Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The New Dick Van Dyke Show' from 1970-1982:
- Dick Van Dyke as Dick Preston (1971-1974)
- Hope Lange as Jenny Preston (1971-1974)
- Fannie Flagg as Mike Preston (1971-1973)
- Marty Brill as Bernie Davis (1971-1973)
- Nancy Dussault as Carol Davis (1971-1973)
- Barry Gordon as Dennis Whitehead (1973-1974)
- Chita Rivera as Connie Richardson (1973-1974)
- Richard Dawson as Richard Richardson (1973-1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The New Dick Van Dyke Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner Dick returns to TV in a weekly series, as does Hope Lange, his co-star. The comedy, filmed in Carefree, Ariz. before a live audience, is about the public and private life of a TV talk-show host. In the first episode Dick joins a chimp blowing smoke rings on a TV show and thus breaks a non-smoking pact with his wife.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Arnold Kane, Gordon Farr D: Mark Breaux
With Joan Huntington (Ann Marsh), Noam Pitlik (Director), Gordon Jump (Father Stone). Dick Preston gets a chance at the big time when a famous actress summons him to Hollywood to test for the role of her husband.
Season 1, episode 3
W: George Arthur Bloom D: Carl Reiner
With Barry Van Dyke (Dan Preston), Ta-Tanisha (Judy), Mabel Albertson (Mrs. Preston). The Prestons' 16-year-old son surprises hs parents by bringing a Negro girlfriend home for dinner.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Jay Sandrich
With Carrie Beth Van Dyke (Carrie), Sarah Jane Miller (Mrs. Kingby), Dave Ketchum (Fred Ross). When a shocking new adult book is mailed to Dick's home by the publisher, it falls into the hands of Dick's daughter, who thinks it's a dictionary and takes it to school.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: John Rich
With Ted Bessell (Skip Holloway). Dick encourages Jenny's participation in a mixed-doubles tennis tournament, then gets jealous as she advances to the finals with her bachelor partner.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Ed Scharlach, Warren S. Murray D: John Rich
With Hope Silvesteri (Mrs. Purvis), Sheila Page (Bunny O'Hare), Tom Bosley (Mr. O'Hare). Dick and Jenny make a deposit on a house they've always wanted, then realize they can't afford it unless they sell the house they're living in.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Carl Reiner
With Carl Reiner (Himself), Steve Lawrence (Danny Turner). When Dick comes down with a cold and a young singer performs so well in his place, he fears he has been replaced permanently.
Season 1, episode 8
With Barry Van Dyke (2nd Cyclist), Bob G. Anthony (Sheriff), Clint Ritchie (1st Cyclist). Dick gets lost on a motorcycle spin in the desert and has to practice all he knows about survival.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner
With Paul Lambert (Father Flanagan), Elliott Reid (Elliott), Jacqueline Scott (Sister Bernadette). Sleeping arrangements become a major problem when a desert storm forces the Prestons to host a houseful of overnight guests.
Season 1, episode 10
With Frank Adamo (Man), Suzanne Pelsang (Woman), Hamilton Sterling (Man), Cesare Danova (Paul Franz). Jenny's a big fan of a handsome orchestra leader who is a guest on Dick's show. She goes into shock when Dick invites him home to dinner, giving her only a half hour to prepare.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner
With Brenda Niana (Karrie). In the pilot for the series, Dick and Jenny are stunned when they learn -- via their own 8-year-old daughter and teenage son -- that they are going to be parents for a third time.
Season 1, episode 12
With Herbie Faye (Manny), Carmen Zapata (Teela). A misunderstanding causes Jenny to think Dick is building her a sewing room instead of the sauna he's planning on.
Season 1, episode 13
With Colin McCleery (Waiter), Marcia Rodd (Linda Gallo). A sexy actress making a guest appearance on Dick's show traps him into inviting her back so that she can break her TV kissing record (4½ minutes) with Dick as her partner.
