The Dick Van Dyke Show Turns 50
On October 3 , 1961—50 class ago today — The Dick Van Dyke Showfirst publicise on CBS . The show followed the escapade of an easy comedy writer named Rob Petrie ( toy by Dick Van Dyke ) , his beautiful married woman Laura ( the then - unidentified Mary Tyler Moore ) , and his two comedy carbon monoxide - writers , Sally Rogers ( played by Rose Marie ) and Buddy Sorrell ( role player Morey Amsterdam ) ....