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DVD The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season Two (5 Disc Box Set)
It's time to acknowledge those unsung heroes, The Beverly Hillbillies, for helping to rescue The Dick Van Dyke Show, which, incredibly, was nearly canceled after its first season. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard championed the series, and CBS moved the Petries to follow the top-rated Clampetts. The rest is television history. Unlike the high-concept Hillbillies, the more sophisticated Dick Van Dyke Show's appeal was in its more grounded situations and three-dimensional characters, each of whom are given ample opportunities to shine in this second season. Son Ritchie (played by Larry Matthews) gets too attached to baby ducklings (the touching season opener "Never Name a Duck"). Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) gets engaged to an opportunistic comedian ("Jilting the Jilter"). Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) is reunited with his black sheep brother ("Hustling the Hustler"). Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is revealed to be the alien Lolac from Twilo (the classic "It May Look Like a Walnut," which contains the sublimely surreal line, "Danny Thomas put walnuts in my hat"). And Rob (Van Dyke) becomes a psychosomatic drunk ("My Husband Is Not a Drunk"). On the flashback front, we see how Rob proposed to Laura ("The Attempted Marriage"), dumped an old flame ("Will You Two Be My Wife?"), and was installed as head writer of The Alan Brady Show ("I Was a Teenage Head Writer"). Rob's deft and daft juggling of his glamorous career and harried home life inspires some of the best episodes, including "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," featuring the late Bob Crane as the neighborhood lothario, "Father of the Week," and "Ray Murdock's X-Ray," in which Rob unwittingly portrays Laura as his nutty muse. But at the heart of this series' timeless appeal is the palpable chemistry between Rob and Laura, as witness their sudden embrace at the moving conclusion of "The Square Triangle." --Donald Liebenson
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These days, it's hard to find anything on TV that the whole family can enjoy together, without insulting our intelligence or causing embarassment for parent and child alike. That's one reason why the Dick Van Dyke Show series is such a treasure -- our whole family can watch it together. From the 5 year old, to the teenager, to fuddy-duddy dads like me, everyone gets a big kick out of these episodes.
Episodes
1. Never Name a Duck
2. The Two Faces of Rob
3. The Attempted Marriage
4. Bank Book 6565696
5. Hustling the Hustler
6. My Husband is Not a Drunk
7. What's in a Middle Name
8. Like a Sister
9. The Night the Roof Fell in
10. The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
11. A Bird in teh Head Hurts
12. Gesundheit, Darling
13. A Man's Teeth are not his own
14. Somebody Has to Pay Cleopatra
15. THe Cat Burlar
16. The Foul Weather GIrl
17. Will You Two Be My Wife
18. Ray Murdock's X-Ray
19. I was a teenage head writer
20. It May Look Like a Walnut!
21. My Husband is a Check-Grabber
22.Don't Trip Over that Mountain
23. Give Me your Walls!
24. The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
25. The Square Triangle
26. I'm no Henry Walden!
27. Racy Tracy Rattigan
28. Divorce
29. It's A Shame She Married Me
30. A Surprise Surprise is a Surprise
31.Jitting the Jitler
32. When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen
A black & white TV classic...!
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 2) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Never Name a Duck" in which Rob brings home two baby ducks from work, but tries to conceal them from Laura and Ritchie so that they don't fall in love with them. But inevitably, they find the ducks with Ritchie naming them Stanley and Oliver. When one of the ducks dies, Rob must explain the situation to Ritchie... Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "Hustling the Hustler" in which Rob discovers that Laura is a closet pool shark, and "A Bird in the Head Hurts" in which a nest-building woodpecker tries to use Ritchie's hair for a foundation...
Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 2) DVD:
Episode 31 (Never Name a Duck)
Episode 32 (The Two Faces of Rob)
Episode 33 (The Attempted Marriage)
Episode 34 (Bank Book 6565696)
Episode 35 (Hustling the Hustler)
Episode 36 (My Husband is Not a Drunk)
Episode 37 (What's in a Middle Name?)
Episode 38 (Like a Sister)
Episode 39 (The Night the Roof Fell In)
Episode 40 (The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally)
Episode 41 (A Bird in the Head Hurts)
Episode 42 (Gesundheit, Darling)
Episode 43 (A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own)
Episode 44 (Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra)
Episode 45 (The Cat Burglar)
Episode 46 (The Foul Weather Girl)
Episode 47 (Will You Two Be My Wife?)
Episode 48 (Ray Murdock's X-Ray)
Episode 49 (I Was a Teenage Head Writer)
Episode 50 (It May Look Like a Walnut!)
Episode 51 (My Husband is a Check-Grabber)
Episode 52 (Don't Trip Over That Mountain)
Episode 53 (Give Me Your Walls!)
Episode 54 (The Sam Pomerantz Scandals)
Episode 55 (The Square Triangle)
Episode 56 (I'm No Henry Walden!)
Episode 57 (Racy Tracy Rattigan)
Episode 58 (Divorce)
Episode 59 (It's a Shame She Married Me)
Episode 60 (A Surprise Surprise is a Surprise)
Episode 61 (Jilting the Jilter)
Episode 62 (When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen)
Episode 63 (All About Eavesdropping)
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