"The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" - 1979 - Two Sketches with Mary and Dick Van Dyke playing Rob & Laura!!

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

It's amazing how back when they filmed this in 1979, Dick had an idea of what a 90 year old man would look and act like, and yet here today he IS 92 years old and in so much better shape and in appearance, then how he thought it would be like back then. I always loved his skits.

[@marinazagrai1623]

Dick van Dyke was doing a commercial about Tai Chi from a Chinese man who had workouts and was saying how he exercised during his 40s , 50s, 70s so he would stay out of the retirement houses, and now in his 90s to live longer and healthier and to prevent broken bones (from falls).

[@brianarbenz7206]

Same way with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman doing "The Old Folks" skit in the mid-70s. Carol is that age now and not at all like that crotchety person. People in their 70s and 60s in general are not at all like was foreseen for us. We're much more mobile and relevant. People our age are dating more so than people in their 20s.

[@HansDelbruck53]

It's than how he thought..., not "then" how he thought...

[@mchatouille]

@@HansDelbruck53 wasn't "Hands" Delbruck a notorious pickpocket as well as a grammarian?

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@mchatouille I like to think so.

[@DavidLari]

They both fell right back into their characters brilliantly.

[@Ramonesaehs]

Bizarre to see these skits. I never knew they existed.

[@dyates6380]

It's strange that in another show, I believe it was called the Dick Van Dyke show revisited, (just a quick thing Carl Reiner put together in two or three parts) Rob was on the phone with Alan Brady and they were talking about last seeing each other at Buddy Surrell and Mel Cooly's memorials. Now only Dick is left out of everyone except, of Larry Mathews who played the son.

[@joelblock1099]

I liked that the 68th Wedding Anniversary is OATMEAL. I even laughed.

[@vivelafrance7968]

Wow ,,,Seeing this just now. RIP Mary Tyler Moore.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

DVD still had it as Rob and still so funny. I love them both.

[@jaferguson49]

'She could turn the world on with her smile....' :)

[@MrNb22]

having Rob write a eulogy for Alan Brady was the subject of their 2000s 1 shot show hosted by Ray Romano as well...kinda funny topic they kept coming back to :P Also, cant wait for that new Barry Manilow cassette to come out in 2029.

[@invisiblesun6595]

Kind of ironic considering Carl Reiner himself didn't pass away until 2020. 41 years after this skit in fact!

[@roseterry2744]

What does THAT have to do with THIS??? 🤔

[@jaymesguy239]

I remember seeing this back in the day. Certainly brings back memories.

[@JohnCee754]

It's funny -- I don't remember ever having watched the MTM Hour, but I guess I must have, because I DO remember this sketch. Very well done -- they still had that chemistry, didn't they?

[@over50andfantabulous59]

RIP Mary. A class act.

[@Robard65]

“Do you remember what we did on our honeymoon night.” “O Rob, of course i do.” “What was it?” 😂😂 Brilliant delivery.

[@jrubybowman]

I loved the episode on DVD Show when Rob and Laura had just had Ritchie and they were sure that the Hospital had mixed up their child with another child. So they found out the name of the other couple and invited them over. "RING" goes the doorbell, Rob opens the door and GUESS WHAT? ....you'll have to watch the episode to find out but it is hilarious and so great!

[@evalehde3869]

Only Rob thought that. Laura tried to tell him he was wrong.

[@janishart5128]

I know what happened when Rob opens the door!! I just saw that episode last week!!

[@live2thefullest617]

The gag was culturally groundbreaking at the time. Pushed the boundaries of TV sitcom humor. Listen to the audience reaction; hesitant laughter, like "is it ok to laugh at this?"

[@jrubybowman]

...."68 is oatmeal" now that's funny!

[@invisiblesun6595]

Ok, I laughed pretty hard at that second sketch!

[@robertromero8692]

Just watched DVD and the Other Woman. What a difference 10 years makes. They had both aged so much.

