Well i was born in 1975 and i live in the UK and had never heard of "The Dick Van Dyke show" in my life since it wasn't shown in my day in the UK. My parents had heard of it but they were around in the 60's so they knew all about classic sitcoms. I'm always looking out for more sitcoms to get into and i find that the old ones are the best ones such as "Bewitched" (when Dick York was Darrin)and animated sitcoms such as "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" I first came across "The Dick Van Dyke show" this past April (2004)yes all these years simply because television in the UK had no exposure to old sitcoms, instead favoring soccer and soap operas (which seem to be all about people screaming at each other and nothing else). When sitcoms are shown in the UK they are usually British with the exception of "Friends" which is given a lot of exposure. I have Sky Digital and this past April i was watching old reruns of "On the buses" (a British sitcom) at 1.00am on Granada Plus and i saw an advert of "The Dick Van Dyke show" coming on next. I thought well i got nothing else to do and it looks interesting so i'll watch that and who knows, maybe it will turn out to be a good show i can get into, although i was not expecting it to be. I'm so glad i decided to give it a go. It grew on me more as i got to know the characters and i was hungering for much more. I looked forward so much to 1.30am five nights per week where i could release the days tension and have a good laugh before going to bed. Unfortunately Granada Plus was only showing selected episodes from the different seasons so i had to use eBay to locate the DVD boxsets from the US. The DVD's are simply wonderful, i'm almost finished watching season one and i have season two and three in my home currently awaiting viewing. The first episode i saw on Granada Plus was titled "The attempted marriage" which caught my attention and gave me a few laughs. After that came some of the most memorable i have seen thus far such as "Gesundheit darling" "Empress Carlotta's necklace" and "Punch thy neighbor" I'm looking forward to watching all five seasons on DVD and reliving the magic many times over in years to come. "The Dick Van Dyke show" is very well written (the Emmey awards are proof positive of that)it's very funny, well acted and lighthearted. I recommend "The Dick Van Dyke show" as quality entertainment for the whole family, there's something for everyone and it's humor is still very funny today. My rating is an easy 10/10.
