"E.D.W.A.R.D." very funny line delivery. And I love: "Ulysses David if it's a boy, Ulyssesa Davida if it's a girl THAT'S IT"! Hysterical performance! This show was awesome!
Back in the 60s when I first watched this show, I didn't like Richie at all. I thought he was pretty stupid. I was only a kid myself so I guess I judged him pretty harshly. I've warmed to him since then, but he does tend to be a bit monotone with his line delivery and I'm always aware he is reciting his lines. But he is a kid......
The families are only arguing over boys names. They seemed to be fine with Richard, or Ritchie, as a first name. This is a sweet episode, featuring many rarely seen relatives.
I watched this show in syndication/reruns in the mid-60s. It was really funny then and really funny now. I remembered most of the name suggestions. Great show. Oh--and in memory I confused Sam Petrie's actor J. Pat O'Malley with Jesse White!
Unfortunately, I have a middle name problem too. It has plagued me all my life. I’ve always tried to keep it hidden but now, with the computer age, it is spelt all over the place! I’m trying to get used to it but it’s hard stuff. I sympathize with poor Ritchie!
He is left handed. In the dining room scene due to the scene set up he would have been standing in front of the blackboard had he used his left hand. I am left handed and most of us are ambidextrous enough to write block letter capitals as he did here. When it came to erase, he reverted to his left hand. Later, in the kitchen, at 25 :28 he uses his left hand again as the scene set up allowed for it. He writes much faster and is clearly more at ease. The tell-tale sign that he was writing with his non-dominant hand was that his 's' (as in Sam) was almost sideways and some of his letters like 'N' he paused half way, then finished it off in a reverse stroke. Many lefties (including me) can write forwards and backwards.
There hasn’t been worthwhile content for decades. It all started when the executives decided to politicize content and decided that viewers are stupid enough to not see the agenda they have been pushing for at least 40yrs (just thinking of a few sitcoms from the 80s). The 90s saw the push for literally stealing British topics (Friends, DIY, What Not To Wear etc, all came from across the pond). I used to watch some of the latter on A&E, and other networks I can’t remember.
@@marinazagrai1623 You are 100% correct about the (leftwing) agenda being shoved down our throats via TV sitcoms for the past 40-plus years; Seinfeld being one of the worst offenders. And yet, the majority of Americans still reject the Left's degenerate ideology. Although I wasn't aware that programs like Friends originated in England, what was the English inspiration for Friends?
@@MrMenefrego1 I think it was called Coupled and I’m sure Wikipedia will have something on it. “What No to Wear” in the US copied the show with the same name from Britain (I saw this before it arrived here). All DIY shows were first in the UK.
@@marinazagrai1623 Thanks for the info about 'Coupled'. However, I think you're mistaken about the DYI shows when you wrote: "All DIY shows were first in the UK"; From what I have been able to determine, The first American DIY program, called This Old House, first aired on January 1st, 1979. The first English DIY program called DIY SOS aired on Oct. 7, 1999.
Sally’s feminine intuition let her know why Laura was so eager to see Rob. A man, like Buddy, wouldn’t have a clue. Me neither. Women are much more adept at interpreting behavior in social situations than men. It was clever to write that into the script as it rings true in real life. Men are better at assessing degrees of danger or threats. Male and female traits are complementary for survival. Then there’s Buddy.
Imagine how shocked and embarrassed---not to mentioned downright appalled!!---the makers of this episode must have been when it became known what Citizen Kane's "Rosebud" was REALLY inspired by!
Yes they used rabbits for that. It goes back a long time ago. Brush up on your history. This is why so many people don't understand the past. They would rather throw a fit about things like that than check history.
Rosebud was the name of Charles Foster Kane's..................sled, in the film Citizen Kane. Not so loosely based on the life of real newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
I don’t get how they used to say that to announce a pregnancy. I realize the taboos of another era but it doesn’t make any sense, especially in the beginning of the Feminist Era. We can think of all the reasons why they have content to dismiss the era, but it didn’t stop Feminism.
@@marinazagrai1623 I'm not sure what all the rest of your post was about, but they said it because they killed the rabbit to determine if the woman was pregnant. Thank goodness we have other pregnancy tests now and don't need to kill rabbits any more.
😅😂 Female Rabbits were used as a pregnancy test a very long time ago. Unfortunately it caused the demise of the rabbit. The saying THE RABBIT DIED is a euphemism for saying a woman is pregnant now.
Those parents and grandpa were a bunch of flakes with their egos screaming "Feed me, feed me." Rob should have shown some backbone and said; "Look folks, the kid's name is gonna be Clyde or Bonnie so clam up and deal with it."
