I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in '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.
If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.
Performing for Dick Van Dyke once was fun.
'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.
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.
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.
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 the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.
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.'
There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.
Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.
I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.
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.
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.