i did a quick search, but found noting. i am 27 and a HUGE fan of the dick van dyke show, possibly a bigger fan than most of you who grew up with it! ( ;) challenge me!) i began watching the dick van dyke show in my late teens, so i've been watching religiously for ten years now. by far the best sitcom ever. anyway, i was just curious to see what the average age is of the members here. am i one of the youngest?

I'm 26. I've been watching it for about 12 years...I think. I started when it was part of the Nick@Nite line up. I can't remember when that started though.

I noticed that you live in Virginia. I live just up the road in the Shenandoah Valley. :)

wow - first reply and you're younger than me. that was a bit of a surprise.

Originally posted by Carrie
I'm 26. I've been watching it for about 12 years...I think. I started when it was part of the Nick@Nite line up. I can't remember when that started though.

I noticed that you live in Virginia. I live just up the road in the Shenandoah Valley. :)

I'm 48 and have been watching since it originally aired in the 60's. Growing up, it was always on in reruns. There was a dry spell for a while after college when it didn't seem to be on when I could watch it, but I have rarely missed it since it came on Nick at Nite a few years ago. And now with the final season coming next week, I will watch it as often as I want to. My last words to my husband Bob will probably be, "Oh, Rob!" I also live in Virginia, in Fairfax Station.

Lolac

:wave:

It's nice to meet another fellow Virginian. :)

My parents haven't said much about watching it when they were growing up, but my grandmother has. She and I were both counting down the days until The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited aired on CBS. :D

I'll be 44 in August, (now I wish I lived in Virginia too!), and I've been watching since the original episodes. My parents used to watch the show when I was a too young for school, and I watched with them. I never stopped!

Steve

wow...i guess i'm one of the youngest so far... i'll be 18 next friday!!! i've been watching the Dick Van DYke show probably since i was aroung 14... I think i started watching it as soon as i started watching the MTM show...lol... i've been addicted ever since! :)
Riley

I have a birthday coming up soon, too. I'll be 26.

22 :)

:eek: I'd have to say that I am somewhat surprised by the responses to this question. I've been hanging around this board for years, and I always thought I hung in the space between the "teens" and the "original viewers" of the show.

Although I don't usually share many personal details about myself on the internet, I guess I'll ask you to add me to the "26-years-old" club that has seemed to form around here ;)

I have a hard time remembering how long I've been watching the show. I would guess I started about 4 or 5 months before I found this website, which was over three years ago now (where does the time go?). I grew up in a house without a lot of TV access, and all I know was that this was one of the great TV shows I "discovered" my first few years living on my own and having cable TV. Over the past few years, The Dick Van Dyke Show has remained my all time favorite.

I would also have to say that I've really enjoyed this board. When I first found it, there weren’t even enough posts for more then one page. Now we are on page 13 of new posts! This place has changed a lot over the years.

I'd also have to say that although I don't have much time to post (and I don't tend to be overly talkative or opinionated to begin with) I read everything that's posted, and I feel very much like you all are my fellow group of fans. I'm always happy to get some time to come over and catch up on what's being posted. I feel like I've come to know many of you over these years.

I've noticed that since the DVDs came out, this board has seemed to come alive and stay pretty active. It's been great to see all the new people posting. I still remember the days when it would be great to get one new post per week! I hope this trend of being more active continues from now on.

Sorry for getting a little long winded here, but I wanted you all to know that I am constantly around, and I'm glad to have such a great group of fellow fans to hear opinions from. I'm also excited to find that a few of you are my age! It's great to know that this show will continue to be enjoyed by those of us from the next generation and hopefully the ones to come too.

Christina :bye:

Originally posted by Jorgy
wow...i guess i'm one of the youngest so far... i'll be 18 next friday!!! i've been watching the Dick Van DYke show probably since i was aroung 14... I think i started watching it as soon as i started watching the MTM show...lol... i've been addicted ever since! :)
Riley

You're not the youngest, Riley! I'm 14 (15 next month). It's good to see TDVDS forum has a lot of young fans! It shows how timeless the Van Dyke show is if the younger generation can appreciate and enjoy this sow as much as our parents (and grandparents) do.

