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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0014381155334
Format: Box set, Black & White, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Running Time: 750 minutes
Sales Rank: 56339
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 03, 1961
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It's time to acknowledge those unsung heroes, The Beverly Hillbillies, for helping to rescue The Dick Van Dyke Show, which, incredibly, was nearly canceled after its first season. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard championed the series, and CBS moved the Petries to follow the top-rated Clampetts. The rest is television history. Unlike the high-concept Hillbillies, the more sophisticated Dick Van Dyke Show's appeal was in its more grounded situations and three-dimensional characters, each of whom are given ample opportunities to shine in this second season. Son Ritchie (played by Larry Matthews) gets too attached to baby ducklings (the touching season opener "Never Name a Duck"). Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) gets engaged to an opportunistic comedian ("Jilting the Jilter"). Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) is reunited with his black sheep brother ("Hustling the Hustler"). Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is revealed to be the alien Lolac from Twilo (the classic "It May Look Like a Walnut," which contains the sublimely surreal line, "Danny Thomas put walnuts in my hat"). And Rob (Van Dyke) becomes a psychosomatic drunk ("My Husband Is Not a Drunk"). On the flashback front, we see how Rob proposed to Laura ("The Attempted Marriage"), dumped an old flame ("Will You Two Be My Wife?"), and was installed as head writer of The Alan Brady Show ("I Was a Teenage Head Writer"). Rob's deft and daft juggling of his glamorous career and harried home life inspires some of the best episodes, including "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," featuring the late Bob Crane as the neighborhood lothario, "Father of the Week," and "Ray Murdock's X-Ray," in which Rob unwittingly portrays Laura as his nutty muse. But at the heart of this series' timeless appeal is the palpable chemistry between Rob and Laura, as witness their sudden embrace at the moving conclusion of "The Square Triangle." --Donald Liebenson
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This show really knew what they were doing when it came on the air. It stood by itself by not using one liners but when they realized what Mary Tyler Moore was wearing (those slacks) everyone stood up and took notice and it was before the Liberation movement came in effect. So this show had a little bit of everything from sketches, to living at home with your wife, and the shows they would perform. This is a top-notch show.
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I've loved the Dick Van Dyke Show for as long as I can remember. Back when I was a child it was a staple for us at home. Considering the show began the year I was born it means that I primarily remember the reruns but that doesn't matter. This TV show remains as funny now as it was then. It just goes to show creative genius lives on no matter what.
As far as the dvds in this collection, they're brilliantly done, clean and clear. I watched all 30+ episodes of season one over a weekend ... Read More
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Our family voted this season as the best! The episodes had us laughing even after we had watched it a time or two. Rob and Laura are bickering less and loving more. The situations are great!
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I own only three DVD sets; Dick Van Dyke, The Waltons and Touched by An Angel. That's all I *want* to own for I feel that contemporary television programs can not hold a candle to these older shows.
This collection of Dick Van Dyke on DVD is a real treasure. The second season is fantastic, as you can feel how relaxed the cast was with one another. Rob and Laura look and act like an old married couple and seem genuinely comfortable with one another. The special features on the DVD are invaluable ... Read More
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Great show and terrific DVDs!! I've seen, and enjoyed, this series in reruns many, many, times over the years (like I'm know everyone else has) but watching these DVDs can't hold a candle to those! EXELLENT picture and sound; and awesome extras. And the episode of the show "STUMP THE STARS" that's included, is great. (I wish episodes of that were availible on DVD as well) Like another poster said, it's like you're back in 1962-63 with Jack Kennedy still in office. If only they still made shows like this.
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