The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1, Episode 12 - Empress Carlotta's Necklace - Full Episode

Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.
One of television's most celebrated shows, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" follows the misadventures of comedy writer Rob Petrie. Starring the legendary Dick Van Dyke and Emmy Award winner Mary Tyler Moore. Stream every episode of the iconic sitcom, free on FilmRise Television.
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[@heathrusty]

Sally's hair looked so pretty at the beginning of this episode.

[@tanyahays7170]

One of the few episodes where she didn't wear the black bow in her hair. I read somewhere that it had some special significance to her but she never explained what it was.

[@ruthrattner5609]

@@tanyahays7170 For her late husband :)

[@shirleyminassian1547]

I agree, she looked beautiful and it made her look younger.

[@aprils376]

You are right...very pretty hairstyle

[@JesusismyRock773]

She is beautiful with that hairstyle. So young looking.

[@zoraroa]

Laura's mortified "oh ROB" will always get me. One of my favorite episodes 🤣

[@GlobalistJuice]

The digital remaster of these old shows is truly wonderful!

[@randilevson9547]

MTM always looked so petite and dainty as Laura Petrie. Mary Richards seemed so tall and sophisticated. Amazing that she portrayed both women so equally well. A great talent.

[@adamt1564]

And her comic timing was fantastic!

[@poetcomic1]

One little detail always cracks me up - the sound that the necklace makes when Laura drops it on the kitchen counter at 12:36. It is clearly intentional on the soundtrack.

[@danielasuncion9991]

LOLOL

[@janetfreedom5437]

Agreed. It sounds like she's dropping an anchor!

[@mr.seattle1111]

I watched this episode many times, but only noticed it this time and later saw your comment 🙂

[@danielasuncion9991]

@@janetfreedom5437 LOLOL

[@movingforward9555]

I am so happy to have found this show in youtube.

[@CamilleGG451]

"We could put it in a blender and drink it" 🤣 That's some "on the verge of psychedelic 60's era" thinking right there! 😆

[@capacola262743]

rob is like a 5 year old boy who made his mom a necklace in kindergarten class out of bottle caps and he's all excited so the mom has to play pretend she likes it.

[@jb6712]

A necklace of bottle caps made by one's 5 y.o. child would be a delight to most of us Moms. But that....thing....looks as if it belongs on the hood of a 1935 Hupmobile!

[@maxdurk4624]

And its sooo sweet how scared she is of hurting his feelings

[@Kimberlytheresam]

This show is hilarious! I never watched it until now and it really is one of the best. The whole cast is funny!

[@adamt1564]

DVD Show has one of the best ensembles in sitcom history! And the writing is first-rate.

[@danielasuncion9991]

Mary Tyler Moore's facial expressions, in this episode, are PRICELESS.

[@preetakumar6593]

Who would've known Laura and Maxwell would later become coworkers as Mary Richards and Murray Slaughter.

[@bibitta]

I knew that was him!

[@melissabailey5240]

I didn't even realize that. Thanks for telling us!! 😊😊

[@jonasbelon9379]

My dad grew up on this show!

[@jujuoliver6959]

I wouldn't have recognized him, but you can tell by the voice.

[@pilotrtc]

Yeah! The late Gavin MacLeod! He had a very distinct accent.

[@everforward8651]

The necklace looked better on Rob's mother than on Laura.

[@soswezz]

I agree

[@MrMenefrego1]

It looked best in the box.

[@everforward8651]

@@MrMenefrego1 lol

[@danielasuncion9991]

Yes. I think I'm going to cry....

[@danielasuncion9991]

@@MrMenefrego1 It actually looked good on Rob's mother.

[@jeromeblue3854]

Rose Marie looks really nice in this episode.

[@plaidpaisley5918]

Such a great episode. Cracks me up decades & decades later!

[@kathrynoneill5862]

Robs Mom makes the necklace work.

[@fernhouse2770]

This might be the funniest episode I have seen yet. Really made me laugh.

[@garyfrancis6193]

This is very psychologically accurate about misunderstanding between couples. They may mean well but completely miss the mark in communication.

[@StereoSpace]

This was so funny. She played this perfectly.

[@JesusismyRock773]

Gavin Mcleod is so cute in this episode. He was such a handsome man.

[@Kimberlytheresam]

I always thought he was very handsome on the love boat❤

[@theresaviktor6661]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@oldblackstock2499]

Shoehorn ! Lol

[@stephenstumbke1721]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnWilliams-ij4gj]

🤣😂🤣👏👏👍🏻

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

[@Waterlooplein1]

Gavin Macleod sure had a lot of energy then. Makes me wonder how many husbands think they are married to a queen.

