If you watch closely, you can see that Greg Morris who plays Mr Peters is trying not to laugh for real when he hands the the tray to Rob. THAT's the hallmark of a truly funny sitcom scene!
Totally in character, however. The Greg Morris character knew full well that Rob was making a ridiculous mistake. The natural reaction would have been to try not to laugh too hard. Later on in the scene, Rob asks him sheepishly, "Why didn't you tell me over the phone?," to which he responds, "And miss the look on your face?"
@@kimberlyn.2096 Dick is fr. my hometown of Danville . Il. One of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet ! He's returned many times to visit friends & also for fundraisers for preservation of the Fisher Theater .
I like how they showed Laura in a very loose dress instead of regular clothes. They were paying attention to the fact that you don't have a baby and immediately fit into your old clothes.
@@karphin1: it’s rare that women fit into their regular clothes right after giving birth, but I did take care of one lady who actually lost weight during her pregnancy. She was a bit heavy when she got pregnant because she ate whatever she wanted. Once she found out that she was pregnant, she followed her OB doctors healthy meal plans. When she was discharge from the hospital, even her regular clothes were baggy!
This was Dick Van Dyke's favorite episode. A few seconds later Rob says to Mr. Peters "Why didn't you tell me?" and Peters says "And miss the look on your face?" LOL!!!!! By far one of the top 5 episodes of this brilliantly-written show.
@@christopherdunne7848 - I always recall the closet full of walnuts and the eye in the back of the head. A great show with a flock of great comedians and comediennes! Dick, Mary, Rosemarie, Carl Reiner, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon. Still funny today. There were so many great shows then like Sid Caesar and Ernie Kovacs.
Gazzara5 Why is it every clip on RUclips that has a harmless joke in it has some jackass like you in the message board saying "Today this would be..." or "We couldn't do this today because..." All you idiots say the same thing. Just shut up and laugh at the clip. Keep your stupid ass, simple-minded political commentary to yourself.
Greg Morris on Mission impossible was my childhood hero. To this day I hear Mission impossible music in my head whenever I work on an electronic device.
The clip just missed the funniest line of this scene. Rob says, "Laura, did you know that one out of ten million mothers has the wrong baby?" Laura responds, "That's a neat trick. How does she do that?" Brilliant writing, brilliantly delivered.
I’ve binging this show for the last two weeks and let me tell you my jaw absolutely hit the ground with this scene. This episode one of the best in the series.
Today people would still claim this as "racist' if it were a current series. Even though there's nothing offensive or mocking about it. Just good humor used in an awkward situation.
@@kurtkensson2059 That's the definition of "wokeness "! You'll notice them by not putting shopping carrs back into the corrals, taking too long at that drive-up ATMs, driving in the right lane on city street, and then driving too slow in the left lane on the highway. I'm old enough to complain about idiots...
I remember in the show "the Middle" with Jerry Van Dyke. His brother (Dick) was coming to visit and he told his daughter in the law to move the otttoman because his brother would trip right over it when he came in the door. Very funny.
@@dj3114 Many recall that the opening sequence had a version where Rob (DvD) trips over that ottoman, and one where he notices it just in time and dodges to the side. But there was a third version few recall, where after he dodged it, he steps on his own foot and trips anyway.
Absolutely terrific show. My friend's father was a big fan and I recall how surprised he was to find out that I loved the show. He would watch a rerun and then "quiz" me on it to see if I could recall the episode. What a great show and great time. Just brilliant.
When Rob goes to the door and asks the Peters couple to come in, the audience had no clue that they were black until they walked in because Rob had kept saying they had the wrong baby. I read that the producers had to cut back to Laura when editing the show because the audience laugh was so long. This is what aired. It was brilliantly written.
You know what's so sad. Everyone thought it was going to be Valerie Harper since she had Brain Cancer and Mary dies. May she rest in peace. I remember when I was a Kid watching the Opening Sequence of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and admiring how Brave she was to drive halfway across the Country but in reality she was just Driving to another City.
I was a flight attendant years ago working first class from Atlanta to Las Vegas. Greg Morris was in first class. I remember it so well as he was such a friendly nice guy. I commented on how I was surprised at how tall he was. He said people often were since on Mission Impossible he was acting with very tall actors. We played blackjack in the galley for straws to pass the time! In all the years I flew, Greg Morris was one of the most memorable celebrities I met. Love this clip of him on the Dick Van Dyke show.
Yes, that was supposed to be Morris's reaction, in the script. The rest of the scene, is DVD asking why "didnt you tell me", and Morris says, wanted to see the look on your face. So, when Morris comes through the door, thats his character doing just that, reacting to seeing the "look on his face", which in character, Morris has that laugh.
This made me laugh today the same way I laughed at it when I first saw it. This time however I got a little misty eyed too. One of the best sitcoms of all time. RIP Mr Reiner. Ms Moore. Mr Morris. Mr Paris. Ms Guilbert. Rose Marie. Morey.
