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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
    9.0/10(528 votes)

    #1 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

    S5:E1

    A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 2 - A Farewell to Writing
    7.5/10(314 votes)

    #2 - A Farewell to Writing

    S5:E2

    Rob tries to write a novel, but finds that writing comedy is easier.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 3 - Uhny Uftz
    8.3/10(431 votes)

    #3 - Uhny Uftz

    S5:E3

    Rob and Buddy are working late, and keep thinking they hear a metallic voice saying ""Uhny Uftz""! The explore a supposedly abandoned office somewhere in the building, and find a somewhat 'mad' inventor (complete with a taciturn and vaguely menacing assistant) who has constructed a toy flying saucer. It works quite well, except that, instead of saying ""Merry Christmas"" as the inventor intended, the saucer only says ""Uhny Uftz"".

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 4 - The Ugliest Dog in the World
    7.6/10(311 votes)

    #4 - The Ugliest Dog in the World

    S5:E4

    Rob tries to write a part for a dog who is going to be on The Alan Brady Show. After the dog's part is cut from the show Rob tries to find a home for the dog, But nobody wants the dog.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 5 - No Rice at My Wedding
    7.3/10(317 votes)

    #5 - No Rice at My Wedding

    S5:E5

    Rob recalls a time when Laura was the prize of a raffle. Rob does everything he can to keep Clark Rice from marrying Laura.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 6 - Draw Me a Pear
    7.9/10(326 votes)

    #6 - Draw Me a Pear

    S5:E6

    Laura talks Rob into going to her art class unaware that Valerie falls in love with Rob.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 7 - The Great Petrie Fortune
    8.2/10(352 votes)

    #7 - The Great Petrie Fortune

    S5:E7

    After Rob and Laura finish watching a movie Uncle Hezekiah gives Rob and Laura clue as to what the fortune might be.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 8 - Odd But True
    7.3/10(291 votes)

    #8 - Odd But True

    S5:E8

    Ritchie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a pictrue to Odd But True. (a nwespaper column)

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 9 - Viva Petrie
    6.4/10(300 votes)

    #9 - Viva Petrie

    S5:E9

    Maria (the Petrie's maid) tells Manuel Luis Rodriguez to go to the Petrie's because Maria feels that Rob can find him a job, but the only Manuel can do is be a bullfighter.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:John Whedon

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  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 10 - Go Tell the Birds and Bees
    7.1/10(287 votes)

    #10 - Go Tell the Birds and Bees

    S5:E10

    Alberta Nelson shines in a small part as Miss Reshovsky, the concerned elementary schoolteacher of note. Rob and Laurie Petrie are also asked to the principal's office to discuss their son.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 11 - Body and Sol
    6.8/10(302 votes)

    #11 - Body and Sol

    S5:E11

    Rob tells Buddy and Sally of the time he became the middle weight champion of his Army Camp.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  12. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 12 - See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write
    7.3/10(300 votes)

    #12 - See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write

    S5:E12

    After going to the Butcher's Shop to get something for dinner, Laura sees pictures (drawn By Charlie Wheelright) Laura wants to write a story to help sell Charlie's pictures. Rob doesn't like the idea because he always finshes her stories.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 13 - You're Under Arrest
    7.7/10(298 votes)

    #13 - You're Under Arrest

    S5:E13

    After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested for hurting an old Lady. Rob has trouble telling police he didn't hurt the Lady (whom he saw in a barroom).

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 14 - Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
    7.3/10(293 votes)

    #14 - Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work

    S5:E14

    The Alan Brady Show is on hiatus Rob is worried about to support Laura (who is pregnant with Ritchie) Rob doesn't anyone to know he needs a job until The Alan Brady Show returns from hiatus.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 15 - Who Stole My Watch?
    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #15 - Who Stole My Watch?

    S5:E15

    After Rob loses his watch that he got as birthday gift, He thinks everyone he knows took his watch. Laura and Rob plan a party to say they are sorry after they learn a crook stole Rob's watch.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 16 - I Do Not Choose to Run
    6.9/10(300 votes)

    #16 - I Do Not Choose to Run

    S5:E16

    Rob gives a speech at council meeting that will land him a nomination for city councilman of New Rochelle.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  17. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 17 - The Making of a Councilman
    7.0/10(297 votes)

    #17 - The Making of a Councilman

    S5:E17

    Rob decides to quit running for his seat on the New Rochelle city council after meeting the opponent running against him because of his experience.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  18. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 18 - The Curse of the Petrie People
    8.0/10(306 votes)

    #18 - The Curse of the Petrie People

    S5:E18

    Laura gets a brooch that (in the shape of the United States) tells the history of the Petrie family. Laura later puts the brooch in the garbage! We learn that Rob's mom hates the brooch!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 19 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
    8.0/10(310 votes)

    #19 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart

    S5:E19

    Mel is in trouble for not telling Alan that there was a change in the script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, But Mel gets fired.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:John Whedon

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  20. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 20 - Remember the Alimony
    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #20 - Remember the Alimony

    S5:E20

    Rob and Laura leave Anchor Texas to go to Mexico only to find that marriage is hard to do. They soon find out that getting a divorce is easier than they thought (it costs $10 in Mexico!)

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  21. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 21 - Dear Sally Rogers
    7.5/10(295 votes)

    #21 - Dear Sally Rogers

    S5:E21

    Sally really wants a husband she goes on ""The Stevie Parsons Show"" thinking she has finally found a husband or has she? Stevie asks Rob to help in a stunt where Stevie picks a letter written to Sally, One problem Sally has no idea what will happen! Wait until Sally finds out who Box 7030 is!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 22 - Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy
    7.5/10(313 votes)

    #22 - Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy

    S5:E22

    Rob & Sally think Buddy is having an affair but he is getting ready for his bar mitzvah.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 23 - Bad Reception in Albany
    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #23 - Bad Reception in Albany

    S5:E23

    Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show. He promises to tell Alan what he thought of it. Rob has to hurry to the church to usher a wedding.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  24. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 24 - Talk to the Snail
    7.6/10(301 votes)

    #24 - Talk to the Snail

    S5:E24

    Rob fears his job is gone after reading a memo (found in the trash where they are looking for this week's script that Buddy lost) Rob almost writes for Jelly Bean a snail!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  25. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 25 - A Day in the Life of Alan Brady
    7.8/10(289 votes)

    #25 - A Day in the Life of Alan Brady

    S5:E25

    Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, at the Petrie home one problem the party is a part of documentary that focuses on Alan.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" is the best rated episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" season 5. It scored 9/10 based on 528 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1965. This episode is rated 1.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Farewell to Writing".