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on December 12, 1961.

[@MrMenefrego1]

This is the first of two episodes concerning jewelry; the other episode has Laura receiving a solid gold U.S. map pin from Rob's mother. Maybe one of the writers had a thing for jewelry?!

[@graceduenas99]

The U.S map was a pin not a necklace 🙂

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@graceduenas99 So it was.

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

Aside from the ugly and gaudy necklace gift, this is how marriage should be. Where the husba d be ds over backwards to love his wife, and she does the same without harming his feelings.

[@PC-dc1kv]

I loved that episode about the US map pin.

[@brbrknndy]

My favorite view of Gavon Maclead is actually in his earlier roles before the Mary Tyler Moore show. He's usually playing a con man of such. He's very funny as Murry Slaughter too but funnier as a con man.

[@thestones8022]

the love boat's, a very young, Murray MTM Show fame...Gavin Macleod.

[@PayJ1017]

Omg I didn’t even notice that the first time!

[@littleredhairedgirlsteph3922]

11:08 Her face! She hates it so much 😂

[@saran3214]

@16:21 that little noise she makes!

[@littleredhairedgirlsteph3922]

@@saran3214 😂😂😂

[@michaelparks6120]

Looks like something Mr T would wear...yikes ! 😆

[@MrGlobaldave1]

Funny how actors follow & work again with actors. MTM & Gavin in this early show and then again in the MTM show. It did take me a moment to realize it was Gavin.

[@jrubybowman]

oh look there's Murray Slaughter, aka Capt. Stubbing, aka Gavin Macleod

[@randilevson9547]

The story of Empress Carlotta was also part of the plot of the great Hitchcock film, "Vertigo", which starred James Stewart.

[@dorothywillis1]

No. Different woman. In Vertigo the name is Carlotta Valdez and she was a SF local.

[@Duquedecastro]

This was based on Empress Carlota of Mexico!

[@audreysmith5016]

Funny how she’s on the sofa reading with her shoes on! We don’t even wear shoes in the house:)

[@esmeraldagems9487]

I'd be pretty ticked off if my husband said this about me to his parents 18:34-18:40 😂

[@rckkeller9437]

Actually as hideous as that necklace is, it looks good with her blouse.

[@adamt1564]

Anything looks good on MTM!

[@micahbush5397]

Anyone else notice that Rob's parents keep changing?

[@whatsamattayu3257]

I think there were three different actors.

[@randilevson9547]

Murray Slaughter and Mary Richards on the same DVD show, years before the fact.

[@maggiegarber246]

My father gave my mother a soft toilet seat for Christmas! So, the Empress Carlotta’s replica necklace may not be so bad.

[@anitagootee8474]

In the episode where Rob explains to Richie that he actually has 7 middle names (Rosebud), Rob's father's name is Sam. In this episode, Rob's mother calls his father Edward. 19:25

[@peggywelty5139]

I would have done what melly said wear it to a ruff neighborhood

[@MeMeDaVinci]

Gavin Macleod!

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Psalm 34:18 NLT “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. ”

[@adamt1564]

Amen!

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

I actually thought the necklace was a bellydancers waist chain?

[@missltonay]

I know that voice, it's murray slaughter!!!

[@Kate-ui5kc]

How do Rob's parents drop over for dinner when they live in Davenport IL?

[@MichelleMott]

Maxwell never would have dreamed of being captain of a cruise ship! I loved him on the Mary Tyler Moore show, he was funny with Ted Baxter. He certainly lost his hair young. That chunky necklace was ugly. I always liked the silver bracelet Laura often wore.

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

It would have looked better if it was a choker rather than a droopy necklace that probably weighed a ton.

[@dorothywillis1]

It needs a bust to support it.

[@brbrknndy]

In today's culture that jewelry would be very chic'.

[@catbriggs8362]

Where???? !!!!

[@brbrknndy]

@@catbriggs8362 You gotta ask that in today's culture of expression? Jail clothes being mimicked, profanity on T-shirts, etc

[@proudtobeautistic]

Laura should just have been honest with Rob and told him that she didn't like the necklace, I'm sure he would have understood.

[@yiany]

6:40 Omg this is how Apple sells their Pro version phones. Just a bit more money, and you get a bigger phone!

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Romans 8.38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord

[@notyourgrammascrafts]

Its Murray!

