It May Look Like a Walnut

Episode aired Feb 6, 1963
TV-GTV-G
30m

IMDb RATING

9.2/10

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Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

Comedy Family

Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.

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Trivia
The thousands of walnuts used for the scene of Laura descending from the closet were supplied to the show by walnut wholesalers. Rob Petrie actor, Dick Van Dyke recalled that the actors and crew were allowed to eat as many walnuts as they wanted - eventually causing many of them intestinal problems from over-consumption of the low-fiber nut meat. After the show, the producers returned any unbroken walnuts to the wholesalers - most of which ended up on store shelves.

Goofs
After the famous closet scene (done in one take) Rob gets the feeling that he is dreaming and he asks Laura to hit him to wake him up, but he says, "I gotta get my thumb backs!", not "...thumbs back", most likely not re-shot due to not wanting to have to re-shoot a cumbersome scene.

Quotes
Robert 'Rob' Petrie: Laura was getting even with me this morning because I scared her last night.
Buddy Sorrell: You scared her? What'd you do? Show up?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie: [Chuckling] Nah, I was pretending that I was this guy, Kolak, who breathes water.
Sally Rogers: Oh, yeah. The four-eyed monster they threw out of the U.N. He came from the planet Twilo.
Robert 'Rob' Petrie: Did you see that picture?
Sally Rogers: No. Did they make a picture outta that?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie: Last night, on television.
Sally Rogers: Noooo. I was at the U.N. the day it happened. Listen, if this guy didn't have those four eyes, I'd have married him.

Connections
Featured in TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997)

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10/10

Another Brick In The Walnut

Pound for pound this episode holds up as one of the best. Those who give it a not so good review have no sense of humor; maybe it's because they lost their thumbs.

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