Have you seen the “All in the Family” episode where Archie was in the hospital and got along wonderfully with his roommate? The curtain between their beds was always drawn so they couldn’t see each other but, eventually, his roommate went over to Archie’s bed to help him with something. That’s when Archie saw that he was black. The look on Carol O’Connor’s face was SO funny - the live audience couldn’t stop laughing. I think it’s equally as funny as this DvD Show moment.
coporal4 Yes, I do remember that actor from Mission Impossible, and I totally enjoy that show. But I wish that we could get along now, the way that those fictional characters got along back then in the 1960s.
krottfay Well it was all for entertainment.. Outside of the industry their was still Civil Rights being violated and for even those within the industry that some of there parts were type-cast.. I use to see Amos and Andy on TV and thought they were funny till I found it that on the radio version it was two white guys and at times they used black-face.. The world is in a Tizzy and has been headed towards what we have now since the Cuban Missile Crisis.. All in all.. Their programs were more entertaining and had very good plots.. The movies weren't as realistic and you still got the message.. I was very blessed to have seen that era of America. I applaud a lot of things the newer world is doing and I condemn other things, but FAMILY is the nucleus it means: F-Father and M-Mother, I , L-Love , Y-You
Those darn nut chewies! I don't have a single friend that has ever seen Pres. Analyst, except for one to which I showed it. It's fun for the Amphicar too.
This is my all time favorite of all of the Duck Van Dyke shows. I temper it as a kid and have watched it too many times to remember and I still have time for one more look. Who ever wrote the script is a Genius !
@@msh6865 You're still bitching about something that happened nearly 60 years ago. Meanwhile the GOP is banning the teaching of Black history in schools and is hell-bent on preventing Black and Brown people from voting. That's not Jim Crow in the 1960s. That's Jim Crow today, courtesy of Republicans. Ron DeSantis is the most racist governor since George Wallace and Lest Maddox.
@@msh6865 Yep, because Republican governors were just filled with love for their fellow men and women. In all seriousness, what does political affiliation have to do with devildoll9929's comment?
They left out the tagline (still remembered fifty years later!) DVD asked why Peters didn't tell him over the phone, and he replied "What--and miss the expression on your face?!"
I recently started watching this on Netflix. I can't stop. Whenever I have free time between classes, work, and homework, I'm watching this. It is brilliant and way funnier than a lot of the stuff on tv today.
Actor Greg Morris would soon go on to greater fame as a permanent cast member of the TV series "Mission Impossible," and most sitcom fans know his son Phil Morris was the iconic lawyer Jackie Chiles on "Seinfeld."
Isn't it amazing that a sitcom more than 50+ years old is STILL funnier than anything on TV/streaming services today? Just shows you what great writing and comic performances can do!
+PrimitivEFuturE Yeah, and I'm also 51 yrs old, a cancer survivor, and have a splendid IQ, and am eclectic, Wtf is it to you? Liking 50cent, and wearing a bikini at my age doesn't mean I enjoy dirty network TV. 😜 Last time I checked, it's called having a personality.😍 Enjoy your Sunday. I shall. 💙
+Cynthia Crowley WTF does cancer survivor have to do with anything? I'm in the middle of treatment for APL leukemia myself. Why is it relevant? Do you always play that card?
+PrimitivEFuturE My point exactly. Wtf does a song and a bikini have to do with a show? Show yourself, hahaha. A bikini;very avant-garde, lol lol lol...
+Cynthia Crowley If you can't see the hypocrisy of your statement, nothing I can say will enlighten you. I may try the cancer card myself next time, though. Thanks for that pro tip.
Why should he keep a straight face? Even as his character it was funny. They cut off the lines where Rob asked "Why didn't you tell me?" and Greg responded "And miss the look on your face?"
This was hilarious and dealt with in such a good natured, classy and humorous way. Sad thing is there are folks today that would STILL find this "racist" and "offensive" if it aired as a current show today. Take me back to the easy going times, man lol. Thank God for METV.
Yes, "the easy going times" of segregation, Birmingham church bombing killings of 4 black schoolgirls, murders of 3 civil rights workers, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, Kennedy & MLK assassinations.
One of the best shows ever!! I remember this episode. Very funny. This scene was sort of a shock at the time but played very well. I think it would play well today too. Very cute. "Oh Rob!!"
Laura's friendliness and acceptance of Mrs. Peters is so authentic! Two new mothers greeting each other is so nice. Yes, let Rob deal with his issue, but the ladies are so accommodating. Great scene!
Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith Show were some of the best written and performed shows in TV history. They will endure as classics and were way ahead of their time in humor. Floyd the barber and Barney...Lol!
What I love most about this episode is that I was born on the same day as Greg Morris's son in real life (Phil, now a prolific actor in his own right). Far as I know, though, my father never tried to have us switched. Probably just as well. I would have made a lousy Jackie Chiles on "Seinfeld".
