The BEST episodes written by Jerry Belson
#2 - 4 1/2
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 7
Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how they became friends with a convict.
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#3 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 10
In a flashback to when they were first married, Laura is nervous about meeting Rob's parents. Millie gives her some pills that could help her relax, but Laura doesn't really want to try them.
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#4 - The Man from My Uncle
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 27
A government agent wants to use Ritchie's room to stake out a house across the street.
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#5 - Long Night's Journey into Day
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 30
Laura spends the night alone (terrified) while her family is on a fishing trip.
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#6 - Talk to the Snail
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 24
Rob worries he's going to be fired after reading a memo that Alan threw out, so he starts looking for other work.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 1 - Episode 4
After a straight-laced lady Marine officer reports him for not saluting her, Gomer attempts to help transform her into an attractive woman.
#8 - Baby Fat
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 29
Alan Brady is rehearsing for a Broadway show, but the script needs work, so he asks Rob to help punch it up - without the author's knowledge.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 1 - Episode 6
Gomer is convinced he has been a "goldbrick" and stubbornly refuses to accept part of his paycheck -- even when the Pentagon orders him to do so.
#10 - Security Arms
The Odd Couple - Season 2 - Episode 15
Oscar and Felix move into a high-security building.
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#11 - Girls Will Be Boys
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 23
Richie keeps getting beat up at school, and Rob and Laura have to figure out why he won't defend himself.
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#12 - Young Man With a Shoehorn
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 22
Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.
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#13 - Odd But True
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 8
Richie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a picture in to Odd But True.
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#14 - Teacher's Petrie
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 32
Laura takes a writing class, but Rob becomes suspicious when the teacher seems to like her writing just a little too much.
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The Drew Carey Show - Season 5 - Episode 26
The cast laments the show's inability to pick up even a single major Emmy nomination. Hoping to win over Emmy voters, they decide to make a "very special" episode filled with tragedy and controversial issues. Drew and Lewis deliver a homeless woman's baby in the living room. She promptly pulls a gun on them and tries to rob them. Drew responds by buying a gun and making an over-the-top speech about his right to own it. Some latchkey kids move into the neighborhood, and the gang acts irresponsibly around them. Oswald becomes a kleptomaniac. Mimi suffers a recurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder after losing her clothes in a fire. Wick becomes bulimic. Kate gets a headache, and quickly winds up in the hospital with an incurable illness. Lewis repeatedly makes insensitive comments, and follows each with a spotlit monologue in which he tries to psychoanalyze himself. The doctor gives Drew a medical book and suggests that he might be able to find a cure for Kate...but Drew ca
#16 - Oscar the Model
The Odd Couple - Season 1 - Episode 8
Felix gets Oscar to pose for a cologne ad.
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#17 - Bad Reception in Albany
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 23
While Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show to assess a possible guest star - but finding a TV proves to be difficult.
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#18 - The Laundry Orgy
The Odd Couple - Season 1 - Episode 1
Felix and Oscar try to break up their poker game so that they can go out with the Pigeon sisters.
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#19 - No Rice at My Wedding
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 5
Rob recalls a time when a date with Laura was a raffle prize.
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#20 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 15
Rob,Buddy, & Sally have just spent 11 hours finishing a script, but on his way home, Rob is so tired, that he leaves the only copy at Grand Central Station.
#21 - Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 29
Rob ends up in jail after contacting an army buddy.
#22 - Romances, Roses, and Rye Bread
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 6
Sally gets roses every day from a secret admirer, but when he lets her know who he is, he doesn't get quite the response he was hoping for.
#23 - The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 16
Laura wants to setup a new bachelor neighbor with her cousin, but Rob wants to set him up with Sally.
#24 - There's No Sale Like Wholesale
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 32
Rob learns a lesson after letting Buddy get him a deal on a fur coat for Laura.
#25 - Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 4 - Episode 14
An old army buddy comes looking for a job and hopes Rob will return an old favor.