History Series / TheDickVanDykeShow

* AntiLoveSong: one of Stacey Petrie's sleepwalking rock 'n roll songs:

%%* BorschtBelt: Buddy is from this school of comedy.

%%* ChristmasEpisode: "The Alan Brady Show Presents"

%%* GameShowAppearance: "Coast to Coast Bigmouth"

* TheGlassesGottaGo: : In "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," Rob is in charge of a community theater production. Millie was going to be in a sketch about Antony and Cleopatra, but Jerry didn't like her kissing their neighbor Harry ([[Series/HogansHeroes Bob Crane]]). Laura filled in for her, but Rob didn't like the kissing scene either. They ask the mousy schoolteacher, Miss Harding. Harry wasn't wild about that until she took off her horn-rimmed glasses, revealing she was BeautifulAllAlong. Cue ''his wife'' angrily putting a stop to it and physically removing him from the sketch See INeedToGoIronMyDog below.

%%* HypnoFool: In the episode "My Husband Is Not a Drunk".

%%* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis

** There's also the rather hilarious fact that the show ''coined'' a few bits of jive itself - such as "bupkis" entering the wider vernacular meaning "nothing" or "something with no meaning", as noted above.
%%* JuryDuty: "One Angry Man"

%%* KissDiss: In the intro

* NeverSayDie: "The rabbit died."

* OverlyLongName: Richie's full name, if you use all the names that his middle name, "Rosebud", stands for.[[note]]Robert Oscar Sam Edward Benjamin Ulysses David[[/note]]

* SlasherSmile: during one episode, Rob, Sally, and Buddy are discussing what's wrong with Laura. Someone suggests that maybe she's jealous.

%%* TheVonTropeFamily

%%* WeWantOurJerkBack

%%* ZanySchemeChicken: Rob's surprise birthday party

** The aliens in "It May Look Like a Walnut" came from the planet [[Franchise/TheTwilightZone Twilo]][[note]] Rob actually says, "Or else I in the Twilo Zone[[/note]].

-->'''Milly:''' Rob, what can I do?

* ThePratfall: In the intro for a few seasons Dick trips over an ottoman, and goes head-over-heels to land on his keister. In the thied season, however, he sees the ottoman and averts this trope.

* TheExitIsThatWay: In the episode "The Blond-Haired Brunette", when Rob and Laura begin having a heart-felt conversation, Millie hastily flees the room... right into the hall closet.

* LaughingMad: In "[[Recap/TheDickVanDykeShowS4E9ThreeLettersFromOneWife Three Letters from One Wife]]", Rob reacts this way when he learns that Milly had sent fourteen fake letters to Alan Brady praising him and Rob for a high-risk appearance on a cultural program (which hadn't aired yet):

* ThePratfall: In the intro for seasons 2-4, Dick trips over an ottoman, and goes head-over-heels to land on his keister. In the last season, however, he sees the ottoman and averts this trope.

* StayInTheKitchen: ZigZagged all over the place. It's taken for granted throughout the show (and several episodes say so specifically, to the point of ValuesDissonance) that a woman's place is in the home being a HouseWife. On the other hand, though, a major character, Sally, is a working single woman who is considered the equal of any of her male peers in her office, and this is also taken for granted despite being [[FairForItsDay a rather progressive feminist statement for its day]]. On the ''other'' hand, Sally is portrayed as very eager to find a man and "settle down", with the assumption that she'll give up her career after she does. On the ''other'' other hand, in an episode where Laura considers getting a job outside the home, Rob is bothered but ultimately realizes that Laura has the right to make that decision for herself.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Richie [[spoiler:"Rosebud"]] Petrie, which actually stands for [[spoiler: Robert Oscar Sam Edward Benjamin Ulysses David]], thanks to a compromise between Rob, Laura and their respective parents, when they could not agree on a good name for their son. This is all mentioned in the episode, "What's In a Middle Name?".

* ThePratfall: In the intro, Dick trips over an ottoman, and goes head-over-heels to land on his keister.

** Laura's "Oh, Rob!"

* ExtraEyes[=/=]EyesDoNotBelongThere: In "It May Look Like a Walnut", an AllJustADream where everyone lives on walnuts and water ("getting a drink of fresh air") and grows eyes in the back of their heads.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* RansomDrop: There's an episode where the script was stolen and a ransom demanded. Dick is asked by a tramp for some money and asks if he should first put it in the trash can (as earlier agreed); the tramp is disgusted, thinking Dick van Dyke just wants to humiliate him.

* LongTitle: "The Sound of the Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears... or Something Like That!"

Created and produced by Creator/CarlReiner, the series centers around television comedy writer Rob Petrie (Creator/DickVanDyke), who works in New York City and lives in [[{{Suburbia}} suburban]] New Rochelle with his attractive wife Laura (Creator/MaryTylerMoore) and their cute son Richie (Larry Matthews), along with their brash but friendly next-door neighbors Jerry and Millie Helper (Jerry Paris and Creator/AnnGuilbert).