@@mescko I put it up there but the scene where Alan Brady says to his toupees "this is the little lady who put you out of business" about Laura, in Coast to Coast Big Mouth, has to be my favorite.
I've always wondered what the "eaves" in "eavesdropping" meant? After 60 years of wondering, I finally checked it out! ... The term eavesdrop derives from the practice of *actually standing under the eaves of a house, listening to conversations inside!* Who knew? Who would have ever guessed?
Buddy and Sally are such a great chorus, they comment and make fun of everything when things get heated. Buddy can still make me laugh out loud “you didn’t give them the house?” 😂😂😂😂 Such a real episode. When I was a teenager I recorded every single episode of this show on VHS. I had like 10 tapes all labeled and organized. This show helped raise me, a bit of all of them is in me forever .
This was always one of my favorite episodes. The part where Laura is acting out "On The Street Where You Live" is hilarious! Buddy's reaction: "This is a new game, World War 3." Actually, I.made the dip and it's pretty good.
Dick Van Dyke was known for his visual/physical comedy as he shows in other episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show yet this episode All About Eavesdropping is one of the best written dialogs from all 5 season with great zingers throughout.
The funniest thing is that they DID give Jerry and Millie the house- per Season 4, Episode 25 ...and Rob and Laura got stuck with the house with the huge rock in the basement. But they didn't know that yet since this was only Season 3, Episode 5. The continuity in this show was AWFUL. The Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad continuity staff's grandparents should've been hired since their continuity through 11 seasons including a prequel was impeccable. AND, of course, the rock in the basement completely threw off the continuity of the Hustling the Hustler episode (S2 E5) in which Rob DID have a pool table in the basement. And, of course, Buddy said he WAS Bar Mitzvahed long before he became Bar Mitzvahed in Season 5. And, of course, Rob told Sally Stacey was married long before it was determined he was never married, etc... The list of continuity errors goes on and on..but STILL - the Dick Van Dyke Show was the BEST sitcom of ALL time due to the tremendous talent of the cast.
@@dsscam I thought Rob and Laura gave the house with the rock to Jerry and Millie. That’s why Rob paid Jerry so much every year for draining water out of his basement from the rock. The tax accountant asked Rob about that expense.
This is for me the funniest episode. The party scene is absolutely hilarious. Buddy's quips and the charades had me almost crying with laughter. And Rob and Laura, first at the door and later at the side door, echoed the Grant Wood painting, only even stiffer and grimmer. I love how they both got to play the less nice part of themselves.
Early sixties was when cereal companies really ramped up their marketing. I was born in 1961 and I remember as a little kid getting a full cooked breakfast every morning, gradually my mom transitioned to just a bowl of cold cereal or oatmeal.
I think I first saw this episode when it first went into syndication in 1968 or so. I was qbout 7 or 8 years old. When Sally ended what I thought was an emdearing, innocent little tune and it ends with "She's really uncle Fred", which came as a shock and i fell back laughing so hard my stomach cramped all the way to the ER because I'd hit my head on the coffee table edge when i threw it back laughing. 😂
One of my favorite episodes. I liove Buddy and Sally, bystanders wisecracking their way through an awkward situation, trying to figure out WTF is going on with Rob and Laura.
This show really brings out the magic and good times of classic Hollywood acting. Dick, Mary and the rest of the cast look like they're enjoying themselves in character!
this is one of my favorite episodes. but i have a lot of favorite episodes of this show. i sure wish i could have friends as reasonable and forgiving as rob, laura, jerry, millie, bob, carol, ted and alice.
It's natural that Millie would be more willing to forgive than Jerry. She and Laura were friends since their USO days, which is fairly long, more than Rob and Jerry. Rob and Jerry probably met because their wives were friends. Millie knew Laura before she met Rob.
I've seen this episode so often yet never noticed the resin grapes on the shelf. I have the last and only surviving bunch of these grapes my mom made. I still think of them when I smell that odor from her pouring the liquid into the little glass globes.
Can anyone out there tell me what that piano piece is that Rob is playing at the end?? Sounds like Bach but it's got a sort of 1960s chord change their lol..... Really pretty and have been wondering about that for a long time! 🤔
@@keouine well that narrows it down lol! Just kidding since he had 20 😆 Can you believe I even asked a piano teacher about this and she said that chord change "couldn't have" (??) existed during that period of music.... oh man this i's going to drive me nuts! 🤓🤣
It has to be something Bach...I tried to Shazam it but no luck... I don't think there was enough played. But when I looked up Albert Schweitzer (61 & I had no idea who he was...that or I forgot) it said..."Albert Schweitzer was a gifted interpreter of Bach" so it fits with Rob's last line.