[@normgardner4560]

It's Captain Stubbing from The Love Boat!

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

If you liked Mary Tyler Moore and Gavin Macleod in this show you should watch them in Mary Tyler Moore show.

[@gabrielcasuco7448]

7:59 8:05 8:25 8:31

[@CamilleGG451]

10:06 😆

[@Duquedecastro]

This is based on Empress Carlota of Mexico 🇲🇽 who was born a princess of the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha

[@JaimeLovon]

Por favor donde se puede conseguir la serie pero en español

[@michellepost3098]

That necklace is horrid. Laura should have been honest with Rob. It weighs a ton and would be a literal pain to wear, plus it's so gaudy. He ought to know his wife well enough to know her likes and dislikes. I can't stand any necklace if the lone pendant is larger than a dime, and wouldn't want any that had more than one pendant.

[@macmahon_matt]

Poor Laura

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Psalm 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

[@seanodonnell429]

And this is why I don’t buy jewelry for girls unless I know exactly what they want.

[@randilevson9547]

Another pair of actors portraying Rob's parents. Not as likeable as other performers. They also changed Rob's father's name from Sam to Edwin.

[@randilevson9547]

I felt that Murray Slaughter was a bit of a supercilious character on the MTM show. He was either antagonizing Ted Baxter, or professing his love for Mary Richards. Gavin McLeod's portrayal of Maxwell in this DVD episode is cloying and simpering. A bargain basement characterization of Peter Lorre.

[@elaineteeter9485]

I never liked him, either. Especially when he was so nasty on the MTM show.

[@tomreedyjr3631]

God, what a body Laura had...

[@christiansirnam6286]

For the record, Empress Carlotta did NOT go mad. ... Nope, she bedded down with Alfred Hitchcock ... and was the inspiration for Vertigo ... although ... she failed the screen test, thus leaving an opening for the understudy, Kim Novak .... the west is celluloid histowee ....

[@jmax3245]

You are NUTS...she went back to EUROPE from MEXICO when Napolean pulled his support for his imperial puppet regime ... she pleaded her case to Nappy who ignored her then eventually went to the Vatican to demand the POPE intercede ( she was so mad she would not leave and was ( Supposedly the ONLY WOMAN) to have ever spent the night there ...she claimed she was being poisoned and her relatives came to get her and kept her in privacy at a remote castle in Belgium .. THAT IS THE REAL STORY..PS SHE and Maximillian were contemporaries of A. LINCOLN about 100 years before Hitchcock.... Surely YOU ARE JOKING

[@Duquedecastro]

This is based on Empress Carlota of Mexico, hence the huge necklace (royalty)

[@CharlesChestnut51]

@@Duquedecastro We do not dispute this. But, did she have intimacy with Alfred Htichcock and thus git weaved into a movie script???. That's the salient point here ... Please consider and reply as appropriate ....

[@tomgardner8825]

this seems out of context. rob has shown bad taste bwfore. its likely he wojld have asked Sally opinion before buting this hideous thing.

[@christiansirnam6286]

Sacred bowel movement, "Mr. Peat-tree" (well, he was a drunk, after all ... ) ... this is the earliest "Murray Slaughter" TV (please note TV; I 've seen "Murray" in numerous flicks prior to this show) presence that I can recall ... way to transition, Gavin ....

[@poetcomic1]

He was one of the two hoods who kidnaps Cary Grant in the beginning of North by Northwest.

[@christiansirnam6286]

@@poetcomic1 Well ... NO! Gavin wasn't part of the cast in North by Northwest. You have him confused with Robert Ellenstein who plays Licht.

[@poetcomic1]

@@christiansirnam6286 WOW! He sure looks like him! Thanks for setting me right.

[@jb6712]

(Now ex) husband learned very early in our marriage to NEVER buy me jewelry. His taste was so awful, it was even uglier than that monstrosity on the show. I don't much like jewelry in the first place---haven't worn any at all in over 40 years, not since our marriage ended in late 1982----and I make sure others know that!