Kurt

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in a while....I've had exams at school for the past week or so. But now they're all done and I can post here more often!:) A word to the wise: exams stink!

Just to mention, my 11 year old son and 7 and 5 year old daughters love the Dick Van Dyke Show also. They are very excited that season 5 is on it's way. I Love Lucy is another favorite for them. I am very grateful for the generations coming up that love these classic shows and eschew the garbage that is passed off as entertainment these days.

Lolac

:kiss:

I turn 40 in another four months. I have to say I am surprised by how many young ones there are here.

I know I have gotten my whole family addicted, including my 12 and 5-year-old sons. My 12-year-old really likes the show and watches it on his own a lot.

I started watching the show in reruns on one of the local channels many moons ago, probably in the neighborhood of 20 years ago.

I remember filling up 10 video tapes back in '92 when N@N ran TDVD marathon for a week. My how times have changed. I can't wait for Season 5 because there are so many great episodes on it, but I can't believe it's the last season. Considering the quality of the 5th season, it's unfortunate there wasn't a 6th season, but alas all good things must come to an end.

Originally posted by BigBadBrady
i did a quick search, but found noting. i am 27 and a HUGE fan of the dick van dyke show, possibly a bigger fan than most of you who grew up with it! ( ;) challenge me!) i began watching the dick van dyke show in my late teens, so i've been watching religiously for ten years now. by far the best sitcom ever. anyway, i was just curious to see what the average age is of the members here. am i one of the youngest?

I am soon to be 30, and I have been watching the show since it originally premiered on Nick at Nite all those years ago. I fell in love with the show right away.

I'm too young to have seen the show in primetime or remember seeing it on CBS daytime, but I've been familiar w/ the show for years, noticing when I was a kid that it was something Mary Tyler Moore did before she had her own show. I didn't appreciate it as much when I was younger, but my appreciation may have begun when I got a copy of TV Guide from my birth week and found a TV Guide Close-Up of a rerun of The Impractical Joker and thought that the plot looked like a good one. (Most of you can probably guess how old I am, or almost am, by the previous sentence. :)) I even remember wondering why DvD was on Nick at Nite, since it was still being rerun pretty extensively on local stations. I've just come to appreciate the show in the years since, and now I can enjoy eps of the show whenever I want thanks to the DVD set.

I think it's great that there are so many young fans here--you all have great taste! I'll be 38 next week, and I didn't start watching the show until it was on Nick at Nite in the early 90s. It seems strange to me, but I hadn't ever seen a single episode before then. I grew up with the basic 3 or 4 channels, including PBS, so I guess maybe it just wasn't shown much where I lived (Upper Michigan). I loved it as soon as I saw it, and it became a ritual for my roommate and I to watch it every night on Nick at Nite just before it was time to go to bed! I remember when I got my first DVD player about 4 years ago, I had been considering buying the DVDS collections that Time-Warner put out on video because I never thought it would come out on DVD!! Now, as others have said, it will be one of a few shows I'll actually have every episode of--who would have thought?

I am 21 and a new fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show. At this current moment I am working on watching Season 2 and I am ADDICTED. Does anyone know if there is a cd out there with the songs that MTM and DVD sang on the show? Thanks!

Originally posted by KennedyDean
Does anyone know if there is a cd out there with the songs that MTM and DVD sang on the show? Thanks!
Hi KennedyDean,
Welcome to our board! Please post often. We love new fans!
About your question, I searched this one out a couple of years ago and came up empty. Like you, I thought it would make a fantastic addition to my collection of stuff from the show.
I just did another search (and I'm pretty darn good) and there still appears to be nothing out there :( .

Steve

That's disappointing. I think MTM and DVD together make a great team vocal wise. I like watching and re watching the scenes that they sing together. When MTM sings on her own it's fantastic!

