Q 01/05

Which Marvel series opened with a black-and-white episode made as a homage to The Dick Van Dyke Show?

A) Loki

B) Hawkeye

C) WandaVision

D) Moon Knight

Answer · why

C) WandaVision

WandaVision. Before filming, its makers sought out Dick Van Dyke for advice, and he gave them his sitcom's rule: however silly the gag, nothing could ...

Q 02/05

In The Dick Van Dyke Show's finale, Alan Brady decides to turn Rob's memoir into what?

A) Film

B) Stage play

C) Musical

D) TV series

Answer · why

D) TV series

TV series. The last of the 158 episodes ends with Rob's account of his home life about to become a sitcom, just as Carl Reiner's own had.

Q 03/05

What was the title of the 1960 pilot in which Carl Reiner himself played Rob Petrie?

A) Man of the House

B) The Alan Brady Show

C) Head of the Family

D) Meet the Petries

Answer · why

C) Head of the Family

Head of the Family. It failed to sell, and producer Sheldon Leonard told Reiner the script was fine but he was wrong for his own lead, so the part was...

Q 04/05

Which future late-night host was a finalist for the role of Rob Petrie before Dick Van Dyke got it?

A) Jack Paar

B) Johnny Carson

C) Steve Allen

D) Merv Griffin

Answer · why

B) Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson. Producer Sheldon Leonard chose Van Dyke instead, and a year after the sitcom began Carson took over The Tonight Show, which he hosted u...

Q 05/05

Ann Morgan Guilbert, the Petries' neighbour Millie Helper, later played Grandma Yetta on which 1990s sitcom?

A) Frasier

B) Murphy Brown

C) The Nanny

D) Friends

Answer · why

C) The Nanny

The Nanny. She went back to Millie once more for the 2004 reunion special, in which the now-widowed neighbour takes up with Rob's brother Stacey.