page_title: The Dick Van Dyke Show
section_title: Theme
hierarchical_section_title: The Dick Van Dyke Show / Theme
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo from The Dick Van Dyke Show. Pictured are Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) and Rob (Dick Van Dyke) Petrie. When Buddy's wife, Pickles, goes out of town, Buddy becomes the Petrie's house guest.
context_page_description: The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. It was produced by Calvada Productions in association with the CBS Television Network and Desilu Studios. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, and Mary Tyler Moore. It centered on the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. 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 the series was ranked at 13 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time and in 2013 it was ranked at 20 on their list of the 60 Best Series.
context_section_description: The show's theme was by Earle Hagen, who also wrote many other TV series themes, including those for The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, USMC, I Spy, and The Mod Squad.
  In a 2010 interview on National Public Radio, Van Dyke revealed Morey Amsterdam's lyrics for the show's theme song:
  So you think that you've got trouble?
  Well, trouble's a bubble
  So tell old Mr. Trouble to get lost!
  Why not hold your head up high and
  Stop cryin', start tryin'
  And don't forget to keep your fingers crossed.
  When you find the joy of livin'
  Is lovin' and givin'
  You'll be there when the winning dice are tossed.
  A smile is just a frown that's turned upside down
  So smile, and that frown will defrost.
  And don't forget to keep your fingers crossed.
caption: While his wife is away, Buddy becomes the Petries' houseguest.
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