[@dixonnegron1083]

Television was so different then. So much better.

[@kristinazubic9669]

Never knew about this... thanks!!

[@brianarbenz7206]

Rob and Laura have become ventriloquists!

[@edwinawareing2395]

Be grateful just to see them. - genius .

[@etraig]

yes, and on their reunion special, alan was alive, but asked rob to write a eulogy for when he was dead. but the actors who played buddy, mel, and jerry helper had passed by then.

[@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil]

Jerry, too? I didn't know that. :-(

[@esmeraldagems9487]

@@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil Yeah Jerry passed in 1986 I believe

[@roberthendry614]

Richard Deacon was still living. He died in 1984. I believe Morey was still living at that time.

[@roseterry2744]

And are sorely missed. All of them.. RIP.🤡🤡🤡!!!! (Can't ever replace them...EVER!)

[@ashleysixpurdylogan2287]

Love seeing them tougher

[@johnstriker480]

DVD & MTM

[@millenniumman75]

8:48 - The Dick Van Dyke Shows went off the air in 1966. Fifty years later would be Summer 2016.

[@italoman9]

I'd never seen this episode of this variety show of hers at the time, and the DVD Show skit. Moore comes across in it more as Mary Richards than as Laura Petrie--maybe since shed worn that iconic flip in color for so many seasons during her own ensuing MTM Show sitcom. But a treat to see them in those characters reunited in later years and in color, nonetheless. :)

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

Mary seems like she forgot how to do Laura.

[@dianelipartito6654]

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 I think the point of it was, that she matured and came into her own. In the first sketch she was going to therapy to overcome the young Laura Petri who deferred to her husband and not say subservient things like, "Oooh Rob!" That's what she said, anyway.

[@dollyjoseph3938]

We're in the future and we have none of those gadgets on the wall

[@unstrungstudios818]

Too adorable 💕

[@alpimarzi5501]

I couldn’t love him more 🥰🥰

[@kerrbear1980]

I can listen to that man talk for hours

[@USFanLovesMinHo]

I just love this!

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload !! Don't forget that Dick had his own short lived Tv show in the early 70's too. The new dick van dyke show From 1971-74 With Hope Lange !! XD

[@pjhanna1432]

The New Dick Van Dyke show was filmed in Cave Creek, Arizona. I grew up in Arizona, and one year my dad gave my mom and me tickets to the show (they were split by then and he was living in LA). The show was terrific and it was a great experience watching a show being filmed, how everything worked, and seeing the stars interact with the audience. Dick of course, was his wonderful, witty, and charming self. I am so grateful for the experience, it is a special memory for me. 🙂

[@bluecollarlit]

This is so cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@blueskysailing]

I didn't know it was filmed in Cave Creek. I live in Queen Creek. 🙋❤

[@Jackie371]

I love that someone envisioned a flat-screen tv (or picture?) 18 yrs before & a cd & cd player 3 yrs before--when you still had to get up to change the tv channel. (Google says--1997, Sharp & Sony sold the first flat screen tv, 42", for $15,000!)

[@robertphillips6296]

I remember this show.

[@sarahkraszewski5504]

Love it

[@spectre9792]

Aside from the audio being terribly out of sync, this is hilarious!

[@at90percent]

Something that seems all too missing in today's world of television. Two genuinely nice people. Today people seem to try to out do one another in horrible attitudes.

[@jogordon1530]

Pianoman 70s style It's called EGO and the world was introduced to it through a thing called social media!

[@invisiblesun6595]

@@jogordon1530 I think looking out for #1 started long before social media. All it did was raise the symptoms to epidemic proportions.

[@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil]

Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?

[@hudsony777]

you girl

[@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil]

@@hudsony777 ... and you should know it.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

they should have done a reunion movie in the early 80's before everyone started to die off... beginning with Mel Cooley...

