"THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" BLOOPERS

Finally, here are some blooper reels from the show which have no place in Earth Prime-Time, but perhaps can have a home in some alternate Toobworld......

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AS SEEN ON TV: SOPHIA LOREN (& CARLO PONTI)

SOPHIA LOREN

(with CARLO PONTI)

AS SEEN IN:
'SCTV'

AS PLAYED BY:
Andrea Martin

TV DIMENSION:
Skitlandia
(But could also be Earth Prime-Time/Doofus - where famous people as well as the ordinary citizens of the planet are low IQ idiots. Other shows in this world - 'That's My Bush!' and 'The Secret Files Of Desmond Pfeiffer'.)

In the "Like A Sister" episode of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', Sophia Loren was supposed to have been the guest star on 'The Alan Brady Show'. But because of a previous commitment, she had to drop out and was replaced by singing sensation Ric Vallone.

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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....

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CYNOPTIC FLOP

This is something that I could have saved for next August, when we celebrate the TV Western here at Toobworld Central, but it's just bothering me to keep seeing it infecting my "Mail To Be Sent" folder....


One of my friends from the Idiot's Delight Digest, Cousin Steve, sent me a trivia question about a month ago from the website Cynopsis Media:

Today's Trivia Question: What actor portrayed the same character on NBC in 1957, ABC in 1979, and on CBS in 1981?
 The only answer that came to me was James Garner as Bret Maverick, but what didn't jibe was the proper alignment of the networks.

Garner originated the character on 'Maverick' beginning in September of 1957, so they got that right. But it was part of the ABC stable of TV Westerns, not NBC.

In 1979, he did indeed play the role again, as a guest star, in the spin-off series "Young Maverick" (after joining in on the pilot movie, "The New Maverick". But it wasn't on ABC - that show was a CBS entry.

Finally, Garner came back to the role full-time for one season of 'Bret Maverick'. And that was on NBC, not CBS as that Cynopsis writer claimed.

With the answer posted the following day, there was never a mention of the error, only of who came up with the correct answer. But because the parameters of the question were wrong, then the answer of Garner as Maverick has to be considered wrong as well.

Pretty shoddy work on that one, folks....

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AS SEEN ON TV: STEVE JOBS

STEVE JOBS

AS SEEN IN:
'SuperNews!'

AS VOICED BY:
Josh Faure-Brac

From The Los Angeles Times:
Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56.

Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy included the Apple II, Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," Apple said. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

Jobs spoke of his desire to make "a dent in the universe," bringing a messianic intensity to his message that technology was a tool to improve human life and unleash creativity.

- David Sarno and Christopher Goffard
October 5, 2011

We looked at another portrayal of Steve Jobs in 2010 to celebrate his birthday....

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"THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" BLOGATHON CENTRAL POST FROM INNER TOOB

On October 3rd, I participated in the blogathon celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' by publishing at least one blog post every hour about the show. It was hosted by my blogging buddy Ivan over at his blog "Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear" and the other participants really brought their A game to the project because of their similar love for the show (or - in the case of Brent's contribution - for the love of Laura Petrie's ass.....)

Ivan bemoaned however that I didn't provide a simple way for future visitors to the blogathon central posts to be able to locate all of my typically Toobworld theories and conjectures about the show. It was only my second time participating in a blogathon (the first beng the Lucy 100th birthday salute a month or so before), and I wasn't sure on the details about how to make it all work.  So I'm hoping this post provides that easy research tool.

The following is a list of links to all of my posts about 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' from that day. (There'll be plenty more in the future; it's the type of show, like 'Doctor Who', which can provide plenty of material to work with.) The only two that can be considered in order are the intro post and the one that closed it all down. In between, I've arranged the posts by their topics - beginning with the ones that interested me the most and ending up with the ones that basically were just filler when I was trying to beat the clock.

So if this is your first time in exploring these topics I hope you enjoy and welcome back if you have already read them and just wanted to revisit a few faves (hopefully). And don't forget to click on that banner at the bottom, which will take you back to the collection of TDOY links to all the other participants in this blogathon.

Kicking It All Off

A Tribute To Lennie Weinrib & His Three Roles
This was my favorite of all the posts - a salute to a talented man who made an indelible impression in a role he was cast in only five hours before he filmed it!

Allan Melvin's Many Roles On The Show
Allan Melvin is one of the all-time legends of TV character actors and although his many roles on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' seem to contradict each other and cause Zonks, he could in fact be the link to 'The Brady Bunch' and to 'Sgt. Bilko'....

Dabbs Greer as the minister
Another of my Top Ten favorite character actors and he can link the series to 'The Brady Bunch' as well, but also to 'Picket Fences'!

Linkin' Goodheart One
Here's what might have been had the series come back for a six season. There's no need to fear.....

Linkin' Goodheart Two
What if Wall Cox's "mom" also appeared in the show?

Linkin' Goodheart Three
This is just an out-there theory of relateeveety linking the show to a current hit sitcom.

Rob's Dad - Intro
Three different actors played Rob's father, and we had to figure out a way to make it all work.

Rob's Dad Part One
A look at Tom Tully's portrayal of Rob's Dad - the last to be introduced but the actual man who raised him.
 
Rob's Dad Part Two
Will Wright - Rob's true Dad as well - at least, the biological one....

Rob's Dad Part Three
J. Pat O'Malley - We cross over into the Twilight - not the Twilo! - Zone to splain him away.....

