Monday, December 4, 2017

Countdown to Christmas: Christmas with Dick Van Dyke & friends (1963)

From season 3 of The Dick Van Dyke Show:

A rare case where the episode is entirely built around the show within the show, in this case, The Alan Brady Show, which presents its Christmas episode. Brady (Carl Reiner) decides to bring out head writer Rob Petrie (Van Dyke), which leads to a musical half hour. We previously served up the finale, "I Am A Fine Musician", when we reviewed the series a ways back. In addition to "Fine Musician", Brady has "Deck The Halls" reworked to satisfy his ego (bad idea). Ritchie (Larry Matthews) goes a capella with "The Little Drummer Boy". Sally (Rose Marie) puts a spin on "Santa Baby".

I have no memory of seeing this in its entirety. I've seen pieces, but not the whole enchilada. No rating.

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