The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

The Sick Boy and the Sitter (1961)

Dick Van Dyke: Rob Petrie

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Quotes 

• Rob Petrie : I don't think we outta end this week's show with a joke. I'd like Alan to come out and say something with meaning.

  Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell : Yeah? What kind of meaning?

  Rob Petrie : I wrote down a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

  Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell : What show's he write for?

• [Laura thinks Richie might be getting sick; Rob thinks she's overly and unnecessarily concerned] 

  Rob Petrie : Well, then, how do you know he's sick?

  Laura Petrie : Well, there are symptoms.

  Rob Petrie : [disbelieving]  What symptoms?

  Laura Petrie : Well...

  Rob Petrie : Come on, I'm the boy's father.

  Laura Petrie : He turned down his cupcake.

  Rob Petrie : [mocking Laura, exaggeratedly]  He turned down his cupcake? And you didn't call an ambulance?

• [Late for the party, Rob has just about gotten Laura out to the car] 

  Janie : Just a minute! What did you say was in the bottom shelf of the refrigerator?

  Rob Petrie : Who knows? If it's food, eat it; if it's a phone number, call it.

• Rob Petrie : [Rob has come home and he wants Laura to accompany him to a party hosted by his boss. They kiss hello]  How's your white satin evening gown?

  Laura Petrie : Fine, how's your red flannel bathrobe? What kind of a greeting is that?