This scene is a triumph, a 1-derful, glorious moment of TV history !!! The studio moguls feared about the outcome when the idea was originally pitched to them but Producer Sheldon Leonard (that bartender Nick in It's A Wonderful Life) convinced them that there would be absolutely no offense to the black people in the storyline, but quite the opposite, the joke is on Rob Petrie's character. Greg Morris' spontaneous reaction when he saw Dick Van Dyke's face only added more humor to the scene. Marvelous, respectful comedy !!! Could watch this a thousand times and enjoy it the same every time. And MTM was so beautiful, a great actress !!! Blessings from San Juan PR !!!
Mr. Peters was played by Greg Morris (1933 - 1996). He was best known for portraying Barney Collier on 'Mission: Impossible' and Lt. David Nelson on 'Vega$.'
I believe that’s Barney from Mission Impossible. I’m 75 and can’t remember why I just came in the room but can remember a tv character from 40 years ago😂😂😂
I keep thinking, if this concept had been used on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Modern Family, or any other comedy today, it would end with slapped faces, humiliation and name-calling all around. I miss the days when kindness and forgiveness could also be considered funny.
@@dukeman7595 I know you posted this comment a year ago but you are so right! A show that brags about being about nothing, has its collective head up its arse.
I actually found this show by accident. I don't remember anybody in my family, not even my Dad, watching the reruns. I didn't see this show till Nick at Nite in the early '90s. Fortunately, at the time I was watching Bullwinkle every day right before NAN and oftentimes I'd be too lazy to get up and I'd watch Get Smart too, and after that would be Dick Van Dyke. Which in turn led to me watching the Mary Tyler Moore show too!
Thanks to Tubi I am able to watch all 5 seasons of this great show, not only was the writing superb and the pacing sometimes at a manic hilarious level but also Dick Van Dykes dancing and physical comedy was the best I have ever seen, much better and inventive than John Ritter on "Threes Company".
I feel like Michael (Meathead) would have been the one freaking out about Gloria having the wrong baby, and that Archie would have bust a gut at Michael's stunned reaction to meeting the other parents.
I think the funniest one was when Rob thought Laura was an alien and she come out the closet on a million nuts. ahahaa OMG that is funny just thinking about it, then she had her back to him and said I can see you because she was supposed to have eyes in the back of her head. THAT was too funny.
What truly wonderful acting and writing. One sees in the sitcoms of that era how fully human the characters were, as much so as would be in a realistic drama. I'm afraid something has been lost since then as today the acting style leans toward a kind of cartoon reality, you know, with parody like comedic exaggeration. The Dick Van Dyke cast were people you felt you could really get to know...The bond between the audience and the characters at that time must have been much stronger...
Well said! With Rob and Laura and even other characters on the show we knew something about their lives before. They were believable characters. I've seen some sitcoms here and there where people sounded like they were just saying what was memorized, not really talking. The people on the "Dick Van Dyke Show" were people you could have met in real life. Maybe not quite as much but I also found the characters on "Roseanne" to be very much like people from my own life.
A lot of that has to do with the fact that in nineteen sixty three there are only three noteworks. Now there are hundreds. The talent pool has been spread out.
I was in my single digit years when this was run on Nick @ Nite… but it came on so late I couldn’t stay up to watch…. after this 2mins… I’m watching it!
Greg Morris was a guest star on another DVD Show, it was an episode about a song that Rob wrote and a guy from his Army days basically stole it from him, Rob goes to this guys office and Morris' character is there also to see the song thief! I want to say the name of the song was "Bupkis" or something like that. The cut this clip too short.
From the opening episode of season three, "That's My Boy??" [September 25, 1963]; Greg Morris is the father. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard and producer Carl Reiner had to convince CBS to let them film this climax, because the network was wary of how viewers might react to the "surprise"....
This cut before the Peter’s revealed that they knew were aware of the comical mistake the whole time. Mr. peters said he wanted to see the look on Rob’s face when they showed up. That makes the scene even funnier.
Old fashioned humor at its absolute best. I grew up watching this show and so many more. Still love the re-runs over anything else that is on television.
Thanks for this!! I watched the show as a teenager and thought I'd seen 'em all, but had never seen this until you showed it. Wow. I"m glad I grew up then and not now.
I think this might have been the last episode of this show I ever saw. In the 70s, being rerun for the tenth time. I laughed like buggery at this. They were such a great couple. Bye Mary.
As soon as I read the title, I knew exactly which episode it was. This was before Mr. Peters joined the Impossible Mission Task Force. (Greg Morris played Barney Collier on the TV series, "Mission Impossible.")
I still re-watch reruns of this show. This is SUCH a funny episode. There are so many - Unhy Uftz and The Ghost of A Chantz come to mind, but there is not a bad or boring episode. A great ensemble cast, great writing - a great show. I had to edit and add the one with the inflatable boat that comes in the mail.
Before I started the clip, I guessed the longest laugh was from the episode where Laura opens Rob's package and the self-inflatable boat opens. But this was good too
It's interesting because there are at least three sitcom scenes that have been touted as having the longest studio audience laugh: 1. This one. 2. Sammy Davis Jr. kissing Archie Bunker. 3. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo dancing together, and all the eggs hidden in her blouse getting crushed.
