The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 3) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 810 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1963)

Britt Gillette's The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 3) DVD Review

In the Fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but featuring more docile and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in the top 10 Nielsen ratings for its first four seasons. When the show's ratings slipped in the fifth season, the network cancelled the show. But in the four decades since, The Dick Van Dyke Show has continued to entertain its fans and their children (and their children's children) via syndicated re-runs…

The Dick Van Dyke Show is centered around the life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a family man living in suburban New York. As the head writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show," he works with co-writers Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie). Rob's work life is always interesting given Buddy's constant wisecracks, Sally's never-ending search for a husband, and the trio's unified harassment of Alan Brady's brother-in-law, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home, Rob's loving yet overly-nervous wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) stays at home with the couple's son Ritchie (Larry Mathews). Surrounded by all these unique characters, Rob is always embroiled in someone's scheme, fantasy, or shenanigan…

The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 3) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "That's My Boy???" in which Rob recounts the story of Ritchie's birth. When he and Laura brought Ritchie home from the hospital, they thought he looked different so they began to believe they brought home the wrong baby. After putting their heads together with another couple, they determine that the baby they brought home is theirs after all… Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "The Third One from the Left" in which Rob tries to prevent a guest star from falling in love with him, and "My Part-Time Wife" in which Laura drives Rob crazy while filling in at his office…

Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 64 (That's My Boy???) Air Date: 09-25-1963
Episode 65 (The Masterpiece) Air Date: 10-02-1963
Episode 66 (Laura's Little Lie) Air Date: 10-09-1963
Episode 67 (Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice) Air Date: 10-16-1963
Episode 68 (Uncle George) Air Date: 10-23-1963
Episode 69 (Too Many Stars) Air Date: 10-30-1963
Episode 70 (Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?) Air Date: 11-06-1963
Episode 71 (Big Max Calvada) Air Date: 11-20-1963
Episode 72 (The Ballad of the Betty Lou) Air Date: 11-27-1963
Episode 73 (Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors) Air Date: 12-04-1963
Episode 74 (The Sound of Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears) Air Date: 12-11-1963
Episode 75 (The Third One from the Left) Air Date: 12-18-1963
Episode 76 (The Alan Brady Show Presents) Air Date: 01-01-1964
Episode 77 (My Husband is the Best One) Air Date: 01-08-1964
Episode 78 (Happy Birthday and Too Many More) Air Date: 02-05-1964
Episode 79 (The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer) Air Date: 01-15-1964
Episode 80 (The Life and Love of Joe Coogan) Air Date: 01-22-1964
Episode 81 (A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards) Air Date: 01-29-1964
Episode 82 (The Brave and the Backache) Air Date: 02-12-1964
Episode 83 (The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth) Air Date: 02-19-1964
Episode 84 (My Part-Time Wife) Air Date: 02-26-1964
Episode 85 (Honeymoons are for the Lucky) Air Date: 03-04-1964
Episode 86 (How to Spank a Star) Air Date: 03-11-1964
Episode 87 (The Plots Thicken) Air Date: 03-18-1964
Episode 88 (Scratch My Car and Die) Air Date: 03-25-1964
Episode 89 (The Return of Edwin Carp) Air Date: 04-01-1964
Episode 90 (October Eve) Air Date: 04-08-1964
Episode 91 (Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail) Air Date: 04-15-1964
Episode 92 (My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life) Air Date: 04-22-1964
Episode 93 (I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head At All) Air Date: 04-29-1964
Episode 94 (Teacher's Petrie) Air Date: 05-13-1964

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 19 April 2005