The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 3
Image (1963)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Family, Action
In Collection
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0*
Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.4
810 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Dick Van Dyke Rob Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie
Rose Marie Sally Rogers
Morey Amsterdam Buddy Sorrell
Larry Mathews Ritchie Petrie
Ann Morgan Guilbert Millie Helper
Richard Deacon Mel Cooley
Frank Adamo Club Patron
Jerry Paris Jerry Helper
Johnny Silver Waiter
Carl Reiner Diamond Club Announcer
Amzie Strickland Nurse
Abdullah Abbas Club Patron
J. Pat O'Malley Sam Petrie
Steve Carruthers Club Patron
Jackie Joseph Alberta Schweitzer
Arthur Batanides Bernard
Betty Lou Gerson Party Hostess
Alan Dexter Hoodlum
Carl Benton Reid Mr. Meehan
Director
Jerry Paris
John Rich
Howard Morris
Stanley Z. Cherry
Producer Carl Reiner
Sheldon Leonard
Ronald Jacobs
Danny Thomas
Writer Carl Reiner
Garry Marshall
Jerry Belson
Martin Ragaway
Cinematography Robert De Grasse
Musician Earle Hagen

Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and producer Mel Cooley. At home, we also got to chuckle (and sometimes cry) over Rob's antics involving his wife, son, and neighbors.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/25/1963  1.  That's My Boy??
Rob tells Mel about the day Ritchie came home Laura says Ritchie looked different in the crib. Rob begins to think he took the wrong baby home. Actually they took the right baby home but the wrong stuff like the cards (which were meant for the Peters baby (who left the hospital the same day as the Petries) Jerry & Rob take the footprints of their baby. The Peters come to get their stuff such as the flowers & dried figs.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Amzie StricklandGreg Morris, Mimi Dillard
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/2/1963  2.  The Masterpiece
Rob, Buddy, Laura & Sally go to an auction to find something Alan could buy but not know he bought something. Rob is about to be the own an Artanis after Rob shows Buddy & Sally how people made bids (by pointing to someone's nose.) Mr. Holdecker thinks Frank Sinatra may have painted the picture.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Howard MorrisAlan ReedAmzie StricklandRay Kellogg
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/9/1963  3.  Laura's Little Lie
Are Rob and Laura married? This episode brings up that question as Rob asks Laura to sign insurance forms that Laura never signed. Laura does everything she can to hide a mistake Rob doesn't know about. Rob is tired of ""losing his wife"" He finds out he married a 17 year-old Laura.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Carl Reiner  / Howard Merrill 
Guest starring:  Charles Aidman
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/16/1963  4.  Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice
Laura shows a new dress and is dying to Millie. Rob does the same thing at the office and is scared to tell the gang why he really needs the day off. Rob and Laura have a problem, Rob needs to finish this weeks show.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Carl Reiner 
Guest starring:  Russell CollinsMadge BlakeBurt Mustin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/23/1963  5.  All About Eavesdropping
Laura & Rob get ready to spend time with Jerry and Millie, but things get bad when Rob and Laura listen to Millie & Jerry over the intercom. Laura & Rob debate if they should go. The Petries arrive angry leaving Millie & Jerry to wonder what caused the fight. They play Charades by guessing a song title the clues don't match at all! Rob & Laura listen in again to Millie & Jerry say nice things about them.
