A Quote by Douglas Wood

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.

Douglas Wood

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Douglas Wood
American - Writer
Born: March 19, 1957

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.

Ted Danson

I probably remember more about 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' than Dick Van Dyke does.

Neil Flynn

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job.

Mike Scully

There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.

Suzanne Somers

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

I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

Vicki Lawrence

'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.

Carl Reiner

I actually grew up in the 'burbs - New Rochelle, specifically, most famously home to Rob and Laura Petrie of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

Joshua Malina

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.'

Jeffrey Tambor

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.

Dick Van Dyke

I was obsessed with New York early on. I was watching sitcoms that were set in or around New York, like 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' I was always very fascinated with the people who were on 'What's My Line?' and I always had an incredible obsession with the city.

George C. Wolfe

If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.

Bonnie Hunt

Performing for Dick Van Dyke once was fun.

Jerrod Carmichael

As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers.

Colin Mochrie

As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favorites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers.

Colin Mochrie

And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura.

Mary Tyler Moore

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