The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1, Episode 4 - Washington vs. the Bunny - Full Episode

Rob is torn between going to Washington, D.C. on business and attending Ritchie's school play.
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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[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

Dick van Dyke is not just actor he is also a very good singer and dancer , a real triple treat who is still alive.

[@randilevson9547]

Everyone in this episode, except maybe Buddy and Sally, got to show off their extra talents. Even Richard Deacon, who plays usually straight-man Mel Cooley, got to dance around with a pair of giant scissors in the dream sequence. Richie Petrie, the adorable Larry Mathews, got to belt out, "You're The Top", a couple of times. The end bit with Richie, Laura, and Rob singing together, is the perfect end to the episode. One of the series best.

[@pathough2100]

There was more than one episode where Sally sang and at least one where Sally sang and Buddy played the cello. They were all great entertainers.

[@Nyzackon]

That said, I wouldn't call Larry Matthews a talented singer. At this age, at any rate.

[@cadena1734]

@@Nyzackonor adorable

[@phillipedwardness9591]

@@Nyzackonyes, it was absolutely atrocious 😂

[@haydenlipczenko4775]

Dick Van Dyke's character Rob acting like a puppet in this episode is just like how his character Caractacus acts like when he pretends to be a rag doll in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Naturally.

[@fromthesidelines]

He was *great* doing physical bits of comedy.

[@randilevson9547]

The food delivery guy was Jamie Farr, who will go on to play Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger on MASH for 11 years.

[@fromthesidelines]

Danny Thomas tried to give Jamie a break by having him appear as the "Snappy Service" delivery man in a few episodes. Unfortunately, his character didn't "catch on", and disappeared.

[@soswezz]

It's a fantastic episode. Thanks for uploading!!!

[@stephenstumbke1721]

The dream sequence was well done

[@radhakrishn2515]

🎵You're the Mommy Lisa 🎵😂😂

[@stephenstumbke1721]

That's adorable

[@jeffsamiei]

22:22 the extra in the middle in the background appears in most of 50’s and 60’s TV sitcoms as a walk on with no dialogue! Especially in the Andy Griffins show!

[@randilevson9547]

Jamie Farr plays the coffee delivery guy. He later portrays Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger on MASH for eleven years. He was very good, and underrated in this role. Speaking of puppets, wasn't Mel Cooley, Alan Brady's puppet?

[@docadams7099]

I don't know, but he could really dance!

[@WonkaVator72]

When I was a kid, a friend re-enacted the marionette dream sequence from this episode. But he got it slightly wrong. As Rob, he said: “Hello? I want to go to Kansas.” As the operator: “But sir, isn’t that a little far away?” As Rob: “No. I *live* in Kansas.” We both thought it was hilarious.

[@irinacrews17]

I enjoy this show sooo much.😍😍😍

[@demedemertdemert5955]

Life was so good back then

[@susannuccio7637]

You mean the Jim Crow laws that mandated segregation in the south? Or the fact that all abortion was illegal and women died from self abortions at a horrendous rate or were forced to have children they didn’t want? Or the fact that women were not allowed to have credit in their own names? Or the fact that women had to quit their jobs the moment their pregnancy started showing? Which of those was “so good?”

[@MrMenefrego1]

It's Danny Thomas' brother at 21:56, just over Rob's right shoulder reading a magazine. You can tell it's him by the schnoz resemblance. He is in so many shows of the time.

[@sharksport01]

Was the coffee guy the man who dressed in drag on M.A.S.H.?

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@sharksport01 He sure was, Jamie Farr.

[@connienania486]

Thanks for info on danny thomas brother, you can see resemblance.

[@connienania486]

❤😂

[@Rhihaddsa]

wow gives whole new meaning to "Youre the Top" [i'm the bottom"] written by Cole Porter👀

[@markmaki4460]

I had no idea the Maytag repairman was so prolific. I guess he wasn't really so lonely between repair jobs XD.

[@stephenstumbke1721]

The who

[@cacatr4495]

How many "Maytag repairmen" were there? I always think of the actor that played "Mr. Carlson" on "WKRP in Cincinnati," because they played the Maytag repairman for a long time. :)

[@cacatr4495]

@@stephenstumbke1721 Maytag had many ads on television through those years, and they always had some bald guy playing the part of the Maytag repairman that was so lonely because there was nothing to do because Maytag washing machines rarely broke down, so the ads said. (They were good machines, it was true.)

[@DebraMoses-r2l]

I ❤ Dick Van Dyke

[@randilevson9547]

The "man in ladies underwear" on the airplane with Rob is the great character actor Jesse White. He also had a couple of guest shots on That Girl, starring Marlo Thomas, playing her agent, and a director. The family connection strikes again. Danny Thomas, who was involved with the DVD show is, of course, Marlo's father.

[@fromthesidelines]

Jesse was originally "Danny Williams"'s agent in the initial seasons of "MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY".

[@binkybearvevo6973]

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[@CamhiRichard]

And Jesse White was great as the attendant in "Harvey," both the play and the movie with Jimmy Stewart.