I agree, KennedyDean.
And as a new fan of the show, one thing you'll find is that there just isn't enough stuff out there for us! Those of us who love this show, really love this show, but are constantly frustrated by the lack of merchandise available.
Dick and Mary make a great vocal team, true. But I've lately found myself drawn to "A Doodlin' Song," which is actually done in a trio with them and Sylvia Lewis in episode #69, "Too Many Stars." You'll come to it in Season 3.
And everything MTM does on her own is fantastic :eyes: !

Steve

I even like the little song that Ritchie sings when he's the main bunny! I am in the middle of Season 2 and am almost to the "Walnut" episode. I'm interested in seeing what exactly it is about since everyone is so crazy about it!

I am 44, and have watched and loved The Dick Van Dyke Show for as long as I can remember. Definately since the late 60s, maybe even mid-60s. Ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted a house like the Petries', specifically the livingroom with the cool sectional sofa.:)

I am 25; another one of the "young" fans! I discovered Rob and Laura Petrie in high school on Nick at Nite. I would tape the episode since it came on so late and watch it after school before I did anything else! Soon I had my younger sister addicted too, and now my husband can't get enough. It is a very addictive show.

I love that sectional sofa too!!

Originally posted by KennedyDean
I love that sectional sofa too!!

When I own my a house of my own I definately want a sofa like the Petrie's had! It's so cool!! :D

I'm 24!

I have a feeling I am one of the youngest here, or maybe I am the youngest. I am only 12 years old. That does NOT mean I am a new fan of TDVDS or anything like that!! I was born and raised on it, with plenty other shows of the sort, such as MTM, I Love Lucy, Bewitched, etc., etc. Instead of watching Nick and Cartoon Network when I was little (because I had NO idea there were kid channels like that LOL), I watched TV Land and Nick@Nite with my parents 24/7. When I was about 8 or 9 I learned that (yes) there were other channels I could watch, including ones aimed at kids. I stopped watching all of the older stuff then for a few years. Recently this Summer, I was surfing channels, and ended up watching TV Land, and since then I'm hooked on all of the good stuff again. Surprisingly, I REMEMBER LINES from some of the shows, which it really starting to freak me out now, since I haven't seen these shows since I was 6 or 7. I have a SUPER long term memory, but THE WORST, I mean WORST short term memory LOL. Soooo that's a LITTLE (a very very little) about me!!!

Originally posted by FuNkYdOrYgUrL07
I have a SUPER long term memory, but THE WORST, I mean WORST short term memory LOL. Soooo that's a LITTLE (a very very little) about me!!!

hey you almost quoted buddy there. i forget which episode
he said this in but the quote was "he's got a great memory,
it's just short". :D anyway, welcome to the boards, i think
you might possibly be the youngest on here. that's awesome
though, for a while it was a few of us twenty-somethings
that were on the young side. go0d to see the dick van dyke
show being passed on to another generation! :)

Originally posted by Moondance
I'm 24!

Welcome to the board Moondance! We're glad to have you with us here!


(I know Moondance already... she's one of my friends from the Cheers board. ;) )

Originally posted by BigBadBrady
hey you almost quoted buddy there. i forget which episode
he said this in but the quote was "he's got a great memory,
it's just short". :D anyway, welcome to the boards, i think
you might possibly be the youngest on here. that's awesome
though, for a while it was a few of us twenty-somethings
that were on the young side. go0d to see the dick van dyke
show being passed on to another generation! :)

That's cool. I wasn't planning on doing that or anything, I don't even remember that line soooo.... Now that I think of it, Buddy and I are quite similar. We both can be a little stupid, and we make up a bunch of jokes.... hmmmmm.... I could be getting somewhere. As for TDVDS in my generation, I don't really have any friends that will watch it with me. :confused: Why is that? I have made my friends watch it with me, just to make sure they don't like it, and they still don't. I honestly don't know anyone my age that will watch TV Land or Nick@Nite with me :( . They say the shows are old, and annoying...well...

Anyways, it's great to have people here that enjoy the show, and not just me! You guys are all great people, and I hope we talk more soon!!

