These classic Dick Van Dyke comedy sitcoms are the original television programs aired on TV's in America during the 1960s and in reruns ever since.

Dick Van Dyke is famous for his bumbling antics on televison and seriousness in film.

Van Dyke starred in the very popular situation comedy ("sit-com") called The Dick Van Dyke Show, from 1961-1966 in which he played a comedy writer named Rob Petrie. Performing with Van Dyke was a veteran cast of talented comedic actors including Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Paris, Carl Reiner (as Alan Brady), as well as a newcomer to television Mary Tyler Moore, who played Rob's wife Laura Petrie.

Dick Van Dyke won three Emmy Awards and the series received four Emmy Awards as outstanding comedy series. From 1971-1974, Van Dyke starred in an unrelated sitcom called The New Dick Van Dyke Show in which he portrayed a local television talk show host.

In 1988, he starred in a short-lived sitcom, The Van Dyke Show in which he portrayed a retired Broadway Star.

A 2004 special, "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited," was heavily promoted as the first new episode of the classic series to be shown in 38 years. Dick and his surviving cast members recreated their roles; the program was roundly panned by critics.

Van Dyke began his film career by reprising his stage role in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie in 1963. Although Van Dyke was unhappy with the adaptation because the focus was shifted to Ann-Margret's character, the film was a major success. He followed that up with Walt Disney's Mary Poppins in 1964.

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Director: Hal Cooper
Producer: Carl Reiner; Sheldon Leonard
Production Company: Calvada Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, b/w
Keywords: The Dick Van Dyke Show; Dick Van Dyke; Carl Reiner; Mary Tyler Moore; Fish; Morey Amsterdam; sitcom

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