I probably remember more about 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' than Dick Van Dyke does.
'The Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.
I actually grew up in the 'burbs - New Rochelle, specifically, most famously home to Rob and Laura Petrie of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job.
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it. I wrote it originally for myself.
Performing for Dick Van Dyke once was fun.
Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.
I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.
I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.
All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play.
Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.
When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up.
If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.
I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He played my father on 'Becker,' and he's still one of my heroes. Along with John Cleese, he's my favourite physical comedian.