The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1, Episode 13 - Sally Is a Girl - Full Episode

[@paulamalone1382]

I hope there are thousands of others who find themselves laughing out loud at the classic shows! So many of the jokes are hysterical

[@shelleynobleart]

100/10! The schtick w the cigarette, perfect timing! And the end gag, top notch!

[@funnyprincesshb]

23:52 "If two people tell you you're sick, lie down." 😁😆

[@catbriggs8362]

One of the best! Nice to see Sally shine.

[@randygreenwood1096]

Sally always wears nice dresses!

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

Yes she does, a very classy lady

[@karengarr8370]

Yes, she is a classy lady

[@Tmanaz480]

Reminds me of my grandma, also a dame who could wear anything well.

[@bettycogswell9851]

Love this show so much. It's a classic.

[@jeanineking7311]

Love that swing coat, Sally

[@a.b.creator]

Wasn't that coat fabulous? Oh I love vintage clothes!

[@Tmanaz480]

I always smile when I think of Morey and Richard being best friends in real life.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

I like this Pickles.

[@jb6712]

This is the only episode she was ever shown in. The other, larger woman was in either 3 or 4 episodes, but no more than that.

[@esmeraldagems9487]

​@@jb6712 No she was also in the one episode where Sally has a Birthday. "Where you've been Fassbinder."

[@randygreenwood1096]

Sally also always wears nice shoes!

[@kathrynoneill5862]

Candy cigarettes were around as not as far back as the 1980s, at least in California. I used to get them from the ice cream man when i was 9.

[@esmeraldagems9487]

I remember eating the regular candy cigarettes in the 90's. In Indiana. I don't believe I ever had the chocolate ones.

[@LoneWombat2126]

I remember seeing chocolate cigarettes at a fancy, expensive specialty candy store one time when I was still pretty little, and being so excited to get them, more for the purpose of pretend smoking than eating the cheap chocolate they wrapped in paper. This was also well before I was old enough to be worried about my Grandma’s health as such a long time smoker, and at the time having no intention of trying to quit.

[@hollybigelow5337]

I know I've seen this episode too many times, but I just have to say I'd like to say as an older single woman who identifies a lot with Sally I would like to give a huge shout out to the women like Laura who are secure enough in their relationships and generous enough to care about single women to encourage their husbands to do things like this. It takes a special kind of woman to be able to do that, and it really means the world when it happens.

[@ChildrensRightsFirst947]

Yes but she didn't recognize that Sally had a right and good reason to behave how she was, not in a way that Laura saw as "feminine." Her husband understood Sally better because they worked together.

[@hollybigelow5337]

@ Laura at no point said Sally didn’t have a right to behave in a masculine way, and she certainly didn’t act like she didn’t understand it. On the contrary, she basically pointed out to Rob that they had created an environment at work based on how they treat Sally where Sally basically HAS to behave that way to survive. But she did rightly point out that with a lot of guys behaving in an extremely masculine way and not behaving in a feminine way is a suboptimal strategy. Laura is describing what IS not what SHOULD BE, so she certainly has no obligation to defend what she is describing since she isn’t recommending it, only describing it. And no matter what we might think, it’s still true today. Masculine energy is attracted to feminine energy and feminine energy is attracted to masculine energy. That doesn’t mean a masculine woman can’t attract a feminine man and vice versa. That happens all the time. But there’s a MAJOR difference between a woman who WANTS to be masculine all the time and wants to attract feminine energy and a woman who has essentially been FORCED to constantly live in her masculine energy to survive who doesn’t even realize it and who just needs permission to be allowed to embrace her feminine energy, especially if she wants to attract masculine energy in a romantic relationship. Sally knows how to embrace her masculine energy, but it’s clear when given the chance she actually enjoys embracing her feminine side, too. Laura also has had her time being a working entertainer, and I’m sure she perfectly understands the need to embrace her masculine side at times to survive in that environment. I don’t get a single hint of judgement directed towards Sally. If anything, the only judgement I sense from Laura is towards both Rob and Buddy for essentially constantly making Sally conform to their expectations even outside the office while on a date.

[@pattymiller9040]

Some if my fav shows are the 'Sally has a date' shows!😁

[@GladisGuaiza]

Verry nice.I love the cloth they used

[@LoneWombat2126]

I wish my knees and back were still as good as Aunt Sally’s…and my figure too, for that matter! 😅

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

Omg i forgot about candy cigarettes!! How funny!!

[@bethr8756]

Finally Mel got some digs in!

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

Sally was definitely most influential character in this show. She was the first working and unmarried women on television at that time.

[@BibleClinger]

Rose Marie was underrated. The whole cast was underrated. I wish they had done another season.