[@jonnaking3054]

The gadgets look pretty spot on

[@ericdreizen1463]

The sound is out of synch. Very distracting. Waz up?

[@SSegal]

Here it is in sync kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2etl4yYeKujq80

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

​​@@SSegal That account has been deleted, so that video is no longer available. 😕 Editing to add: Here is the entire episode with Dick Van Dyke, part of a playlist of 11 Mary Tyler Moore Hour episodes on their channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHipg5mdYruGqLssi=EclMXjnFQjlDqSzg

[@pushon2342]

As great as the original was, sometimes even the greats can't recapture their moments of greatness. This falls a bit short. Nice to see them both though. Dick is 53 here and Mary is 42.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

It was the writing and MTM forgot how to play Laura and came across as Mary Richards in stead. This was also not written by Carl Reiner. All things have to come together to recapture the magic. Dick was wonderful and is still funny. It was still good to see them together.

[@invisiblesun6595]

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 You're right, I hadn't even considered that! Carl Reiner's midas touch wasn't part of this. That really was the missing ingredient I couldn't quite put my finger on! In the original series the chemistry as well as the timing/delivery of the lines were what made the show what it was. And she was definitely more Mary Richards than Laura Petrie. All things considered it still turned out pretty great!

[@fromthesidelines]

Mary literally had a platoon of writers at the outset of her 1979 variety hour. Her head writer was Arnie Kogen {best known for his work on MAD magazine, and later for 'NEWHART"}. The writers credited on this episode were: David Axelrod & Stan Burns Peter Gallay Carol Gary Robert Illes & James Stein Gary Jacobs Coslough Johnson Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker Pat Proft Mary-David Sheiner & Sheila Judas Weisburg Aubrey Tadman & Garry Ferrier ....and Gary Belkin {another MAD writer} was credited as "creative consultant". Now, imagine ALL of these talented writers were squeezed into *one room* {a la Rob, Sally and Buddy}- and Mary waltzes in, smiling through her teeth, barking........... *"I WANT YOU TO MAKE ME FUNNY THIS WEEK---- OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!!"* Could YOU write "funny" under those conditions? 😉

[@trikywu]

This was fun to see. David Letterman was a writer on this show.

[@fromthesidelines]

Not on this episode. Except for ONE appearance he made in a later telecast, Dave wasn't a part of "THE MARY TYLER MOORE HOUR". He WAS a part of Mary's ill-fated 1978 variety show, where he KNEW his talents were being wasted- especially at being a jovial cast member. He recalled, "I knew my limitations, but this really brought them home. You know, it was, 'You're not a singer. You're not a dancer. You're not an actor. Get out of here. What are you doing? Get away from Mary. That's her fruit. Don't try and eat her fruit'."

[@edwinedwards6796]

Never knew of this

[@calliedurling3292]

You should see then in The Gin Game on PBS in 2003.

[@spindalis79]

So, if Rob is supposed to be 90 in the future sketch and his age is his actual age, then that means the "future" sketch takes place this year (2015). This would also mean that Rob and Laura were married in 1947.

[@stevenpatrickstone766]

and they had Richie in 1955

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

David Letterman messed up.

[@DebraMoses-r2l]

I ❤ Dick Van Dyke.

[@Rippypoo]

I'll assume the video and audio being out of sync was done to get around copyright restrictions. In any case, it was fun to see these two together again. Different, but so familiar, especially since I'm in the middle of binge watching every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Snap!

[@richparsons4205]

I never saw this “Mary Tyler Moore Hour”.. alternate universe?

[@jburma]

5:25 - I can't believe "Navy Chimps" failed.

