Teacher's Petrie 

Laura takes a creative writing course, and the teacher extols Laura's writing abilities. Rob infers from this unwarranted attention that Mr. Caldwell is using Laura to meet him. In fact, Mr. Caldwell's interest is only in Laura.

Director:

Jerry Paris

Writers:

Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Rob Petrie
Rose Marie	...	Sally Rogers
Morey Amsterdam	...	Buddy Sorrell
Larry Mathews	...	Ritchie Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Laura Petrie
Bernard Fox	...	Mr. Caldwell
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Millie Helper
Cheerio Meredith	...	Miss Prinder

Storyline

Laura couldn't sign herself and Rob up for the Spanish class they wanted (as it was already full), so she signed herself and Millie up for a creative writing class, which Rob obviously doesn't need. Based on Laura's description of her initial meeting with Mr. Caldwell the teacher, Rob believes that Mr. Caldwell's praise of Laura is purely so that he can eventually ask professional writer Rob a favor, such as reading a manuscript he wrote or wanting to collaborate on a project. Laura is somewhat incredulous at Rob's suggestion, but Rob is even more certain after Laura gets an A+ on her first assignment, which Mr. Caldwell said was the best in class, but which Rob, Buddy and Sally can see is not very good. With Rob and Laura locked in argument over the matter, Buddy suggests Rob give in to what Mr. Caldwell wants. As Rob carries out the plan, he finds that his sense of an ulterior motive is only half accurate.

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Plot Keywords:

immorality | sexual desire | purse | classroom | reference to elizabeth barrett browning | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1964 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, 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

Did You Know?

Goofs

Buddy says there were more laughs in his bar mitzvah speech than in Laura's essay. Later on in the fifth season, Buddy takes lessons for his bar mitzvah which he never had.

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Quotes

Miss Prinder: [reading her story] "And as the bullet ripped through his guts, splattering blood all over the walls and ceiling, Johnny Moxie breathed his last rotten breath. Marian looked at the gaping hole in his ugly, drunken body and said, 'Johnny Moxie, you stink!'"

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Soundtracks

The Blue Danube Waltz
(uncredited)
original title: An der Schönen Blauen Donau op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube)
Written by Johann Strauss (as Johann Strauss II)
Sung by Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke)

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