Release Date: Sept. 20, 2011
Price: DVD
Studio: Image Entertainment
Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore make history in The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Yeah, yeah, The Dick Van Dyke Show has been released in a zillion configurations over the years, but we still can’t resist it. And Image’s 50th Anniversary Edition: Fan Favorites DVD does it right by collecting 20 classic episodes from the ground-breaking 1960s television sitcom (which ran for five seasons from 1961 to 1966) and releasing them in a well-priced five-disc set.
Here’s a list of the included episodes, culled from the TV comedy series that won a whopping 15 Emmy Awards during its run:
- “The Sick Boy and the Sitter”
- “Big Max Calvada”
- “Coast to Coast Big Mouth”
- “Dear Sally Rogers”
- “Where Did I Come From?”
- “That’s My Boy??”
- “It May Look Like a Walnut!”
- “October Eve”
- “100 Terrible Hour”
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“Uhny Uftz” - “Never Bathe on Saturday”
- “The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally”
- “Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced”
- “My Blonde-Haired Brunette”
- “4½”
- “The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail”
- “What’s in a Middle Name?”
- “The Curious Thing About Women”
- “All About Eavesdropping”
- “One Angry Man”
And here’s a list of the DVD
- original pilot episode
- interviews with cast and producers
- behind-the-scenes featurette
- rare rehearsal footage
- Emmy Award telecast with clips honoring show
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Now all we need is 3D processing software and we can watch it in processed 3D for the 60th anniversary. Holographic edition arrives on 75th anniversary. Seriously though – great comedy without all of the @#$%^& words that so-called comics have to litter their stuff with today.
Agreed…sadly. Yeah, generally comedy these days seems more about the aggression than it does the cleverness or rhythms of well-written scenario and dialogue. But there’s still some solid network TV comedy out there–The Office, Modern Family….