"Well, the rabbit died!" I'm 51 y/o, and that's the first time I've heard that expression. Now I know it's from an early pregnancy test method. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test
The misconception The term "the rabbit died" became a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test result, based on the misconception that the rabbit would only die if the test was positive. In reality, all rabbits used for the test died, regardless of the result. The Wheat 🌾 Grew Does peeing on wheat work as a pregnancy test? A woman urinated daily on wheat or barley seeds and if the plants grew, it meant she was pregnant. Modern-day validation suggests that test was about 70% accurate in detecting human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone produced by a woman's body soon after implantation of a fertilized egg inside the uterus.
"E.D.W.A.R.D." very funny line delivery. And I love: "Ulysses David if it's a boy, Ulyssesa Davida if it's a girl THAT'S IT"! Hysterical performance! This show was awesome!
Richie is perfect at the end. His childhood honesty hasn't been tampered by adulthood and it is just the best.
A simple story yet very funny! Something lacking in today's shows-- situations that are not so overly dramatic. This show did great on family comedy.
This episode is one of my very top favorites!
E D W A R D! I love the lunacy that ensues when the parents all get together. Wish they’d made more of the parents episodes .
As Ritchie would say, "It's MY kid and I like RAT!"
E D W A R D!! 😂😂 I love the lunacy that ensues when the parents all get together. Wish they’d made more of the parents episodes .
This was one of the best, most clever episodes ever.
I remember watching it. Rosebud!
Marathon Watching 1/8/24 Classic … thanks for sharing.
I ❤ Dick Van Dyke is very much still alive loved it.
This one was cleverly written. 🤣
Hard to say which is Best episode but THIS is really up there!!!
My childhood memories just wonderful
That makes two of us, my fellow Boomer.
Joanna McLean Three of us, fellow boomers. 🙂
Four of us. --Another boomer. 😊
We may not have gotten ‘Mickey Rat’ but we got ‘Mickey Mouse’ 😂
Richie was a very good actor!!
Back in the 60s when I first watched this show, I didn't like Richie at all. I thought he was pretty stupid. I was only a kid myself so I guess I judged him pretty harshly. I've warmed to him since then, but he does tend to be a bit monotone with his line delivery and I'm always aware he is reciting his lines. But he is a kid......
"ILL KISS YOU SO HARD YOUR TEETH WILL RATTLE"... MTM was the perfect woman! 🥰😍
I remember when this was on Prime Time on KHOUTV Houston, TX. That night I found out my full Name.
The families are only arguing over boys names. They seemed to be fine with Richard, or Ritchie, as a first name. This is a sweet episode, featuring many rarely seen relatives.
The name Richie was chosen by the producers after Mary Tyler Moore's real son Richard.
@@xxwhispersxx2856Richard also happens to be Dick Van Dyke's formal name
I like RAT!!!!@@1Bornconfused
Yeah, it's strange they didn't argue over girls' names, too.
@@1Bornconfused DVD's middle name is Wayne.
Apparently, coffee mugs didn't exist in the early 1960s. Also, Laura's hairstyle and wardrobe never changed for any of the mid-1950s flashbacks.
Those Homer Laughlin Cavaluer cups are perfectly-sized.
Before the era of big, dumb cups.
DVD must have had fun doing the blackboard names bit.
Classic ep. Weird way to create a middle name.
I watched this show in syndication/reruns in the mid-60s. It was really funny then and really funny now. I remembered most of the name suggestions. Great show. Oh--and in memory I confused Sam Petrie's actor J. Pat O'Malley with Jesse White!
That's E D W A R D!!
You could tell early on that Laura was the tough parent, and Rob was the softie.
Unfortunately, I have a middle name problem too. It has plagued me all my life. I’ve always tried to keep it hidden but now, with the computer age, it is spelt all over the place! I’m trying to get used to it but it’s hard stuff. I sympathize with poor Ritchie!
I think Rosebud is a perfect name for this kid.
16:46 E. D. W. A. R. D.
20:20 E. D. W. A. R. D. 😂😂😂😂😂
I thought DVD was left-handed? 20:20 Jerry calls him "Lefty." He throws darts left-handed.
He is left handed. In the dining room scene due to the scene set up he would have been standing in front of the blackboard had he used his left hand. I am left handed and most of us are ambidextrous enough to write block letter capitals as he did here. When it came to erase, he reverted to his left hand. Later, in the kitchen, at 25 :28 he uses his left hand again as the scene set up allowed for it. He writes much faster and is clearly more at ease. The tell-tale sign that he was writing with his non-dominant hand was that his 's' (as in Sam) was almost sideways and some of his letters like 'N' he paused half way, then finished it off in a reverse stroke. Many lefties (including me) can write forwards and backwards.
I was taught at school to write with my right hand. But things I’ve taught myself ( sewing, pool or snooker etc) i do left handedly
They don't write content like this anymore
There hasn’t been worthwhile content for decades. It all started when the executives decided to politicize content and decided that viewers are stupid enough to not see the agenda they have been pushing for at least 40yrs (just thinking of a few sitcoms from the 80s). The 90s saw the push for literally stealing British topics (Friends, DIY, What Not To Wear etc, all came from across the pond). I used to watch some of the latter on A&E, and other networks I can’t remember.
