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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 1 - My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
    8.0/10(395 votes)

    #1 - My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

    S4:E1

    Laura has a talent for judo when she defends Rob at a bar.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky

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  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 2 - The Ghost of A. Chantz
    8.9/10(562 votes)

    #2 - The Ghost of A. Chantz

    S4:E2

    Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a cabin that is haunted. They later learn that Mel is playing a joke!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky

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  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 3 - The Lady and the Babysitter
    7.6/10(322 votes)

    #3 - The Lady and the Babysitter

    S4:E3

    Roger Ritchie's Babysitter has fallen in love with Laura. Roger has trouble telling Laura that he loves her.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sam Denoff, Bill Persky

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  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 4 - A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat
    7.4/10(302 votes)

    #4 - A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

    S4:E4

    A disagreement over politics almost breaks up a friendship between Rob and Jerry.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  5. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 5 - The Man from Emperor
    7.3/10(329 votes)

    #5 - The Man from Emperor

    S4:E5

    Rob is offered a job at a men's magazine but Laura doesn't like the idea.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 6 - Romance, Roses and Rye Bread
    6.8/10(302 votes)

    #6 - Romance, Roses and Rye Bread

    S4:E6

    Sally finds a secret admirer turns out to be an unwanted suitor in the shape of DelI proprietor, Bert Monker. With middle-age loneliness the only thing they have in common, can she let him down gently?

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson

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  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 7 - 4½
    7.7/10(352 votes)

    #7 - 4½

    S4:E7

    Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how he and Laura met Lyle Delp.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson

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  8. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 8 - The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail
    7.2/10(340 votes)

    #8 - The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail

    S4:E8

    Rob has to perform at prison, just as he is about to perform Rob is thought to be an inmate of the jail.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 9 - Three Letters from One Wife
    8.2/10(308 votes)

    #9 - Three Letters from One Wife

    S4:E9

    Millie gets a letter campaign together to make sure Rob still has a job.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 10 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents
    8.5/10(366 votes)

    #10 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents

    S4:E10

    Laura takes some of Millie's pills only to find that they make her drunk.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 11 - It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise
    7.8/10(302 votes)

    #11 - It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

    S4:E11

    Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 12 - The Death of the Party
    7.8/10(321 votes)

    #12 - The Death of the Party

    S4:E12

    Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura with a party.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 13 - My Two Show-Offs and Me
    7.4/10(292 votes)

    #13 - My Two Show-Offs and Me

    S4:E13

    When a writer comes to do a piece on the Alan Brady Show, Rob is worried about how Buddy and Sally will act in front of her.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Sheldon Keller, Howard Merrill

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  14. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 14 - Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk
    6.9/10(297 votes)

    #14 - Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk

    S4:E14

    Neil Schenk comes looking for a job while Rob returns an old favor.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  15. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 15 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?
    7.4/10(292 votes)

    #15 - Brother, Can You Spare $2500?

    S4:E15

    Rob loses a script, and a hobo holds it for ransom.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  16. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 16 - The Impractical Joke
    8.5/10(383 votes)

    #16 - The Impractical Joke

    S4:E16

    Rob tells Buddy that he will play a joke on Buddy. When Rob doesn't do it, Buddy's troubles only gets worse as an IRS agent visits him.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 17 - Stacey Petrie: Part I
    7.2/10(309 votes)

    #17 - Stacey Petrie: Part I

    S4:E17

    Sally is asked to help Stacey learn how to date a lady.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  18. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 18 - Stacey Petrie: Part II
    7.2/10(309 votes)

    #18 - Stacey Petrie: Part II

    S4:E18

    Stacey meets Julie. Julie opens the letter and finds out who really wrote the letter. (Stacey signed the letter James Garner who is a friend of his but not the actor.) Now Laura and Rob must help Stacey get over Julie.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 19 - Boy #1, Boy #2
    6.9/10(292 votes)

    #19 - Boy #1, Boy #2

    S4:E19

    Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Martin Ragaway

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  20. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 20 - The Redcoats Are Coming
    8.0/10(386 votes)

    #20 - The Redcoats Are Coming

    S4:E20

    Rob offers to hide The Redcoats at his home.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 21 - The Case of the Pillow
    7.8/10(322 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Pillow

    S4:E21

    Rob takes pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 22 - Young Man With a Shoehorn
    7.6/10(308 votes)

    #22 - Young Man With a Shoehorn

    S4:E22

    Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  23. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 23 - Girls Will Be Boys
    7.3/10(298 votes)

    #23 - Girls Will Be Boys

    S4:E23

    Ritchie comes to his parents for advice on how to get Priscilla Darewell to stop hitting him. Soon Rob and Laura find out that Pricilla loves Ritchie!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  24. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 24 - Bupkis
    7.5/10(311 votes)

    #24 - Bupkis

    S4:E24

    Rob tries to get the royalites on The Bupkis after signing off on them eariler.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 Episode 25 - Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home
    7.8/10(309 votes)

    #25 - Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

    S4:E25

    Rob and Laura may have found their dream house soon they find a rock in the center of the house!

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"My Mother Can Beat Up My Father" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 395 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, it aired on 9/23/1964. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Ghost of A. Chantz".