Season 1, episode 14
With Jose Estrada (Pepito), Carmen Zapata (Teela). When things start disappearing around the house, the Prestons suspect their maid's six-year-old nephew is the culprit.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Steve Pritzker
With Charles Nelson Reilly (Walter), Doris Packer (Darlene Foster). When a man appears to repossess the Prestons' furniture, one of a series of such embarrassments, Dick decides to have a showdown with his manager for mishandling his affairs.
Season 1, episode 16
With Guy Stark (Young Lucas), Ronnie Schell (Dr. Rosencranz), Reta Shaw (Nurse). Annie's jealousy over the expected arrival of the Prestons' new baby inspires Dick to recall (via flashback) how he and Jenny faced the problem with their first born.
Season 1, episode 17
With Darlene Feasel (Miss Shirts). Dick's reaction to a sociologist's claim on his TV show that one out of two married men have outside romantic interests stirs Jenny's imagination.
Season 1, episode 18
With Reta Shaw (Nurse), Phoebe Noel (Debbie), Burke Rhind (Dr. Neal), Gordon Jump (Mr. Garriman). Expectant father Dick is doubly nervous when his pregnant wife Jenny brings a pregnant hippie hitchhiker home with her.
Season 1, episode 19
With Jolie Gorey (Miss Phoenix University). When the Prestons' friends split up -- because she wants children and he doesn't -- they both end up at the Preston residence, where Dick and Jenny try to patch the marriage.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Jay Sandrich
With Fielding Greaves (Emcee), Ned Wertimer (Don Morris), Dick Van Patten (Mr. Covington), Jim Spero (Bill), Larry Hovis (Stan Korbett), John Amos (Mark Cooper). Dick wins a "Harry Award" as an outstanding television personality, then has to decide whether or not to accept it because the awards ceremony is to be held at a bigoted country club.
Season 1, episode 21
With Corinne Conley (Simpson), Ralph Williams (Martin), Doris Packer (Darlene). Dick is badgered by manager Atwater to be neutral in a debate between two local political candidates on his show.
Season 1, episode 22
With Monte Markham (Mike's Ex). "Mike's" ex-husband shows up after a four-year absence to wine and dine his former wife and offer her an interesting proposition.
Season 1, episode 23
With Barry Van Dyke (Barry), Frank Adamo (Man at Counter), Tina Louise (Customer), Herbie Faye (Moskowitz), Herman Rudin (Running Bear). Jenny and Carol become partners in a boutique-delicatessen against the advice of their husbands, who predict disaster for the business as well as the girls' friendship.
Season 1, episode 24
With Bernie Orenstein (Professor Hunt). Bernie warns that everyone will be fired unless Dick can attract more viewers and raise more money than another station in a charity telethon.
September 17, 1972: The Former Mr. Preston
Season 2, episode 1
With Dick Patterson (Bill Ellsworth). The second season begins when Bernie and Mike book a guest who claims to have been married to Dick's wife Jenny, setting the stage for a rousing showdown on the show.
Season 2, episode 2
With Albert Brooks (Doctor), Teresa Graves (Nurse), Mike Henry (Desk Clerk). In a flashback episode, Dick recaps how he came to be his cousin's maid of honor by sitting on a needle and having it removed en route to the wedding.
Season 2, episode 3
With Tom Richards (Officer), Arthur Batanides (Burglar), Hal Williams (Burglar). After being tied up and locked in his 11th floor office by two burglars, Dick Preston uses all of his ingenuity -- and some extra acrobatics -- in an effort to escape.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Martin Cohan D: Bill Persky
With Sarah Jane Miller (Mavis), Bernie Kopell (Jackson). Dick's concern over his ratings and a fight with his wife lead Bernie to a wild idea for the show -- a drunk-driving test on television.
Season 2, episode 5
With Jane Dulo (Phyllis). When the Davises look for a house to buy, the Prestons try to keep them from finding out the one next door is available -- a tricky situation that soon compounds itself.
