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The Dick Van Dyke Show

Where Did I Come From?

  • Episode aired Jan 3, 1962
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
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Mary Tyler Moore in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
  • Comedy
  • Family
Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.
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  • Director
    • John Rich
  • Writer
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Rose Marie
    • Morey Amsterdam
Top credits
  • Director
    • John Rich
  • Writer
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Rose Marie
    • Morey Amsterdam
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    • 1User review
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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Rob Petrieas Rob Petrie
    Rose Marie
    Rose Marie
    • Sally Rogersas Sally Rogers
    Morey Amsterdam
    Morey Amsterdam
    • Buddy Sorrellas Buddy Sorrell
    Mary Tyler Moore
    Mary Tyler Moore
    • Laura Petrieas Laura Petrie
    Larry Mathews
    Larry Mathews
    • Ritchie Petrieas Ritchie Petrie
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Mel Cooleyas Mel Cooley
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    • Millie Helperas Millie Helper
    Herbie Faye
    Herbie Faye
    • Willieas Willie
    Jerry Hausner
    Jerry Hausner
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Tiny Brauer
    • Cabbieas Cabbie
    Frank Adamo
    • Dry Cleaning Manas Dry Cleaning Man
    • Director
      • John Rich
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      • Carl Reiner
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    Storyline

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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. —Huggo
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    • child
    • father son relationship
    • reference to dr. benjamin spock
    • laundry truck
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Family
    • Certificate
      • TV-G
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    Did you know

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    • 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, Where Did I Come From? (1962) is his all-time favorite that was filmed for the show. The four others are It May Look Like a Walnut (1963), The Attempted Marriage (1962), I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All (1964) and Never Bathe on Saturday (1965).
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      [Millie calls Laura but Rob, picking up the extension, thinks it's Laura calling from the hospital and having their baby]

      Laura Petrie: Rob, will you listen to me for one moment? I am NOT in the hospital.

      Rob Petrie: Oh... Where are ya, honey?

      Laura Petrie: I'm in the kitchen.

      Rob Petrie: In the kitchen? What are you doin' in the kitchen?

      Laura Petrie: Boiling some water.

      Rob Petrie: Boiling wa... Oh, my gosh! What a woman!

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

    User reviews1

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    9/10
    Wrong episode #
    "Where did I come from" is season 1 Episode 16. Buddy, Can You Spare a Job is season 1 Episode 15.
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    • chefcrafty
    • Aug 27, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 3, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Calvada Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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