Originally posted by Petrie Malone
Welcome to the board Moondance! We're glad to have you with us here!


(I know Moondance already... she's one of my friends from the Cheers board. ;) )

Aww gee, thanks for the welcome. I love your avatar - so cute!


:wave: Hello to all you "Dick Van Dyke Show" fans!

Yeah, welcome Moondance!!!! Have fun!!!!

Originally posted by FuNkYdOrYgUrL07
I have a feeling I am one of the youngest here, or maybe I am the youngest. I am only 12 years old.
I think you hold the all-time record on this board as THE youngest member! That is so cool.
Glad you're here!

Steve

Originally posted by FuNkYdOrYgUrL07
As for TDVDS in my generation, I don't really have any friends that will watch it with me. :confused: Why is that?
FuNkYdOrYgUrL07,
Let me share a conversation between myself and my youngest daughter (now 17) when she was your age, as we were watching an episode :

Jaq: Dad, why didn't you guys like color back then?
Me: We did.
Jaq: Then why didn't they make TDVDS in color?
Me: It was too exspensive in those days.
Jaq: Oh. I think it would've been better in color, and more people would watch it. It's still good though.

So basically, I think your friends are just used to seeing things the way they always see them; in vivid color, not grainy b/w. :)

Steve

Originally posted by FuNkYdOrYgUrL07
As for TDVDS in my generation, I don't really have any friends that will watch it with me. :confused: Why is that? I have made my friends watch it with me, just to make sure they don't like it, and they still don't. I honestly don't know anyone my age that will watch TV Land or Nick@Nite with me :( . They say the shows are old, and annoying...well...

I know exactly how you feel! I'm 15 and none of my other friends have seen or even heard of TDVDS. They think I'm weird that I like shows that are so old. I just tell them I'm not weird, I just have good taste! ;)

Kurt

Ohhhhhhhh okay okay. They think because there is no color that it's for old people and stuff? (No offence, bcause NONE of you are old!!!!) I see, I see.

Do you really think I AM the youngest member on the WWWHHHOOOLLLEEE board???? That would be really cool if I was! I could hold a record! LOL! Thanks for sharing! -----Jessica

Originally posted by Petrie Malone
I know exactly how you feel! I'm 15 and none of my other friends have seen or even heard of TDVDS. They think I'm weird that I like shows that are so old. I just tell them I'm not weird, I just have good taste! ;)

Kurt

Right on! How can anyone NOT like those timeless classics? Today though, one of my friends Perrine (it's French... I think), were talking about I Love Lucy together. Apparently she likes some of the older stuff too! Yay! We're not best friends or anything, or really close, but we do talk a lot. That's why I never knew before. So now I know that I am not out there... that my buds are there too!

I'm sure one of your friends secretly likes TDVDS too. Maybe even some do, but you just never talked to find out. There's always someone... you can't give up! :D

A little off topic (apologies in advance). I have ALWAYS been a Gene Kelly fanatic. If you haven't seen any of his films, try Singin' In The Rain first, then Anchors Aweigh. You'll be a fan for life.

We now return you to our DVD format...(apologies for departure, I couldn't resist pluggin' Gene!).

Gene Kelly (sry if I spell it wrong) is awesome! I love Singin' In The Rain, that is one of my favorite movies!

May I just say to Nora that the "I am a fine musician" song that the group sings is SO very much addicting. Last night I was watching disc 2 of season 3 and was surprised when they did the song for "The Alan Brady Show Presents". I know this is the second time that I've seen them do it. How many times total do they do this routine? It is still very addicting and I can find myself singing it during the day!

That is a very addicting song. It surprised me as well, that it was on The Alan Brady Show Presnts. As far as I know it's only on two episodes. The Alan Brady Show Presents, and I think the other is Sol Somerez and the something something.... I think it's sort of like that. I can't remember. LOL.

However many times it's done, it's terrific, isn't it? :D

Yup, only two episodes... "Alan Brady Presents" and "Sol Pomerantz Scandals." I love the variey show type episodes... I wish they did more of them!