Season 2, episode 6
With Ross Elliott (Dr. Sanders), Bernie Orenstein (Dr. Goodwin). When Dick can't find a physical reason for his headaches, he consults a psychiatrist who suspects he's allergic to show business.
Season 2, episode 7
With Suzanne Pelsang (Contestant). Bernie comes up with a game show he is sure will be a winner for the network, if he can only sell the idea.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner
With Brenda Niana (Karrie), Elliott Reid (Elliott). The trouble with dreams: Jenny imagines herself to be Lena Horne and inspires a special edition of Dick's television show as a combination Mark Twain-Fred Astaire special.
Season 2, episode 9
D: Harvey Korman
With George Dutro (Stage Manager), Sid Melton (Arnie). Dick's sister "Mike" is such a hit as a guest on the station's cooking show that she accepts the sponsor's offer to replace the star -- although she only knows one recipe.
Season 2, episode 10
W: David Pollock, Elias Davis
With Carmen Zapata (Teela), Mabel Albertson (Mrs. Preston). Dick's mother visits -- with an urn containing grandpa's ashes -- and wants Dick to scatter them over the Grand Canyon to fulfill a request grandpa made before he died.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Ed Scherlack, Warren S. Murray
With Jean Marie (Patti), Stephanie Tamasauckas (Betsy Martin), Woodrow Parfrey (Eli). Dick and Jenny begin to get the middle-age blues when they think about their son growing up, then hear about couples their age splitting up.
Season 2, episode 12
D: Harvey Korman
With Brenda Elder (Judy), Burke Rhind (Ted Donovan), Harold Gould (Danny Everson). Dick gets another chance at the big time -- or so he thinks -- when a network bigwig arranges for an audition for him as a possible replacement for a tempermental talk show host.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Carl Reiner
With Ronnie Schell (Henry), Stephanie Tamasauckas (Wilhelmina). Dick's problem in casting a girl to play his daughter in an oatmeal commercial are compounded when his own daughter Annie auditions for the role.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: George Tyne
With Dave Leahy (Joe), Jim Spero (Officer Hickman), Lloyd Gough (Officer Brown), Bernie Orenstein (George Spencer), Jenny Yates (Mary). It looks like a bleak Christmas Eve for the Prestons when Dick is jailed in a little desert town because he doesn't have the money to pay a traffic fine.
Season 2, episode 15
With Barry Van Dyke (2nd Intern), Frank Adamo (Howard), Dick Yarmy (Policeman), Howard Storm (1st Intern), Neil Morrissey (Chrissy), Charlie Jones (Announcer). With Jenny away visiting her folks, Dick is left at home alone to watch the baby. He gets so absorbed in watching a football game on television that he absent-mindedly eats all the baby's food and then loses him during a mad half-time dash to the supermarket.
Season 2, episode 16
With Edward Andrews (Peter Nellis), Dick Curtis (Harry), Buddy Lester (Johnny). The Prestons are utterly charmed by a mild-mannered new neighbor -- until he gets them involved with a notorious underworld crime syndicate.
Season 2, episode 17
With Dick Curtis (Harry), Gordon Jump (FBI Agent), Buddy Lester (Johnny). The Prestons, having learned that their next-door neighbor has involved them in a big-time crime syndicate, send the kids into hiding with Mike and concoct an outlandish scheme to outwit the mob.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Arnold Kane, Gordon Farr D: Jerry Paris
With Frank Adamo (Dr. Simmons), Burke Rhind (Dr. Forrester), Mabel Albertson (Mrs. Preston), Sandy Kenyon (Sgt. Mulvaney). When Jenny returns home from a convention, Dick shocks her with the news that the baby sitter -- his mother -- has been arrested for smoking marijuana.
