This show was the first truly 1960's sitcom. It started to leave the 1950's family sitcoms behind as it is more sophisticated than most of them. It shows a lot of touches of Carl Reiner work on it.
It has the best main cast of almost any sitcom. Dick Van Dyke, even though he was battling alcoholism during most of its run is always brilliant as Rob Petrie, head writer of the Allen Brady Show. Mary Tyler Moore, a young babe when this was being filmed, obviously honed her comic talents here learning a lot of things when she went on to do her own show later. Rose Marie & Morey Amsterdam are brilliant as Rob's Co-Writers on the show. Richard Deacon no doubt is at his best as Alan Brady's "straw man" type of boss & butt of Morey's jokes.
Many of the episodes of this show are very funny for many reasons, but 3 that stick out are Laura Petrie telling the world Alan Brady is Bald, The Peek-A-Boo Camera episode, & the episode with Danny Thomas as a guest called "Walnuts".
It has the best main cast of almost any sitcom. Dick Van Dyke, even though he was battling alcoholism during most of its run is always brilliant as Rob Petrie, head writer of the Allen Brady Show. Mary Tyler Moore, a young babe when this was being filmed, obviously honed her comic talents here learning a lot of things when she went on to do her own show later. Rose Marie & Morey Amsterdam are brilliant as Rob's Co-Writers on the show. Richard Deacon no doubt is at his best as Alan Brady's "straw man" type of boss & butt of Morey's jokes.
Many of the episodes of this show are very funny for many reasons, but 3 that stick out are Laura Petrie telling the world Alan Brady is Bald, The Peek-A-Boo Camera episode, & the episode with Danny Thomas as a guest called "Walnuts".