  the dick van dyke show is an american television sitcom that initially aired on cbs from october 3, 1961, until june 1, 1966. the show was created by carl reiner and starred dick van dyke, rose marie, morey amsterdam and mary tyler moore. it centered on the work and home life of television comedy writer rob petrie (van dyke). the show was produced by reiner with bill persky and sam denoff. the music for the show's theme song was written by earle hagen. the series won 15 emmy awards. in 1997, the episodes "coast-to-coast big mouth" and "it may look like a walnut" were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on tv guide's 100 greatest episodes of all time. in 2002, it was ranked at 13 on tv guide's 50 greatest tv shows of all time. == premise == the two main settings show the work and home life of rob petrie (dick van dyke), the head writer of a comedy/variety show produced in manhattan. viewers are given an "inside look" at how a television show (the fictitious the alan brady show) was wr
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