Season 2, episode 19
With Jean Marie (Patti), Robert Ball (Jean), Cesare Danova (Francois). Dick and Jenny finally get away for their long-awaited second honeymoon on a remote tropical island, but it's hardly the romantic idyll they anticipated.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Bill Persky
With Noam Pitlik (Chuck), Corinne Conley (Mrs. Coleman). Bernie and Carol decide to adopt a baby, but their prospects look dim after Carol takes so many tranquilizers to calm her nerves that she dozes, giggles and cries uncontrollably during the adoption interview.
Season 2, episode 21
With Tom Richards (Mailman). Dick, angered over the blatant way his show is censored, resigns -- in a dramatic on-the-air blow for free speech.
Season 2, episode 22
With Jimmy Caesar (Vernon Fields), Robert Brown (Professor Shea). Jenny, Carol and Mike are all dreamy-eyed over their handsome poetry professor in an evening college class -- but Mike develops an overpowering crush on the man that prompts her to book him on Dick's talk show.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Jay Sandrich
With Frank Adamo (Stage Manager), Barbara Rhoades (Charlene), Jerry Van Dyke (Mickey Preston). Dick's brother Mickey is facing a dilemma over his pending marriage to a girl who seems to be leading a double life -- as a nude dancer and as a travel agent.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: George Tyne
With Herbie Faye (Isaacs), Fritzi Burr (Rachel). Bernie attempts to pass off his gentile wife Carol as Jewish when his mother comes to visit during Passover expecting the usual Passover feast.
September 10, 1973: Those Who Care
Season 3, episode 1
D: Alan Rafkin
With Carl Reiner (Announcer), Barbara Rush (Margot Brighton). The third season opens in a new setting -- Hollywood -- as Dick and Jenny Preston have moved from Arizona to California so that Dick can pursue an acting career. Tonight's episode finds Dick landing the job of second lead in a daytime serial, whose star makes Jenny nervous.
Season 3, episode 2
D: Noam Pitlik
With Bobbie Mitchell (Houseguest). Dennis falls in love at first sight -- with a picture of the Prestons' pretty house guest, an aspiring young actress.
Season 3, episode 3
D: Norman Powell
With Herb Edelman (George Benson). Dick decides that he doesn't have enough "manly pursuits" in his life, so he jumps at the chance to become a regular player at a weekly poker game.
Season 3, episode 4
D: George Tyne
With Sorrell Booke (Otto), Bea Silvern (Helga), Harold Gould (Kurt). After Dick receives a letter saying that he is wanted in a legal action in Germany, he explains to the Richardsons how a free trip won in a raffle turned into a disaster.
Season 3, episode 5
D: Jerry Paris
With Joyce Van Patten (Henrietta), Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Ferguson). A devoted fan of Dick's daytime serial character, Dr. Mark Falmont, has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy when she is invited by Dick onto the set.
Season 3, episode 6
D: Jay Sandrich
With Regis Cordic (Dr. Simpson), Beecy Carlson (Receptionist). Dick reschedules a frequently cancelled dentist's appointment to prove he's unselfish with his time, after balking at babysitting so Jenny can go out on a job interview.
Season 3, episode 7
D: Bill Persky
With Noam Pitlik (Director), John Erwin (Jeff), Jerry Bishop (Assistant Director), Dave Ketchum (Fred), Fredricka Weber (Joyce). Dick recalls for Dennis and Max his first real Hollywood acting job, which was such a horrible experience that it almost made him return to Phoenix.
Season 3, episode 8
D: George Tyne
With Pamela Mason (Columnist), Barbara Rush (Margot Brighton), Phil Chambers (Charley), Mel Carter (Stu). Drama serial queen Margot Brighton becomes enraged at both Dick and Jenny when it is reported by a gossip columnist that "she kisses like a dead mackerel".
Season 3, episode 9
D: Jerry Paris
With Luciana Paluzzi (Anna), Joe De Santis (Carlo), Peter Baldwin (Tony). An Italian director thinks Dick would be perfect for his new movie, but Dick isn't so sure when he discovers he'll have to do a nude scene with a sexy Italian actress.
