
Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives Rob Petrie, a writer on the fictional Alan Brady Show. He's happily married to former dancer Laura, and they have a young son, Ritchie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work -- where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley -- or at home.

Rob unwittingly describes Laura as a "nut" on TV.

Rob learns that a shoe clerk's lot is not always a happy one.

Rob Petrie becomes a trial lawyer to prosecute a shifty salesman.

An office crisis sets Rob to reminiscing about his hectic early days as a comedy writer.