If you watch closely, you can see that Greg Morris who plays Mr Peters is trying not to laugh for real when he hands the the tray to Rob. THAT's the hallmark of a truly funny sitcom scene!
Totally in character, however. The Greg Morris character knew full well that Rob was making a ridiculous mistake. The natural reaction would have been to try not to laugh too hard. Later on in the scene, Rob asks him sheepishly, "Why didn't you tell me over the phone?," to which he responds, "And miss the look on your face?"
Yes! I noticed. One of the best shows on television!
@@kimberlyn.2096 Dick is fr. my hometown of Danville . Il. One of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet ! He's returned many times to visit friends & also for fundraisers for preservation of the Fisher Theater .
It was a Mission Impossible to keep from laughing
Greg Morris was on Match game and a contestant thanked him for that episode, and longest laugh in Dick Van Dyke show history.
I like how they showed Laura in a very loose dress instead of regular clothes. They were paying attention to the fact that you don't have a baby and immediately fit into your old clothes.
Got that right. I remember being quite upset that I still needed to wear my maternity clothes for a bit, after giving birth!
@@karphin1: it’s rare that women fit into their regular clothes right after giving birth, but I did take care of one lady who actually lost weight during her pregnancy. She was a bit heavy when she got pregnant because she ate whatever she wanted. Once she found out that she was pregnant, she followed her OB doctors healthy meal plans. When she was discharge from the hospital, even her regular clothes were baggy!
This was Dick Van Dyke's favorite episode. A few seconds later Rob says to Mr. Peters "Why didn't you tell me?" and Peters says "And miss the look on your face?" LOL!!!!! By far one of the top 5 episodes of this brilliantly-written show.
I like this episode ("That's My Boy??"), but two I like better: "Don't Go On That Mountain" & "It May Look Like a Walnut."
@@christopherdunne7848 - I always recall the closet full of walnuts and the eye in the back of the head. A great show with a flock of great comedians and comediennes! Dick, Mary, Rosemarie, Carl Reiner, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon. Still funny today. There were so many great shows then like Sid Caesar and Ernie Kovacs.
I liked the “Sneaky Camera” episode where the gang is sleeping overnight in a supposedly haunted cabin unaware they’re on a hidden camera tv show.
Gazzara5 Why is it every clip on RUclips that has a harmless joke in it has some jackass like you in the message board saying "Today this would be..." or "We couldn't do this today because..." All you idiots say the same thing. Just shut up and laugh at the clip. Keep your stupid ass, simple-minded political commentary to yourself.
Greg Morris on Mission impossible was my childhood hero. To this day I hear Mission impossible music in my head whenever I work on an electronic device.
The clip just missed the funniest line of this scene. Rob says, "Laura, did you know that one out of ten million mothers has the wrong baby?" Laura responds, "That's a neat trick. How does she do that?" Brilliant writing, brilliantly delivered.
YEARS ago I saw this filmed in person and it was a lot of fun...I miss those years of great TV so I watch a lot of the older stuff here ...
Wow. That's fantastic. How old were you
@@Kinobambino thats rude ..you never ask a lady her age ,she 29 and counting
@@johnnyllooddte3415 everybody should be proud of their age and experience. But ye my mother says she's still 21
Wow! Were you on the filming crew or related to someone on the staff, etc.?
keri caye Wow! That is so awesome!
I’ve binging this show for the last two weeks and let me tell you my jaw absolutely hit the ground with this scene. This episode one of the best in the series.
" Rob, all I see is our baby with a blue foot ..."
The funniest scene on TV.
The one where Robs on the radio going for the record, he starts crying reading the news where there’s a cat stuck in an elm tree on maple street.
Elm tree on MAPLE street! That would do me in too
Apparently the producers were worried it would be seen as racist, but Dick pointed out it would not be mocking the Peters', but mocking Rob instead.
Today people would still claim this as "racist' if it were a current series. Even though there's nothing offensive or mocking about it. Just good humor used in an awkward situation.
@@kendallrivers1119 Some people seem to intentionally look for reasons to be offended.
@@kurtkensson2059 I know. They're so pathetic I almost feel sorry for them... almost lol.
@@kurtkensson2059 That's the definition of "wokeness "!
You'll notice them by not putting shopping carrs back into the corrals, taking too long at that drive-up ATMs, driving in the right lane on city street, and then driving too slow in the left lane on the highway.
I'm old enough to complain about idiots...
I would say that the Dick van Dyke show was, and is, my all time favorite sitcom
I remember in the show "the Middle" with Jerry Van Dyke. His brother (Dick) was coming to visit and he told his daughter in the law to move the otttoman because his brother would trip right over it when he came in the door. Very funny.
you don't get out much, do you?
You would, except for what?
