Typewriter used by Carl Reiner to write Dick Van Dyke Show scripts
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: user, owner
content: Reiner, Carl
label: Associated Name
content: Van Dyke, Dick
label: maker
content: Smith Corona
notes: label: Description
content: Smith-Corona Silent typewriter used by Carl Reiner to write the scripts for The Dick Van Dyke Show. Reiner first used this typewriter to write thirteen scripts for a show he called Head of the Family while on vacation at Fire Island, New York in 1958. A pilot for that show, starring Reiner as a beleaguered television writer named Rob Petrie, was filmed in 1960 but failed to sell. With the assistance of television producer Sheldon Leonard, Reiner retooled the show, casting rising Broadway star Dick Van Dyke in the lead and young Mary Tyler Moore as his wife. The Dick Van Dyke Show ran for 5 seasons, from 1961-1966, on CBS, with Reiner serving as producer, writer, and actor in the role of Alan Brady, Rob Petrie's demanding and vain boss.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Syracuse
label: used
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: used
content: United States: New York, West Fire Island
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: Typewriter
label: Subject
content: Writing
label: Subject
content: Humor
label: Subject
content: Comedy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carl Reiner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0140.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0140
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0140.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (soundproofing fabric material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/8 in x 13 in x 13 1/2 in; 14.9225 cm x 33.02 cm x 34.29 cm