'The Dick Van Dyke Show' has two somewhat
tenuous connections to Andy Warhol. One was "outside the box" - one of those six
degrees of separation situations on the production side. The other was within
the "reality" of the show - one of Andy Warhol's works of art actually appeared
in an episode.
So, nobody even attempted to guess the two connections Andy Warhol had to 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. And that means I get to keep the Richard Rosebud Petrie Prize - (a rock and a paper clip glued together!)
Anyhoo, here are the answers:
The first connection was a "Six Degrees Of Separation" - actress Sylvia
Miles played Sally Rogers in the original pilot for the show, "Head Of The
Family", in which Carl Reiner played Rob Petrie.
From Wikipedia:
Over the years, Miles has become a cult figure, both for her ties to the
avant-garde (Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, etc.) and her increasingly bizarre
appearance over the years and her willingness to attend any public function.
Wayland Flowers and his puppet Madame first uttered the widely quoted line
"Sylvia Miles and Andy Warhol would attend the opening of a sewer."
The second connection was a showcase for his artwork within the reality of
the series. In 1951, Warhol was commissioned to create the artwork for a book
cover:
Throughout his career Warhol created numerous artist books. However, he
also designed book covers for other authors. This is the design for the cover of
the book ‘Pistols for two’ by Aaron Marc Stein.
In October of 1965, Millie Helper was reading this book, as seen in the
episode "Draw Me A Pear".
And that's how Andy Warhol fits into the world of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show',
both behind the scenes and within Toobworld.
BCnU!
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