1. I Love Lucy
2. seinfeld
3. All in the Family
4. Fresh prince
5. Dukes of Hazard
@@dj3114 Many recall that the opening sequence had a version where Rob (DvD) trips over that ottoman, and one where he notices it just in time and dodges to the side. But there was a third version few recall, where after he dodged it, he steps on his own foot and trips anyway.
I love when Rob does his "Man-of-the-house" voice.
I know... Thst line was so funny... 😂
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" was comedic gold. Multi talented performers. Such a sweet and simple time.
xoxo The Clarences
Absolutely terrific show. My friend's father was a big fan and I recall how surprised he was to find out that I loved the show. He would watch a rerun and then "quiz" me on it to see if I could recall the episode. What a great show and great time. Just brilliant.
@@gmtbird677 AB-SO-LUTE-LY!!! xoxo The Clarences
RIP, Carl Reiner. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks carl
Reiner was a perv and his son is no better.
RIP Mary. You were loved by the whole world for over half a century.
Where is the longest laugh on this video.
When Rob goes to the door and asks the Peters couple to come in, the audience had no clue that they were black until they walked in because Rob had kept saying they had the wrong baby. I read that the producers had to cut back to Laura when editing the show because the audience laugh was so long. This is what aired. It was brilliantly written.
It was edited down for time in it's original showing. LOL
You know what's so sad. Everyone thought it was going to be Valerie Harper since she had Brain Cancer and Mary dies. May she rest in peace. I remember when I was a Kid watching the Opening Sequence of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and admiring how Brave she was to drive halfway across the Country but in reality she was just Driving to another City.
I watch these episodes about a better time in history, thinking how beautiful she was. Hard to believe MTM was actually so liberal.
I was a flight attendant years ago working first class from Atlanta to Las Vegas. Greg Morris was in first class. I remember it so well as he was such a friendly nice guy. I commented on how I was surprised at how tall he was. He said people often were since on Mission Impossible he was acting with very tall actors. We played blackjack in the galley for straws to pass the time! In all the years I flew, Greg Morris was one of the most memorable celebrities I met. Love this clip of him on the Dick Van Dyke show.
That's a great story. He seems from how he acts to be a nice guy. Sometimes those things just have a way of showing.
It's not often you see someone taller than Dick on the show.
That's a young Greg Morris that entered through that door. He wasn't supposed to laugh, but he just couldn't help it, and they left it in.
Yes, that was supposed to be Morris's reaction, in the script. The rest of the scene, is DVD asking why "didnt you tell me", and Morris says, wanted to see the look on your face. So, when Morris comes through the door, thats his character doing just that, reacting to seeing the "look on his face", which in character, Morris has that laugh.
I don't think I could hold it in either! That was priceless.
Pre-Mission Impossible Greg Morris. What a shock!
This made me laugh today the same way I laughed at it when I first saw it. This time however I got a little misty eyed too. One of the best sitcoms of all time. RIP Mr Reiner. Ms Moore. Mr Morris. Mr Paris. Ms Guilbert. Rose Marie. Morey.
oh man 💕💕💕👍🏽💔
I’ve seen this many times and laugh hysterically each time. Clearly the funniest 2 minutes in television history.
Have you seen the “All in the Family” episode where Archie was in the hospital and got along wonderfully with his roommate? The curtain between their beds was always drawn so they couldn’t see each other but, eventually, his roommate went over to Archie’s bed to help him with something. That’s when Archie saw that he was black. The look on Carol O’Connor’s face was SO funny - the live audience couldn’t stop laughing. I think it’s equally as funny as this DvD Show moment.
I have seen every episode multiple times... it is still one of if not my favorite comedy of all time
Radical comedy in 1963. Genius. Best sitcom ever. If you don't know it, find it. Trust me.
I like how the guy playing Mr Peters tried to stay in character but just gave up and kept on laughing ...
He played on Mission Impossible remember
coporal4 Yes, I do remember that actor from Mission Impossible, and I totally enjoy that show. But I wish that we could get along now, the way that those fictional characters got along back then in the 1960s.
krottfay Well it was all for entertainment.. Outside of the industry their was still Civil Rights being violated and for even those within the industry that some of there parts were type-cast.. I use to see Amos and Andy on TV and thought they were funny till I found it that on the radio version it was two white guys and at times they used black-face.. The world is in a Tizzy and has been headed towards what we have now since the Cuban Missile Crisis.. All in all.. Their programs were more entertaining and had very good plots.. The movies weren't as realistic and you still got the message.. I was very blessed to have seen that era of America. I applaud a lot of things the newer world is doing and I condemn other things, but FAMILY is the nucleus it means: F-Father and M-Mother, I , L-Love , Y-You
coporal4 Greg Morris. Classy guy all around.
coporal4 And his son played the shifty lawyer on Seinfeld.
This episode was way ahead of its time. For the same reason, I also love the episode "The Man from My Uncle".
Godfrey died so young...I loved him in the President's Analyst.
Those darn nut chewies! I don't have a single friend that has ever seen Pres. Analyst, except for one to which I showed it. It's fun for the Amphicar too.