[@sharksport01]

And now....hard boiled eggs ARE a delicacy!

[@micahbush5397]

Did I miss something?

[@jetblack.7186]

Can’t believe he’s outlived all these and Mary

[@sharksport01]

@jetblack.7186 Me too. My friend worked at a Hyatt hotel in the 80s and DVD was staying there and he was so drunk the management had my friend sit in a chair in his room just to be sure he didn't suffocate in his own vomit or something.

[@greenlightring1737]

Nice to see Buddy and Mel getting along in this episode.

[@MimiMimi-bi8gi]

I like watching DVD show because I like MM and DVD pairing. They had great chemistry. This is the best couple ever on stage.

[@stephenstumbke1721]

Loved the two drinks at the zoo joke

[@enriquesanchez2001]

drUnks?

[@JeffW77]

Jamie Farr was the lunch delivery boy.

[@jeaniedenton-smith1041]

Love the classic dresses! Pickles outfit! "I brought you chocolate cigarettes!" 🚬 Somehow that just sounds wrong for a kid!

[@katyb2793]

They were still around in the 90's! 😂

[@Lforaday3]

Late 50s early 60s is my favorite era for women’s fashion ( Think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s ❤️)😊

[@cambler8558]

They were common as any other candy at the time. My father was unusual in that he disapproved of them. He did not want me being set up to smoke. Most restaurants and other public places were smoky. In this episode, after the party, Laura is going around, emptying the several ash trays into a covered dish for disposal. Most houses I knew as a child-family, friends-not mine--had ash trays in most rooms. We’ve come a long way!

[@desertrat1111]

I always laugh when the men in that era do a dorky thing like tuck their tie into their pants.

[@carolyoung6378]

I thought that it was strange that buddy never took pickles to parties , always went with sally !

[@MrMenefrego1]

Buddy took Pickles to several functions, both Pickles.

[@jb6712]

"Pickles" was only a running gag, for the most part. Neither of the women who played the part was meant to do so for more than just one or two episodes each. The larger woman who played as "Pickles" was on two or three of the shows, and then the tall slender blonde was on only this one. Otherwise, it was far easier and cheaper to just have the running joke lines regarding Buddy and his wife, her lousy cooking, her mother (whom nobody ever saw, nor was there any need for anyone to play the part) etc., and there was a ton of freedom in the viewers just knowing that there was a 'phantom' wife in Buddy's life, and that all manner of jokes could be made about "her."

[@drewpall2598]

Barbara Perry who played Fionas "Pickles" Sorrell Sally Is a Girl - episode aired Dec 19, 1961 Where You Been, Fassbinder? - episode aired Mar 14, 1962 Made numerous appearances in films and on television from 1933 to 2017 Barbara Perry June 22, 1921 - May 5, 2019

[@drewpall2598]

Joan Shawlee who played Fionas "Pickles" Sorrell My Husband Is a Check-Grabber - episode aired Feb 13, 1963 The Sam Pomerantz Scandals - episode aired Mar 6, 1963 Divorce - episode aired Apr 10, 1963 Made numerous appearances in films and television from 1945 to 1984 Joan Shawlee March 5, 1926 - March 22, 1987

[@judywhiting1675]

Joan Shawlee.. was a WONDERFUL actor... She was very funny in THE APARTMENT...she was my fave Pickles.....if this episode was aired today..DVD would be run out of town....the fact that a woman had to play dumb.in order to hold a man...is shameful......there's also the episode where their new neighbor turned out be a wife beater....and everybody laughed.....it's not funny today(that episode was actually funny UNTIL he confessed he hit his wives....hmmmm)....so much for the 60s and 70s......glad that's changed and is no longer treated comically

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on December 19, 1961. This was during the period when Paul Tripp {previously known as "MR. I MAGINATION" and host of WCBS-TV's "ON THE CAROUSEL" in the 1950's} was in Hollywood, trying to earn a living as a working actor. By 1963, he was back in New York, doing a daily series on WNBC-TV's "BIRTHDAY HOUSE" (through 1967).

[@randilevson9547]

That date was nine days before I was born. Really puts the time line into perspective.

[@scotnick59]

A very finely executed episode!

[@nefaristo]

Best episode of the season. Thanks Cheer! _Gives a deeper fresher white_

[@randilevson9547]

Everybody wanted to be as white as pissible back then. Especially white sheets.

[@susanlong8978]

I love pickles 💕 iu

[@StayPositive-m5e]

Me too. She's hilarious.

[@JeffW77]

So funny--I have a "Big Deals" clothes pin like the one in front of Rob's coffee cup!

[@kathrynoneill5862]

I'm not close to being a feminist but I'm glad now adays people appreciate women like Sally.

