
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, under the influence of science fiction, fears that a walnut will steal his imagination and his thumbs.

On their way to an appointment with Laura's doctor, Rob and his pregnant wife end up stuck in an elevator with an inept armed robber (Don Rickles).

The Alan Brady writers entertain at a prison and Rob gets locked up with the inmates.

Rob risks his job when he convinces Alan Brady to do a cultural documentary program.