@@marinazagrai1623 You are 100% correct about the (leftwing) agenda being shoved down our throats via TV sitcoms for the past 40-plus years; Seinfeld being one of the worst offenders. And yet, the majority of Americans still reject the Left's degenerate ideology. Although I wasn't aware that programs like Friends originated in England, what was the English inspiration for Friends?
@@MrMenefrego1 I think it was called Coupled and I’m sure Wikipedia will have something on it. “What No to Wear” in the US copied the show with the same name from Britain (I saw this before it arrived here). All DIY shows were first in the UK.
@@marinazagrai1623 Thanks for the info about 'Coupled'. However, I think you're mistaken about the DYI shows when you wrote: "All DIY shows were first in the UK"; From what I have been able to determine, The first American DIY program, called This Old House, first aired on January 1st, 1979. The first English DIY program called DIY SOS aired on Oct. 7, 1999.
I looked it up. The British show Coupling debuted 6 years after Friends.
Sally’s feminine intuition let her know why Laura was so eager to see Rob. A man, like Buddy, wouldn’t have a clue. Me neither. Women are much more adept at interpreting behavior in social situations than men. It was clever to write that into the script as it rings true in real life. Men are better at assessing degrees of danger or threats. Male and female traits are complementary for survival. Then there’s Buddy.
What about Mel?
Rabbit 🤣
Oscar Madison ! Yayyy!!!
HUMPHREY!
Oscar Peterson, Oscar Meyer, Oscar the Grouch.
It's my kid, and I like RAT
That made up for WHOLE episode
Imagine how shocked and embarrassed---not to mentioned downright appalled!!---the makers of this episode must have been when it became known what Citizen Kane's "Rosebud" was REALLY inspired by!
Marion Davies. But I am too much of a lady to provide any more details. Use your imagination.
Amazing how the families think it's their business what rob and Laura name Thier child
Yes they used rabbits for that. It goes back a long time ago. Brush up on your history. This is why so many people don't understand the past. They would rather throw a fit about things like that than check history.
Easy Cheryl...take a deep breath and relax. No need for a hissy fit!!
@@normgardner4560 😂I do believe something else was bothering her! WOW!
are you supposed to be mature
Poor rabbit
We live in political correct days. This is the. D-- . VAN D --- SHOW.
Rosebud was the name of Charles Foster Kane's..................sled, in the film Citizen Kane. Not so loosely based on the life of real newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
The rabbit died....I didn't know they used to sacrifice rabbits for pregnancy tests....😢
They sure did; That is still a common expression in Illinois.
@ Abby 😂😂
I don’t get how they used to say that to announce a pregnancy. I realize the taboos of another era but it doesn’t make any sense, especially in the beginning of the Feminist Era. We can think of all the reasons why they have content to dismiss the era, but it didn’t stop Feminism.
@@marinazagrai1623 I'm not sure what all the rest of your post was about, but they said it because they killed the rabbit to determine if the woman was pregnant. Thank goodness we have other pregnancy tests now and don't need to kill rabbits any more.
@@esmeraldagems9487 I'm not sure killing rabbits is funny??
the rabbit died? I dont get it...
😅😂 Female Rabbits were used as a pregnancy test a very long time ago. Unfortunately it caused the demise of the rabbit. The saying THE RABBIT DIED is a euphemism for saying a woman is pregnant now.
Could have gone with Sure Bod
Those parents and grandpa were a bunch of flakes with their egos screaming "Feed me, feed me." Rob should have shown some backbone and said; "Look folks, the kid's name is gonna be Clyde or Bonnie so clam up and deal with it."
Killing a rabbit just for sport.
They should have went to JAIL for that (seriously)!
It wasn't for sport. It was for medical science. Medicine wasn't as advanced back then as it is today.
"Well, the rabbit died!" I'm 51 y/o, and that's the first time I've heard that expression. Now I know it's from an early pregnancy test method. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test
Not surprising that you hadn't heard of it. The rabbit test had been out of use since the early 1960's, a decade before you were born.
I was wondering how many people in the comment would get that Rabbit test
@@larry7124 One of those things only us old folks remember. 😁
Wow that's disturbing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test
Poor rabbit
The misconception
The term "the rabbit died" became a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test result, based on the misconception that the rabbit would only die if the test was positive. In reality, all rabbits used for the test died, regardless of the result.
The Wheat 🌾 Grew
Does peeing on wheat work as a pregnancy test?
A woman urinated daily on wheat or barley seeds and if the plants grew, it meant she was pregnant. Modern-day validation suggests that test was about 70% accurate in detecting human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone produced by a woman's body soon after implantation of a fertilized egg inside the uterus.