[@rachelle_banks]

I agree. Mary Tyler Moore and Rose Marie were very instrumental in how women are able to be portrayed in television. But that shrinking to help a man's ego swell is a rough one to see, especially in a woman like Sally.

[@LadyKedi]

Chocolate cigarettes 😂

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

14:43, I never thought I see the day where Mel and Buddy are actually talking to each other like normal People instead of Buddy usually trying to insult the Dayloughts out of Mel, which is still very weird right now.

[@cessnaace]

I'm old enough that I remember chocolate cigarettes.

[@garyfrancis6193]

There were bubble gum play cigarettes too.

[@timothycole5266]

at 4:45 among many other things, you can't do that on network TV nowadays!

[@hollybigelow5337]

Am I the only one who thinks of, “What About Bob?” every time I watch this episode?

[@resaboutb.9566]

Uh, yeah.

[@rapunzelz5520]

It’s Klinger!!!

[@MrMenefrego1]

Jamie Farr.

[@jb6712]

No, it wasn't, it was Jamie Farr, who PLAYED the part of "Klinger."

[@marthacanady9441]

I remember when kids used to get candy cigarettes. Hard to believe.

[@jujuoliver6959]

Klinger from MASH the delivery man.

[@teresabarbour8119]

This episode is gross, and I LOVE this show.

[@jordangibson695]

This is rare episode were we get to see Pickles.

[@mdit21]

Thirteen episodes in would make Barbara Perry as the original Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell (...and the first appearance of this character).

[@garyfrancis6193]

Chocolate cigarettes for a kid.

[@resaboutb.9566]

Ritchie should've said, "No thanks, I'm trying to quit."

[@randilevson9547]

What then, for adults? They have the real cancer-causing ones.

[@garyfrancis6193]

@@randilevson9547 Yeah I remember these as a kid. They came in an imitation cigarette pack that looked like Msrlboro cigarettes. I’m about the same age as Ritchie Petri. There were sugar candy versions too with a red end simulating the burning end. I wasn’t that interested in them and never smoked or drank either or did drugs even though I grew up in the hippie era. I wasn’t popular.

[@michaelsantangelo571]

Joan Shawlee was good, but I liked Barbara Perry better as Pickles/Fiona🤗🥰

[@a.b.creator]

Pickles was a different lady either before this or after. I remember seeing a different lady because i exclaimed on comment that i finally got to see what she looked like.

[@StayPositive-m5e]

Good observation. They used a lot of different ladies (actresses) to play Buddy's wife, Pickles. You can clearly see that in many episodes she's in. Even in the episodes "Divorce", there's a different lady who plays Pickles, not the one you see in THIS episode. Same with Rob's mom; there are different ladies who play his mom throughout the series. They didn't stick with one woman.

[@chereecargill355]

Candy cigarettes. How inappropriate but typical in the 60s.

[@aprils376]

I remember those in the 1990s

[@stephenstumbke1721]

​@@aprils376same

[@fromthesidelines]

Dick started sellling *real* cigarettes when Lorillard Tobacco [Kent] became his co-sponsor the following season.

[@catbriggs8362]

Yup. The little kids played with cap-guns...

[@stephenstumbke1721]

@@catbriggs8362 I had one of those in the 90s

[@sateeshmaharaj9730]

That Sally Character is quite unusual. Unbecoming vs Unbegoing

[@ZomBMarketing]

This episode is happily sponsored by Marlboro...04:43

[@paulanderson1614]

Dick Van Dyke, the original DVD. Dick and Mary's initials, DVD MTM.

[@tomripsin730]

2:08 Odd coincidence: Jamie Farr, later famous for wearing dresses on M*A*S*H, has a cameo in an episode about Sally's gender identity.

[@amierichan7231]

Funny comment she makes when setting down the typewriter: "Thanks very large". Hm.

[@jeaniedenton-smith1041]

The days where everyone smoked and anywhere! 😅

[@judywhiting1675]

Bible klinger ...NONE of them were underrated.....they r beloved ..and won MANY AWARDS(rosemarie was a child star...buddy.a classic .jokeman..and DVD .starred in many films...inc MARY POPPINS....and she and MTM.both..had many TV MUSICAL SPECIALS ...)..they were.starz.and never stopped working ....

[@shirleyredd6107]

No wonder sally is single

[@randilevson9547]

Sally did not know how to act refined and genteel. Not as a shy shrinking violet, but as a lady. That is how you gain respect from a prospective boyfriend. You do not act like the life of the party. Sally was set up as a jokester, because she was a comedy writer.

[@MichelleMott]

Rarely was Pickles ever seen. I wonder how she got that nickname. I always thought Sally sang really good, and should have made LPs. Even though she was one of the boys, Sally was a woman. She used to be on Hollywood Squares alot. I always wondered why she always wore that black bow in her hair.

