Episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show: My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1963-02-13
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
My Husband Is a Check-Grabber is Episode 21 in Season 2 of The Dick Van Dyke Show. It aired on 1963-02-13. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 17: Will You Two Be My Wife?
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Episode 25: The Square Triangle
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Episode 27: Racy Tracy Rattigan
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