Dick van Dyke was doing a commercial about Tai Chi from a Chinese man who had workouts and was saying how he exercised during his 40s , 50s, 70s so he would stay out of the retirement houses, and now in his 90s to live longer and healthier and to prevent broken bones (from falls).

Same way with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman doing "The Old Folks" skit in the mid-70s. Carol is that age now and not at all like that crotchety person. People in their 70s and 60s in general are not at all like was foreseen for us. We're much more mobile and relevant. People our age are dating more so than people in their 20s.

It's than how he thought..., not "then" how he thought...

@@HansDelbruck53 wasn't "Hands" Delbruck a notorious pickpocket as well as a grammarian?

@@mchatouille I like to think so.

Kind of ironic considering Carl Reiner himself didn't pass away until 2020. 41 years after this skit in fact!

What does THAT have to do with THIS??? 🤔

It's funny -- I don't remember ever having watched the MTM Hour, but I guess I must have, because I DO remember this sketch. Very well done -- they still had that chemistry, didn't they?

Only Rob thought that. Laura tried to tell him he was wrong.

I know what happened when Rob opens the door!! I just saw that episode last week!!

Be grateful just to see them. - genius .

Jerry, too? I didn't know that. :-(

@@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil Yeah Jerry passed in 1986 I believe

Richard Deacon was still living. He died in 1984. I believe Morey was still living at that time.

And are sorely missed. All of them.. RIP.🤡🤡🤡!!!! (Can't ever replace them...EVER!)

Pianoman 70s style It's called EGO and the world was introduced to it through a thing called social media!

@@jogordon1530 I think looking out for #1 started long before social media. All it did was raise the symptoms to epidemic proportions.

Mary seems like she forgot how to do Laura.

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 I think the point of it was, that she matured and came into her own. In the first sketch she was going to therapy to overcome the young Laura Petri who deferred to her husband and not say subservient things like, "Oooh Rob!" That's what she said, anyway.

Here it is in sync kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o5x6mbyTqKzUpZ8.html

​​@@SSegal That account has been deleted, so that video is no longer available. 😕 Editing to add: Here is the entire episode with Dick Van Dyke, part of a playlist of 11 Mary Tyler Moore Hour episodes on their channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK12hcmYkry3oo0.htmlsi=EclMXjnFQjlDqSzg

The New Dick Van Dyke show was filmed in Cave Creek, Arizona. I grew up in Arizona, and one year my dad gave my mom and me tickets to the show (they were split by then and he was living in LA). The show was terrific and it was a great experience watching a show being filmed, how everything worked, and seeing the stars interact with the audience. Dick of course, was his wonderful, witty, and charming self. I am so grateful for the experience, it is a special memory for me. 🙂

This is so cool. Thank you for sharing.

and they had Richie in 1955

David Letterman messed up.

Snap!

It was the writing and MTM forgot how to play Laura and came across as Mary Richards in stead. This was also not written by Carl Reiner. All things have to come together to recapture the magic. Dick was wonderful and is still funny. It was still good to see them together.

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 You're right, I hadn't even considered that! Carl Reiner's midas touch wasn't part of this. That really was the missing ingredient I couldn't quite put my finger on! In the original series the chemistry as well as the timing/delivery of the lines were what made the show what it was. And she was definitely more Mary Richards than Laura Petrie. All things considered it still turned out pretty great!

Mary literally had a platoon of writers at the outset of her 1979 variety hour. Her head writer was Arnie Kogen {best known for his work on MAD magazine, and later for 'NEWHART"}. The writers credited on this episode were: David Axelrod & Stan Burns Peter Gallay Carol Gary Robert Illes & James Stein Gary Jacobs Coslough Johnson Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker Pat Proft Mary-David Sheiner & Sheila Judas Weisburg Aubrey Tadman & Garry Ferrier ....and Gary Belkin {another MAD writer} was credited as "creative consultant". Now, imagine ALL of these talented writers were squeezed into *one room* {a la Rob, Sally and Buddy}- and Mary waltzes in, smiling through her teeth, barking........... *"I WANT YOU TO MAKE ME FUNNY THIS WEEK---- OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!!"* Could YOU write "funny" under those conditions? 😉

you girl

@@hudsony777 ... and you should know it.

Not on this episode. Except for ONE appearance he made in a later telecast, Dave wasn't a part of "THE MARY TYLER MOORE HOUR". He WAS a part of Mary's ill-fated 1978 variety show, where he KNEW his talents were being wasted- especially at being a jovial cast member. He recalled, "I knew my limitations, but this really brought them home. You know, it was, 'You're not a singer. You're not a dancer. You're not an actor. Get out of here. What are you doing? Get away from Mary. That's her fruit. Don't try and eat her fruit'."

Mary passed away at 79 and Dick is 93.

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 80.

Yeah because in the reunion Alan asked rob to write his eulogy and in this one he was dead

No, it doesn't look like the same, exact, set.

What would you say is different? (I am only referring to the Petrie House set)

SafetySpooon the back wall isn't the same and the wall with the fireplace and the fireplace, itself, isn't the same. Even during T.D.V.S. the set changed over time. The kitchen stayed the same, I believe, during the run of the show.

Dick Van Dyke is still alive

Dick turned 93 this month Dec. Carl is 96. They are the last two remaining from the show.

Sadly, not as of today.

Dick van Dyke is 97 as of Jan. 2023

It definitely was missing Carl Reiner's midas touch. But I think they just let the writers of the day do it in their own way. And she was completely in Mary Richards mode as opposed to Laura. tbh I figured today's culture would have loved this skit - right down to role reversal!

@@invisiblesun6595 Okay, I'll just say it, the unthinkable: Mary had no sense of quality. She made two sitcoms after her hour show folded; both were DOA for being bad. Mary, whom I regard as one of our finest actresses, needed a Jim Brooks or a Carl Reiner to provide her with material. Somebody needed to have a sense of humor.

Mary Tyler Moore was not a feminist her character on the Mary Tyler Moore show and the Dick Van Dyke show were feminist. There’s a difference between reality and television learn it live it love it goodbye.

@@cameronadair4135 I'm talking about her character

That's not a beehive, it's a flip. A beehive has all the hair piled up in a cone-shape like a traditional beehive.

First of all, it's a flip not beehive, beehive was an updo.

Sunset Cliff They still do.

And they should. Comedy is too important for censorship.

They mock everyone and their mother these days and a skit can't be done without being crude. I loved the old comedy and it still works for me.

comedy doesn't need censorship.. this isnt Red Skelton bullshit.

Filthy's in the eye of the beholder. You're entitled.

Amazing, isn't it. Lots of people are. Gay, that is. People you know, people you don't know. Gay has been around since the dawn of mankind, for 35,000 years, so I'm surprised it still has the power to shock people like you. Maybe it's time to get over it.

***** Oh shut up.

Meaning HAPPY

Mark Johnson, if you don't want to read people's comments then don't open them in there first place.