In our journey through The Dick Van Dyke Show, we now come to a brief exchange drawn directly from Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene ii: The Balcony Scene.
An old high school friend of Rob's has come to the Petrie household to see if Rob will help her make it in entertainment in New York City.
Rob's a nice guy, so he agrees to arrange an audition for her on the show he helps write—The Alan Brady Show.
As she starts leaving, she and Rob reminisce about having played the eponymous roles in Romeo and Juliet in high school. That brings on the quote:
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Unfortunately, it also brings on the jealousy. Did no one teach these people back in high school that jealousy is the green-eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on?
The Shakespeare in this episode is more incidental than deeply integrated. Indeed, I'm more interested in the meta-theatrical moment where Rob says that Laura is behaving just like "one of those wives in a situation comedy." That's a very Shakespearean thing to do, quote or no quote.
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