@munkustrap2 Oh hey- great job on that research! That's right- I had also wondered what the reference to Albert Schweitzer was as well so thanks at least for solving THAT part of the mystery! 😄
You were supposed to, yes. Our house did, although only Granma played it. I recall a long-running television commercial with a jingle saying, "Who would have thought we could afford a grand piano of our own?", showing a happy family surrounding their brand-new piano.
"We say less nasty things about you than any of our other neighbors." Pretty deep for a punchline. Captures adult friendships perfectly. This is the only episode directed by Stanley Cherry, letting Jerry just be an actor for this episode. Propspotting: 1. Check out that slipper-shaped dish thing on the Helper's coffee table. It's so funky. It looks right out of the 80s. 2. I haven't identified Millie's china yet, but the coffee cups look like Flintridge. 3. Rob and Laura eat their cereal from clear bowls rather than their normal ones. Probably to help us see Laura has milk and Rob doesn't. Great attention to detail from the Prop dept. Always support the story.
Yeah. It was funny how Millie and Jerry were acting like victims as if they weren't unfairly trashing and throwing accusations against their neighbors. They deserved that, and they should've apologized.
@@preetakumar6593ok, but they didn't expect to be overheard by Rob and Laura. They spoke in the privacy of their own home, they didn't announce their opinions to the whole neighborhood. Rob and Laura shouldn't have been eavesdropping in the first place. And they did it twice! There's a saying that an eavesdropper never hears anything good about themselves, and this episode is a great example of that.
7:38 Laura sounds like a sheep or a goat.🐑🐐😂 Are Richie and Freddie asleep in Freddie's room or did Rob and Laura leave Richie home alone?😱 Thanks for the upload.❤
@@JimC Yeah, they edited the audience laughter over in post. It's real laughter, but there's no way they'd be laughing at the punchline that hard if they hadn't heard it yet.
@@JimC Dick Van Dyke said so in an interview with TV Guide back in the autumn of 2005 on a retrospective of Morey Amsterdam's death and it's effect on the state of modern television.
@@mesckoswitch that with smoking weed, drinking more alcohol, consuming endless and of calories, sugar, and sodium. Obesity keeps rising. Yes different times.
These people were comic geniuses! The creativity! They've tapped into human nature and executed life's foibles flawlessly!
I could the "Charades" portion of this episode a million times and never get tired of it. It's epic.
I have the series on DVD and this charades scene is my favorite scene of the entire series.
@@mescko I put it up there but the scene where Alan Brady says to his toupees "this is the little lady who put you out of business" about Laura, in Coast to Coast Big Mouth, has to be my favorite.
This show never gets old!
One of the top episodes. So brilliantly written and acted.
One of my favorite episodes. Rob and Laura work together for a change.
I've always wondered what the "eaves" in "eavesdropping" meant? After 60 years of wondering, I finally checked it out! ... The term eavesdrop derives from the practice of *actually standing under the eaves of a house, listening to conversations inside!* Who knew? Who would have ever guessed?
Anyone with common sense.
@@gemoftheocean We can hear that from next door, Mr. Not Albert Schweizer!
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Good one!
@@gemoftheocean Uh NO, not QUITE!
(and grow Up)!
The best line of the episode! 3:37 "We've eavesdropped this long. We can eave a drop longer."
Buddy and Sally are such a great chorus, they comment and make fun of everything when things get heated. Buddy can still make me laugh out loud “you didn’t give them the house?” 😂😂😂😂 Such a real episode. When I was a teenager I recorded every single episode of this show on VHS. I had like 10 tapes all labeled and organized. This show helped raise me, a bit of all of them is in me forever .
Advice from my mama that I carry today: What other people have to say about me behind my back is none of my business.
Fabulous episode of a fabulous old TV show!😃👍
He speaks the truth!
This was always one of my favorite episodes. The part where Laura is acting out "On The Street Where You Live" is hilarious! Buddy's reaction: "This is a new game, World War 3." Actually, I.made the dip and it's pretty good.
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Robs face when Laura is acting out the song is hilarious too he is makin faces at Jerry absolutely side splitting funny!
Dick Van Dyke was known for his visual/physical comedy as he shows in other episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show yet this episode All About Eavesdropping is one of the best written dialogs from all 5 season with great zingers throughout.
Another CLASSIC episode. 13:20-- It turns out they DID give them the house too!
IKR I was thinking that when Buddy said it, and Rob pays him monthly too as I recall because of the rock
This has got to be my favorite episode, and that's saying something!
Malicious accusery! I split a gut when Buddy said "You didn't give 'em the house?
