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The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season Two (5 Disc Box Set) | 
| Directors: Jerry Paris, Alan Rafkin, Carl Reiner, Claudio Guzman, Coby Ruskin
Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Larry Mathews
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $39.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 13138
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 825 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.4
MPN: ID1558PBDVD
UPC: 014381155822
EAN: 0014381155822
ASIN: B0000AUXVS
Theatrical Release Date: October 3, 1961
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It's time to acknowledge those unsung heroes, The Beverly Hillbillies, for helping to rescue The Dick Van Dyke Show, which, incredibly, was nearly canceled after its first season. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard championed the series, and CBS moved the Petries to follow the top-rated Clampetts. The rest is television history. Unlike the high-concept Hillbillies, the more sophisticated Dick Van Dyke Show's appeal was in its more grounded situations and three-dimensional characters, each of whom are given ample opportunities to shine in this second season. Son Ritchie (played by Larry Matthews) gets too attached to baby ducklings (the touching season opener "Never Name a Duck"). Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) gets engaged to an opportunistic comedian ("Jilting the Jilter"). Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) is reunited with his black sheep brother ("Hustling the Hustler"). Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is revealed to be the alien Lolac from Twilo (the classic "It May Look Like a Walnut," which contains the sublimely surreal line, "Danny Thomas put walnuts in my hat"). And Rob (Van Dyke) becomes a psychosomatic drunk ("My Husband Is Not a Drunk"). On the flashback front, we see how Rob proposed to Laura ("The Attempted Marriage"), dumped an old flame ("Will You Two Be My Wife?"), and was installed as head writer of The Alan Brady Show ("I Was a Teenage Head Writer"). Rob's deft and daft juggling of his glamorous career and harried home life inspires some of the best episodes, including "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," featuring the late Bob Crane as the neighborhood lothario, "Father of the Week," and "Ray Murdock's X-Ray," in which Rob unwittingly portrays Laura as his nutty muse. But at the heart of this series' timeless appeal is the palpable chemistry between Rob and Laura, as witness their sudden embrace at the moving conclusion of "The Square Triangle." --Donald Liebenson
Product Description
Trip into the living room of comedy writer Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) along with his lovely wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) wisecracking co-workers and nutty neighbors. Consistently ranked among the top TV comedies of all time and renowed for its top-notch cast and stellar writing this groundbreaking series is presented fully restored and uncut! Winner of 15 Emmy Awards! All Episodes Digitally Remastered for Unsurpassed Video and Audio Quality! Each Box Set Contains Five DVDs! Eye-Catching Lenticular Packaging!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS UPC: 014381155822 Manufacturer No: ID1558PBDVD
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Entertainment as it was meant to be. October 14, 2008
Robert W. Millner
This is an excellent and funny program done by Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. The skits are clever, very funny and certainly not our of date. I recommend t.v. programs as they were meant to be - entertaining and "clean".
This Is A Well Crafted Show April 10, 2008
Donald M. Wike Jr. (Ohio)
This show really knew what they were doing when it came on the air. It stood by itself by not using one liners but when they realized what Mary Tyler Moore was wearing (those slacks) everyone stood up and took notice and it was before the Liberation movement came in effect. So this show had a little bit of everything from sketches, to living at home with your wife, and the shows they would perform. This is a top-notch show.
Dick Van Dyke, Simply the BEST! March 10, 2008
S. Smith
I've loved the Dick Van Dyke Show for as long as I can remember. Back when I was a child it was a staple for us at home. Considering the show began the year I was born it means that I primarily remember the reruns but that doesn't matter. This TV show remains as funny now as it was then. It just goes to show creative genius lives on no matter what.
As far as the dvds in this collection, they're brilliantly done, clean and clear. I watched all 30+ episodes of season one over a weekend and will begin season 2 next weekend. I purchased all five seasons and so far it is turning out to be a wonderful experience. Don't miss out, these are terrific!
The best year ever! February 24, 2008
Bonnie J. Eggan
Our family voted this season as the best! The episodes had us laughing even after we had watched it a time or two. Rob and Laura are bickering less and loving more. The situations are great!
Outstanding!!! February 21, 2008
Rosemary Thornton (Norfolk, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own only three DVD sets; Dick Van Dyke, The Waltons and Touched by An Angel. That's all I *want* to own for I feel that contemporary television programs can not hold a candle to these older shows.
This collection of Dick Van Dyke on DVD is a real treasure. The second season is fantastic, as you can feel how relaxed the cast was with one another. Rob and Laura look and act like an old married couple and seem genuinely comfortable with one another. The special features on the DVD are invaluable for baby boomers such as myself. The predominant "bonus feature" for the second season are the Kent Cigarette commercials which are a stitch.
But back to what I love about the second season of Dick Van Dyke: There is a simplicity to this show that I thoroughly enjoy. The set is simple, the directing is simple and the acting isn't polished, polished and polished some more. And that is its charm.
Watch closely and you'll both hear and see Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy make a few foibles and missteps and mispronounciations. The fact that these scenes were not redone (again and again) is the beauty part of the show and gave each episode a down-to-earth reality that I love and enjoy.
The other interesting aspect are the camera shots. Watch modern TV and you'll see that the camera shots never last more than six seconds before it's switched to another camera from another angle. It creates television programs that are so frenetic and frenzied, yet it's also the very thing that holds your attention (and not in a good way).
The Dick Van Dyke program had single camera shots lasting for 30 seconds at a time. This must have been challenging for the actors, as they had to remember more dialogue and keep it going and keep everything flowing smoothly.
And the other amazing thing is Dick Van Dyke himself. Whether he's tripping over an ottoman or hurdling over an overstuffed chair in a single bound or tripping over one of Richie's toy trucks, it's Mr. Van Dyke doing all his own stunts. I've watched many of these trips and falls and hurdles on slow-motion and it's phenomenal to watch Mr. Van Dyke as he sails through the air. And the dancing! As Carl Reiner said in one of the bonus feature documentaries, "Dick doesn't have any bones in his body."
Dick Van Dyke did his own dancing and and soft shoe routines and when he sang, it was his own voice and this was true for Mary Tyler Moore, too.
I believe that all the above are the reasons that The Dick Van Dyke Show was (and is) considered to be the gold standard for sitcoms by which all other sitcoms are judged. The talent - the amazing, raw, funny talent of the whole staff - and the energy and the joy that emanates from each episode is something that no modern sitcom has yet to replicate.
(In the second season, there's an insert that explains that the actors - most notably Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam and Dick Van Dyke - had a heck of a time remembering to call each other by their stage names. All three got their start as stand-up comics and knew each other before the show went into production. That warm familiarity and friendship is what made this show so delightful.)
I can't say enough good things about this program and I'm unspeakably delighted to see it's been preserved on DVD (and enhanced!). There will never be another sitcom that can measure up to the shirtwaist of The Dick Van Dyke Show.
I recommend buying all of five years of this program. You won't regret it.
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