My Blonde-Haired Brunette 

A series of events occur that make Laura believe that Rob no longer sees her as the beautiful, young and lovable wife she hopes she still is. These events include Rob wanting to sleep in on... See full summary »

Director:

John Rich

Writers:

Carl Reiner, Carl Reiner (created by)

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Rob Petrie
Rose Marie	...	Sally Rogers
Morey Amsterdam	...	Buddy Sorrell
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Laura Petrie
Larry Mathews	...	Ritchie Petrie
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Millie Helper
Benny Rubin	...	Druggist

Storyline

A series of events occur that make Laura believe that Rob no longer sees her as the beautiful, young and lovable wife she hopes she still is. These events include Rob wanting to sleep in on his day off instead of waking up to eat breakfast with her, Rob being irked by her romantically playful attempts to wake him up, Rob not caring how he looks around her, Rob calling her his "old lady", and Rob pulling out a white hair from her head. Rob eventually sees that Laura is upset, but she won't tell him why if he doesn't know. Rob asks Buddy and Sally for advice, they collectively coming to the conclusion that Rob perhaps is not paying enough attention to her and not telling her often enough that he loves her. Laura turns to Millie, who thinks that Laura has to spice up their marriage every once in while by doing something different and daring, like dying her hair blonde. Once Laura does the deed, she's sorry she did it for more than one reason and tries to hide the fact of her new bleached...

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Plot Keywords:

reference to brigitte bardot | reference to marilyn monroe | reference to harpo marx | hair dyed blonde | hair dye | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sally mentions her boyfriend "Woodrow Glimscher" when she and Buddy and Rob are in the office. Obviously the precursor to "Herman Glimscher" as she also mentions that he has a "mother problem". Interestingly, she also mentions her date for the night as "Herman" who Woodrow's mother introduced her to. She describes him as "Bleechh". In later shows, she references Herman similarly.

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Goofs

Sally asks Rob if he has a single brother, and Rob says that his brother is married. However, Stacey, Rob's brother (whom we meet later in the season) is not married and indeed does develop an on-again/off-again relationship with Sally.

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Quotes

Robert 'Rob' Petrie: [seeing Ritchie in the closet] What are you doing in there?
Ritchie Petrie: Playing hat shack.
Robert 'Rob' Petrie: Oh, well, how's business?
Ritchie Petrie: Terrible!

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 1961 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Calvada Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1