[VIDEO] Dick Van Dyke Show: ‘Why Am I Standing Here Talking To Myself?’
Posted: January 30, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Academy Awards, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Emmy Award, Mary Tyler Moore, Sitcom, Talking to myself, Talking to yourself, Television, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, TV Leave a comment
“Talking to Myself”: A segment from The Dick Van Dyke Show, Season 3, Episode 29, 1964, “Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail“, displaying Dick Van Dyke‘s talent for solo comedic acting. Who needs dialogue? Who needs other actors, when you can get laughs by talking to yourself? A classic moment from TV sitcom history. Directed by Jerry Paris, writing credits: Jerry Belson, Garry Marshal, Carl Reiner….(more)
[PHOTOS] Mary Tyler Moore, Dancer
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1960s, Dancer, Dancing, Dick Van Dyke Show, Hollywood, Mary Tyler Moore, Show Business, Television Leave a comment[VIDEO] REWIND: Mary Tyler Moore on Her Favorite ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Moments
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Hollywood, Mary Tyler Moore, media, Television, The Dick Van Dyke Show, video Leave a comment
See her full interview here.
[VIDEO] The Dick Van Dyke Show: ‘You Wonderful You’, Mary Tyler Moore
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Associated Press, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Carrie Fisher, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, Grant Tinker, Los Angeles, Mary Tyler Moore, MTM Enterprises, Princess Leia Leave a comment
Oh How We Met on that Night We Danced- Rob cons his way into dancing with Laura so he could meet her and talk to her. Things don’t go exactly as planned. The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, and Mary Tyler Moore. It centered on the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie (Van Dyke). The show was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. The music for the show’s theme song was written by Earle Hagen.[1]
The series won 15 Emmy Awards. In 1997, the episodes “Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth” and “It May Look Like a Walnut” were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on TV Guide’s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[2] In 2002, it was ranked at 13 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time[3] and in 2013, it was ranked at 20 on their list of the 60 Best Series. Read the rest of this entry »
Mary Tyler Moore: 1936 – 2017
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Carrie Fisher, Dick Van Dyke Show, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, Grant Tinker, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Mary Tyler Moore, MTM Enterprises, Princess Leia, Television, The Brady Bunch, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1 CommentTelevision great Mary Tyler Moore, the beloved star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died Wednesday in Connecticut. She was 80. The Associated Press confirmed her death.
The vivacious brunette performer transformed the image of women on television first as Van Dyke’s sexy, vulnerable wife Laura Petrie and then as single career girl Mary Richards in her own series. Her work in the two series brought Moore five Emmy Awards, in 1965, 1966, 1973, 1974 and 1976. She won another Emmy for 1993 TV special “Stolen Babies.”
Moore was also a powerhouse producer via her MTM production company with then-husband Grant Tinker, producing her own series as well as “The Bob Newhart Show” and spinoff series “Rhoda” and “Lou Grant,” among others.

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She combined wholesomeness and sex appeal with cracker-jack comedic timing. In many ways Moore was a throwback to Hollywood golden era leading ladies like Myrna Loy and Jean Arthur, but with a decidedly updated twist.
Her role as Laura Petrie, the suburban wife of comedy writer Rob Petrie, also represented a step forward for the portrayal of women on television. Though they maintained separate beds, the Petries otherwise shared an active, romantic marital life. And unlike Desi Arnaz on “I Love Lucy,” Van Dyke’s character was not threatened by his wife’s talents or her intelligence.
The series made Moore a star, and she worked on films under contract at Universal. With the exception of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” in which she played third fiddle to Julie Andrews and the scene-stealing Carol Channing, the studio’s attempts to fashion her in the Doris Day mold was unsuccessful. Moore also tried her hand at the Broadway stage, co-starring with Richard Chamberlain in David Merrick’s musical version of Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Birthday Mary Tyler Moore
Posted: December 29, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1960s, Mary Tyler Moore, Movies, Television, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, video Leave a comment