[@BigBandGuy]

Also, he was the Maytag repairman.

[@milesmorris9333]

Jesse was also the first voice of the title character for the pilot of Inspector Gadget. Gary Owens then voiced the character for the second version of that same pilot before Don Adams was hired in the role for the third version of that pilot and when it was picked up to series.

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

My, how times have changed. Not even a thought to sending Sally down to DC to hear the singer, even though she's displayed her own singing talents on the show. Even she doesn't object to being passed over. But that would have solved everyone's problem.

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on October 24, 1961.

[@randilevson9547]

Jesse White was the perfect companion to Rob Petrie on the airplane. He was supportive, and a good listener. Not overacting, as he was known to do, in other guest spots on sitcoms. Notably on a few episodes of "That Girl."

[@thehiphypnochick]

This is the episode when we find out how cool Mel Cooley is 💖

[@amierichan7231]

The salesman says, what are you, some kind of sadist? It should be masochist. I wonder if it was in the script, or if the actor flubbed the line and no one caught it until it was too late to fix it.

[@Lforaday3]

Sally’s white bow looks pretty

[@stevenhudson7313]

Perfect

[@maggiegarber246]

Looks like Caruso in the portrait on the wall.

[@stephenstumbke1721]

Mary Tyler Moore was extra Hot in this episode 🤩 Especially in that bunny costume

[@MrMenefrego1]

I never found her the least bit attractive, but now that I'm older ...

[@fromthesidelines]

Carl said he wrote that dream sequence because he wanted to see Mary look like a {sexy} bunny- "Playboy" type. 😃

[@stephenstumbke1721]

@@fromthesidelines nice one Carl

[@cacatr4495]

@@fromthesidelines I would guess there were some that "salivated" on that scene!

[@barryobongo8833]

dude shes perfect@@MrMenefrego1

[@AC-ih7jc]

16:17 The marionette/music box scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang suddenly got a lot darker...

[@singesthetic1768]

Why they have separate beds , i don't understand?

[@Nyzackon]

Carl Reiner was stuck in the 50s.

[@dianetaylor9209]

❤

[@mehmetokay7073]

United Convair 990?

[@optombomber2980]

lol 15:21

[@ericgoldfarb4870]

Its his material.

[@sateeshmaharaj9730]

You're the Mommala Harris

[@aphrabenn3233]

Sometimes Laura is unreasonable 😊

[@wes2262]

Puppet = Simp (1960s)

[@l.5832]

This episode's kind of cringy.

[@A-hurt-one]

Rob was a puppet in his stupid dream. Laura was so annoying there, especially "see the bunny".

[@pepeboy234]

This show is hard to watch with the witchy woman on overdrive.

[@randilevson9547]

Unfair!

[@pepeboy234]

This was the beginning of the de-masculation of men in America. The woman stays home with the kid and expects the husband to leave his job to see a kid in a play? That is what her job is!

[@cacatr4495]

Have you noticed how Hwood always projects what is coming? It may take several years for it to show in real life, but it does.

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

as a woman i wil say this. i just cant imagine having to go to work and not being at a play for a child in the lead! I dont have children yet and im single 32 year old. it's heartbreaking.

[@rebeccagarrett891]

​@priestessmikokikyo77 that pepe boy doesn't know much about family life.

[@stephenstumbke1721]

@@priestessmikokikyo77 well he had to or he was fired and they had no money

[@randilevson9547]

Seriously??? Get your head out of the 1950's. The conflict of work responsibilities versus family obligations continues to plague families to this day. Mothers AND fathers both grapple with this.

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

5:33 all that for $1.15😮

[@capacola262743]

i hate richie.

[@brightspacebabe]

So he makes all the money and has to go out of town for his work. Get over it, Laura! 😂She’s so immature and whiny!

[@preetakumar6593]

It's Mel who is stupid. Just because his wife is Alan Brady's sister and hence he doesn't have to prioritise between his family and work does not mean others don't have that problem. Rob loving his son and wife and wanting to respect their wishes does not mean he doesn't respect his work.

[@zanti4132]

There being no other options to Rob going to Washington is a plot point that I find quite unbelievable. Surely Buddy or Sally could have gone. Mel does dismiss Buddy as a candidate, but his reason is nonsensical, even vindictive. And why is Sally not even mentioned? Is it because she is a woman? And if Buddy and Sally are both unavailable, find somebody else - it's a weekly TV show, surely the staff is pretty big. Come to think of it, why doesn't Mel go? He's the producer and dedicated to the show and all. With all that said, it's still a good episode. The premise may be totally contrived, but the dream sequence makes this episode memorable.

[@nsme1965]

@@zanti4132 Mel himself should have gone. He mentions many times in later episodes that talent scouting is his job as producer. This is a consequence of hiring brothers-in-law for a job. They take it for granted and boss around the people who genuinely worked to get their jobs. Buddy's hatred is understandable.

[@BigBandGuy]

I think Mel’s sister is Alan’s wife. I don’t think Mel is married to Alan’s sister.