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The Dick Van Dyke Show

196130m / epComedy

First aired

October 3, 1961

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 112 votes

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S01 · E30

The Return of Happy Spangler

Season 1 · Apr 18, 1962 · 26m

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E01▶

The Sick Boy and the Sitter

Oct 3, 1961 · 25m

E02▶

My Blonde-Haired Brunette

Oct 10, 1961 · 25m

E03▶

Sally and the Lab Technician

Oct 17, 1961 · 25m

E04▶

Washington vs. the Bunny

Oct 24, 1961 · 25m

E05▶

Oh, How We Met on the Night That We Danced

Oct 31, 1961 · 25m

E06▶

Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo.

Nov 6, 1961 · 25m

E07▶

Jealousy!

Nov 7, 1961 · 26m

E08▶

To Tell or Not to Tell

Nov 14, 1961 · 26m

E09▶

The Unwelcome Houseguest

Nov 21, 1961 · 25m

E10▶

The Meershatz Pipe

Nov 28, 1961 · 26m

E11▶

Forty-Four Tickets

Dec 5, 1961 · 26m

E12▶

Empress Carlotta's Necklace

Dec 12, 1961 · 26m

E13▶

Sally Is a Girl

Dec 19, 1961 · 26m

E14▶

Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

Dec 26, 1961 · 25m

E15▶

Where Did I Come From?

Jan 3, 1962 · 25m

E16▶

The Curious Thing About Women

Jan 10, 1962 · 25m

E17▶

Punch Thy Neighbor

Jan 17, 1962 · 25m

E18▶

Who Owes Who What?

Jan 24, 1962 · 26m

E19▶

The Talented Neighborhood

Jan 31, 1962 · 26m

E20▶

A Word a Day

Feb 7, 1962 · 26m

E21▶

The Boarder Incident

Feb 14, 1962 · 26m

E22▶

Father of the Week

Feb 21, 1962 · 26m

E23▶

The Twizzle

Feb 28, 1962 · 26m

E24▶

One Angry Man

Mar 7, 1962 · 26m

E25▶

Where You Been, Fassbinder?

Mar 14, 1962 · 26m

E26▶

I Am My Brother's Keeper

Mar 21, 1962 · 25m

E27▶

The Sleeping Brother

Mar 28, 1962 · 26m

E28▶

The Bad Old Days

Apr 4, 1962 · 25m

E29▶

Sol and the Sponsor

Apr 11, 1962 · 25m

E30Playing

The Return of Happy Spangler

Apr 18, 1962 · 26m

Laura meets Happy Spangler who guesses who she is married to. Rob got his first job from Happy. Rob offers Happy a job to help Buddy and Sally write the show but doesn't feel he can do it. The gang quickly gets tired of Happy. Rob has to let him go because Happy can't come up with a joke.

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

CreatorCarl Reiner