THE NEW DICKIE VON DORK SHOW

THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
CBS 1971-1974

ALL NEW, FRESHLY MADE, NO FOOLIN', ULTRA-MODERN, SPRUCED-UP DICKIE VON DORK SHOW
Cracked #109, July 1973
art: Nireves (John Severin)

Just about every comedian who has a hit show ends up returning for a new series. This one had him as Dick Preston (the actors' characters almost always have the same first name when the series is a showcase for them) a TV personality in Arizona. His wife was Jenny (Hope Lange) and his daughter was Annie (Angela Powell).

Dick's visited by Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore), his wife from his previous show. They lived in New Rochelle.

Richie was one of the kids from their old show. Hope Lange was on a show called The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Perry Mason was Raymond Burr's first character before becoming the wheelchair-bound Ironside.

On Mary Tyler Moore's series, she was a production assistant for a news show. Monty Hall was host of Let's Make a Deal.

Mary Tyler Moore's character in her own series was originally supposed to be a widow but the network didn't want audiences to think Dick Van Dyke was dead. At 97 he's still not.