YES! A long set-up from 11:56 finally gets to the punch line after 13:17! And with PERFECT TIMING! BRILLIANT!
That was hilarious 😂
The funniest thing is that they DID give Jerry and Millie the house- per Season 4, Episode 25 ...and Rob and Laura got stuck with the house with the huge rock in the basement. But they didn't know that yet since this was only Season 3, Episode 5. The continuity in this show was AWFUL. The Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad continuity staff's grandparents should've been hired since their continuity through 11 seasons including a prequel was impeccable. AND, of course, the rock in the basement completely threw off the continuity of the Hustling the Hustler episode (S2 E5) in which Rob DID have a pool table in the basement. And, of course, Buddy said he WAS Bar Mitzvahed long before he became Bar Mitzvahed in Season 5. And, of course, Rob told Sally Stacey was married long before it was determined he was never married, etc... The list of continuity errors goes on and on..but STILL - the Dick Van Dyke Show was the BEST sitcom of ALL time due to the tremendous talent of the cast.
@@dsscam I thought Rob and Laura gave the house with the rock to Jerry and Millie. That’s why Rob paid Jerry so much every year for draining water out of his basement from the rock. The tax accountant asked Rob about that expense.
This is for me the funniest episode. The party scene is absolutely hilarious. Buddy's quips and the charades had me almost crying with laughter. And Rob and Laura, first at the door and later at the side door, echoed the Grant Wood painting, only even stiffer and grimmer. I love how they both got to play the less nice part of themselves.
This is one of my favorite episodes..❤
One of my favorites!
Great show. Nice that each person was accountable and responsible for their actions.
14:28 is my favorite moment. There is something so hilarious about seeing her do that.
This is a very funny episode
Hiw many people tried to make avocado and peanut butter dip after this episode 😂?
Funny and heartfelt, good episode.
That is one of my favourite episodes. It makes me laugh out loud. 🇨🇦
Great episode... cheered me up, thank you 🩷💗🩷💗🩷
I can't believe that I never saw this particular episode. I love it.
One of my favourites.
That was great how both groups got the wrong idea of what was or not said by a couple of kid gadgets.
The breakfast table at 18:00. "Wakey Flakies"?!? LOL. And that little box is "Family Size"?
Early sixties was when cereal companies really ramped up their marketing. I was born in 1961 and I remember as a little kid getting a full cooked breakfast every morning, gradually my mom transitioned to just a bowl of cold cereal or oatmeal.
I was always jealous about the perfect “flip” of her hair-do.
I think I first saw this episode when it first went into syndication in 1968 or so. I was qbout 7 or 8 years old. When Sally ended what I thought was an emdearing, innocent little tune and it ends with "She's really uncle Fred", which came as a shock and i fell back laughing so hard my stomach cramped all the way to the ER because I'd hit my head on the coffee table edge when i threw it back laughing. 😂
One of my favorite episodes. I liove Buddy and Sally, bystanders wisecracking their way through an awkward situation, trying to figure out WTF is going on with Rob and Laura.
This show really brings out the magic and good times of classic Hollywood acting. Dick, Mary and the rest of the cast look like they're enjoying themselves in character!
This is the first time I saw millies house it's beautiful .
That sofa is very cool, isn't it?
What a sweet episode.
this is one of my favorite episodes. but i have a lot of favorite episodes of this show. i sure wish i could have friends as reasonable and forgiving as rob, laura, jerry, millie, bob, carol, ted and alice.
Laura reminds me of my mother, the way she dressed, the way she looked❤
I recall there being a follow up scene where Rob turns the intercom on again and Jerry fusses at him
It's natural that Millie would be more willing to forgive than Jerry. She and Laura were friends since their USO days, which is fairly long, more than Rob and Jerry. Rob and Jerry probably met because their wives were friends. Millie knew Laura before she met Rob.
Never thought of it that way. Makes sense.
I've seen this episode so often yet never noticed the resin grapes on the shelf. I have the last and only surviving bunch of these grapes my mom made. I still think of them when I smell that odor from her pouring the liquid into the little glass globes.
Can anyone out there tell me what that piano piece is that Rob is playing at the end?? Sounds like Bach but it's got a sort of 1960s chord change their lol..... Really pretty and have been wondering about that for a long time! 🤔
I can't but it's the Bachiest thing I ever heard in a 60s sitcom. if not J.S. it's gotta be from one of his musical children.
