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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 work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 4 is "My Mother Can Beat Up My Father", rated 8/10 from 322 user votes. It was directed by Jerry Paris and written by Bill Persky, Sam Denoff. "My Mother Can Beat Up My Father" aired on 9/23/1964 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Ghost of A. Chantz".

  • My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
    8.0/10 322 votes

    #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
    8.9/10 464 votes

    #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
    7.5/10 254 votes

    #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
    7.4/10 246 votes

    #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
    7.2/10 271 votes

    #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
    6.8/10 248 votes

    #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

  • 4½
    7.8/10 294 votes

    #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
    7.3/10 278 votes

    #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
    8.2/10 253 votes

    #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
    8.5/10 298 votes

    #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
    7.7/10 251 votes

    #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
    7.8/10 260 votes

    #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
    7.4/10 239 votes

    #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
    6.8/10 239 votes

    #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?
    7.4/10 243 votes

    #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
    8.6/10 296 votes

    #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
    7.3/10 242 votes

    #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
    7.3/10 242 votes

    #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
    6.9/10 238 votes

    #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
    7.9/10 316 votes

    #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
    7.7/10 256 votes

    #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
    7.6/10 250 votes

    #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
    7.4/10 241 votes

    #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
    7.5/10 246 votes

    #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
    7.8/10 250 votes

    #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