[@lox_5017]

Does anyone here knows if this video is available in the dvd format

[@bobbylaguardia6680]

I love it

[@roseterry2744]

You know,vI am a big fan of the Dick Van Dyke Show in particular, and I never missed an episode back in the 60'sand am 73 years old as if April 2024 I had stumbled across this show by accident and I never knew that this show was on back then. It is probably because I rarely watched Mary Tyler Moore after that, so this us the first time I saw this "reunion show!" Except for the the sound being out of sync (can't figure out why!) the writers did a top notch job in recreating the original show and Dick and Mary stepped back in through time to flawlessly recreate theur parts if Rob and Laura Petrie too. I am really impressed, but what ruined it was the sound synchronization!s. But I wish I had seen it back in 1979...when I was just 29 years old! Wow! 😱

[@jlee9735]

I’ve never knew that Mary Tyler Moore did us a variety show till I read it on some website this show didn’t last long she did it after the Mary Tyler Moore show and by then I think we’re already shows what kind of Will and out but it’s interesting to see

[@FanofBewitched]

Ironically she lived to be 80 and he is in his early 90s.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

Mary passed away at 79 and Dick is 93.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 80.

[@cmcb09]

Isn't this a tudge similar to the premise of the reunion special they did? lol

[@thesniperabel8278]

Yeah because in the reunion Alan asked rob to write his eulogy and in this one he was dead

[@rickyrydell]

Wonderful to see them together but the writing is horrendous!

[@TheZehnerhjk]

Where do you find these classics?

[@starey1]

and on that stupid computer-animated special on TV LAND 12 years ago or whenever it was, not only was Alan still alive but THE ALAN BRADY SHOW was still on.

[@BackWordsJane]

Why in the world would they use her Mary Tyler Moore show theme Love Is All Around for her new show? It only reminded viewers how bad this one was

[@Edwin48100]

How come the sound is out of sync?

[@TH-nf1eo]

They should have done it in black and white.

[@ronnieknapp]

the sound is off.

[@lsachs07]

I dislike because the the sound is not in synch with the picture.

[@SafetySpooon]

Looks like the same exact set! Wonder if it was still up!

[@jf9488]

No, it doesn't look like the same, exact, set.

[@SafetySpooon]

What would you say is different? (I am only referring to the Petrie House set)

[@jf9488]

SafetySpooon the back wall isn't the same and the wall with the fireplace and the fireplace, itself, isn't the same. Even during T.D.V.S. the set changed over time. The kitchen stayed the same, I believe, during the run of the show.

[@mikedebois7776]

The audio being out of sync.....just, screws everything up. Why does youtube do that. They ruined what should have been something really great.

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

Gotta love Doty Goodman

[@rextrek]

124th Dammm 79 was my HS graduation year...crazy watching Dick play an Old man knowing hes like 92 now

[@robsherwood2909]

Ironically it is Carl Reiner (Alan Brady), that is still living.

[@MissLizaMay]

Dick Van Dyke is still alive

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

Dick turned 93 this month Dec. Carl is 96. They are the last two remaining from the show.

[@inkyguy]

Sadly, not as of today.

[@AmosPressley]

Dick van Dyke is 97 as of Jan. 2023

[@aseeyah12]

its funny because now they actually are in there 80s and 90s

[@loricovington7936]

two fantastically talented stars-- and a turkey of a show. Did every writer in Hollywood die that year? Or was this a plot perpetrated by Mary and Dick's enemies? Freakin sad. I can't even watch the rest.

[@invisiblesun6595]

It definitely was missing Carl Reiner's midas touch. But I think they just let the writers of the day do it in their own way. And she was completely in Mary Richards mode as opposed to Laura. tbh I figured today's culture would have loved this skit - right down to role reversal!

[@akrenwinkle]

@@invisiblesun6595 Okay, I'll just say it, the unthinkable: Mary had no sense of quality. She made two sitcoms after her hour show folded; both were DOA for being bad. Mary, whom I regard as one of our finest actresses, needed a Jim Brooks or a Carl Reiner to provide her with material. Somebody needed to have a sense of humor.

