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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2

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The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 1 - Never Name a Duck
    7.4/10(334 votes)

    #1 - Never Name a Duck

    S2:E1

    Rob brings home two baby ducks left over from the show, and Ritchie becomes attached to them. When one dies and the other becomes ill, Rob must convince him that wild animals are happier when left in the wild.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 2 - The Two Faces of Rob
    8.3/10(350 votes)

    #2 - The Two Faces of Rob

    S2:E2

    Rob tries to prove he can use a fake accent to fool Laura into flirting with a stranger, then is dismayed to think that he really has.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Sheldon Keller

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  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 3 - The Attempted Marriage
    7.8/10(328 votes)

    #3 - The Attempted Marriage

    S2:E3

    Rob and Laura tell Ritchie the story of their failed attempts to get married.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 4 - Bank Book 6565696
    7.5/10(316 votes)

    #4 - Bank Book 6565696

    S2:E4

    When Rob discovers Laura’s secret bank, he thinks he is getting a new projector for his birthday—but instead he receives a sports shirt, and begins to wonder what that money is really for.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  5. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 5 - Hustling the Hustler
    7.5/10(354 votes)

    #5 - Hustling the Hustler

    S2:E5

    Rob invites Buddy’s brother Blackie for a friendly game of pool, not realizing that he is a hustler.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 6 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk
    8.2/10(395 votes)

    #6 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk

    S2:E6

    Rob accidentally intercepts a hypnotic suggestion meant for Buddy, and doesn’t realize that every time he hears a bell ring, he starts acting like a roaring drunk.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 7 - What's in a Middle Name?
    7.9/10(341 votes)

    #7 - What's in a Middle Name?

    S2:E7

    Ritchie wonders what the ""R"" in his middle name stands for (Rose Bud) Rob and Laura figure out how to explain how he got Rose Bud for a middle name, it started when Laura tells Rob she is going to have a baby. Ritchie learns he has 7 middle names! (which spell out Rose Bud)

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  8. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 8 - Like a Sister
    7.2/10(310 votes)

    #8 - Like a Sister

    S2:E8

    Rob thinks Rick Vallone isn't right for Sally and tries to make him drunk (Sally hates drunks) and asks Rick to fall in love with Laura. Laura is always to smart for Rob and he realizes love is too hard to break.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 9 - The Night the Roof Fell In
    7.8/10(308 votes)

    #9 - The Night the Roof Fell In

    S2:E9

    Rob comes home mad because the script needed a rewrite, Buddy was late & Sally left early. Rob leaves mad and goes for a walk. Laura wants a chance to talk to somebody so Millie listens not quite sure what they fought about.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John Whedon

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  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 10 - The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
    7.4/10(309 votes)

    #10 - The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally

    S2:E10

    Rob worries that Buddy & Sally aren't his friends & falling in love with each other. Rob calls Buddy at home and Pickles and thinks Buddy picked up the phone. Now Rob has proof (or so he thinks) that Buddy are working on another show. They are doing a nightclub act on the side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 11 - A Bird in the Head Hurts
    7.5/10(310 votes)

    #11 - A Bird in the Head Hurts

    S2:E11

    Ritchie claims he is being attacked by a giant woodpecker, but Rob and Laura are convinced it’s just a bid for attention.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  12. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 12 - Gesundheit, Darling
    7.6/10(313 votes)

    #12 - Gesundheit, Darling

    S2:E12

    Rob, Laura, Jerry & Millie are playing cards, when Jerry thinks Rob might be sneezing because he keeps losing a game. Rob thinks he could be allergic to Laura. Rob goes to the doctor to find out he could be allergic to his wife!

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 13 - A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own
    7.3/10(304 votes)

    #13 - A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own

    S2:E13

    Rob bites some chicken and breaks a tooth but feels bad when another dentist fixes the tooth. He worries that Jerry won't be his friend. Rob tries not to show his teeth. Jerry isn't mad at Rob.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  14. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 14 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
    7.9/10(381 votes)

    #14 - Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

    S2:E14

    Rob recalls directing last year’s PTA variety show, when jealousy interfered as he tried to pair the perfect Cleopatra with an amorous Mark Antony.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Martin Ragaway

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  15. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 15 - The Cat Burglar
    7.7/10(316 votes)

    #15 - The Cat Burglar

    S2:E15

    Rob & Laura read about a cat burglar and wants his picture in the paper. A noise is heard & Rob takes the gun but can't find the bullets! Laura puts them in her Jewelry box!

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  16. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 16 - The Foul Weather Girl
    7.4/10(306 votes)

    #16 - The Foul Weather Girl

    S2:E16

    Laura has a problem when a girl asks for help in lading a role on the show. Laura's problems get worse as Janie tells Laura how far they go back in high school and she is single. Laura gets mad when Rob works nights with Janie, She begins to thank Mel and not Rob.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  17. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 17 - Will You Two Be My Wife?
    7.4/10(294 votes)

    #17 - Will You Two Be My Wife?

    S2:E17

    Buddy and Sally find Rob’s manuscript, which tells the story of the time he had to choose how to spend a three-day leave from the Army: go on a honeymoon with Laura, or travel back to Danville to tell his former fiancée Dorothy that he was marrying someone else.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  18. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 18 - Ray Murdock's X-Ray
    7.9/10(315 votes)

    #18 - Ray Murdock's X-Ray

    S2:E18

    Rob goes on an interview show, where he is tricked into describing Laura as a nut.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 19 - I Was a Teenage Head Writer
    7.9/10(312 votes)

    #19 - I Was a Teenage Head Writer

    S2:E19

    Rob recalls the day he became head writer of the Alan Brady Show, and his first day of work with Buddy and Sally.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Sheldon Keller

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  20. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 20 - It May Look Like a Walnut!
    9.2/10(702 votes)

    #20 - It May Look Like a Walnut!

    S2:E20

    In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  21. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 21 - My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
    7.6/10(298 votes)

    #21 - My Husband Is a Check-Grabber

    S2:E21

    Rob wonders why Laura is angry with him, and learns she objects to his habit of picking up checks when they go out with their friends.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  22. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 22 - Don't Trip Over That Mountain
    8.3/10(359 votes)

    #22 - Don't Trip Over That Mountain

    S2:E22

    Laura is convinced that Rob will hurt himself on a ski trip, and when he actually does, Rob tries to hide his injuries rather than admit she was right.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  23. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 23 - Give Me Your Walls!
    7.3/10(316 votes)

    #23 - Give Me Your Walls!

    S2:E23

    Rob and Laura hire a painter who seems to want to do anything but paint their walls.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  24. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 24 - The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
    7.3/10(326 votes)

    #24 - The Sam Pomerantz Scandals

    S2:E24

    Buddy and Sally are asked by Rob to help in a show for a friend of Rob's - Danny Brewster.

    Director:Claudio Guzmán
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  25. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 Episode 25 - The Square Triangle
    7.3/10(309 votes)

    #25 - The Square Triangle

    S2:E25

    This week’s guest star on the Alan Brady Show turns out to be someone from Rob and Laura’s past—and they both have a reason to avoid him.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Never Name a Duck" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 334 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Carl Reiner, it aired on 9/26/1962. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Two Faces of Rob".