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TJ · 04-07-2003, 06:52 AM

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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - "Ohhhh, Robbb."

It's a good bet Mary Tyler Moore will get to wail that classic line again as Laura Petrie in the "Dick Van Dyke Show" reunion special being written by series creator-producer Carl Reiner. Almost a month after Reiner made the idea public at the inaugural TV Land Awards, where the 1961-66 sitcom was honored with the Legend Award, Moore confirms the update of Rob (Van Dyke) and Laura's lives is still a "go."

"At this point," she tells Zap2it.com. "[Carl] doesn't know whether it's going to turn out to be a half-hour, an hour or a TV movie. Through the years, it has been very kindly suggested by people. I don't know if that idea reached Carl, or if he was always working on it in the back of his mind. It's going to be whatever he envisions in his finest imagination for Rob, Laura, their son and their friends."

Former co-stars Larry Mathews, who played son Ritchie, and Rose Marie (aka Rob's TV-writer cohort Sally Rogers) also are on board for the venture. "Of course," Moore notes, "we've lost Morey Amsterdam (who played Buddy Sorrell), Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley) and Jerry Paris (Jerry Helper, and also a frequent 'Dick Van Dyke Show' director). In that may lie some of the premise of the show that Carl is noodling around with."

Reiner also played comedy-variety star Alan Brady on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He indicated TV Land would have first right of refusal on the revival, but Moore says, "I would think it would [go to] CBS," the network that broadcast the original series. "I don't know that TV Land would have the budget." TV Land -- which runs "The Dick Van Dyke Show" twice each weekday -- and CBS are corporate cousins, both owned by Viacom.

Even without the series revival, Moore would be reteaming with Van Dyke: They'll star together Sunday, May 4, in PBS' Hollywood Presents version of "The Gin Game," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about two nursing-home residents. "There were always good feelings about it," Moore reflects, "from the moment Dick and I started talking about the possibility of doing it some years ago, throughout the rehearsal process and on to the actual taping. It was a delight from start to finish."

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TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,681	Moore Preps To Play Petrie Again http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?30815 LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - "Ohhhh, Robbb." It's a good bet Mary Tyler Moore will get to wail that classic line again as Laura Petrie in the "Dick Van Dyke Show" reunion special being written by series creator-producer Carl Reiner. Almost a month after Reiner made the idea public at the inaugural TV Land Awards, where the 1961-66 sitcom was honored with the Legend Award, Moore confirms the update of Rob (Van Dyke) and Laura's lives is still a "go." "At this point," she tells Zap2it.com. "[Carl] doesn't know whether it's going to turn out to be a half-hour, an hour or a TV movie. Through the years, it has been very kindly suggested by people. I don't know if that idea reached Carl, or if he was always working on it in the back of his mind. It's going to be whatever he envisions in his finest imagination for Rob, Laura, their son and their friends." Former co-stars Larry Mathews, who played son Ritchie, and Rose Marie (aka Rob's TV-writer cohort Sally Rogers) also are on board for the venture. "Of course," Moore notes, "we've lost Morey Amsterdam (who played Buddy Sorrell), Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley) and Jerry Paris (Jerry Helper, and also a frequent 'Dick Van Dyke Show' director). In that may lie some of the premise of the show that Carl is noodling around with." Reiner also played comedy-variety star Alan Brady on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He indicated TV Land would have first right of refusal on the revival, but Moore says, "I would think it would [go to] CBS," the network that broadcast the original series. "I don't know that TV Land would have the budget." TV Land -- which runs "The Dick Van Dyke Show" twice each weekday -- and CBS are corporate cousins, both owned by Viacom. Even without the series revival, Moore would be reteaming with Van Dyke: They'll star together Sunday, May 4, in PBS' Hollywood Presents version of "The Gin Game," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about two nursing-home residents. "There were always good feelings about it," Moore reflects, "from the moment Dick and I started talking about the possibility of doing it some years ago, throughout the rehearsal process and on to the actual taping. It was a delight from start to finish."