[@robynowen2583]

The timing is off

[@bryandawkins]

fun

[@lukacunningham342]

“Alan Brady dead” Me: *thank god, that guy was horrible, I was waiting for Rob to throw him out a window or something!*

[@HansDelbruck53]

Why is the audio horribly out of sync with the video? Why would anyone subscribe to this?

[@CycloneJack]

The audio is way out of sync. Pretty much unwatchable.

[@DeanUSAman]

Rob and Laura Petrie would have been married in approx. 1956... thus 68 years later would be 2024... Dick Van Dyke was born in 1926... Mary Tyler Moore in 1936... thus Rob would be 90, and Laura would be 80.

[@tahneebrookes3699]

OMFG the house is pretty much the same!

[@watchgoose]

video/audio waaay out of synch

[@LesterHall-kx2yt]

Funniest man alive and sexiest woman

[@meman6964]

Love the characters, they needed original writers . Poor script.

[@johnkohlmeyer1499]

He’s now 99 and still much younger acting than this character

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

Sound is not synching

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Feminism aged her hard

[@cameronadair4135]

Mary Tyler Moore was not a feminist her character on the Mary Tyler Moore show and the Dick Van Dyke show were feminist. There’s a difference between reality and television learn it live it love it goodbye.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

@@cameronadair4135 I'm talking about her character

[@119Agent]

This show (and her other show) were just weird. They wanted her back on tv but couldn't figure out what to do with her.

[@marinazagrai1623]

Mary/Laura has the same bee-hive from the 60's....and Richie has to be gay? They wouldn't have thought that hearing aids would be wireless!

[@taraxacum]

That's not a beehive, it's a flip. A beehive has all the hair piled up in a cone-shape like a traditional beehive.

[@derekrollins3914]

First of all, it's a flip not beehive, beehive was an updo.

[@ianpester2851]

Charlotte

[@turboredcart]

Older sit coms mock the aged- that isnt funny. Times have changed. If you look back- the older comedy also mocked obese people, -

[@Alice-ov3rd]

Sunset Cliff They still do.

[@jameswooden9911]

And they should. Comedy is too important for censorship.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

They mock everyone and their mother these days and a skit can't be done without being crude. I loved the old comedy and it still works for me.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

comedy doesn't need censorship.. this isnt Red Skelton bullshit.

[@jb6712]

Never good to try and reprise what was once a terrific show---it's been proven time after time to be a miserable flop, and this one was no exception.

[@tjames9698]

MTM was too late for variety shows. They were nearly dead by this time.

[@AmosPressley]

Richie sharing a place with a dude is not a big deal... unless we make assumptions. Sometimes our assumptions are wrong. It seems this whole "gay pride" nonsense has infected people's thinking. Guys can't even hang out together without somebody making filthy assumptions.

[@akrenwinkle]

Filthy's in the eye of the beholder. You're entitled.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Why is it so out of synch?

[@rickmays797]

Can't watch it .....way out of sync......

[@Batlise]

Sound not synced. No good.

[@jennygreen3994]

hate women's lib! oh, Rooooob was adorable and no reason for psycho therapy

[@65wiseman]

I LOVED Mary Tyler Moore but this show of hers was terrible.

[@lenwelch2195]

Only bad material can make these two masters look mediocre. Too bad the writing is predictably boring.

[@jediahagbossoumonde8348]

Since when is Richie GAY??!!

[@americanmanhood]

Amazing, isn't it. Lots of people are. Gay, that is. People you know, people you don't know. Gay has been around since the dawn of mankind, for 35,000 years, so I'm surprised it still has the power to shock people like you. Maybe it's time to get over it.

[@SuperWolsey]

Meaning HAPPY

[@inkyguy]

Mark Johnson, if you don't want to read people's comments then don't open them in there first place.

[@edpurcell7322]

Strangely flat and unfunny...

[@cjb8010]

Wow, that awful canned laughter.

[@chrisbennett2005]

SOMEONE'S GAY ! 🤨