I've been watching the whole series on netflix. This and the Andy Griffith show (also on netflix ) are my two favorites from that era.
Good taste I agree with you
Me Too!! Love the one from Season 4 where he brings the little motorcycle home :)
I am halfway through I Love Lucy and the Lucy Show. Need some more shows of that Era. Whats it name? Beside the Andy Griffith Show.
Patrick Bittel same!
They are STILL simply perfect.
This is my all time favorite of all of the Duck Van Dyke shows. I temper it as a kid and have watched it too many times to remember and I still have time for one more look. Who ever wrote the script is a Genius !
This was pretty ground breaking in 1963.
Southern sheriffs were tear gassing and setting dogs on Black demonstrators that year.
@@devildoll9929 yeah and Democrat governors told them to do it.
@@msh6865 You're still bitching about something that happened nearly 60 years ago. Meanwhile the GOP is banning the teaching of Black history in schools and is hell-bent on preventing Black and Brown people from voting. That's not Jim Crow in the 1960s. That's Jim Crow today, courtesy of Republicans.
Ron DeSantis is the most racist governor since George Wallace and Lest Maddox.
@@msh6865 Yep, because Republican governors were just filled with love for their fellow men and women.
In all seriousness, what does political affiliation have to do with devildoll9929's comment?
No, it wasn't. It was standard fare. The difference from today is they didn't try to make a statement about racism then.
They left out the tagline (still remembered fifty years later!)
DVD asked why Peters didn't tell him over the phone, and he replied "What--and miss the expression on your face?!"
Sammie Davis Jr. kissing Archie Bunker was a long laugher too.
That is quite possibly the most iconic moment in the history of television
They left out the best part. Rob says, why didn't you tell me and mr Peterson says, and miss out on that look on your face, lol
I read that the show had to be stopped because the audience laughed so hard for so long.
I recently started watching this on Netflix. I can't stop. Whenever I have free time between classes, work, and homework, I'm watching this. It is brilliant and way funnier than a lot of the stuff on tv today.
I liked Millie too. Very funny
@@lawrencephelps3181-She was a hoot! Wasn't she a hoot?
What a hoot! (I was trying to pull a Millie there!😂)
@@southernoregoncatmom6519 A hoot and a holler.
Actor Greg Morris would soon go on to greater fame as a permanent cast member of the TV series "Mission Impossible," and most sitcom fans know his son Phil Morris was the iconic lawyer Jackie Chiles on "Seinfeld."
Wow, didn't know that about "Jackie Chiles". What a great character.
Not even for a second...where has all the great humor gone? This is so great!
Isn't it amazing that a sitcom more than 50+ years old is STILL funnier than anything on TV/streaming services today? Just shows you what great writing and comic performances can do!
This scene has stood out vividly in my memory ever since I saw it -- when I was a kid!
This was an hysterical episode, one of my favorites.
My whole family watched this together when it first aired and we almost died laughing!
Love these old shows! Writers and actors so great. No relying on easy ,stupid adolescent sex jokes, like today's garbage.
+Cynthia Crowley Says the lady whose avatar is of herself in a bikini and who also likes "In Da Club".
+PrimitivEFuturE Yeah, and I'm also 51 yrs old, a cancer survivor, and have a splendid IQ, and am eclectic, Wtf is it to you? Liking 50cent, and wearing a bikini at my age doesn't mean I enjoy dirty network TV. 😜 Last time I checked, it's called having a personality.😍 Enjoy your Sunday. I shall. 💙
+Cynthia Crowley WTF does cancer survivor have to do with anything? I'm in the middle of treatment for APL leukemia myself. Why is it relevant? Do you always play that card?
+PrimitivEFuturE My point exactly. Wtf does a song and a bikini have to do with a show? Show yourself, hahaha. A bikini;very avant-garde, lol lol lol...
+Cynthia Crowley If you can't see the hypocrisy of your statement, nothing I can say will enlighten you. I may try the cancer card myself next time, though. Thanks for that pro tip.
Greg Morris could not keep a straight face there.
MrHeadbanger366 I was just mentioning to my coworker that I had aviator glasses just like his on Mission Impossible.
@@marylhere Now the song's stuck in my head.
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Why should he keep a straight face? Even as his character it was funny. They cut off the lines where Rob asked "Why didn't you tell me?" and Greg responded "And miss the look on your face?"
It's shame there is no copy of the unedited version--Dick has said most of it was taken out, as it went on and on and on...
This was hilarious and dealt with in such a good natured, classy and humorous way. Sad thing is there are folks today that would STILL find this "racist" and "offensive" if it aired as a current show today. Take me back to the easy going times, man lol. Thank God for METV.
If you have over the air television the Decades channels shows 4 episodes a day. Two at 3:00 PM and two at 10:00 PM EST.
That’s a bit of an exaggeration. Most ppl wouldn’t find this offensive at all.
@@FrshJurassicPrnceYA People on the left would. They're such thin-skinned nuts.
