Van Dyke and Company

Season 1

1975 · 12 episodes · 12h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Pilot Special

   30 Oct 1975 · 60 min

   Mary Tyler Moore, Carl Reiner, Gabe Kaplan, Ike & Tina Turner

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   2. Premiere

   20 Sept 1976 · 60 min

   Andy Kaufman played Mr. Andy, who won a fake contest on the show. Dick Van Dyke hosts a fake newscast and Andy Kaufman thinks he is a regular on the show.

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   3. John Denver

   7 Oct 1976 · 60 min

   Featured ""The Bright Family"", a pantomime routine featuring the LA Mime Company, and an appearance by Andy Kaufman

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   4. The Spinners

   14 Oct 1976 · 60 min

   Dick Van Dyke featured guests ""The Spinners"", ""George Foreman"" and ""Freddie Prinze"". Featured skits were the regular Bright Family and Pantomime routines as well as a performance by the Spinners

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   5. Hal Linden, The Sylvers

   28 Oct 1976 · 60 min

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   6. Carol Burnett, Sha Na Na

   11 Nov 1976 · 60 min

   Guest: Carol Burnett. Other appearances: the L.A. Mime Company, and Barry Van Dyke. Dick and Carol do a mime sketch about a carnival darts booth and a nearsighted customer. Andy Kaufmann does a lip-sync routine to Old MacDonald.

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   7. Harvey Korman, Lola Falana

   18 Nov 1976 · 60 min

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   8. Freddie Prinze, George Foreman, The Spinners

   25 Nov 1976 · 60 min

   Dick Van Dyke featured guests ""The Spinners"", ""George Foreman"" and ""Freddie Prinze"". Featured skits were the regular Bright Family and Pantomime routines as well as a performance by the Spinners

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   9. Sid Caesar, Donna Fargo

   2 Dec 1976 · 60 min

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    10. Lucille Ball, The Lockers

    9 Dec 1976 · 60 min

    Lucy and Dick start with a physical comedy sketch set in "The New You Shop." Dick's monologue demonstrates the differences 'The Family Hour' has on programming. Lucy plays a fading TV star who won't allow Dick to tell her that her show is canceled. Andy Kaufman interrupts Dick and Lucy to do his impressions. Dick and Lucy play an elderly couple celebrating their 40th anniversary in a sketch where she continually tries to kill him to get her inheritance. Lucy and Dick are tourists trying to take the perfect photograph in a tropical setting. The Lockers perform a dance ...

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    11. Bobbie Gentry, John Byner

    16 Dec 1976 · 60 min

    In this Christmas special we have song numbers and skits including: a wife who's big husband comes home to find Dick and a friend with her alone, fighting Santa's, and a special gift under the Christmas tree -- Andy Kaufman.

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    12. Tom Smothers, Jim McKay, Sha Na Na

    30 Dec 1976 · 60 min