Image Entertainment has produced five single-disc “Best Of” volumes of “The Dick Van Dyke Present” for fans of this timeless 1960s area comedy who might not want to dive head-first into the more costly full-season DVD boxed sets.
Each one of these five separately-available DVDs contains four Van Dyke Present episodes. Now we all know that these type of “Best Of” dealies are not going to please everybody. Each fan has his or her fill “favorites” list. However, in the case of “The Dick Van Dyke Demonstrate”, it’d be hard to procure a “abominable apple”, in my belief. Nearly *all* of the 158 episodes during the program’s 5-year duration on the air are “favorites” as far as I’m concerned. Overall, I assume fans of the prove should be glad with the episodes that Image has selected from the Van Dyke Exhibit archives for these five “Best Of” DVD-Video discs.
This first volume has the following episodes ………..
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1.) “The Sick Boy And The Sitter” (From Season 1 [Premiere Episode]; Air Date: 10/03/1961) .
2.) “Huge Max Calvada” (From Season 3; Air Date: 11/20/1963) .
3.) “Coast-To-Coast Great Mouth” (From Season 5; Air Date: 09/15/1965) .
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4.) “Dear Sally Rogers” (From Season 5; Air Date: 02/23/1966) .
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Picture quality is virtually perfect for all the above episodes, thanks to the great-looking Film-to-DVD transfers venerable by Image and Paul Brownstein Productions.
There’s even a batch of “Bonus” features on each of these “Best Of” volumes, making these value-priced discs even a better bargain! ….. Extra bonuses for Volume 1 include the complete “Pilot” episode for “The Dick Van Dyke Note”, called “Head Of The Family” — which stars Carl Reiner as Pick Petrie. There are also some interview clips with members of the cast and crew, plus a video clip (in color) from the 1966 Emmy Awards telecast.
Plus: There’s a text “bio” feature (“Meet The Cast”), along with a trivia game (“The Ottoman Tripper”) . In addition, this disc contains a “Play All” option, for continuous playing of all four episodes back-to-back.
More data about this DVD…………..
DVD Status Code — “Zero”.
Subtitles — None.
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Aspect Ratio — Chubby Frame (1.33:1) .
Audio — Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (English only) .
Insert? — Yes.
Packaging — Hold Case.
So, if you have a hankerin’ to search for Recall & Laura and the rest of the gang from “The Dick Van Dyke Reveal”, but don’t want to invest in the full-season sets, then buy up one or two (or better yet, all five!) of these nicely-done discs featuring “The Best Of The Dick Van Dyke Note”!
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When you contemplate of all the set comedies that combine comedy in the work spot with the domestic humor of the home life, “The Dick Van Dyke Demonstrate” has to be considered the prototype. The note was created by Carl Reiner, who had honed his skills after nine seasons in the cast of “Your Point To of Shows” and whatever else Sid Caesar want to do. Originally Reiner had intended to be the star of the point to rather than a writer, and indeed there is a pilot episode in which he played Recall Petrie with Barbara Birton as Laura, Gary Morgan as Ritchie, and Morty Gunty and Sylvia Miles as Buddy and Sally. Of course, by the time the explain aired on CBS it had Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Larry Mathews, Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie in the key roles, with Reiner showing up from time to time as Alan Brady, who had the reveal on which Pick, Buddy and Sally worked as comedy writers. “The Best of ‘The Dick Van Dyke Demonstrate, Volume 1″ offers up four episodes from the show’s five year accelerate, two of which are definitely in the must have category, which is why I kill up rounding up when I split the contrast on this DVD.
Episode 1, “The Sick Boy and the Sitter” (Written by Carl Reiner, First aired October 3, 1961) is the first episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Demonstrate,” The plot is quite simple. Grasp wants to select Laura to a party at Alan Brady’s penthouse apartment, but she wants to discontinue home and notice after Ritchie, who is not feeling well. The vital thing here is that by the demolish of the episode you have to appreciate Mary Tyler Moore as grand as Capture loves Laura. You have to be impressed that Reiner would launch this series with an episode that is about something as ordinary and everyday as taking care of a sick kid.
Episode 71, “Astronomical Max Calvada” (Written by Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, First aired on November 20, 1963) stars executive producer Sheldon Leonard, who directed the show’s first episode, as the title character, a mobster who talks like he walked out of a Damon Runyon fable. Mountainous Max wants Occupy, Buddy and Sally to write a comedy routine for his nephew, Kenny. The pickle is that Kenny has not comedic talent whatsoever, which makes the gang paralyzed about how Broad Max is going to seize the news that Kenny is a flop. There is also an in-joke with his last name since Calvada Productions owned “The Dick van Dyke Explain.” An okay episode, with Leonard stealing his scenes from the rest of the cast.
Episode 127, “Coast-to-Coast Grand Mouth” (Written by Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, First aired September 15, 1965) is an absolute classic episode. Laura is on a game present and the talk gets her to admit that Alan Brady wears a toupee. Jumpy that Recall is going to be fired, Laura goes to Alan to try and apologize. This episode deservedly won the 1966 Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, helped by the hysterical confrontation between the apologetic Laura and the really aroused Alan. Besides, Laura has a point about there being needy bald people who could exhaust Alan’s toupees.
Episode 147, “Dear Sally Rogers” (Written by Ronald Axe, First aired February 23, 1966) finds Sally on “The Stevie Parsons Present,” a leisurely night talk present, where he routine about desperately wanting a husband goes over really well. When letters initiate coming in Parsons wants to recall one and glance what happens, and to Sally’s surprise she gets a letter from a guy who could be the man of her dreams. Who could be the mystery man in Box 7030? Does the name Herman Glimscher ring a bell? For that matter, perceive that the name “Stevie Parsons” dilapidated for the host of the faux-”Tonight Reveal” is a combination of the names of Steve Allen, Jack Parr and Johnny Carson, the three hosts of the loyal “Tonight Expose” up to that point. No wonder this is a classic television place comedy. An above average entry and one of my celebrated Sally Rogers episodes.
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