Saluting 65 years of The Dick Van Dyke Show with David Van Deusen

Well, we're, we're talking, of course, David Van Deusen.

Uh, the, uh, the other DVD, as Carl Reiner would call you, and we're celebrating the 65th anniversary of The Dick Van Dyke Show, which began in, I believe, October of 1961.

Is that right, David?

That's right.

October 3rd was the premiere of the show on CBS.

Uh, the pilot originally filmed back in January of that year, um, right around the time that President Kennedy was inaugurated.

Wow.

January 18, 19, 20-

Wow

... um, of the, of that year.

Um, picked up by CBS.

And I don't know, I don't know if you know this, Bill, but the show's, the name of the show actually went through several incarnations, right? So, um, when Reiner initially did his pilot in July of 1960, he called it Head of the Family, and it-

Right

...

it didn't take off, right? And it sort of sat on the shelf, and it was only because Sheldon Leonard dis- discovered Reiner's material and thought that it, that it might work.

So as they retooled the show, um, and tried to put it back into production, it was being billed in the media as Double Trouble.

Oh.

Um, which was sort of interesting.

I think it was the juxtaposition of Rob's work life and Rob's home life, perhaps.

I'm, I'm-

Okay

... that's, that's my, my take on it.

Um, but as it got closer to air date, if you look at Carl's, uh, pilot script for the reinvention of the series, he titled the show All in a Day's Work.

Oh.

Um, and actually I have a script cover that has that typed on it.

Well, we're, we're talking, of course, David Van Deusen.

Uh, the, uh, the other DVD, as Carl Reiner would call you, and we're celebrating the 65th anniversary of The Dick Van Dyke Show, which began in, I believe, October of 1961.

Is that right, David?

That's right.

October 3rd was the premiere of the show on CBS.

Uh, the pilot originally filmed back in January of that year, um, right around the time that President Kennedy was inaugurated.

Wow.

January 18, 19, 20-

Wow

... um, of the, of that year.

Um, picked up by CBS.

And I don't know, I don't know if you know this, Bill, but the show's, the name of the show actually went through several incarnations, right? So, um, when Reiner initially did his pilot in July of 1960, he called it Head of the Family, and it-

Right

...

it didn't take off, right? And it sort of sat on the shelf, and it was only because Sheldon Leonard dis- discovered Reiner's material and thought that it, that it might work.

So as they retooled the show, um, and tried to put it back into production, it was being billed in the media as Double Trouble.

Oh.

Um, which was sort of interesting.

I think it was the juxtaposition of Rob's work life and Rob's home life, perhaps.

I'm, I'm-

Okay

... that's, that's my, my take on it.

Um, but as it got closer to air date, if you look at Carl's, uh, pilot script for the reinvention of the series, he titled the show All in a Day's Work.

Oh.

Um, and actually I have a script cover that has that typed on it.