Episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Brave and the Backache
Overview
Laura wonders why Rob never wants to be alone with her.
Details
- Series
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1964-02-12
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Brave and the Backache is Episode 20 in Season 3 of The Dick Van Dyke Show. It aired on 1964-02-12. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 19: Happy Birthday and Too Many More
Laura & Rob are deciding when to have his party day should it be 3 weeks after or before Ritchie actual date of birth? Laura says she will have the party at Dizzy Land (not Disney Land).
Rob & Laura forget the Gardner has come and have the party inside (with 63 kids!) because the garden needed to be fertilized!
Episode 21: The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth
Sally is famous overnight leaving Rob and Buddy to work alone.
More episodes from this season
Episode 18: A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.
Episode 22: My Part-Time Wife
Laura helps out at the office but drives Rob crazy while Sally is away.
Episode 17: The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living.
Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.
Episode 23: Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
Rob recalls a time when he left Camp Crowder to spend his honneymoon with Laura.
Episode 16: The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer
Laura tries to setup Arthur with a wife she invites Sally & Donna on two different days. Laura really wants Donna date Arthur, when Donna & Arthur hit it Rob does everything to stop the date by locking Donna in the bathroom!
Rob feels Sally won't have a chance with Arthur, Rob and Laura wonder who Arthur picked for his date, he picks his former wife who he married twice!
Episode 24: How to Spank a Star
Rob's favorite star Paula Marshall is due to guest on the Alan Brady show but her demands cause problems for everybody.
Episode 15: My Husband is the Best One
Rob is interviewed by a reporter, but the resulting story gives him a little too much credit for comfort at the office, thanks to Laura’s input.
Episode 25: The Plots Thicken
The Petrie's parents fight over where Laura and Rob should be buried. They have to decide which burial plot to choose without upsetting their in-laws.
Episode 14: The Third One from the Left
Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
Episode 26: Scratch My Car and Die
Rob has a new car that he loves and won't let anyone touch. When Laura takes Ritchie to school she gets a scratch on the car! When Rob finds out he wants to sue the person who did it.