The Two Pickles
Pickles may have been married twice, but Buddy only had the one wife, yet two actresses played her.....

A Touch Of Graciella
How Sallie Janes' sweet but sad one-shot guest appearance could link to another classic sitcom.

Mrs. Mel Cooley
They always talked about Mel's wife on the show, but did you know she actually showed up in an episode?

Who Played Kolac?
Danny Thomas? What is a Danny Thomas? Certainly not the actor who played the Twiloite leader.....

Buena Sera, Mr. & Mrs. Campbell
A post that combines a lot of characters played by Johnny Silver into one, with the added bonus of Kathleen Freeman's two roles on the show.

As Seen On TV: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'
The daily feature of Inner Toob, applied to the show in general

Super Six List Of Characters Based On Real People
Another regular feature of the blog as it applied to a topic from the show.

My Top Ten List Of Favorite Episodes
This was an easy list to whip up in order to keep me ahead of the deadlines.....

The Van Dyke Zonks
Many of the discrepancies splained away....

MST3K Quotes About The Show

The Evil Universe Rob Petrie
Probably the nadir of my inspirations.....

Rob Petrie, The Rifleman
More like "The Trifle Man"

Questions About The Jewish Faith
So far, I'm still waiting for answers.....

The Theme Song Lyrics
Another one to keep me ahead of the game as I worked on those harder ones above.....

When Things Were "Rotten"
I'll bet once you read this, the word will just jump out at you from every episode you watch.

An eBay Error
Beating the deadline once again.

Channeling My Inner Buddy
This post is practically from memory. I've been preaching this for years.

The Last Post
TA-DA!

 From the home office of Toobworld Central....

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AS SEEN ON TV: BRITT EKLAND

On this date in 1942, the loverly Britt Ekland was born in Sweden.....

BRITT EKLAND

AS SEEN IN:
"The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers"

AS PLAYED BY:
Charlize Theron

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AVAST! A SEA-WORTHY LINK

Thanks to one of the artifacts in 'Warehouse 13', we can add an historical connection between that series and 'Doctor Who' to the Toobworld Dynamic.

In the season finale "The Stand", Warehouse agents Myka Bering and H.G. Wells found themselves trussed up in the rigging ropes from the Mary Celeste. This was the ship whose crew mysteriously vanished in 1872.

In the episode "The Chase", the First Doctor and his Companions were being hounded by the Daleks through Time and Space. At one point, they found themselves on board the Mary Celeste, but they got away before the Daleks arrived.

Seeing the metal clad alien tanks, the crew and the Captain's wife and baby jumped overboard in such panic and fear that the raw emotions imbued the rope with enough psychic trauma to turn it into an artifact - a rope that could bind its victims under its own volition.

It could have been any one of the coils of rope in those scenes aboard the Mary Celeste.  But I think the most likely suspect for the rope which ended up in the Warehouse would be the coil that hung above the door to the quarters below as seen here:

Most of the actions which could have triggered the transformation of the rope into an artifact occurred just below that coil.  Barbara was ambushed by the First Mate Mr. Richardson, and he was then conked on the head by Vicki (played by "cousin Maureen O'Brien - ahem....).  Later, after the rest of the crew had abandoned ship, the ship's cabin boy came up from the galley and stood underneath that rope transfixed by fear upon seeing the Daleks.  He then bolted over the side as well 

It may not have been an act of aggression on the part of the rope when it lassoed Myka and HG Wells; it could have been the desire from those long-dead victims to reach those ropes and hold fast until rescue - a desire that would never come to be.

One historical note - most people today know the ship as the Marie Celeste, and that's how the computer read-out for the rigging ropes list it in 'Warehouse 13'. But as we can see from the plaque on board in 'Doctor Who', it was the Mary Celeste.

Technically, they're both right.

It was christened as the Mary Celeste. But when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the literary agent for Dr. Watson and those stories he wrote about his friend Sherlock Holmes, wrote about the ship's mystery as historical fiction, he made the error of typing it up as the Marie Celeste. And it was never caught by his publisher's proof-readers. Later journalists used his story as the basis for any articles they would then write about the ship and continue the error until it became part of the world's consciousness. Which is why whoever documented the rope into the collection typed it up as the Marie Celeste.

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AS SEEN ON TV: A LITTLE FINE TOONING

On this date in 1902, Larry Fine (who has become my favorite of the Stooges) was born. He died in 1975.

LARRY FINE

AS SEEN IN:
"Three Robonic Stooges"

AS VOICED BY:
Joe Baker

TV DIMENSION:
The Tooniverse

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PARTY OF A COMPLETE BREAKFAST

So here's my post for the day.


I caught the pilot for 'Suburgatory' (Great show, lousy title) online two days before it aired. I really liked it, but I hope I wasn't too spoiled by having it delivered to me in such a fashion that ruins the rest of the series run for me. The test will be on Thursday morning when I get home from work to watch it.

In the meantime, 'Suburgatory' made a sweet entry into the tele-mosaic that his Earth Prime-Time thanks to the cereal choice made by Tessa.....

Nuts & More cereal has also been featured in such shows as 'Chuck', 'Grey's Anatomy', 'In Plain Sight', and 'Brothers & Sisters'. Only 'Brothers & Sisters' is situated in an alternate TV dimension.

Welcome aboard, Tessa!

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