OCTOBER 2, 2011: THE 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW"

Last Monday was the 50th anniversary for 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' (which you should have known by now if you're a regular reader of this blog!) Today's collection of videos for Video Saturday are all connected to that classic sitcom.

On the night before, a celebration was held in Los Angeles at which many of the people originally involved with the show attended. They showed three and a half episodes (an odd selection hand-picked by Carl Reiner) and an allegedly poorly executed Q&A session open to the audience.

Thanks to comic book writer and cartoon director Mark Evanier who originally found them and displayed them at his blog, I've got here a couple of videos from that event which have surfaced on YouTube:

First up, Carl Reiner discusses how the show began....

And here are the Vantastix singing the word (by Morey Amsterdam) to the music (by Earl Hagen) of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' theme....

BCnU!