Early in Season Four, The Dick Van Dyke Show puts the names of two of Shakespeare's most well-known heroines into the love letter of a high school student.
Roger, the student, babysits for the Petries, and he develops a crush on Laura. Rob, not knowing the identity of Roger's beloved, advises him to speak his mind.
The letter is the end result of that advice. Rob expects it to be a rough draft for which he'll provide editorial assistance; it turns out it's the final draft and it has reached its intended recipient:
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
Among the icons of desirability, we find 50% from Shakespeare: Cleopatra and Juliet.
There's not much more than that as an emblem—Rob does not take on any Leontes- or Othello-like jealousy—but it's still Shakespeare!
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
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