Weirdest Episode Ever: Dick Van Dyke vs. Space Aliens
Added 2022-10-26 05:04:05 +0000 UTC“It May Look Like a Walnut” (February 6, 1963)
It’s not the first “weird” episode that a sitcom ever did, but it’s probably the most famous: the second-season installment of The Dick Van Dyke Show where it departed from the usual formula and became a sci-fi B-movie. It turns out to be a dream, of course, but you actually aren’t sure until the final moments, and it’s still one of the stranger sequences you’ll ever see on a mainstream sitcom.
This episode is not all that gay but it is the first of two pitches for our next Patreon-exclusive show. Should we do a whole ten-episode season of the weirdest episodes ever? We will be putting it up to vote after next week’s episode, the other choice, is live.
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Stuff to listen to:
Our previous Dick Van Dyke episode about the “seaman” joke
The new Halloween episode of Singing Mountain
We Love Trash
The Square Roots podcast
Stuff to watch:
Head of the Family, the failed Dick Van Dyke pilot
The Tiny Toons parody of Dick Van Dyke (with Elmyra Tyler Moore)
Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
My Sister Eileen
Stuff to read:
Robert David Sullivan’s essay on this Dick Van Dyke Show episode
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Comments
“Lucy Goes to Scotland” is my favorite ‘ l Love Lucy’ episode 😭
Jared Wolf
2022-11-04 05:22:57 +0000 UTCOoh. Which ones are you thinking?
Drew Mackie
2022-10-31 21:33:13 +0000 UTCThere's also a couple episodes of Head of the Class that would fit, since I know you guys have been wanting to it.
Robyn Pavlakovich
2022-10-28 15:46:55 +0000 UTCIf we do this show, that is 100 percent on the list
Drew Mackie
2022-10-27 17:22:47 +0000 UTCSometimes I know pop music!
Drew Mackie
2022-10-27 17:22:34 +0000 UTCThe episode of Perfect Strangers where Balki is an alien 👽👽👽
Lea Susan Engle
2022-10-27 00:18:08 +0000 UTCIt warms my heart that you name dropped Mariah Carey. “The Elusive Chanteuse” is part of the title of her 2013 album. 😊☺️
Sandip Sarma
2022-10-26 21:57:23 +0000 UTCThe other weird Brady Bunch is that UFO one where Greg has an unexplained cold sore that I couldn’t take my eyes off of
Lobo
2022-10-26 19:07:58 +0000 UTCAnother great weird Dick Van Dyke show episode is Season 4, episode 2: The Ghost of A. Chantz.
Jamie Orlando
2022-10-26 14:38:37 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for this episode. I adore the Dick van Dyke Show. When I was a kid, I would watch the Nick at night best episode marathon on NYE. This one was always in the top five.
Lea Susan Engle
2022-10-26 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
