The Dick Van Dyke Show
(1961–1966)
Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.
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Title: Where Did I Come From? (03 Jan 1962)
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| 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 | |
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Tiny Brauer | ... | Cabbie |
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Frank Adamo | ... | Dry Cleaning Man |
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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. Written by Huggo
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photo album | child | father son relationship | reference to dr. benjamin spock | laundry truck |Certificate:
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Buddy Sorrell: Then get out of here.
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On December 14, 2018, CBS aired a colorized version of this episode along with The Dick Van Dyke Show: Never Bathe on Saturday (1965), in an hour long special. See more »Goofs
Rob and Laura are living in a different house when Ritchie is born, but when they bring him home from the hospital, they live in their present house. See more »Quotes
Mel Cooley: Look... Look... I hate to interrupt all this...Buddy Sorrell: Then get out of here.
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3 January 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Where Did I Come From? See more »Filming Locations:
Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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