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      • From 1961 to 1966, Van Dyke starred in the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, in which he portrayed a comedy writer named Rob Petrie. Carl Reiner conceived the program and cast himself as the lead in the pilot, but CBS insisted on recasting, and Reiner chose Van Dyke to replace him in the role.
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  2. Jun 24, 2021 · Dick Van Dyke, who played Rob Petrie, went on to have a decades-spanning career that continues to this day. We can't possibly cover anywhere near everything he's done here, which is a...

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  3. Back in the summer of 1958, Carl Reiner, already an established writer and supporting actor on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, sought to create a sitcom in which he would star.

  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally titled Head of the Family and the lead was played by show creator Carl Reiner; network executives recast Van Dyke in the role after seeing his...

  5. Jul 2, 2022 · In fact, his IMDb credits show only a handful of credits after the end of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," two of which have him reprising his famous character in retrospective projects like 2004's...

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons.

  7. Dec 7, 2018 · On May 11 2004, CBS aired a reunion special, The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited. Produced by Carl Reiner, the show reunited cast members Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Larry Mathews, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Jerry Van Dyke. Reiner reprised his role as Alan Brady.

  8. Sep 12, 2012 · Reiner gave himself the lead role, but after a failed pilot, the show was recast for Broadway star Dick Van Dyke, who was more of an Everyman (i.e., not Jewish). That version made it to the air...