So do I...I love the Christmas Show because it's like actually watching the Alan Brady show!

I know. That's a first and last experience. LOL.

Originally posted by Petrie Malone
Yup, only two episodes... "Alan Brady Presents" and "Sol Pomerantz Scandals." I love the variey show type episodes... I wish they did more of them!

question regarding the lyics:

in the sam pomerantz episode, when sally starts, she
says "we all are fine musicians, we practice everyday",
etc... everyone else, when they start their line, they say
"i am a fine musician, i practice everyday. i haven't
seen the christmas episode recently, so i can't say what
sally says in that one. i wonder if she messed up in the
pomerantz episode and they just kept rolling? or does
she say the same thing in the christmas episode?

I've noticed that too. I always thought she messed up and kept going.
The melody is a little different in the two episodes, too...

im over 30 and have been watching this show sence i was 4 or 5 years old dick van dyke is one of those rare preformers who appels to all ages and as much as i like moddern sitcoms like that 70s show will and grace and lots of others mr. van dyke and his show are in a class by themselves.

12!!! And I have been watching the show and wanting to be Laura/Mary Tyler Moore since I was born. I started to understand when I was about 2-3 (according to my parents). 12-The youngest one who has posted....and I CHALLENGE to anyone who wants to in trivia!!! I am an expert on TDVDS!!!!! #1 fan!!! I LOVE Dick Van Dyke!!!

I'm 20, but I've been watching the show pretty much since I was 8 or 9 years old (back when it was actually on TVLAND and Nick at Nite). TDVDS is timeless. It will never be outdated.

I'm 50, and I've been watching it ever since CBS used to show the reruns on weekdays in the 60s (after it ended its prime time run)
However, I didn't see it much as I was still in school at the time, and later when a local station would show it on weeknights is when I really got into it, and I've been a fan ever since!

I am 33 and I have been watching the show for 4 years. I started to watch it on TV land.

I was born in '63 and started watching in the early 70's when the show was on one of the Philly UHF stations. Since VCR's weren't around yet, I actually used my oh-so-cool 70's tape recorder to tape the episodes on an audio tape and would listen to them at bedtime and would fall asleep to them (no reflection on the show). I still have most of the audio cassettes I taped from the 70's and am addicted to listening to them at night. (I haven't even purchased the DVD DVD's yet.) There's something entertaining yet soothing about spending an evening with the Petries that made/make it the perfect "bedtime story." :D

I agree!!! I always fall asleep watching The DVD Show. I just click the "play all" button, and let them play through on my TV and i watch for a little while, then just listen and fall asleep to them. The shows just comfort me so much.

Although I'm 61, I never saw the show during its original run. I saw it for the
first time in syndication, I think in the 1970s. Or it might have been on TV
Land in the 1980s. I'm not sure.

Well, one good thing (from my perspective) about syndication in the 70's is that the shows weren't sliced and diced to make room for commercials. Even my audio tapes, made mainly from Channel 48 WKBS in Philly in the 70's, have scenes/dialog that TVBland mercilessly (and often awkwardly) removed to allow sponsors' commercials in.

Thank God we're in the age of DVD's where we can have access to complete episodes of our favorite shows -- assuming the studios are bothering to release them to the public.

I'll be 47 in 3 weeks from yesterday

I am 43 and love this show!

One of the elders at the church I used to attend went to school with Dick and Jerry Van Dyke. He said they were both very nice and outgoing, but he always thought that Jerry would've been a bigger show biz hit.

I am 43 and love this show!

One of the elders at the church I used to attend went to school with Dick and Jerry Van Dyke. He said they were both very nice and outgoing, but he always thought that Jerry would've been a bigger show biz hit.
That's sooooooooooooo cool!!!! I would have a crush on Dick Van Dyke.... :)
I've never heard from anyone who knew somebody who knew them! I'm sure they both were nice!

I'm 107 ands forgot what I was going to write...