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Length: | 150 minutes (2 hours 30 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | UR | Sorting Category: | TV Show |
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Synopsis: The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.
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Select Guest Cast Frank AdamoFrank Adamo | => | Veterinarian's Assistant (Never Name a Duck) | Geraldine WallGeraldine Wall | => | Miss Glasset (Never Name a Duck) | Jane DuloJane Dulo | => | Miss Singleton (Never Name a Duck) | Jerry HausnerJerry Hausner | => | Mr. Fletcher (Never Name a Duck) | Phil LeedsPhil Leeds | => | Blackie Sorrell (Hustling the Hustler) | Vito ScottiVito Scotti | => | Vito Giotto (Give Me Your Walls) |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Hustling the Hustler: The trick shot by Laura (Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore) was actually made in one take. They had planned for a pool expert to make the shot after cutting away from showing Laura hitting the cue ball. But to everyone's surprise, she actually made the shot. Both Mary and Dick stayed in character and finished the take, thus the genuine look of surprise on their faces.
- Carl ReinerCarl Reiner would often ask cast and crew members about funny things that had happened to them, then he would write whole episodes about these occurrences. As a result, a majority of the episodes over the course of the show's five season run were based on actual events, that really occurred.
- According to Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke, viewers used to make bets (during the opening credits of seasons 2, 3, 4 & 5) on whether or not Rob Petrie would stumble over the Ottoman, when walking into the door of his house.
- [The Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke Show] (1961) was the last show to have its entire run filmed in black and white. The show was due to be shot in color after the fifth season, but never happened because of the cast and producers' decision to end the show after five seasons.
- Carl ReinerCarl Reiner and the other writers were very careful not to use any 1960s slang in the show's scripts. In fact, references to any time period or current events are very few and far between.
- Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke originally objected to having Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore on the series, because he felt that she was too young to convincingly play his wife. He changed his mind once their remarkable onscreen chemistry became apparent, especially after [The Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke Show]: {Oh, How We Met on the Night That We Danced} (1961), successfully filmed and with extreme humor.
- Laura usually wore Capri pants on the show. The network was against this at first, and said that she had to be in a skirt for a certain number of scenes per episode. To fight this, they filmed a scene where Laura walked into the kitchen in Capri pants and came out a second later in a skirt. The network finally relented.
- For the first three seasons of the show, Alan Brady's face was never seen but his voice was occasionally heard, because Carl ReinerCarl Reiner wanted to get a big star to play Alan. Reiner eventually decided to take on the role himself as the newest on-screen star.
- Morey AmsterdamMorey Amsterdam and Richard DeaconRichard Deacon were actually close friends. According to Deacon, many of the best insults Buddy hurled at Mel were worked out while the two went out for a drink after work, or a screen filming time out.
- Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore played a married couple so convincingly on the show that many viewers actually thought they were married in real life. They did in fact become very close - "like siblings", as Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke said - and both admit they had crushes on each other while the show was in production. They have remained close friends ever since.
- The series originally was to focus on Rob at the office with Sally Rogers as the lead female character and Laura as a minor one. The character of Laura became so popular that Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore became the lead female character and more of the focus of the show shifted to the relationship between Rob and Laura. Many times situations at the office were still focused on Rob and Laura. This put a strain on the relationship between Rose MarieRose Marie and Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore, and while the two ladies got along well, they never became close friends.
- Six episodes from season 2 are in the public domain.
- Voted #13 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
- Johnny Carson was a runner-up for the role of Rob Petrie.
- Both Rose MarieRose Marie and Morey AmsterdamMorey Amsterdam had the exact same response when they were told about [The Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke Show]. They both reportedly said, "What's a Dick Van DykeDick Van Dyke?"
- Bill CosbyBill Cosby was asked to perform for the cast and crew based on the recommendation of Carl ReinerCarl Reiner's young son, Rob ReinerRob Reiner. Sheldon LeonardSheldon Leonard was so impressed that he cast Cosby in [I Spy (1965)].
- Maurice "Buddy" Sorrell (Morey AmsterdamMorey Amsterdam) was the first Jewish character on television. He was the first male character that was a regular part of a cast that was Jewish. Rhoda Morganstern (The Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore show, played by Valerie HarperValerie Harper) was the female Jewish character.
- Rose MarieRose Marie has said in interviews she did not really get along with Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore.
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Episode List: | Episode Name | Season | Year | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | Hustling the Hustler | 2 | 1962 | 9 | A | 1 | John Rich | Carl Reiner | Rob doesn't know what he's in for when he invites Buddy's charming, pool hustling brother Blackie over for dinner and a friendly game of billiards. | 7.4 | Bank Book 6565696 | 2 | 1962 | 9 | A | 2 | John Rich | R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock | Rob discovers Laura's secret bank account. Its mystery preoccupies his thoughts till he finally has to confront her and ask what it's for. | 7.8 | The Night the Roof Fell In | 2 | 1962 | 9 | A | 3 | Hal Cooper | John Whedon | Having each had a rough day, Laura and Rob argue, but only their goldfish can report the truth as Laura and Rob later tell colorful, self-aggrandizing versions to others of what happened. | 8.1 | Never Name a Duck | 2 | 1962 | 9 | A | 4 | John Rich | Carl Reiner | Ritchie becomes very attached to two baby ducks that were left over from a show and adopts them. Rob faces the task of making Ritchie understand the consequence of trying to keep pets that may be happier living in the wild. | 7.4 | Give Me Your Walls | 2 | 1963 | 9 | A | 5 | Jerry Paris | Carl Reiner | The Petries hire a painter for their living room who ends up doing a lot, other than what they hired him to do. | 7.3 |
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