(252)
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    #24 - Stacey Petrie: Part II

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 1/27/1965

    Stacey meets Julie. Julie opens the letter and finds out who really wrote the letter. (Stacey signed the letter James Garner who is a friend of his but not the actor.) Now Laura and Rob must help Stacey get over Julie.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Carl Reiner

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  • Girls Will Be Boys
    7.4/10(249)
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    #25 - Girls Will Be Boys

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 3/3/1965

    Ritchie comes to his parents for advice on how to get Priscilla Darewell to stop hitting him. Soon Rob and Laura find out that Pricilla loves Ritchie!

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Garry Marshall

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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 481 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Bill Persky, Sam Denoff, it aired on 9/30/1964. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Impractical Joke".