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 | night school | creative writing | writing class | marital argument | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the classroom blackboard, the teacher has written "The Wapshot Chronicle" and the name "John Cheever," the author of that book. A later sitcom to reference John Cheever--a decidedly non-comic author--was "Seinfeld." Episode 8 of Season 4 of that series, aired in October of 1992, is titled "The Cheever Letters." The title is a reference to a box of letters written by Cheever that were in a cabin the character Kramer accidentally burns down.

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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

Millie Helper: You know, maybe I'm a little hard on Jerry. After all, he said I could be a writer because I look a little bit like Joyce Kilmer.
Laura Petrie: Joyce Kilmer?
Millie Helper: Yeah, you think so?
Laura Petrie: Millie, Joyce Kilmer was a man.
Millie Helper: I'll kill him. I'll kill him.

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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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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1964 (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