"The Dick Van Dyke Show"

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Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Family
Release Year: 1961
Country: USA
Runtime: 30
Rating: 5.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Nora Ephron
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

When they put their heads together... its a no brainer.

Writing by: Adam Resnick - (written by)

Produced by: G. Mac Brown - executive producer
Sean Daniel - producer
Anson Downes - associate producer
Nora Ephron - producer
Linda Favila - associate producer
Jody Hedien - co-producer
Jonathan D. Krane - producer
Andrew Lazar - producer
Donald J. Lee Jr. - co-producer

Cast: Dick Van Dyke - Robert Rob Simpson Petrie / ... (157 episodes, 1961-1966)
Richard Deacon - Melvin Mel Cooley / ... (136 episodes, 1961-1966)
Mary Tyler Moore - Laura Petrie (101 episodes, 1961-1966)
Morey Amsterdam - Maurice B. Buddy Sorrell / ... (83 episodes, 1961-1966)
Rose Marie - Sally Rogers (83 episodes, 1961-1966)
Larry Mathews - Richard Rosebud Ritchie Petrie / ... (49 episodes, 1961-1966)
Ann Morgan Guilbert - Millie Helper (37 episodes, 1961-1966)
Frank Adamo - Delivery Man / ... (28 episodes, 1961-1966)
Jerry Paris - Jerry Helper (27 episodes, 1961-1966)
Carl Reiner - Alan Brady / ... (23 episodes, 1961-1966)
Johnny Silver - Waiter / ... (11 episodes, 1963-1965)

Music: George Fenton
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Plot Outline: The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.
Plot: Rob, Buddy and Sally write for the Alan Brady TV show under the thumb of Bradys brother-in-law Mel. Rob and Laura live in new Rochelle next-door to Jerry and Millie.

Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The most famous image of the opening credits is of Van Dyke falling over an ottoman as he enters his living room. However, a second version, showing him sidestepping the piece of furniture instead, was also used. The two openings were filmed back to back and were used randomly throughout the last four seasons of the series. The first season used a completely different opening credits sequence featuring still pictures.

Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: When Russ and Gig are leaving the Dennys, a sign for "Big-K" can be clearly seen in the background. The film is set in 1988, but K-Mart did not adopt the Big-K logo until 1996.

Trivia: There are 49 entries in the trivia list - like these:
Johnny Carson was a runner-up for the role of Rob Petrie.
The running gag about Alan Bradys toupee was based on Max Liebman, the producer of "Your Show of Shows" (1950), who also wore a toupee.
The shows production company was called Calvada Productions. The name comes from the names of all of the key persons involved in production: Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Van Dyke and Danny Thomas. In one episode, co-producer Leonard played a character called "Big Max" Calvada.