What about it is racist 😂 nobody is offended
Yes, "the easy going times" of segregation, Birmingham church bombing killings of 4 black schoolgirls, murders of 3 civil rights workers, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, Kennedy & MLK assassinations.
This is one of the most perfect episodes in a perfect series.
"why didn't you tell me on the phone!?"
"and miss the expression on your face?"
One of the best shows ever!! I remember this episode. Very funny. This scene was sort of a shock at the time but played very well. I think it would play well today too. Very cute.
"Oh Rob!!"
I really liked that show,but my favorite episode was the one about the walnuts.it was the funniest ever.
I was scared of that one when l was a kid.
The writing on this show was absolutely second to none!
One of THE best shows...EVER!
Thanks again, Carl Reiner! RIP
Loved this show! It always made you laugh. RIP Mary.
Laura's friendliness and acceptance of Mrs. Peters is so authentic! Two new mothers greeting each other is so nice. Yes, let Rob deal with his issue, but the ladies are so accommodating.
Great scene!
RIP Mary Tyler Moore! Loved you as Laura!
I always wanted to meet MTM and ask her to say, "Oh Rob!" (@1:11). That emotional catch phrase put "Laura Petrie" on the map.
Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith Show were some of the best written and performed shows in TV history. They will endure as classics and were way ahead of their time in humor. Floyd the barber and Barney...Lol!
What I love most about this episode is that I was born on the same day as Greg Morris's son in real life (Phil, now a prolific actor in his own right). Far as I know, though, my father never tried to have us switched.
Probably just as well. I would have made a lousy Jackie Chiles on "Seinfeld".
Ah, yes. the 2nd TV Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz between David Odgen Styres and David Harewood
Btw, they're real, and they're spectacular.
I remember watching this as it first aired. It is still the funniest scene in a sitcom ever.
This scene is a triumph, a 1-derful, glorious moment of TV history !!! The studio moguls feared about the outcome when the idea was originally pitched to them but Producer Sheldon Leonard (that bartender Nick in It's A Wonderful Life) convinced them that there would be absolutely no offense to the black people in the storyline, but quite the opposite, the joke is on Rob Petrie's character. Greg Morris' spontaneous reaction when he saw Dick Van Dyke's face only added more humor to the scene. Marvelous, respectful comedy !!! Could watch this a thousand times and enjoy it the same every time. And MTM was so beautiful, a great actress !!!
Blessings from San Juan PR !!!
Mr. Peters was played by Greg Morris (1933 - 1996). He was best known for portraying Barney Collier on 'Mission: Impossible' and Lt. David Nelson on 'Vega$.'
I believe that’s Barney from Mission Impossible. I’m 75 and can’t remember why I just came in the room but can remember a tv character from 40 years ago😂😂😂
I keep thinking, if this concept had been used on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Modern Family, or any other comedy today, it would end with slapped faces, humiliation and name-calling all around. I miss the days when kindness and forgiveness could also be considered funny.
Seinfeld really sucked.
@@dukeman7595 I know you posted this comment a year ago but you are so right! A show that brags about being about nothing, has its collective head up its arse.
Aww, brings back memories. I loved Laura Petri, she was my childhood crush. The world would be a much better place if there were more like her.
I actually found this show by accident. I don't remember anybody in my family, not even my Dad, watching the reruns. I didn't see this show till Nick at Nite in the early '90s. Fortunately, at the time I was watching Bullwinkle every day right before NAN and oftentimes I'd be too lazy to get up and I'd watch Get Smart too, and after that would be Dick Van Dyke. Which in turn led to me watching the Mary Tyler Moore show too!
Thanks to Tubi I am able to watch all 5 seasons of this great show, not only was the writing superb and the pacing sometimes at a manic hilarious level but also Dick Van Dykes dancing and physical comedy was the best I have ever seen, much better and inventive than John Ritter on "Threes Company".
laying the groundwork for All in the Family later...i can only imagine what Archie would do with THAT one O.o
Probably the same reaction he had when Sammy Davis Jr. kissed him on the cheek for a photographer. :D
I feel like Michael (Meathead) would have been the one freaking out about Gloria having the wrong baby, and that Archie would have bust a gut at Michael's stunned reaction to meeting the other parents.
Great ep, but when Greg walks thru the door. I see Barney from Mission Impossible every time, was one of my favs back then !
He planted a bug on the baby and had been listening to everything Rob did ...
Ha! Greg Morris in an early episode of "Mission Impossible"
Also, to have the great comedy and with NO swearing just makes it better!!
Terrific show, they don’t make them like that anymore
I think the funniest one was when Rob thought Laura was an alien and she come out the closet on a million nuts. ahahaa OMG that is funny just thinking about it, then she had her back to him and said I can see you because she was supposed to have eyes in the back of her head. THAT was too funny.
That one actually frightened me when I was seven years old. My maternal aunt was a ringer for Mary Tyler Moore and that really threw me too.
“Don’t touch my eyes!”
It Might look like a walnut...
