Where Did I Come From? 

Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.

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
Richard Deacon	...	Mel Cooley
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Millie Helper
Herbie Faye	...	Willie
Jerry Hausner	...	Charlie
Tiny Brauer	...	Cabbie
Frank Adamo	...	Dry Cleaning Man

Storyline

Rob feels uncomfortable when Ritchie asks him a question most kids eventually ask: "where did I come from?" Rob gets around the question by filling Ritchie in on the events surrounding the day he was born, the only aspect Ritchie ever having been told previously having to do with being delivered by a laundry truck. Throw into the story that an excitable Rob got little sleep for the week prior to the actual delivery day in anticipation of it happening at any moment, that he slept in his clothes for that week, that he had a staff conference meeting that day, and that he was by circumstance wearing a very ill fitting pair of trousers, and the result is that Rob had a lot of trouble getting Laura to the hospital either in time or looking good doing it.

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Plot Keywords:

panic | pregnant | expectant father | expectant mother | pregnant woman | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 1962 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Cahuenga, 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dick Van Dyke personally said, in a 5 episode program that he hosted on Nick-At-Nite (just before TVLand was created), that this specific episode, The Dick Van Dyke Show: Where Did I Come From? (1962) is his all-time favorite that was filmed for the show. The four others are The Dick Van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut (1963), _"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) {The Attempted Marriage (#2.3)_, The Dick Van Dyke Show: I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All (1964) and The Dick Van Dyke Show: Never Bathe on Saturday (1965).

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Quotes

Rob Petrie: What's their number?
Millie Helper: Whose?
Rob Petrie: ANYBODY'S.

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Connections

Featured in The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Last Chapter (1966)

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