The Dick Van Dyke Show season 2 episode guide
Never Name a Duck
When one of Richie’s two pet ducks dies, it seems as if the Petrie family has lost one of its human members. Original Air Date: 9/26/62
The Two Faces of Rob
To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the telephone, Rob disguises his voice and asks Laura for a date. Original Air Date: 10/3/62
Bank Book 6565696
Rob is puzzled and chagrined when he finds that Laura has a secret nest egg of her own. Original Air Date: 10/17/62
The Attempted Marriage
A flashback episode, telling the story of Rob and Laura’s attempted weding. A crippled jeep and a sprained ankle make Rob two hours late for his own wedding. Original Air Date: 10/10/62
Hustling the Hustler
Rob has an evening of high adventure with a veteran pool shark who pretends he can’t play the game. And the pool shark? He’s Buddy’ estranged brother! Original Air Date: 10/24/62.
What’s in a Middle Name?
In a flashback episode, Rob has some explaining to do when son Richie learns that his middle name is Rosebud. Original Air Date: 11/7/62
My Husband Is Not a Drunk
Rob Petrie suffers from a post-hypnotic suggestion meant for someone else, and it causes mayhem at work. Original Air Date: 10/31/62
Like a Sister
A handsome balladeer brings romance into Sally’s life. Original Air Date: 11/14/62
The Night the Roof Fell In
Rob and Laura recount vastly different versions of a marital spat that send Rob storming out of the house. Original Air Date: 11/21/62
The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
Rob suspects co-writers Buddy and Sally of carrying on a clandestine romance. Original Air Date: 11/28/62
A Bird in the Head Hurts
Richie runs into the house screaming that he has been pecked on the head by a giant woodpecker. Original Air Date: 12/5/62
Gesundheit, Darling
Rob begins to fear he is allergic to his own family when proximity to Laura and Richie starts him sneezing. Original Air Date: 12/12/62
A Man’s Teeth Are Not His Own
Rob feels that he has betrayed his neighbor, best friend, and dentist, Jerry Helper, when he lets another dentist work on his teeth. Original Air Date: 12/19/62
Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra
Rob directs an amateur theatrical in which rehearsals are dogged by controversy over the casting of a key part–Cleopatra. Bob Crane guest stars. Original Air Date: 12/26/62
The Cat Burglar
A phantom burglar pillages the Petrie home, but the police are baffled as to how he did it. Original Air Date: 1/2/63
The Foul-Weather Girl
Laura sees a singing weather girl as a threat to her marriage. Original Air Date: 1/9/63
Will You Two Be My Wife?
Rob is slapped, kicked, and screamed at–among other things–by the girl he left behind when he entered the Army. Barbara Bain guest stars. Original Air Date: 1/16/63
Ray Murdock’s X-Ray
Rob finds himself in hot water after giving a television interview in which he unwittingly portrays his wife Laura as a nut. Original Air Date: 1/23/63
I Was a Teenage Head Writer
An office crisis sets Rob to reminiscing about his hectic early days as a comedy writer. Original Air Date: 1/30/63
My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Laura tries to break Rob of his expensive habit of picking up the check. Original Air Date: 2/13/63
It May Look Like a Walnut
Under the influence of science fiction, Rob fears that a walnut will steal his imagination and his thumbs. Danny Thomas guest-stars. Original Air Date: 2/6/63
Don’t Trip Over That Mountain
To his great regret, Rob ignores Laura’s warning to stay off the big slopes on his first skiing excursion. Original Air Date: 2/20/63
Give Me Your Walls
When Rob’s living room needs a paint job, he hires a colorful master painter of Rome, Florence, and Brooklyn. Vito Scotti guest stars. Original Air Date: 2/27/63
The Sam Pomerantz Scandals
Rob, Laura and the office gang put together a variety show to help out an old friend. Original Air Date: 3/6/63
I’m No Henry Walden!
Rob finds himself very out of place at a dinner party for celebrated literati. Carl Reiner guest-stars. Original Air Date: 3/27/63
The Square Triangle
A French singing idol, who has played a curious part in both Rob’s and Laura’s past, suddenly reappears. Original Air Date: 3/20/63
Racy Tracy Rattigan
A romantic British film star arouses Rob’s ire by his attention to Laura. Richard Dawson guest-stars. Original Air Date: 4/3/63
Divorce
Rob finds himself caught in the middle after Buddy announces he is going to divorce Pickles. Original Air Date: 4/10/63
It’s a Shame She Married Me
Rob suffers pangs of jealousy when Laura meets a successful old flame. Robert Vaughn guest-stars. Original Air Date: 4/17/63
A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise
Laura despairs when husband Rob learns of her elaborate plans to throw a surprise party for him. Original Air Date: 4/24/63
Jilting the Jilter
Sally gets a marriage proposal from an opportunistic comedian who wants her to write his material. Original Air Date: 5/1/63
When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen
Rob finds himself in hot water after inadvertently lifting a comedy idea from a litigation-happy kid’s show. Original Air Date: 5/8/63
All About Eavesdropping
Through Richie’s toy intercom, Rob and Laura tune in on a conversation at the Helpers’ and almost lose two friends. Original Air Date: 10/23/63
