The Worst Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show
Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is "The Bad Old Days", rated 6.3/10 from 277 user votes. It was directed by John Rich and written by N/A. "The Bad Old Days" aired on 4/4/1962 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Viva Petrie".
6.4/10 249 votes#2 - Viva Petrie
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1965
Maria (the Petrie's maid) tells Manuel Luis Rodriguez to go to the Petrie's because Maria feels that Rob can find him a job, but the only Manuel can do is be a bullfighter.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: John Whedon
6.5/10 264 votes#3 - Racy Tracy Rattigan
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 4/3/1963
Alan Brady is out of town so Tracy Rattigan is the host. Rob is going to have to fight to keep Laura. Rob doesn't like how fast things are going. Tracy loves driving Rob crazy, The gang writes the best show for Tracy.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: Carl Reiner
6.6/10 369 votes#4 - The Twizzle
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1962
Sally drags the entire gang to a bowling alley when she discovers a new dance sensation that's sure to sweep the nation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10 253 votes#5 - 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
6.7/10 245 votes#6 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
Season 5 Episode 28 - Aired 4/27/1966
Rob gets a movie role, but he has to kiss a woman. Laura makes sure that nothing else happens.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Jack Winter
6.8/10 256 votes#7 - Jilting the Jilter
Season 2 Episode 31 - Aired 5/1/1963
Sally gets engaged to Freddy White, a shady comedian who just wants her to write his act.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 248 votes#8 - Romance, Roses and Rye Bread
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1964
Sally finds a secret admirer turns out to be an unwanted suitor in the shape of DelI proprietor, Bert Monker. With middle-age loneliness the only thing they have in common, can she let him down gently?
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson
6.8/10 239 votes#9 - Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1964
Neil Schenk comes looking for a job while Rob returns an old favor.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Garry Marshall
6.8/10 244 votes#10 - Body and Sol
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1965
Rob tells Buddy and Sally of the time he became the middle weight champion of his Army Camp.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
6.9/10 242 votes#12 - 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
6.9/10 238 votes#13 - Boy #1, Boy #2
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1965
Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Martin Ragaway
6.9/10 241 votes#14 - I Do Not Choose to Run
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1966
Rob gives a speech at council meeting that will land him a nomination for city councilman of New Rochelle.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
7.0/10 247 votes#15 - Divorce
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/10/1963
Rob gets in the middle of a marital dispute between Buddy and Pickles.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.0/10 253 votes#16 - It's a Shame She Married Me
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/17/1963
Rob meets Jim Darling who is an old flame Laura dated. Rob won't tell Laura he ran into Jim at the office, Rob tells Jim they can't make it to his party because Ritchie is sick. Jim then brings the party to the Petrie home. Rob wants Laura to wear a jacket so Jim won't fall in love with her again.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sheldon Keller
7.0/10 250 votes#17 - 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
7.0/10 240 votes#18 - Go Tell the Birds and Bees
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1965
Alberta Nelson shines in a small part as Miss Reshovsky, the concerned elementary schoolteacher of note. Rob and Laurie Petrie are also asked to the principal's office to discuss their son.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 241 votes#19 - The Making of a Councilman
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1966
Rob decides to quit running for his seat on the New Rochelle city council after meeting the opponent running against him because of his experience.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
7.1/10 306 votes#20 - Washington vs. the Bunny
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1961
Rob and Laura Recall how they met.
Director: John Rich, Robert Butler
Writer: Carl Reiner
7.1/10 257 votes#21 - The Return of Happy Spangler
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/18/1962
Laura meets Happy Spangler who guesses who she is married to. Rob got his first job from Happy. Rob offers Happy a job to help Buddy and Sally write the show but doesn't feel he can do it. The gang quickly gets tired of Happy. Rob has to let him go because Happy can't come up with a joke.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 234 votes#22 - Anthony Stone
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 3/24/1965
Rob and Buddy find out that Sally's date is married.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 236 votes#23 - Love Thy Other Neighbor
Season 5 Episode 29 - Aired 5/4/1966
Laura and Rob spend time with the Staggs and going to the theater,Jerry & Millie feel left out.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
7.2/10 298 votes#24 - The Meershatz Pipe
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1961
Rob's not as impressed with Buddy's new Meershatz pipe as he is with the fact that it was a gift from Alan Brady. Not just impressed but envious as well. After all, he is the head writer of the show and begins to feel as if he isn't needed. Getting sick and having to miss work for several days doesn't help his insecurities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 254 votes#25 - A Word a Day
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1962
Ritchie is starting to learn some new words. He says a bad word to Laura in the car. She thinks ignoring it is the best course, but Rob wants to have a "man-to-man" talk with Ritchie. Rob also wants to confront the family that he assumes is responsible for Ritchie learning the bad words, but that could prove embarrassing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