Writer:  Sheldon Keller  / Howard Merrill 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/30/1963  6.  Too Many Stars
Rob tries to get away from Mrs. Billings she tells Rob someone else will direct the play thinking he will unhappy (Rob is happy not doing it after 3 years) Mrs. Billings soon gets Rob to it again. Buddy & Sally help out by performing a show they wrote for Alan Brady 3 years ago (Alan kept saying no to the show because he isn't the main one.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sheldon Keller  / Howard Merrill 
Guest starring:  Sylvia Lewis,  Eleanor Audley, Eddie Ryder, Jerry Hausner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/6/1963  7.  Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
While working on a joke, Rob should be going to Alan's house to talk about the joke. After hitting himself on the head with a violin (a real one) Rob goes to a party. The party is in Red Hook, New Jersey!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Reiner 
Guest starring:  Sallie Janes,  Amzie Strickland, Harold Peary,  Betty Lou Gerson, Chet Stratton
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/13/1963  8.  Uncle George
Uncle George drops by looking for a wife Herman's mom comes by as the new love for Uncle George. When George sees Sally he falls in love with her! Sally doesn't like the way things turn out; Rob tells George that Sally is taken. George wants to take Sally home! Rob comes home late after watching George & Sally dance for 3 hours. Rob finds it hard to tell George he can't have Sally.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Bill Idelson 
Guest starring:  Denver PyleElvia Allman
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/20/1963  9.  Big Max Calvada
Rob, Buddy, & Sally have job to do they have to write a joke for Kenny Dexter. Who is the nephew of Max Calvada but when Kenny shows up to see Rob, Buddy, & Sally they wonder if Kenny can do the act. When Kenny does the act he flops! Max let Kenny do the act because Max wants Kenny to go to college!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Sheldon LeonardArthur BatanidesJack LarsonSue CaseyTiny BrauerJohnny SilverCarl Reiner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/27/1963  10.  The Ballad of the Betty Lou
The Ballad of Betty Lou, Is episode seventy-two, In which Rob and Jerry buy a boat, That really got their goat, 'Cause just as Laura predicted, As the Wisard of Id did, Their friendship was tested, But as soon as they rested, All was fine, So cast off the Line! - Van_Dyke_r@hotmail.com
Director:  Howard Morris  Writer:  Martin Ragaway 
Guest starring:  Danny Scholl
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/4/1963  11.  Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors
Rob hires a maid named Maria who came from Spain! The problems are just starting Maria has a broken arm and can't speak English. She has to stay with Rob and Laura. Rob calls the agency to find another job. Maria has to go back to Spain unless a job is found. Rob finds a job for Maria painting at a local shop.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  John Whedon 
Guest starring:  Miriam ColonAlan DexterTiny Brauer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/11/1963  12.  The Sound of Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears
Rob learns he might to need testify because he is the only witness to a robbery, Rob is excited to be at the police station but has trouble telling the police what he saw because he has never been at the police station. Rob begins to recall things he forgot to tell police. Rob tells Ritchie that sometimes things have to be told to stay safe. Rob learns he didn't witness a robbery but he saw the people (who saw the robbery) running away.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Bernie Hamilton,  Ken Lynch, Edward Holmes,  Alan DexterRay KelloggFrank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/18/1963  13.  The Alan Brady Show Presents
The staff has to plan a Christmas show.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Cornell Chulay, Brendan Freeman,  Jerry Paris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/1/1964  14.  The Third One from the Left
Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  John Whedon 
Guest starring:  Jimmy Murphy, Cheryl Holdridge
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/8/1964  15.  My Husband is the Best One
Rob is asked to meet with a reporter from ""Newstime"" magazine who is doing a cover story on Alan Brady. Laura comes along to the lunchtime interview. Rob modestly gives all the show's credit to Alan and his co-writers Sally Rogers (no G) and Buddy Sorrell (two Ls), but Laura throws in her opinion and won't be silenced by Rob. When the article appears, it mentions Alan's name 7 times and Rob's name 11 times, giving Petrie all the credit for Alan's success. It refers to Rob's ""frolicsome fellow workers"" only once as Sally Sorrell and Buddy Rogers. Brady calls Rob to his office and yells at him for stealing his thunder and yells at Mel for suggesting that Laura go along to the interview. Rob tries to repair the damage with a letter to the editor of Newstime, prompting Buddy and Sally to forgive him. But when it is printed, an ""Editor's Note"" suggests Brady forced Rob to write the letter and the magazine still believes Rob is the ""genius behind the genius."" Rob cowers in a corner of Brady'
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Martin Ragaway 
Guest starring:  Valerie Yerke,  Frank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/15/1964  16.  The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer
Laura tries to setup Arthur with a wife she invites Sally & Donna on two different days. Laura really wants Donna date Arthur, when Donna & Arthur hit it Rob does everything to stop the date by locking Donna in the bathroom! Rob feels Sally won't have a chance with Arthur, Rob and Laura wonder who Arthur picked for his date, he picks his former wife who he married twice!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Anthony Eisley, Lyla Graham
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/22/1964  17.  The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living. Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Reiner 
Guest starring:  Michael ForestJohnny Silver
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/29/1964  18.  A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.
