Factual error: Rob told Sally and Buddy that he hit "Boom Boom" in the appendix. When we see Rob punch that guy he hit him right in the upper stomach. Rob would have won the boxing match. Because "below the belt" refers to all the area of the body that lies below the line of the opponent's navel, including the groin area, legs, and crotch.
Liz Blue 1970
26th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
26th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo. - S1-E6
Factual error: This is the only episode that Harrison is seen, mentioned or even talked about. But in all the rest of this series there is no Harrison. Both Harrison and Rob mention that he was the guy on the spot light fir the shows... But not one time did we see a spotlight on Rob in any of the episodes.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: Rob mentions several times "I broke my cheek" if he actually broke his cheek we could see a spot there, either a divot in his face where the accident happened and was not fixed, or we would see a indent line from where they put stitches on his face. We see neither of these.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: In the Army or Military it is mandatory that the name tag is worn the same as the Dress Tan/Green/Blue and must be worn in either configuration. Ribbons are worn the same as the Dress Tan/Green/Blue. Special Skill Badges, Distinctive Unit Insignia (Unit Crest) are also worn the same. Rob and everyone else in the army was not wearing a name tag in any of the episodes.
10th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: Rob and Laura went on only 1 honeymoon back in episode "Honeymoons Are for the Lucky" (while Rob and Laura are in Missouri, at a hotel less than 1 hour away from Camp Crowder) yet in this Alimony episode Rob and Laura say they were in Texas but went to Mexico for their only honeymoon.
6th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise - S2-E30
Factual error: Buddy asked Sally "why haven't you had a birthday...?" Yet a few episodes ago (Season 1 Episode "Where you been, Fassbinder?") Sally had a birthday she cried and cried. Buddy and Pickles, Rob and Laura were all there.
2nd Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: Alan Brady and Mell's offices are a few floors up. Yet Rob, Buddy and Sally's office window shows that they are way higher up than Alan and Mell's office - you do not see the roof tops of buildings anywhere from Alans and Mell's offices.
1st Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: Talking to the lawyers, parties, or witnesses about anything. This will give the impression that something unfair is going on. And is also illegal. Which Rob was doing during this whole episode.
1st Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
The Great Petrie Fortune - S5-E6
Factual error: Rob tells this lady that the guy that passed away was his great-uncle and that the last time he saw him was when Rob was 12 years old... This is the same Grandpa that was also seen in the episode "What's in a Middle Name" (in this episode in season 5 Richie would be 10 or 11. But the other episode he was supposedly 8).
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Suggested correction: You seem to be confused about Hezekiah's relationship to Rob. He is Rob's great-uncle which means he's the brother of Rob's grandfather, the character from "What's in a Middle Name?" (And by the way, the scene in that episode took place before Richie was even born. The fact that they were arguing over his name should have been a clue).
25th Sep 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Factual error: While Rob is roaming the house with a gun in his hand he chops the metal tube that the wood burning stove in the living-room is connected to. However since in real life the metal tube would be thick and insulated the tube he dented with his hand at that speed wouldn't have been damaged at all. Also, it could have broken his hand or at least sprained his hand where he wouldn't be able to use it or feel like using it.
25th Sep 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own - S2-E13
Factual error: Rob is in the middle of eating a sandwich. You can't break a tooth on a sandwich unless it's frozen, cement, glass or made of ice.
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Suggested correction: Rob specifically said he broke the tooth on a chicken bone that was in the sandwich.
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