Wednesday, July 29, 2026

A Final, Subtle Use of Shakespeare in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Young Man with a Shoehorn.” By Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall. Perf. Mary Tyler Moore and Ann Morgan Guilbert. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

We Circle Back to Ritchie as Hamlet in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Boy #1, Boy #2.” By Martin Ragaway. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, and Mary Tyler Moore. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van ...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Lady Macbeth and Porky Pig in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Stacey Petrie: Part I.” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, and Morey Amsterdam. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van Dyke Show . Se...
Friday, July 3, 2026

The Dick Van Dyke Show Offers One Possible Way of Performing "To Be or Not To Be" in Charades

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“The Death of the Party.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Willard Waterman, and Jane Dulo. Dir. Alan R...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

As You Like It-ish Line in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise.” By Jay Burton and Ernest Chambers. Perf. Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam. Dir. Peter Baldwin....
Monday, June 29, 2026

Alan Brady Might Play Hamlet Next in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Three Letters from One Wife.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Ann Morgan Guilbert. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van Dy...
Friday, June 26, 2026

“Shakespeare” in Prison in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Don Rickles, Robert Strauss, Ken Lynch, Arthur Banta...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Hopeful Allusions to Juliet and Romeo and Cleopatra and Caesar in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Romance, Roses and Rye Bread.” By Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, and Sid Melton. Dir. J...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Allusions to Two Female Romantic Leads for the Price of One in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“The Lady and the Baby Sitter.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van Dyke...
Friday, June 19, 2026

The Quality of Mercy in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail.” By Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Herkie Styles, and Jackie Joseph. Dir....
Thursday, June 11, 2026

An Intimation and Implication from Romeo and Juliet in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“The Life and Love of Joe Coogan.” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Michael Forest. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van Dyke Show . Season...
Friday, May 29, 2026

A Casual Allusion to One of Gertrude's Speeches in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“My Husband is the Best One.” By Martin Ragaway. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, and Carl Reiner. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Di...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Double Twelfth Night Quotes in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Big Max Calvada.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Sheldon Leonard, and Arthur Batanides. D...
Monday, May 11, 2026

A Shakespeare Plot Works its Way into an Episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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“The Muse.” By Majel Barrett and René Echevarria. Perf. René Auberjonois and Majel Barrett. Dir. David Livingston.  Star Trek: Deep Space Ni...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

The Dick Van Dyke Show Provides a Quote that Hamlet Never Said

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“Will You Two Be My Wife?” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, and Morey Amsterdam. Dir. John Rich. The Dick ...