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Hearing vs. Listening Throughout the pages of Scripture, there’s a word that gets repeated: "hear," or a related word, "listen." In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word "Shema" translates into English as "hear" or "listen" and is often used to emphasize the act of listening, understanding, and obeying. Today’s culture places value on doing many things at once; we often try to listen while focusing on other tasks, which divides our focus. The sound of someone’s voice might come into our ears, but if we’re also scrolling social media, doing schoolwork, or making a meal, we might not fully understand their words. But in the biblical context, "hearing" does not simply include sound reception; it also involves active obedience and an effort to understand. In Mark 4:9, Jesus invites us to listen-to hear and obey, encouraging us to pay careful attention to His words: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Jesus isn't just asking us to audibly hear His words and carry on with our personal agenda; He's urging us to actively listen and obey, to live by His truth. Listening and obeying are what build our faith in Jesus Christ. Hearing the Word of God should lead to a transformed life marked by fruitfulness. As you reflect on the idea of listening in Scripture, consider your heart and spiritual receptivity. Are you attentive to God's Word, allowing it to transform your life, or is your hearing divided, causing you to resist His call?

[@capacola262743]

richie has to SHOUT every line he says.

[@MrMenefrego1]

And you have to comment several times on every little thing you happen to see.

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

My 4 yr old great, great nephew often does this but then he does call my sister and I the grannies so maybe he thinks we are hard of hearing🤣

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Romans 10.9-10 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and everyone will bow on their knees and say it on the last day, no matter what. Jesus loves you so so much and wants to save you from this world and eternal suffering in hell. He will bring peace and joy that is unexplainable and beautiful. Pray to Him and surrender to Him, ask Him to change you and give you faith and trust and He will, God never turns away a true prayer. Romans 10.9 Romans 8.38-39 I love you, Jesus our God loves you more. ❤ ❤ ❤

[@jeangruen833]

QUIT INTERRUPTING!! 😐

[@rodgerollins]

The Empress Carlotta the same from Vertigo ?

[@dorothywillis1]

No. Different woman. In Vertigo the name is Carlotta Valdez and she was a SF local.

[@Duquedecastro]

This is Empress Carlota of Mexico

[@capacola262743]

rob's parents are different in every episode. they don't even use actors who resemble each other.

[@danielasuncion9991]

True. But, when I think about it, the casting for his parents was PERFECT for each of the episodes. If the same pair was used for all of the parents episodes, it would not have been as effective.

[@capacola262743]

@@danielasuncion9991 yeah, you're right. they probably should have changed ALL the supporting characters for every episode. like laura could be played by hattie mcdaniel for one episode dealing with pancakes or buddy could be played by edward g robinson and the episode could be about gangsters and then the next episode, buddy could be played by rock hudson and sally would develop a crush on him, etc. i think that would have been VERY EFFECTIVE, indeed.

[@danielasuncion9991]

@@capacola262743 LOL No, you missed my point, because I did not explain it well enough. Let me try, again: Can you imagine any other pair of actors who would have been funnier playing Rob's parents, in the hilarious scene where the mother cries because she thinks the necklace was BEAUTIFUL? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and everyone will bow on their knees and say it on the last day, no matter what. Jesus loves you so so much and wants to save you from this world and eternal suffering in hell. He will being peace and joy that is unexplainable and beautiful. Pray to Him and surrender to Him, ask Him to change you and give you faith and trust in Him and He will, because God never turns away a sincere prayer. Romans 10.9 * If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved* Romans 8.38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Praying for you. I love you, Jesus our God loves you more. ❤ ❤ ❤

[@bethr8756]

Ugh stop touching the top of her head

[@billiecravo27]

why does rob refer to laura as a "nice guy", isn't "guy" a gendered term? english isn't my first language

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Eh not my favorite episode. Never cared for it.

[@b.pradhana_ol660]

Nobody asked and cares...

[@robertdesantis729]

I wonder if this show will still be watched say……60 years later

[@capacola262743]

buddy can never just say "my wife". it's always "my wife, PICKLESSSSSSS" nobody does that in real life unless you don't know their wife's name, and often not even then.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Because Pickles is an amusing name.

[@Say-hey24]

Laura was child like.

[@rayray4192]

Watched this show as a child. Seems ridiculous now and not really funny. Such petty little problems in white American life.

[@Gamelover254]

Its a 60’s family sitcom? Were you expecting deep philosophical discussions about politics?

[@capacola262743]

another constantly overused trope on this show is when they can never just SAY SOMETHING OUTRIGHT, they have to beat around the bush and hem and haw while the other person INTERRUPTS THEM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. it's really irritating. in this case, laura even tells rob to just listen and not interrupt, and 2 seconds later HE INTERRUPST AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. it happens in every episode.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Since the 5 nasty comments you made on this episode are all negative, why don't you watch something else and leave this show to those of us who love it.

[@capacola262743]

@@MrMenefrego1 OR you can just stop reading my comments. scummy.

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Romans 8.38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord

[@Jesuslovesyouyou]

Psalm 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.