THE DUCK VAN DYKE SHOW

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
1961-1966 CBS

THE DUCK VAN DYKE SHOW
Sick #48, November 1966
w: Calvin Castine
a: Angelo Torres

They blew an opportunity by not calling it The Sick Van Dyke Show.

Dick Van Dyke played Rob Petrie, a TV comedy writer in New Rochelle living with his wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) and son Ritchie (Larry Matthews).Rob's co-workers were Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie). Buddy was always "on".

Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) was the butt of their jokes.

Alan Brady (Carl Reiner), was the star of the show they all wrote for, and who you almost never saw. Alan Brady was loosely based on Sid Caesar and Reiner, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, based it on his days of writing for Caesar.

As you may notice, the puns on the characters' names don't stay the same within this parody.

Millie (Ann Morgan Guilbert) was the Petries' neighbor.

In 1966, it was considered acceptable to hit women. Ouch. Sorry if this triggered anything, I didn't see it coming. If it's any consolation, he gets hit. Don't blame me. I wasn't born yet.