The BEST episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 1
Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 1!
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.
#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.
#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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - The Sick Boy and the Sitter
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1961
Rob talks Laura into going to a party at Alan Brady's penthouse even though she'd rather stay home and look after their ailing five-year old.
#7 - Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1961
Rob and Laura Recall how they met.
#8 - My Blonde-Haired Brunette
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1961
Feeling old and unloved, Laura decides to try to dye her hair blond.
#9 - Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo.
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1961
Harrison B. Harding shows up, claiming to be an old friend of Rob's, and seems to know everything about Rob.
#10 - Father of the Week
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1962
Rob is invited to talk to Richie's class about what he does for a living. However, Richie hates the idea, thinking the other kids will be bored listening to his dad talk about comedy writing.
#11 - To Tell or Not to Tell
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1961
Rob wonders if Laura will go back into show business after she's offered a dancing job on the Alan Brady Show.
#12 - Forty-Four Tickets
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1961
Rob forgets to reserve 44 tickets to the Alan Brady Show, for the PTA group.
#13 - Sally and the Lab Technician
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1961
Laura set up her quiet cousin Thomas with Sally, but when Sally arrives Thomas doesn't get to say much.
#14 - Washington vs. the Bunny
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1961
Rob must decide whether to see his son's play or go out of town for his job.
#15 - The Unwelcome Houseguest
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1961
Laura sets up a quiet weekend away, but Rob comes home with Buddy's dog for the weekend.
#16 - Empress Carlotta's Necklace
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1961
Rob buys an ugly necklace that he thinks Laura will love.
#17 - The Sleeping Brother
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/28/1962
Since Stacey is such a great performer while he's sleeping, Rob tries to get him an audition for The Alan Brady Show.
#18 - I Am My Brother's Keeper
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/21/1962
Rob's shy brother Stacey comes for a visit, but he has a problem: he is a sleepwalker.
#19 - Jealousy!
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1961
Laura wonders if Rob will still love her while working with a lovely TV star.
#20 - Sol and the Sponsor
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/11/1962
Rob's old Army buddy Sol shows up just as the Petries are preparing for dinner with an important sponsor. Gregarious, hyper and obnoxious, Sol insults the sponsor's taste.
#21 - Sally Is a Girl
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1961
Laura encourages Rob to start treating Sally like a lady after seeing her treated like a guy around the office.
#22 - A Word a Day
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1962
Richie begins using "certain four letter words", and Rob and Laura try desperately to get him to stop.
#23 - Punch Thy Neighbor
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1962
Jerry makes one too many jokes about the "bad writing" on the Alan Brady Show, to which Rob takes deep offense.
#24 - The Return of Happy Spangler
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/18/1962
Rob convinces his old mentor, Happy Spangler, to join the writing staff of The Alan Brady Show; but Happy seems more interested in telling about his life than in doing any work.
#25 - The Bad Old Days
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/4/1962
Rob starts to feel like he does too much housework when Buddy warns him about the decline of the American male.