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Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 765 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Van Dyke and Company (1975)

Season 1 (Oct. 30, 1975, midnight)

Short-lived variety show starring Dick Van Dyke and assorted guests. The show was best known for Dick's pantomime acting and a recurring skit about the dumbest family in the world, coincidently named "The Bright Family". Van Dyke & Co also featured appearances by the Los Angeles Mime Company.

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Van Dyke and Company (1975)

Season 1 (Oct. 30, 1975, midnight)

Short-lived variety show starring Dick Van Dyke and assorted guests. The show was best known for Dick's pantomime acting and a recurring skit about the dumbest family in the world, coincidently named "The Bright Family". Van Dyke & Co also featured appearances by the Los Angeles Mime Company.

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IMDb
7.3
/60/
Trakt
18
/5/
TMDb
50
/1/
Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman
Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Bob Einstein
Bob Einstein
Pat Proft
Pat Proft
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
Chuck McCann
Chuck McCann
Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner

Oct. 30, 1975, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - Pilot Special

Mary Tyler Moore, Carl Reiner, Gabe Kaplan, Ike & Tina Turner
Sept. 20, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - Premiere

Andy Kaufman played Mr. Andy, who won a fake contest on the show. Dick Van Dyke hosts a fake newscast and Andy Kaufman thinks he is a regular on the show.
Oct. 7, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E3 - John Denver

Featured ""The Bright Family"", a pantomime routine featuring the LA Mime Company, and an appearance by Andy Kaufman
Oct. 14, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E4 - The Spinners

Dick Van Dyke featured guests ""The Spinners"", ""George Foreman"" and ""Freddie Prinze"". Featured skits were the regular Bright Family and Pantomime routines as well as a performance by the Spinners
Oct. 28, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E5 - Hal Linden, The Sylvers

Nov. 11, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E6 - Carol Burnett, Sha Na Na

Guest: Carol Burnett. Other appearances: the L.A. Mime Company, and Barry Van Dyke. Dick and Carol do a mime sketch about a carnival darts booth and a nearsighted customer. Andy Kaufmann does a lip-sync routine to Old MacDonald.
Nov. 18, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E7 - Harvey Korman, Lola Falana

Nov. 25, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E8 - Freddie Prinze, George Foreman, The Spinners

Dick Van Dyke featured guests ""The Spinners"", ""George Foreman"" and ""Freddie Prinze"". Featured skits were the regular Bright Family and Pantomime routines as well as a performance by the Spinners
Dec. 2, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E9 - Sid Caesar, Donna Fargo

Dec. 9, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E10 - Lucille Ball, The Lockers

Lucy and Dick start with a physical comedy sketch set in "The New You Shop." Dick's monologue demonstrates the differences 'The Family Hour' has on programming. Lucy plays a fading TV star who won't allow Dick to tell her that her show is canceled. Andy Kaufman interrupts Dick and Lucy to do his impressions. Dick and Lucy play an elderly couple celebrating their 40th anniversary in a sketch where she continually tries to kill him to get her inheritance. Lucy and Dick are tourists trying to take the perfect photograph in a tropical setting. The Lockers perform a dance ...
Dec. 16, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E11 - Bobbie Gentry, John Byner

In this Christmas special we have song numbers and skits including: a wife who's big husband comes home to find Dick and a friend with her alone, fighting Santa's, and a special gift under the Christmas tree -- Andy Kaufman.
Dec. 30, 1976, midnight 0.0

S1E12 - Tom Smothers, Jim McKay, Sha Na Na

Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 765 min.
Released: Oct. 30, 1975
Last Air Date: Dec. 30, 1976, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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