Episode

The Dick Van Dyke Show: I Was a Teenage Head Writer

Name: The Dick Van Dyke Show: I Was a Teenage Head Writer
Released: 1963-01-30
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeason 21963-01-30

Overview

Rob recalls the day he became head writer of the Alan Brady Show, and his first day of work with Buddy and Sally.

Details

Series: The Dick Van Dyke Show
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 19
Air date: 1963-01-30
Runtime: 25 min

Episode context

I Was a Teenage Head Writer is Episode 19 in Season 2 of The Dick Van Dyke Show. It aired on 1963-01-30. The runtime is 25 min.

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Episode 18: Ray Murdock's X-Ray 1963-01-23 | 25 min Rob goes on an interview show, where he is tricked into describing Laura as a nut.

Episode 20: It May Look Like a Walnut! 1963-02-06 | 25 min In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.

More episodes from this season

Episode 17: Will You Two Be My Wife? 1963-01-16 | 25 min Buddy and Sally find Rob’s manuscript, which tells the story of the time he had to choose how to spend a three-day leave from the Army: go on a honeymoon with Laura, or travel back to Danville to tell his former fiancée Dorothy that he was marrying someone else.

Episode 21: My Husband Is a Check-Grabber 1963-02-13 | 25 min Rob wonders why Laura is angry with him, and learns she objects to his habit of picking up checks when they go out with their friends.

Episode 16: The Foul Weather Girl 1963-01-09 | 25 min Laura has a problem when a girl asks for help in lading a role on the show. Laura's problems get worse as Janie tells Laura how far they go back in high school and she is single. Laura gets mad when Rob works nights with Janie, She begins to thank Mel and not Rob.

Episode 22: Don't Trip Over That Mountain 1963-02-20 | 25 min Laura is convinced that Rob will hurt himself on a ski trip, and when he actually does, Rob tries to hide his injuries rather than admit she was right.

Episode 15: The Cat Burglar 1963-01-02 | 25 min Rob & Laura read about a cat burglar and wants his picture in the paper. A noise is heard & Rob takes the gun but can't find the bullets! Laura puts them in her Jewelry box!

Episode 23: Give Me Your Walls! 1963-02-27 | 25 min Rob and Laura hire a painter who seems to want to do anything but paint their walls.

Episode 14: Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra 1962-12-26 | 25 min Rob recalls directing last year’s PTA variety show, when jealousy interfered as he tried to pair the perfect Cleopatra with an amorous Mark Antony.

Episode 24: The Sam Pomerantz Scandals 1963-03-06 | 25 min Buddy and Sally are asked by Rob to help in a show for a friend of Rob's - Danny Brewster.

Episode 13: A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own 1962-12-19 | 25 min Rob bites some chicken and breaks a tooth but feels bad when another dentist fixes the tooth. He worries that Jerry won't be his friend. Rob tries not to show his teeth. Jerry isn't mad at Rob.

Episode 25: The Square Triangle 1963-03-20 | 25 min This week’s guest star on the Alan Brady Show turns out to be someone from Rob and Laura’s past—and they both have a reason to avoid him.