The Dick Van Dyke Show

S1E1 The Sick Boy and the Sitter

Comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their ""sick"" son Ritchie with a babysitter while they attend a big party.

S1E2 My Blonde-Haired Brunette

Laura dyes her hair blonde when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading.

S1E3 Sally and The Lab Tech

Laura matches up her pharmacist cousin, Thomas, with Rob's fireball co-writer, Sally, for a lopsided dinner party.

S1E4 Washington vs. the Bunny

Rob is torn between going to Washington, D.C. on business and attending Ritchie's school play.

S1E5 Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced

While clearing out the bedroom closet, Rob finds his old army boots, bringing back memories of how he and Laura first met.

S1E6 Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, MO

Rob invites an old Army pal home to dinner but begins to fear he has a jewel thief on his hands.

S1E7 Jealousy!

Laura begins to worry when Rob has to work nights with a beautiful television star.

S1E8 To Tell or Not to Tell

Complications ensue when Mel tells Rob that he wants Laura to dance on "The Alan Brady Show."

S1E9 The Unwelcome Houseguest

Rob reluctantly agrees to take care of Buddy's dog for the weekend and creates a furor when he brings the animal home.

S1E10 The Meershatz Pipe

Rob fears he is no longer needed when his co-writers do a show without his help.

S1E11 Forty-Four Tickets

Rob invites 44 fellow PTA members to his television show, but forgets all about it until air time.

S1E12 Empress Carlotta's Necklace

Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it.

S1E13 Sally is a Girl

Rob and Buddy treat Sally as ""one of the guys"", even in the presence of Sally's date.

S1E14 Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

When Buddy has a chance for a head writer job, Rob and Sally help Buddy get released from his contract.

S1E15 Where Did I Come From?

Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.

S1E16 The Curious Thing About Women

Unable to control her curiosity, Laura opens Rob's mail and she instantly regrets it!

S1E17 Punch Thy Neighbor

Rob's dentist pal, Jerry, strains the friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public.

S1E18 Who Owes Who What?

Buddy ignores Rob's efforts to collect an old debt.

S1E19 The Talented Neighborhood

When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.

S1E20 A Word a Day

Ritchie's expanding vocabulary starts to branch out in unexpected directions.

S1E21 The Boarder Incident

While his wife is away, Buddy moves in with the Petries and quickly wears out his welcome.

S1E22 Father of the Week

Rob's paternal pride suffers a cruel shock when he finds out that his six-year-old son is embarrassed to admit how his dad makes a living.

S1E23 The Twizzle

Sally drags the entire gang to a bowling alley when she discovers a new dance sensation that's sure to sweep the nation.

S1E24 One Angry Man

Laura believes Rob, on jury duty, has been unfairly swayed by the beautiful blonde defendant.

S1E25 Where You Been, Fassbinder?

Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.

S1E26 I Am My Brother's Keeper

Rob's bashful brother arrives in town and proves to be confident and outgoing only when he is sleepwalking.

S1E27 The Sleeping Brother

Rob's talented, sleepwalking brother manages to audition successfully for ""The Alan Brady Show"" even while wide-awake.

S1E28 The Bad Old Days

Buddy laments the decline of the American male and yearns for the "good old days."

S1E29 Sol and the Sponsor

Rob faces a dilemma when an army pal must be told he can’t attend a dinner party that the Petries are throwing for a sponsor of "The Alan Brady Show."

S1E30 The Return of Happy Spangler

Rob makes the mistake of trying to help the old-time radio comedy writer who gave him his first break.