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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Episodes
32
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.0
8.9
7.5

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"My Mother Can Beat Up My Father" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 331 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Bill Persky, Sam Denoff, it aired on 9/23/1964. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Ghost of A. Chantz".

  • My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
    8.0/10(331)

    #1 - 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

  • The Ghost of A. Chantz
    8.9/10(476)

    #2 - 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

  • The Lady and the Babysitter
    7.5/10(258)

    #3 - 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

  • A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat
    7.4/10(251)

    #4 - 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

  • The Man from Emperor
    7.2/10(276)

    #5 - The Man from Emperor

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 10/21/1964

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Carl Reiner, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

  • Romance, Roses and Rye Bread
    6.8/10(253)

    #6 - 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

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  • 4½
    7.8/10(302)

    #7 -

    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

  • The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail
    7.3/10(286)

    #8 - The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 11/11/1964

    Rob has to perform at prison, just as he is about to perform Rob is thought to be an inmate of the jail.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Letters from One Wife
    8.2/10(260)

    #9 - 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

  • Pink Pills and Purple Parents
    8.5/10(308)

    #10 - 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

  • It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise
    7.8/10(258)

    #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

  • The Death of the Party
    7.8/10(271)

    #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

  • My Two Show-Offs and Me
    7.5/10(247)

    #13 - 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

  • Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk
    6.8/10(245)

    #14 - 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

  • Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
    7.4/10(251)

    #15 - 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

  • The Impractical Joke
    8.6/10(307)

    #16 - 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

  • Stacey Petrie: Part I
    7.3/10(249)

    #17 - Stacey Petrie: Part I

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 1/20/1965

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

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Carl Reiner

  • Stacey Petrie: Part II
    7.4/10(249)

    #18 - 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

  • Boy #1, Boy #2
    6.9/10(245)

    #19 - 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

  • The Redcoats Are Coming
    7.9/10(323)

    #20 - 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

  • The Case of the Pillow
    7.8/10(262)

    #21 - 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

  • Young Man With a Shoehorn
    7.6/10(256)

    #22 - 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

  • Girls Will Be Boys
    7.4/10(247)

    #23 - 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

  • Bupkis
    7.5/10(253)

    #24 - 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

  • Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home
    7.8/10(256)

    #25 - 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