The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

4½ (1964)

Dick Van Dyke: Rob Petrie

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Quotes 

• Rob Petrie : [about Lyle]  As a mater of fact, when we first met the guy, he was a holdup man.

  Mel Cooley : H-how did you know he was a holdup man?

  Rob Petrie : He held us up.

• Mel Cooley : You mean you actually became friends with a man who held you up?

  Rob Petrie : Yeah, we've been writing to him in prison for years.

  Sally Rogers : Yeah, he's sort of a pen pal.

• [Having climbed into the elevator shaft, Rob looks for anything that might help him get them all out of their stuck elevator, including messages on the walls] 

  Rob Petrie : Here's something. "In nineteen hundred and thirty-six, John Freeny laid these bricks. I wanna wish you lots of luck, because if you're reading this you're stuck."