Rob finds himself in hot water after inadvertently lifting a comedy idea from another show.

Sally gets a marriage proposal from an opportunistic comedian who wants her to write his material.

Laura despairs when husband Rob learns of her elaborate plans to throw a surprise party for him.

Rob suffers pangs of jealousy when Laura meets a successful old flame. Robert Vaughn guest-stars.

Rob finds himself caught in the middle after Buddy announces he is going to divorce Pickles.

A romantic British film star arouses Rob's ire by his attention to Laura. Richard Dawson guest-stars.

Rob finds himself very out of place at a dinner party for celebrated literati. Carl Reiner guest-stars.

A French singing idol, who has played a curious part in both Rob's and Laura's past, suddenly reappears.

Rob, Laura and the office gang put together a variety show to help out an old friend.

When Rob's living room needs a paint job, he hires a colorful master painter of Rome, Florence, and Brooklyn. ...

To his great regret, Rob ignores Laura's warning to stay off the big slopes on his first skiing excursion.

Laura tries to break Rob of his expensive habit of picking up the check.

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

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

Rob finds himself in hot water after giving a television interview in which he unwittingly portrays his wife...

Rob is slapped, kicked, and screamed at--among other things--by the girl he left behind when he entered the...

Laura sees a singing weather girl as a threat to her marriage.

A phantom burglar pillages the Petrie home, but the police are baffled as to how he did it.

Rob directs an amateur theatrical in which rehearsals are dogged by controversy over the casting of a key...

Rob feels that he has betrayed his dentist friend, Jerry Helper, when he lets another dentist work on his...

Rob begins to fear he is allergic to his own family when proximity to Laura and Richie starts him sneezing.

Richie runs into the house screaming that he has been pecked on the head by a giant woodpecker.

Rob suspects cowriters Buddy and Sally of carrying on a clandestine romance.

Rob and Laura recount vastly different versions of a marital spat that sends Rob storming out of the house.

A handsome balladeer brings romance into Sally's life.

Rob has some explaining to do when son Richie learns that his middle name is Rosebud.

Rob Petrie suffers from a post-hypnotic suggestion meant for someone else, and it causes mayhem at work.

Rob has an evening of high adventure with a veteran pool shark who pretends he can't play the game.

Rob is puzzled and chagrined when he finds that Laura has a secret nest egg of her own.

A crippled jeep and a sprained ankle make Rob two hours late for his own wedding.

To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the telephone, Rob disguises his voice and asks...

When one of Richie's two pet ducks dies, it seems as if the Petrie family has lost one of its human members.

Rob makes the mistake of trying to help the old-time radio comedy writer who gave him his first break. ...

A fancy dinner party for Rob's television sponsor and his wife is enlivened by the arrival of Rob's old Army...

Buddy convinces Rob that he, like all American husbands, is henpecked. Orginal Air Date: 4/4/62

Rob's talented, sleepwalking brother manages to audition successfully for "The Alan Brady Show" even while...

Rob's bashful brother arrives in town and proves to be confident and outgoing only when he is sleepwalking....

Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder. Orginal Air Date:...

Laura believes Rob, on jury duty, has been unfairly swayed by the beautiful blonde defendant. Orginal Air...

Sally drags the entire production staff to a bowling alley, where she unveils a new song and dance. Orginal...

Rob's paternal pride suffers a cruel shock when he finds out that his six-year-old son is embarrassed to admit...

While his wife is away, Buddy moves in with the Petries and quickly wears out his welcome. Orginal Air Date:...

Richie's expanding vocabulary starts to branch out in unexpected directions. Orginal Air Date: 2/7/62

When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies....

Buddy ignores Rob's efforts to collect an old debt. Orginal Air Date: 1/24/62

Rob's dentist pal, Jerry, strains the friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public. ...

Unable to control her curiosity, Laura open's Rob's mail - much to her regret! Orginal Air Date: 1/10/62

Six-year-old Richie asks his parents the inevitable "Where did I come from?" question. They recall the days...

After Buddy leaves "The Alan Brady Show" for a job that falls through, Rob and Sally conspire to get him his...

Rob is accused of being a Don Juan when he takes his wife's advice and stops treating co-writer Sally as one...

Rob proudly presents Laura with a huge, horrible necklace, but she cannot bring herself to tell him that it is...

Rob invites 44 fellow PTA members to his television show, but forgets all about it until air time. Orginal Air...

Rob fears he is no longer needed when his co-writers do a show without his help.

Rob reluctantly agrees to take care of Buddy's dog for the weekend and creates a furor when he brings the...

Rob and Richie find themselves more than a little lost when Laura briefly resumes her dancing career. Orginal...

Laura begins to worry when Rob has to work nights with a beautiful television star.

Rob invites an old Army pal home to dinner and begins to fear he has a jewel thief on his hands. Orginal Air...

While rummaging through Rob's old army equipment, Rob and Laura recall that he broke her foot the night they...

Rob suffers with guilt when he has to go on a business trip the night of his son's play. Orginal Air Date:...

Laura matches up her pharmacist cousin, Thomas, with Rob's fireball cowriter, Sally, for a lopsided dinner...

Laura dyes her hair blonde when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading. 10/10/61

Pilot episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", orginally titled "Head of the Family"