Sitcom: The Dick Van Dyke Show by ric gustafson
There were two essential reasons for The Dick Van Dyke Show which ran on CBS from 1961 to 1966. First, it elevated the sitcom's interest in television. Second, it focused on the suburban tales of a white American middle class family.
Carl Reiner was a writer on the comedy series ' Your Show of Shows' and wrote for Sid Caesar. One day, he came up with an idea for a series about writers writing for a television comedy series. He got the ok for a pilot and now had to find a cast. One day, he was watching a Broadway show called ' Bye Bye Birdie' when he noticed the young star in it. Dick Van Dyke was a gawky loose-limbed combination that mirrored Fred Astaire and Stan Laurel. He was picked to play Rob Petrie. At an audition for actresses, Reiner noticed a twenty four year old named Mary Tyler Moore. She was chosen to play Laura Petrie. Fellow writers Buddy was played by Morey Amsterdam and Sally was played by Rose Marie. In the final episode of the show, Rob finally completes the memoir he had been working on only to find publishers not interested in it. This mirrored Reiner's life.
research help: ' Sitcom' by Saul Austerlitz
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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