[@jeangruen833]

QUIT INTERRUPTING!! 😐

[@jb6712]

🙄

[@stephenstumbke1721]

What's wrong

[@Renee-b2b]

Good god this is sexist. I don't know how any woman survived this time period.

[@russellcunningham2781]

This show absolutely wasted Sally's character. Same joke every frickin time. She was so much more talented than this lazy misogynistic writing allowed her to be.

[@kalyanvaghela4758]

What misogyny you dumboo

[@Gamelover254]

Its a sitcom from the 60’s, what exactly did you expect?

[@resaboutb.9566]

I disagree! Rose Marie was given the opportunity to showcase her singing abilities many, many times! There were also episodes that allowed her to stretch her dramatic acting chops, too. Her character was much more fleshed out than you would have us believe.

[@dyates6380]

I loved this show, but in true reality, even in my adolescent and hormone crazed youth, which is when this was on, Rose Marie was NOT sexy or an attractive woman, at least to me. I think even she knew it and her persona played a part in her character - as always "looking" for a man. Regardless of the figure which she obviously worked on, the gruff voice, the masculine overtones, the slap stick ....... NOPE.

[@OnlyJesus777tictoc]

‭1 John‬ ‭3:4‭-‬10‬ ‭KJV‬ [4] Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. [5] And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. [6] Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. [7] Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. [8] He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. [9] Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. [10] In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

A woke modern day remake of this episode would be being politicially incorrect for treating as a female as a woman, she can hang with the boyzz!🤣

[@jb6712]

WHAAAATTT???? What in the world did you even say?????? That makes no sense at all!!

[@NortelGeek]

Oh God, can you imagine a woke episode? They'd have to ask Sally about her "preferred pronouns"... People would be confused and then mortified at the prospect. It's a shame that we lost such a simple way of life where everyone respected each other without having to label each other. Aside from the racial tension and division, it seemed like a pretty great time to be alive. So did the 80s and 90s, for that matter.

[@conniecrawford5231]

@@NortelGeek What about giving a kid candy CIGARETTES???

[@NortelGeek]

@@conniecrawford5231 I'm not sure if you're trying to use that in a sarcastic manner or use it as a rebuttal to my comment, but a few months ago, I saw video of a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds dancing with men in drag in front of a neon sign that read, "It ain't gonna lick itself", so we can talk about candy cigarettes all day (which may or may not have contributed to the delinquency of a few minors) but it's not going to come close to the depravity and psychological damage being inflicted on children en masse this day and age.

[@NortelGeek]

@@luckycharm4408 Preying on the vulnerable is abhorrent. Isn't that something that any decent person should hold as a universal truth? I noticed you failed to provide any commentary on my last comment, save for a contrasting political talking point. Do you think that because I hold a negative opinion on the moral ramifications of permitting, or worse, _encouraging_ prepubescent children to dance with scantily-clad men dressed as women next to a neon sign referencing oral copulation that I would come to the defense of a celebrity that has done nothing except occupy the bottomless pit of tired and already next-to-useless mainstream media news cycles? _Surely_ you don't think I'm _that_ one-dimensional, naive or beholden to a political party or viewpoint.

[@christiansirnam6286]

.... "pickles" makes an appearance ... no wonder she never appears again ....

[@MrMenefrego1]

She appeared several times after this.

[@stephenstumbke1721]

I love her, ditzy but loveable

[@jb6712]

That particular person was only in this episode, and the larger woman who played as "Pickles" was only in 3 or 4 episodes. Carl Reiner didn't intend for Buddy's wife to be a key character most of the time, just a running marriage gag, for the most part.

[@drewpall2598]

Barbara Perry who played Fionas "Pickles" Sorrell Sally Is a Girl - episode aired Dec 19, 1961 Where You Been, Fassbinder? - episode aired Mar 14, 1962 Made numerous appearances in films and on television from 1933 to 2017 Barbara Perry June 22, 1921 - May 5, 2019

[@stephenstumbke1721]

Prefer the first pickles

[@czoduqa]

No age well!!!:(

[@MrMenefrego1]

Then watch something else; I think it aged quite well!

[@kablouielouie]

No speak well !!!

[@stephenstumbke1721]

How so

[@NortelGeek]

This show is like fine wine. It ages extremely well, especially with today's culture. Ick.

[@nefaristo]

Didn't age well no, in fact the show has not strong enough stereotypes for 2023. Sally knows engines, is strong, smokes cigars and surely had been a tomboy, maybe she didn't like dolls as a child.. so, i dont think today she would have survived as a woman, she would have been groomed into transitioning at age 14☺😔