The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3, Episode 17 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan - Full Episode

[@springhollerfarm8668]

I love that even after over 5 decades, these shows hold up so well. Sadly the younger generations do not know what they are missing. Clean AND funny.

[@quitequiet1]

This is one of my favorite episode!

[@MrMenefrego1]

Amen! 👀 (No pun intended!)

[@lisacolavito8319]

You and me both.

[@Wonderpattypatty]

And mine! 😊

[@marinagallant1847]

This episode is soooo wholesome

[@greatPretender79]

Forever my favorite sitcom. I literally wheezed and cried when Laura offered to take Sally's coat

[@naydacumpiano6707]

The priest was sooo handsome!!!

[@5thsgamingreplays518]

At the very end when he says you lost him to a better man and she almost kisses him on the neck looked genuinely heartfelt.

[@nanaberry4120]

Love the look on Sally’s face when she finally meets Joe!😂😂😂

[@poetcomic1]

And doesn't want to take her mink stole off because her dress is low cut.

[@5thsgamingreplays518]

Sally : OK where's this tall handsome good looking ... PRIEST you wanted me to meet..

[@anitagootee8474]

18:02 Sal, don't wait too long. I had an aunt who waited so long for her ship to come in that her pier collapsed. 😆

[@normgardner4560]

As a Reverend, I love this episode! Covers the truth that ministers love God first and fore most!

[@MrMenefrego1]

Beautifully said!

[@kristabrewer6736]

As it should be with ALL Christians

[@SuperSpieth]

@@kristabrewer6736Amen to that! I’m actually a preacher in training, so those are very wise words, indeed!

[@randilevson9547]

Beautiful, touching episode. So well handled, with sensitivity and grace.

[@randilevson9547]

Millie, in her own way, is a good friend to Laura.

[@shelleynobleart]

I can't imagine a more profound ending. The way the entire last scene played with the music was gorgeous.

[@ThrowbackDrummer]

Where’s this tall, good looking, charming PRIEST YOU WANTED ME TO MEET?!?!?!?!? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@camickelson]

😂😂😂

[@CamilleGG451]

I know!! 🤣 Love her timing there 😆

[@emmabradford137]

I laffed and laffed

[@billnumber3324]

One of Sally's finest moments on this show

[@randilevson9547]

This episode, like so many others, was written by Carl Reiner. I wonder if that also means he wrote that beautiful sonnet that Rob reads at the end. It wouldn't surprise me if Carl did write that as well. He was a wonderful, under-rated, writer. The end of this episode was simple and understated. Just a small, soft comment by Rob, to comfort Laura.

[@bmyra]

I've been checking out the credits as I watch episodes. Carl Reiner did write some of the most clever ones.

[@maryanderson2171]

In the notes section of the Imdb website for this episode, it states that Carl Reiner did indeed write the poem at the end.

[@randilevson9547]

​@@maryanderson2171 Thank you for checking on that. Good to know that Carl Reiner did actually write that beautiful sonnet.

[@maryanderson2171]

@@randilevson9547 You're welcome.

[@YW2324]

Budy and Mel actually getting a long? What!!!! Lol 🤣

[@shirleyminassian1547]

" My father Joe" 🤣

[@annaboo9137]

Lovely episode… and very funny too.

[@steeldriver1776]

Only this show can take an emotionally charged situation and end so wholesome. The minute my wife went down to that golf course, I'd have needed a night in the hotel just to make sure I stay level headed.

[@jet_streamgtx4607]

i like that lil poem

[@5thsgamingreplays518]

The whole routine when Rob gets home and Sally follows appears to have been filmed in one take . If not , great editing.

[@iubitnunes]

🎩 😁 👕👍Great! Editing it is 👖

[@maryanderson2171]

In the video of the 60th anniversary of the Dick Van Dyke Show, Mike complimented Rose Marie's comedic talent and did say that that scene was done in one take. God bless him. He's 94 years young and still going strong.

[@thadonmel5352]

Danggg that Michael Forest is a handsome devil, nice change seeing him other than a cowboy

[@Jpeterson7]

He played the God Apollo on Star Trek!

[@jmax3245]

Also played AIR PILOT in CASTWAY

[@CamilleGG451]

Oh yeah

[@stephenstumbke1721]

Funny episode, especially with Sally at the end

[@camickelson]

I Love this episode AND the ending!! GOD blesses!