Director:  Howard Morris  Writer:  Ernest Chambers 
Guest starring:  Edward Platt, Shirley Mitchell
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/5/1964  19.  Happy Birthday and Too Many More
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:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Johnny Silver, Cornell Chulay, Brendan Freeman, Michael Chulay, Tony Paris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/12/1964  20.  The Brave and the Backache
Laura wonders why Rob never wants to be alone with her.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sheldon Keller  / Howard Merrill 
Guest starring:  Ross Elliott, Ken Berry
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1964  21.  The Pen Is Mightier Than the Mouth
Sally is famous overnight leaving Rob and Buddy to work alone.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Dick PattersonHerb VigranJohnny SilverCarl ReinerJerry Paris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/26/1964  22.  My Part-Time Wife
Laura helps out at the office but drives Rob crazy while Sally is away.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Jackie Joseph
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/4/1964  23.  Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
Rob recalls a time when he left Camp Crowder to spend his honneymoon with Laura.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Reiner 
Guest starring:  Allan MelvinPeter HobbsKathleen FreemanJohnny SilverFrank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/11/1964  24.  How to Spank a Star
Rob's favorite star Paula Marshall wants to guest on the show but causes problems for everybody.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Nathaniel Curtis  / Bill Idelson 
Guest starring:  Lola Albright
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/18/1964  25.  The Plots Thicken
Rob and Laura's familes fight over where Laura be buried. They end up having 3 burial plots to choose from.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Reiner  / Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  J. Pat O'Malley, Isabel Randolph,  Carl Benton Reid, Geraldine Wall
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/25/1964  26.  Scratch My Car and Die
Rob has a new car that he loves and won't let anyone touch. When Laura takes Ritchie to school she gets a scratch on the car! When Rob finds out he wants to sue the person who did it.
Director:  Howard Morris  Writer:  John Whedon 
Guest starring:  Ann Morgan GuilbertRichard Deacon
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/1/1964  27.  The Return of Edwin Carp
Rob tries to get Edwin Carp to guest on a tv special.
Director:  Howard Morris  Writer:  Carl Reiner 
Guest starring:  Richard Haydn, Arlene Harris, Bert Gordon,  Amzie StricklandCarl Reiner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/8/1964  28.  October Eve
Laura's past comes back to haunt her in form of painting that is at an art gallery.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Carl Reiner, Howard Wendell, Genevieve Griffin,  Frank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/15/1964  29.  Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail
Rob ends up in jail after contacting an army buddy.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Herkie Styles, Barbara Stuart,  Jackie JosephArthur BatanidesJohnny Silver, Henry Scott,  Carl Reiner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/22/1964  30.  My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life
Rob and Laura see Jerry go out with another woman.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Reiner  / Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Johnny Silver
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/29/1964  31.  I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All
Another classic; in this episode, Rob finds a hair or two in his brush; of course he assumes he's going bald. A visit to his barber (Ned Glass) hardly reassures him. The barber tells him to use a concotion on his head whose formula is very close to salad dressing. Rob dreams of using the stuff, then waking with a salad on his scalp instead of hair. Fortunately, he realizes he is dreaming and wakes up (or does he)...BALD! Finally he manages to really awaken, and finds his hair is just fine. Buddy and Sally figure in the dream and are great, spinning Rob in the barber chair while the barber chuckles evilly. One of the stand-out episodes, right up there with ""It May Look Like a Walnut!"", ""Sneaky Camera"", and ""Washington Versus the Bunny.""
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Ned Glass
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/13/1964  32.  Teacher's Petrie
The teacher falls in love with Laura.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Bernard FoxCheerio Meredith
Edition Details
Series The Dick Van Dyke Show
Distributor Image Entertainment
Release Date 2/24/2004
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentaries Featuring Carl Reiner and Dick Van Dyke for Selected Episodes Interviews With Cast and Producers Rehearsal Footage Emmy Award Telecast Clips Honoring The Dick Van Dyke Show Original Commercials Featuring the Cast and Network Promotional Spots Photo Galleries For Selected Episodes Collectible Booklet Featuring Biographies, Photos, Trivia, Illustration by Dick Van Dyke and More!