- 8.0/10331 votes8.0/10(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
- 8.9/10476 votes8.9/10(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
- 7.5/10258 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.4/10251 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.2/10276 votes7.2/10(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
- 6.8/10253 votes6.8/10(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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- 7.8/10302 votes7.8/10(302)
#7 - 4½
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
- 7.3/10286 votes7.3/10(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
- 8.2/10260 votes8.2/10(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
- 8.5/10308 votes8.5/10(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
- 7.8/10258 votes7.8/10(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
- 7.8/10271 votes7.8/10(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
- 7.5/10247 votes7.5/10(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
- 6.8/10245 votes6.8/10(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
- 7.4/10251 votes7.4/10(251)
#15 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
Season 4 Episode 15
Aired 1/6/1965
- 8.6/10307 votes8.6/10(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
- 7.3/10249 votes7.3/10(249)
#17 - Stacey Petrie: Part I
Season 4 Episode 17
Aired 1/20/1965
- 7.4/10249 votes7.4/10(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
- 6.9/10245 votes6.9/10(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
- 7.9/10323 votes7.9/10(323)
#20 - The Redcoats Are Coming
Season 4 Episode 20
Aired 2/10/1965
- 7.8/10262 votes7.8/10(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
- 7.6/10256 votes7.6/10(256)
#22 - Young Man With a Shoehorn
Season 4 Episode 22
Aired 2/24/1965
- 7.4/10247 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.5/10253 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.8/10256 votes7.8/10(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
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!
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Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Episodes
32
Avg. Rating
7.7
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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".