Dick Van Dyke Opening Times Three

[StephanielovesDisney]

OMG BEST SHOW EVER! :D im proud to say.... im 19 and I love those black and white classics ^-^

[metrobball]

my dad told me about thus show ssoo ilooked it up i love it :)

[CranberriAppl]

I used to looooove watching the show on Nick @ Nite and TV Land as a kid. I always got a kick out of trying to guess whether Rob would fall or sidestep lol. Classic opening.

[Staszu13]

Like the echo...."Batting for the Dodgers, number 11, Manny Mota"

[clintonearlwalker]

@Staszu13 Manny Mota? You're pretty old dude, (me too).

[MarkJ1961]

Actually, the "rare side-step/trips-on-carpet" opening has Rob first BUMPING INTO the ottoman and THEN side-steps around it with some "pain" in his shin. There's another "rare" opening, but when originally used on CBS wasn't all that rare. It is the opening where the title says "The Dick van Dyke Daytime Show", used on the Mon-Fri daytime reruns on CBS-TV from 1964-69, 11:30am Eastern, 10:30am Central & Pacific. There's no announcer and the names of all the stars are flashed on the screen.

[MarkJ1961]

@MarkJ1961 And the visuals of the "D-v-D Daytime Show" opening are the usual Rob entering the house wanting to kiss Laura, but she points to Buddy & Sally. I don't remember if Rob trips, bumps-into, or side-steps around the ottoman though. This "D-v-D Daytime Show" opening has been seen in SOME episodes during syndicated reruns including Nick-at-Nite and TV-Land reruns in the 1990s.

[Donnymac]

Dick Van Dkye sure was a klutz back then.

[WFTL14]

One of my favorite shows of all time.The perfect cast!

[BlueEyedSexyPants]

You always knew when it was going to be 3rd opening with the stumble because Laura was wearing a different dress. I used to watch reruns of this so much, I could tell the other two apart immediately, too, because the gestures were slightly different.

[QYB555]

The rare "sidestep and stumble" opening is from the classic "That's my Boy" flashback episode where Rob thinks they brought home the wrong baby (Ritchie)

Also -- to tell the "dodge" from the "fall" openings, look at Ritchie. His hand goes up to his face on the "fall", but stays at his side in the "dodge".

[weenielongus]

I had to watch this about six times to catch everything going on!! Thanx, that was very interesting!!

[TomboyCactus101]

@weenielongus lol same.

[snoookie456]

It's funny how some good actors develop:

Dick Van Dyke - DVD show, Diagnosis Murder

Hugh Laurie - A bit of Fry and Laurie, House M.D.

XD XD XD

[ruedydude]

I'm glad you got the 3rd opening, Rob sidesteps the ottoman but trips on the carpet that's the rare opening we don't get to see

[riverrattH20]

Where is the "photos" opening? Remember the one on the pictures cascading on a table to a drum beat?

[jtphil]

The "photos" opening was used for the first season. It uses a different arrangement of the music, so there's no way to synchronize it with the later openings.

[mthivier]

I don't remember the third opening (where Laura is in the dark-coloured dress). Did they use that one very often?

[PinkHatBrigade]

Thanks for putting this together, it's really fun!

[sexysagi]

The one where Rob sidesteps the ottoman is my favorite.

[Thunderwing88]

Same here.