[@karensterton9780]

I love the sweater Laura's wearing in her first scene

[@thebiscuitrose]

Rob: Sally what are you doing tonight? Sally: Nothing. But I think Ican get out of it.

[@RivkaMacales]

I laughed out loud at that one!

[@johnbowman1076]

Such a nice time... back when being a priest really meant ethics.

[@billyfoster3223]

Fascinating episode!😁

[@randallulrich]

Michael Forest went from playing a man of God on "Dick Van Dyke" to playing an actual god on the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

[@stephenstumbke1721]

And was in the fan series Star Trek continues as the same character

[@TerenceBelford]

Good stuff

[@MrMenefrego1]

Remembering the 1960s, when it was still permitted to mention God on television. I miss those comforting times.

[@stormyweather2531]

Me too.

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

🤷‍♀️

[@imkira2084]

Yea they were Definitely closer to god compared to this generation makes me sad.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@imkira2084 *It's heartbreaking!*

[@hollybigelow5337]

It is interesting. For this show in particular, it’s interesting that it’s clearly written and created by the Liberals of the time, and yet they still find a way to demonstrate devotion to God through multiple denominations, and they are respectful of all of the belief systems.

[@michaelscarlata1509]

My favorite

[@danggi2]

At 19:46 Rob having many thought processing happening at brain, so his facial expression were look stunned...

[@antoinettelane9961]

I like the reference to Zorro because Mike Forest had been on an episode of ZORRO.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

21:09, Best reaction ever

[@CamilleGG451]

Yes!! 😂

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@CamilleGG451 Hilarious

[@gregh7400]

Rob: "He's a cross between Gregory Peck and Stewart Granger". Sally: "Hey, that ain't too bad, what''s his name?" Buddy: "Stewart Peck". LOL

[@FigaroHey]

Another plot they reconfigured and used on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Now that is observant!

[@randilevson9547]

They flipped the plot so that Mary thinks a priest is in love with her, as a single woman. P.S. The priest wasn't.

[@davidlium9338]

That was a beautiful sonnet! Who wrote it?

[@gils1930]

I think it was Carl Reiner.

[@emmabradford137]

it's a Reiner script

[@tomgardner8825]

back in the days when Catholics didn't eat meat on Fridays. I haven't had tuna fish since they changed the rule

[@poetcomic1]

When's the last time yousaw amodern sitcom say 'God' with reverence?

[@ElizabethVerhoog]

I know those times were better now everybody I hater of Christian people "I hate God " that's all I ever hear in canada, it's disgusting and disheartening.these people who hate God are idiots, like what did God ever personally do to them???? But now they believe and worship the all mighty dark master Satan! SICK, SICK SICK!! Like is satan and evil the best solution to the problem,s of our society???? It's come to the point where pedoctivity and msygonism and human trafficking and all types of hate and toxicity is acceptable in our society, is that improving our society? Is this liberating with all the te and pension? I pray for our world and to get rid of all of thi evil and hatefulness and bring back the love and compassion, humanity, kindness and all the harness and peace back into our world and society!!! Is anything wrong with wanting love,freedom., peace a better world etc? It understand our world these days, it soooo sad and pathetic what we're living in these dark times😢

[@gils1930]

Good point. It seems reverent stories about God don't pull in the money for the entertainment industry. What a shame.

[@emmabradford137]

@@gils1930 episode written by Carl Reiner of course

[@willmorris8334]

Anyone ever notice how much happier Laura is around her ex-boyfriends? It makes you wonder why they are even an ex to begin with

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

It's not my favorite episode but I love any episode with Laura in it

[@michaelscarlata1509]

Really !!!!! Well I like it damn it

[@bmyra]

Yep. I love any episode with Laura and Millie. Those are two mighty fine comic actresses.

[@sunnyscott4876]

Are there any episodes that don't have Laura in them?

[@sallyharry6098]

Rob invited Joe to stay for coffee, then ran out and left him to pay due to being upset!

[@emmabradford137]

Yeah, he started bragging about how his good wife let him spend so much time away from home. That Rob. You just never know what he's going to say next.

[@deborahdishington735]

🙏🏻✨

[@honoriooseguera4083]

It's ridiculously that till this day the catholic church doesn't let priest date.

[@gregh7400]

They won't let them marry because they don't want church property getting tangled in a divorce. It's all about money.

[@gils1930]

or get married. What a shame.