@@keouine well that narrows it down lol! Just kidding since he had 20 😆 Can you believe I even asked a piano teacher about this and she said that chord change "couldn't have" (??) existed during that period of music.... oh man this i's going to drive me nuts! 🤓🤣
It has to be something Bach...I tried to Shazam it but no luck... I don't think there was enough played. But when I looked up Albert Schweitzer (61 & I had no idea who he was...that or I forgot) it said..."Albert Schweitzer was a gifted interpreter of Bach" so it fits with Rob's last line.
@munkustrap2 Oh hey- great job on that research! That's right- I had also wondered what the reference to Albert Schweitzer was as well so thanks at least for solving THAT part of the mystery! 😄
I did not live in the sixties, is it true that every house had a piano or an organ back then?
Yes
You were supposed to, yes. Our house did, although only Granma played it. I recall a long-running television commercial with a jingle saying, "Who would have thought we could afford a grand piano of our own?", showing a happy family surrounding their brand-new piano.
I had a Magnus Chord Organ. But, I was in fifth grade at the time.
Pretty much yes they did. We had a desktop organ I always wanted a piano never got it
We had both in my house. My mom played the piano and my dad played the organ. I tried the piano, but really had no interest in either.
I’d love to live next door to Rob and Laura
I have never seen that intro before?
"We say less nasty things about you than any of our other neighbors." Pretty deep for a punchline. Captures adult friendships perfectly.
This is the only episode directed by Stanley Cherry, letting Jerry just be an actor for this episode.
Propspotting:
1. Check out that slipper-shaped dish thing on the Helper's coffee table. It's so funky. It looks right out of the 80s.
2. I haven't identified Millie's china yet, but the coffee cups look like Flintridge.
3. Rob and Laura eat their cereal from clear bowls rather than their normal ones. Probably to help us see Laura has milk and Rob doesn't. Great attention to detail from the Prop dept. Always support the story.
If you ask me, Rob and Laura were the one's being petty
I would've said DESTROY FRIENDSHIP FOREVER.
7:15 Well that joke was 6 years ahead if its time. 😂
Nothing is worse than malicious accusary.
Yeah. It was funny how Millie and Jerry were acting like victims as if they weren't unfairly trashing and throwing accusations against their neighbors. They deserved that, and they should've apologized.
@@preetakumar6593ok, but they didn't expect to be overheard by Rob and Laura. They spoke in the privacy of their own home, they didn't announce their opinions to the whole neighborhood. Rob and Laura shouldn't have been eavesdropping in the first place. And they did it twice! There's a saying that an eavesdropper never hears anything good about themselves, and this episode is a great example of that.
7:38 Laura sounds like a sheep or a goat.🐑🐐😂
Are Richie and Freddie asleep in Freddie's room or did Rob and Laura leave Richie home alone?😱
Thanks for the upload.❤
Avacado, Peanut Butter, and Mustard? 🤣
Every time I watch this episode, when they talk about the avocado and peanut butter dip I cringe. That sounds just horrible. 😝😂
Put a good tasty cracker with it and give it a try...Triscut crackers are awesome!
Yes!
You're probably leaving out the mustard.
@@HaldaneSmith 😝 even worse
A lot of these get togethers they have, Buddy never brings Pickles.
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10:51, they edit the audience laughter to censor "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre"
Rose Marie looks like she is really laughing (not her character).
Maybe not. I think the laughter was so loud it drowned out that line.
@@JimC Yeah, they edited the audience laughter over in post. It's real laughter, but there's no way they'd be laughing at the punchline that hard if they hadn't heard it yet.
@@a.KniteOwl Do they say that in the director's commentary on the DVD? Or is it documented somewhere?
@@JimC Dick Van Dyke said so in an interview with TV Guide back in the autumn of 2005 on a retrospective of Morey Amsterdam's death and it's effect on the state of modern television.
Avocado 🥑 mustard and peanut butter dip 😮🤮🤮🤮
No kidding! Yuk!
All About Eavesdropping.....it's a play on the title "All About Eve".
Remember "Three Letters from One Wife"? The Van Dyke show writers had a thing for Joe Mankiewicz movie titles.
Rob and Laura are being petty, ffs
what the hell is avocado and peanut butter dip? sounds gross
with mustard? it's 2am and they are making coffee.
What is this dip
#DATE :1963
QUIT INTERRUPTING!! 😐
Yuck. Promotting the cigarettes smoking while eating.
It was perfectly acceptable then. It was a very different time.
At one point about 75% of American adults smoked. Can ya imagine that?
@@mesckoswitch that with smoking weed, drinking more alcohol, consuming endless and of calories, sugar, and sodium. Obesity keeps rising. Yes different times.
Peanut butter, avocado, and mustard? 🤢🤮
Laura does the best Jim Breuer imitation. 07:32
laura is even sexier when she's mad.
She really is.
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