Continuity mistake: When Richie asks Laura and Rob "Is dinner ready?" the door behind him is closed. Laura tells Richie "Yes, it's ready." We get back to Richie as he yells and the door is cracked open. Then when we see the wide shot of Richie, Laura and Rob the door is closed again.
Liz Blue 1970
21st Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
21st Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
A Bird in the Head Hurts - S2-E11
Revealing mistake: The problem with Rob's story is that he said he shot the bird with the rifle, but the rifle there that Rob is swinging around doesn't have a hole for bullets to come out of. It's a fake.
17th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Continuity mistake: Laura is reading the name of Rob's book "Unimportant Life of Robert F. Petrie" yet in "Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work" Rob said his name was "Robert Simpson Petrie"
17th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Continuity mistake: In this episode we do not see a garage door. Yet in the "Long Night's Journey into Day" episode the garage door would have been right where all the tools and junk were on Rob's right (close to where Richie was standing talking to Rob).
17th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work - S5-E13
Other mistake: Right at the beginning of this episode Rob says "9 years ago right in this office... I just came on as head writer 2 months was all... Buddy, Sally and I were sitting at this desk, writing a sketch, and you (Mel) came in with some special news." (so on and so forth with that line.) Rob, Sally and Buddy weren't in "this office" building... Didn't even have the same desk or furniture.
16th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Long Night's Journey into Day - S5-E23
Other mistake: Rob tells Jerry to keep calling Rob's house. Jerry says "hello, this is Jerome Helper" yet there was the episode "All About Eavesdropping" where Rob calls Jerry "Gerald."
16th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work - S5-E13
Continuity mistake: Rob tells Sally, Buddy and Mel "It was rough... Out of work, new house, no furniture, a baby on the way, 1 single dime in the bank!" In several other episodes Rob said they either already had a kid, or they were on their way to the hospital in the cab, on their way to the hospital in the back of a laundry truck, or were already at the hospital. They already had furniture in the other episodes when they brought Richie home from the hospital.
14th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Other mistake: Sam tells Rob "Laura could be late because of the rain". Yet neither Sam, Laura, Millie or Clark had any wet clothes, jackets, hats etc. Rob was the only one that had gotten soaking wet. Also when looking into the window he taps on the glass with a white glove (which he didn't have on when he got into her house).
14th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Other mistake: Millie tells Laura (in the USO women's house) "I can't keep a boyfriend" yet she's been "married" to Jerry and they get along somewhat OK.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Trivia: During the fourth season, actress Rose Marie suffered the tragic loss of her husband to whom she had been married for 20 years. Amidst her mourning, Marie felt that the grief and pain of loss was too much to bear and wanted to leave the show entirely, just before the fifth and final season. John Rich, one of the show's directors, was there to console her and convince her to come back and finish out the remainder of the show.
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)
Revealing mistake: Millie (in Rob's dream) tells Jerry (Doc) that "Big Bad Brady is already dead" yet we see that Brady is up there trying to not move, laugh or breathe. He's still alive if his stomach is still going and moving the whole time. Also when he aims his pistol at Rob, he's aiming it at Rob's hat. Not at Rob's arm. Which is where Rob said he got "shot".
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Love Thy Other Neighbor - S5-E29
Other mistake: Laura tells Rob that Jerry is fixing the fence. Then all of a sudden this banging that sounds like an iron hammer and chisel on cement starts up. If Jerry was actually fixing the fence it would have been the whole time, right when Rib got into the kitchen, not right after Laura told Rob that Jerry was working on the fence.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Don't Trip Over That Mountain - S2-E22
Character mistake: Laura tells Millie that the phone rang 6 times. The phone actually rang 7 times.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo. - S1-E6
Trivia: Rob tells the police over the phone "Get a prowl car to 148 Bonny Medow Road." 148 was also Dick Van Dyke's weight during the TV series.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Long Night's Journey into Day - S5-E23
Stupidity: Rob tells Jerry "I haven't stopped sneezing long enough to take allergy pills" yet right after he says that, he doesn't sneeze anymore till he gives out his home address. He could have just taken his pills then. Someone behind the camera probably reminded him to continue sneezing. (00:16:52 - 00:18:00)
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Suggested correction: He's exaggerating, but a character not taking a pill in this situation doesn't constitute a stupidly mistake (minor plot hole). I've been in situations where I needed to take an allergy or pain pill and didn't, even though I had a chance, because my mind or focus was somewhere else.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Long Night's Journey into Day - S5-E23
Other mistake: Millie tells Laura "I never sleep in my house alone!" yet Millie has been home about 2 or 3x by herself. In other episodes. Like when Jerry goes out of town usually.
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.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Character mistake: Rob tells the people that are about to get on the elevator "my wife is expecting a baby!" In all the other episodes where "she's expecting a baby" as well... No change in stomach size at all! Not a single sign of pregnancy... (After 12-16 weeks it starts to show that the baby is there.) Even before Richie was born, still flat as a pancake.
13th Oct 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards - S3-E18
Character mistake: While Rob, Laura, Buddy, Jerry and Millie are telling Sally what happened before and during the poker game Laura says "We should have played charades!" Yet she didn't actually say that... Rob said it. Jerry insisted they play poker anyways.
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