Season 3, episode 10
D: Alan Rafkin
With Teri Garr (Waitress), Wendell Burton (Lucas Preston). The Prestons' son Lucas surprises his parents by announcing he is quitting school to become a professional bowler.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Norman Powell
With Fran Ryan (Mrs. Preston), Joan Blondell (Aunt Louise), Guy Raymond (Uncle Jackie). Dick is caught between trying to keep his mother happy, or fulfilling a deathbed promise to conduct a "fun funeral" for Jackie, his recently departed uncle.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Carl Reiner, Mark Elias, Frank Shaw D: Jerry Paris
With Marla Adams (Gloria/Brenda), Eddie Bracken (Jake Mullins), Margaret Avery (Pam Harris/Nurse Wilkinson). Dick gets Jake Mullins, an old friend from Phoenix, an acting job -- but Jake can't handle the pressure of television and turns to drinking.
Season 3, episode 13
D: Jerry Paris
With Richard Dawson (Richard Richardson), Richard Dreyfuss (Tony Injijikian). Dick's producer insists on an explanation when he sees Dick as "Mr. Dazzle", the singing and dancing representative of a bathroom cleaner in a television commercial.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Alan Rafkin
With David Huddleston (Gordon), Maureen Arthur (Ginger), Alan Rafkin (Lieutenant Farraday). The Richardsons are thrilled that their friends the Prestons and the Elliots enjoy each other so much, until it appears that they prefer each other to the exclusion of the Richardsons.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Dennis Klein D: Noam Pitlik
With Barry Van Dyke (Tash Howard). Dick Preston is injured while rehearsing a scene at the studio with a rugged young actor anxious to prove himself.
Season 3, episode 16
D: Noam Pitlik
With George Dutro (Chauffeur), Barbara Rush (Margot Brighton). A tempermental daytime actress pressures Dick and Jenny into baby-sitting her pampered puppy for a week while she's out of town.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Carl Reiner, Mark Elias, Frank Shaw D: Carl Reiner
With Barry Van Dyke (Tash Howard), Candy Clark (Pamela Sherry), Len Ross (Fred), Valerie Curtin (Nurse). A young actress tries to advance her career by impressing those who can help her -- including soap opera writer Dennis Whitehead.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Frank Shaw D: Alan Rafkin
With Joan Hotchkis (Mimi Lassiter), George Furth (Tom Lassiter). After two houseguests have meddled in Dick and Jenny's lives for too long, and the Prestons are ready to throw them out, they inform them that the visit has saved their marriage.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Carl Reiner, Mark Elias, Frank Shaw D: Noam Pitlik
With Kres Mersky (Dr. Gooding). When Jenny thinks she might be pregnant, Dick has a dream that he and the guys at work are the ones expecting.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Steve Gordon D: Noam Pitlik
With Mark Gordon (Phil), Pat Harrington Jr. (Fred Bishop). Dick, angered because Max can't deliver any of the things he has been promised in his new contract, quits his role on the serial and goes to work for a fast-talking producer.
Season 3, episode 21
D: Peter Baldwin
With Barry Van Dyke (Slate Man), Patty Regan (Lorraine), Sorrell Booke (Herbie Vincent). Jenny and Connie spontaneously endorse a product which television commerical producer Herbie Vincent happens to be producing -- and he asks them to repeat what they said for the camera.
Season 3, episode 22
D: Jerry Paris
With Dick Balduzzi (Luchino Leonardo), William Glover (Geoffrey St. Susan), Herbie Faye (Meyer Anzelowitz). A "fake" Matisse has the Prestons running in circles, as the art dealer who pronounced it a forgery suddenly wants to buy it at far more than it's worth.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Carl Reiner, Mark Elias, Frank Shaw D: Bud Molin
With Frank Campanella (Dominic). Dick tries on a fake mustache and it causes Max to recall their first meeting many years before -- where Max was trying to date Jenny and Dick was being deliberately obnoxious to both of them. (Last show of the series.)