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The Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

10 Episodes 1988 - 1988

Episode 1

Opening Night

Wed, Oct 26, 1988

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Episode 2

Dick Stops Smoking

Wed, Nov 2, 1988

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Episode 3

My Favorite Person

Wed, Nov 9, 1988

Matt is feeling jealous of his father's popularity with the theater staff. His jealousy boils over when he reads an essay his young son wrote for school called "My Favorite Person" which he assumes is about himself, but is about his grandfather. He then resolves to be more fun, and less serious...which proves to be a disaster when Al is left in charge of the theater during the next evening's show starring a french mime. For one thing Al oversells the available tickets, gives the usher the night off to go on a date so he has to show everyone to their seats himself, and introduce the mime's various acts onstage. Matt sees this and realizes that if "they were both fun, they'd both end up starving" so he goes back to being himself.

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Episode 4

Death Can Be Catching

Wed, Nov 16, 1988

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Episode 5

Fatal Condo

Wed, Nov 30, 1988

Dick mistakenly thinks that his son and daughter-in-law want him to move out when he over-hears them speculating as to whether he is happy living with them.

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Episode 6

The Benefit

Wed, Dec 7, 1988

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Episode 7

The Revival

Fri, Jan 22, 1988

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Episode 8

A Dark and Stormy Night

Fri, Jan 22, 1988

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Episode 9

Chris' Old Flame

Fri, Jan 22, 1988

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Episode 10

Dick Burgess: Between the Sheets

Fri, Jan 22, 1988

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