[@cynic2all]

That must be a blooper they let pass when Joe greets Millie and shakes her hand, and she says "I'm fine, fine." MTM looks at her with surprise, then answers Joe's question of 'Laura, how've you been' with "Fine, fine." It appears to me Millie says Laura's line, and Laura can do nothing but say it again, anyway.

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

The Fr Joe Coogan

[@emmabradford137]

he played a fearsome god on Star Trek who fell in love with one of Kirk's away team

[@randilevson9547]

Bye bye birdie. A slight in-joke based on Dick Van Dyke's part in that film??

[@vicrattlehead5051]

I like the episode but really dislike how Laura was upset that Rob found sonnets from another man and acted like she was in the right. Sure at the end it's revealed that they were actually sonnets about god and not love but Laura all the years she had them thought they were about love and kept them hidden so it bugs me that despite her obvious signs she knew that keeping the sonnets she assumed were about love was wrong, she acted like Rob did something wrong if he had found them

[@elaineteeter9485]

A woman is entitled to her past and her privacy.

[@vicrattlehead5051]

@@elaineteeter9485 never said they weren't but things get iffy if you're keeping something from a past relationship that were expressions of love that you still think fondly of while being with someone else, I've never kept any letters from past relationships or poetry and especially saved it as if it still mattered to me while with a new partner. But each relationship is different, for some that'd be it and for some they wouldn't care

[@gregh7400]

​@vicrattlehead5051 You have to consider the era and also realize it's written into the episode to create a conflict between Rob and Laura that gets resolved at the end. They have about 23 minutes to fill for each episode so I wouldnt judge it too harshly.

[@emmabradford137]

@@vicrattlehead5051 Laura said she kept them because they're literature, and I think that's legit

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

A classic! Sexy, good natured and boy, oh boy, do I wish to have been able to meet the stunning priest.

[@sharksport01]

So sneaky, and mean.

[@mrunning10]

Apollo!

[@emmabradford137]

hahahahahaha

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

Wonder why they are called 'father' when the bible says not to call anyone Father except God Himself (and dads, etc) Strange religion...

[@gils1930]

It's a Catholic thing. 😉

[@candacekesting1786]

love the show but get real tired of laura saying darling ALLLLL the time.

[@jb6712]

I'll never understand why they gave Millie that hideous haircut for this season. It made her head look like the Frankenstein monster's!

[@MrMenefrego1]

I'm sure it was her choice though. But why she wanted to look like that is beyond me! 😲

[@dyates6380]

NOTHING like a cup of coffee after a round of golf. Seriously, I get the fact that Dick was an alcoholic, but I think it was an issue after this show ended, but two guys having a COFFEE after a round of golf on a Friday? LOL. I can say I've never seen this. Not saying it doesn't happen, but what about a coke or a water? LOL. I also have to comment on this; although this is definitely one of the BEST situation comedies from one of the BEST eras, this particular show relied too much on this same scenario too many times. Rob or Laura's ex love interest enters, mysteriously and for NO logical reason completely out of the blue, into the picture years later and somehow the other has NO idea of this very important person's history in their spouse's life ..... Kind of dumb. Especially after five or six of the same episodes plots of the same thing. Perhaps Carl Reiner was seeing the beginnings of little Rob's penchant for directing other people to live life the way little Robbie thought they should from his bedroom of the Hollywood mansion they had way back in the sixties and early seventies, and was trying to deal with that and he didn't give much thought to the repetitive show plots. It's NOT easy being the rich television executive with a BRILLIANT, soon to be - and eventually, WORLD SAVING actor who rode coattails for his carrier. Not at all.

[@maryanderson2171]

In the 60th celebration of the Dick Van Dyke Show video, Mike Forest said that they had to have a priest on the set to make sure everything was written accurately. They filmed the scene drinking beers at first and then they were told they had to reshoot the scene with coffee two weeks later because supposedly, "priests don't drink beer". Mike wasn't too happy about it.

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

What's the reason for the white collar? Certainly not a symbol of purity... those priests have made a lot of news in the last 10 years or so... and purity certainly isn't what was going on...

[@shelleynobleart]

I can't imagine a more profound ending. The way the entire last scene played with the music was gorgeous.

[@lisacolavito8319]

Yes! Ending was so beautiful.

[@karensterton9780]

Brought tears to my eyes❤

[@emmabradford137]

@@karensterton9780 the Reiner scripts are the most memorable shows