The BEST episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show!

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.

Last Updated: 9/21/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
The Curious Thing About Women
star
9.13
72 votes

#1 - The Curious Thing About Women

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1962

Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: David Adler
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Where Did I Come From?
star
8.68
71 votes

#2 - Where Did I Come From?

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1962

Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
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Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
star
8.63
64 votes

#3 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/13/1966

In a hurry to go to the theatre, Rob, Buddy and Sally forget to cross out all the insults about Alan they wrote in this week's script.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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That's My Boy?
star
8.62
69 votes

#4 - That's My Boy?

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1963

All about about the day Richie came home from the hospital. With so much stuff to take home, and so many mix ups with the items of the Peters (a couple in another hospital room), Rob begins to wonder what else could have gotten mixed up.

Directors: John Rich
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The Ghost of A. Chantz
star
8.58
67 votes

#5 - The Ghost of A. Chantz

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1964

Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a creepy cabin.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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4 1/2
star
8.23
64 votes

#6 - 4 1/2

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1964

Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how they became friends with a convict.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
star
8.23
65 votes

#7 - My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1964

When a drunk gets too rowdy at a bar, Laura's talent for judo surfaces.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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The Third One from the Left
star
8.09
64 votes

#8 - The Third One from the Left

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1964

Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: John Whedon
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What's in a Middle Name?
star
8.07
67 votes

#9 - What's in a Middle Name?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1962

Rob and Laura must explain to Richie why his middle name is Rosebud.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
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I Was a Teenage Head Writer
star
8.06
66 votes

#10 - I Was a Teenage Head Writer

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/30/1963

Thinking his own friends betrayed him in an argument with Mel over a sketch, Rob remembers his first day as the head writer of The Alan Brady Show.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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The Night the Roof Fell In
star
8.04
69 votes

#11 - The Night the Roof Fell In

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1962

Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day - and each remember the fight very differently.

Directors: Hal Cooper
Writer: John Whedon
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The Gunslinger
star
8.03
64 votes

#12 - The Gunslinger

Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/25/1966

As Jerry is extracting a tooth, Rob dreams that he lives in the old west and is a sheriff who has to save the town from Big Bad Brady.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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How to Spank a Star
star
8.02
64 votes

#13 - How to Spank a Star

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1964

Rob's favorite star guests on the Alan Brady show but starts causing problems right away.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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My Husband is the Best One
star
8.02
64 votes

#14 - My Husband is the Best One

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1964

A reporter interviews Rob for a cover story she's doing about Alan Brady. Laura also comes to the restaurant, and chimes in just a little too much.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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One Angry Man
star
7.97
73 votes

#15 - One Angry Man

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1962

Rob gets called for jury duty and finds himself doubting the attractive defendant's guilt.

Directors: John Rich
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It May Look Like a Walnut!
star
7.89
99 votes

#16 - It May Look Like a Walnut!

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/1963

In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a space alien who looks like Danny Thomas.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Carl Reiner
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
star
7.88
72 votes

#17 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1961

Buddy wants to leave the show to become Head Writer of another show. Mel can't release Buddy from his contract, so he helps Rob and Sally write a memo to Alan to encourage him to fire Buddy.

Directors: James Komack
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Pink Pills and Purple Parents
star
7.85
65 votes

#18 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1964

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.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
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My Husband Is Not a Drunk
star
7.81
67 votes

#19 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1962

Rob falls under a hypnosis spell meant for Buddy - he keeps acting drunk every time a bell rings.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Carl Reiner
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Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
star
7.73
66 votes

#20 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1965

A TV show host gets Laura to reveal some information she wishes she hadn't.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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The Twizzle
star
7.71
70 votes

#21 - The Twizzle

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1962

Sally brings the gang down to the bowling alley to experience the latest dance craze.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Carl Reiner
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I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All
star
7.70
64 votes

#22 - I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All

Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/1964

Another classic; in this episode, Rob finds a hair or two in his brush; of course he assumes he's going bald. His barber (Ned Glass) tells him to use a concoction on his head, right before bed. The fact that it smells alot like salad dressing has an interesting effect on Rob's dreams that night.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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The Alan Brady Show Presents
star
7.69
67 votes

#23 - The Alan Brady Show Presents

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1963

The staff has to plan a Christmas show.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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All About Eavesdropping
star
7.66
62 votes

#24 - All About Eavesdropping

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1963

While getting ready to go to Jerry and Millie's party, Rob and Laura overhear them on their kids' walkie talkies.

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The Man from My Uncle
star
7.61
62 votes

#25 - The Man from My Uncle

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/20/1966

A government agent wants to use Ritchie's room to stake out a house across the street.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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