The Redcoats Are Coming

Episode aired Feb 10, 1965
TV-GTV-G
30m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

Comedy

Family

Rob agrees to have a popular British singing duo spend the night at his home when they appear on Alan's show. There's one catch: he's sworn to secrecy and cannot tell anyone about it for fea... Read allRob agrees to have a popular British singing duo spend the night at his home when they appear on Alan's show. There's one catch: he's sworn to secrecy and cannot tell anyone about it for fear of touching off a Beatlemania-like fan frenzy.Rob agrees to have a popular British singing duo spend the night at his home when they appear on Alan's show. There's one catch: he's sworn to secrecy and cannot tell anyone about it for fear of touching off a Beatlemania-like fan frenzy.

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

246

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The roles of "The Redcoats" (Ernie and Freddie) are played, respectively by Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde who are also known as the folk rock duo, Chad & Jeremy.

Quotes
[first lines]
[Rob, Sally, and Buddy escape into a rehearsal room, while being pursued by a mob of screaming teenaged girls]
Rob Petrie: [successfully diverting the throng by yelling] The Redcoats have gone backstage!
[the girls run off]
Buddy Sorrell: Oh boy!
Rob Petrie: Do you think the Redcoat craze is just a publicity stunt?
Buddy Sorrell: I haven't heard screaming like this since I told my wife my mother was comin' for a visit.

Soundtracks
No Other Baby
(uncredited)
Written by Bob Watson & Dickie Bishop
Performed by Chad and Jeremy

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7/10

British Invasion ~ TV Shows

Fun episode that captures the hysterical nature of 'Beatlemania' as well as the crazed teenagers of that time. This episode is a great time capsule of what it was like then with girls going crazy to obtain things like pillows that may have been used by their idols.

The episode shows the reality of what TV shows had to go through in providing security for these musical acts which crowds would go bonkers over. I really like part when Laura says to Rob that she just wants to tell someone that the Redcoats are staying at their house. Think of yourself if the Beatles were staying at your house, but you couldn't tell anyone.

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