The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD Review

In the fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of the funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but with tamer and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in Nielsen’s top 10 ratings during its first four seasons. When the show’s ratings dropped in the fifth season, the network canceled the show. But in the four decades since, The Dick Van Dyke Show has continued to entertain its fans and their children (and their children’s children) through syndicated reruns…

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers on the life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a family man living in suburban New York. As the head writer for the fictional “Alan Brady Show,” he works with co-writers Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie). Rob’s work life is always interesting given Buddy’s constant pranks, Sally’s endless search for a husband, and the trio’s unified stalking of Alan Brady’s brother-in-law, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home, Rob’s loving but overly nervous wife, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), stays home with the couple’s son, Ritchie (Larry Mathews). Surrounded by all these unique characters, Rob is always caught up in someone’s plan, fantasy or mischief…

The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes, including the season premiere “Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth” in which trouble erupts when a nationally syndicated talk show host succeeds in tricking Laura into revealing that Alan Brady is indeed bald… Other notable episodes in season 5 include “Viva Petria”, in which the Petrie’s maid recommends that her Spanish immigrant friend enlist Rob’s help in finding a job, and “The Bottom of Mel Cooley’s Heart,” in which Alan Brady shoots. Mel for not revealing a change in the show’s script…

Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 128 (Coast to Coast Big Mouth) Air Date: 09-15-1965

Episode 129 (Uhny Uftz) Air Date: 09-29-1965

Episode 130 (The Ugliest Dog in the World) Air Date: 1965-06-10

Episode 131 (No Rice at My Wedding) Air Date: 10-13-1965

Episode 132 (Draw Me a Pear) Air Date: 10-20-1965

Episode 133 (Petrie’s Great Fortune) Air Date: 10/27/1965

Episode 134 (Strange But True) Air Date: 03-11-1965

Episode 135 (Viva Petrie) Air Date: 11-10-1965

Episode 136 (Go Tell the Birds and the Bees) Air Date: 11-17-1965

Episode 137 (Body and Sun) Air Date: 11-24-1965

Episode 138 (Watch Rob Write, Write Rob, Write) Air Date: 1965-08-12

Episode 139 (You Are Under Arrest) Air Date: 12-15-1965

Episode 140 (Fifty-Two, Forty-Five, or Work) Air Date: 12-29-1965

Episode 141 (Who Stole My Watch?) Air Date: 05-01-1966

Episode 142 (Bad Reception in Albany) Air Date: 1966-12-01

Episode 143 (I don’t choose to run) Air Date: 01-19-1966

Episode 144 (The Making of a Councilman) Air date: 01/26/1966

Episode 145 (The Curse of Petrie Town) Air Date: 02-02-1966

Episode 146 (Mel Cooley’s Heart Bottom) Air Date: 09-02-1966

Episode 147 (Remember Alimony) Air Date: 02-16-1966

Episode 148 (Dear Sally Rogers) Air date: 02-23-1966

Episode 149 (Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy) Air Date: 02-03-1966

Episode 150 (Long Night’s Journey into Day) Air Date: 03-16-1966

Episode 151 (Talk to the Snail) Air Date: 03-23-1966

Episode 152 (A Day in the Life of Alan Brady) Air Date: 04-06-1966

Episode 153 (Abhorrent, Offensive, Egomaniac, etc.) Air date: 04-13-1966

Episode 154 (My Uncle’s Man) Air Date: 04-20-1966

Episode 155 (You Should Be in Pictures) Air Date: 04-27-1966

Episode 156 (Love Your Other Neighbor) Air Date: 04-05-1966

Episode 157 (The Last Chapter) Air Date: 1966-11-05

Episode 158 (The Gunslinger) Air Date: 05-25-1966