@@TralfazConstruction I know what you mean. Even with the humor, for someone very young that was still a scary episode, the acting was so good.
What truly wonderful acting and writing. One sees in the sitcoms of that era how fully human the characters were, as much so as would be in a realistic drama. I'm afraid something has been lost since then as today the acting style leans toward a kind of cartoon reality, you know, with parody like comedic exaggeration. The Dick Van Dyke cast were people you felt you could really get to know...The bond between the audience and the characters at that time must have been much stronger...
Well said! With Rob and Laura and even other characters on the show we knew something about their lives before. They were believable characters. I've seen some sitcoms here and there where people sounded like they were just saying what was memorized, not really talking. The people on the "Dick Van Dyke Show" were people you could have met in real life. Maybe not quite as much but I also found the characters on "Roseanne" to be very much like people from my own life.
A lot of that has to do with the fact that in nineteen sixty three there are only three noteworks. Now there are hundreds.
The talent pool has been spread out.
@@andrewbrendan1579 Carl had said that virtually every character other than Rob and Laura were based on people he knew.
One of the best shows ever on TV!
I was in my single digit years when this was run on Nick @ Nite… but it came on so late I couldn’t stay up to watch…. after this 2mins… I’m watching it!
The way DVD shakes his head up and down with that facial expression when she asks him if he thinks it's the wrong baby is hilarious!
This show was a masterpiece start to finish...WAY more class than anything on now
Greg Morris was a guest star on another DVD Show, it was an episode about a song that Rob wrote and a guy from his Army days basically stole it from him, Rob goes to this guys office and Morris' character is there also to see the song thief! I want to say the name of the song was "Bupkis" or something like that. The cut this clip too short.
@Tom Reedy I have the series on DVD (DVD on DVD!!), and that's a great episode too. You'll end up looking up the words tzimmes and flablungent.
Correct! That is the name of the episode.
From the opening episode of season three, "That's My Boy??" [September 25, 1963]; Greg Morris is the father. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard and producer Carl Reiner had to convince CBS to let them film this climax, because the network was wary of how viewers might react to the "surprise"....
I just saw this for the first time last week on CBS. It was digitally colorized.
I hate to see production companies 'colorize' classic B&W TV shows.
This cut before the Peter’s revealed that they knew were aware of the comical mistake the whole time. Mr. peters said he wanted to see the look on Rob’s face when they showed up. That makes the scene even funnier.
she was so pretty as Laura
I saw the episode when it aired. Unexpecterd and very funny.
A lot of old stuff didn't age well but this is honestly still funny today.
You see? See how civil and polite things used to be? God how I miss those days when people actually were careful how they acted.
Wonderful show but not everything was sweetness and light in 1963.
I heard that Dick Van Dyke didn't know who was at the door and he just as surprised.
I remember so well seeing this when it first aired hillarious!
Old fashioned humor at its absolute best. I grew up watching this show and so many more. Still love the re-runs over anything else that is on television.
Thanks for this!! I watched the show as a teenager and thought I'd seen 'em all, but had never seen this until you showed it. Wow. I"m glad I grew up then and not now.
This episode, and Laura getting her toe stuck in the bathtub faucet. Every male in America saw it in their minds and nearly died!
It's still hilarious, and wholesome.
This was my favorite episode of all. I still laugh out loud.
Light years ahead of its time. The audience response says it all.
That scene could not be done today...
...without some idiot Republican crying "woke!"
The writers were on fire with this episode as were Dick and MTM! 😂😂😂
Priceless!
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I think this might have been the last episode of this show I ever saw. In the 70s, being rerun for the tenth time. I laughed like buggery at this. They were such a great couple. Bye Mary.
As soon as I read the title, I knew exactly which episode it was. This was before Mr. Peters joined the Impossible Mission Task Force. (Greg Morris played Barney Collier on the TV series, "Mission Impossible.")
I still re-watch reruns of this show. This is SUCH a funny episode. There are so many - Unhy Uftz and The Ghost of A Chantz come to mind, but there is not a bad or boring episode. A great ensemble cast, great writing - a great show. I had to edit and add the one with the inflatable boat that comes in the mail.
Uhny Uftz is in my top 5 along with Chantz.
This show and the Andy Griffith show were the standards of entertainment in the 60s
Greatest Sitcoms in History, Esspecialy Laura which is the Late Mary Tyler Moores she saids "Oh Rob." alot.
Before I started the clip, I guessed the longest laugh was from the episode where Laura opens Rob's package and the self-inflatable boat opens. But this was good too
“Honey, did a package come for me?” 😏
unbelievable !!
It's interesting because there are at least three sitcom scenes that have been touted as having the longest studio audience laugh:
1. This one.
2. Sammy Davis Jr. kissing Archie Bunker.
3. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo dancing together, and all the eggs hidden in her blouse getting crushed.
Everyone had a good laugh and everyone was gracious about it. That would never happen today.
Don't be silly..the world is not going to hell...could be you have problemas... always look on the bright side of life... imagine whistling!