The final season of this classic TV show may well have been it's best so clearly I feel this deserves a five star rating. However, I also have had problems with this package and much to my regret I currently do not own it even though I have purchased it in effect three times, twice through Amazon and once at a local store. Amazon has been great in their customer service and refund policy as they replaced my original purchase and then when the replacement set also had the same problems they issued a refund. I wasn't charged shipping on either return so rest assured I don't have a problem with Amazon here. I have twice contacted Image Entertainment and so far they have not been the least bit helpful. I wonder about that as I am a consumer who truly wants to buy their product but can't seem to do so with confidence. My problems with all three sets I received are the same, disc 3 begins to skip on either episode three or four, whichever "The Making of a Councilman" is, before it simply stops playing. Disc five would not play at all. My player is a Curtis Mathis, maybe not the quality product it once was, but still a name brand and I am not having any problems with seasons one through four nor any of the other DVD's I own. I would recommend this package, and all the seasons, to anyone who appreciates classic, clean, and intelligent humor. But buy at your own risk until Image Entertainment get it's act together. I only hope they someday will.

In the Fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but featuring more docile and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in the top 10 Nielsen ratings for its first four seasons. When the show's ratings slipped in the fifth season, the network cancelled the show. But in the four decades since, The Dick Van Dyke Show has continued to entertain its fans and their children (and their children's children) via syndicated re-runs...

The Dick Van Dyke Show is centered around the life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a family man living in suburban New York. As the head writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show," he works with co-writers Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie). Rob's work life is always interesting given Buddy's constant wisecracks, Sally's never-ending search for a husband, and the trio's unified harassment of Alan Brady's brother-in-law, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home, Rob's loving yet overly-nervous wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) stays at home with the couple's son Ritchie (Larry Mathews). Surrounded by all these unique characters, Rob is always embroiled in someone's scheme, fantasy, or shenanigan...

The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" in which trouble ensues when a nationally syndicated talk show host manages to trick Laura into revealing that Alan Brady is really bald... Other notable episodes from Season 5 include "Viva Petria" in which the Petries' maid recommends that her Spanish immigrant friend enlist Rob's help in finding a job, and "The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart" in which Alan Brady fires Mel for failing to reveal a change in the show's script...

Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 128 (Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth) Air Date: 09-15-1965
Episode 129 (Uhny Uftz) Air Date: 09-29-1965
Episode 130 (The Ugliest Dog in the World) Air Date: 10-06-1965
Episode 131 (No Rice at My Wedding) Air Date: 10-13-1965
Episode 132 (Draw Me a Pear) Air Date: 10-20-1965
Episode 133 (The Great Petrie Fortune) Air Date: 10-27-1965
Episode 134 (Odd But True) Air Date: 11-03-1965
Episode 135 (Viva Petrie) Air Date: 11-10-1965
Episode 136 (Go Tell the Birds and Bees) Air Date: 11-17-1965
Episode 137 (Body and Sol) Air Date: 11-24-1965
Episode 138 (See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write) Air Date: 12-08-1965
Episode 139 (You're Under Arrest) Air Date: 12-15-1965
Episode 140 (Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work) Air Date: 12-29-1965
Episode 141 (Who Stole My Watch?) Air Date: 01-05-1966
Episode 142 (Bad Reception in Albany) Air Date: 01-12-1966
Episode 143 (I Do Not Choose to Run) Air Date: 01-19-1966
Episode 144 (The Making of a Councilman) Air Date: 01-26-1966
Episode 145 (The Curse of the Petrie People) Air Date: 02-02-1966
Episode 146 (The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart) Air Date: 02-09-1966
Episode 147 (Remember the Alimony) Air Date: 02-16-1966
Episode 148 (Dear Sally Rogers) Air Date: 02-23-1966
Episode 149 (Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy) Air Date: 03-02-1966
Episode 150 (Long Night's Journey into Day) Air Date: 03-16-1966
Episode 151 (Talk to the Snail) Air Date: 03-23-1966
Episode 152 (A Day in the Life of Alan Brady) Air Date: 04-06-1966
Episode 153 (Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, etc.) Air Date: 04-13-1966
Episode 154 (The Man from My Uncle) Air Date: 04-20-1966
Episode 155 (You Ought to be in Pictures) Air Date: 04-27-1966
Episode 156 (Love Thy Other Neighbor) Air Date: 05-04-1966
Episode 157 (The Last Chapter) Air Date: 05-11-1966
Episode 158 (The Gunslinger) Air Date: 05-25-1966

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I've bought 5 copies of Season Five and each one has had a problem. I had to return them all. Seasons 1-4 play great but I've had the same problems that others have had with Season Five(image breaks apart, DVD stops etc.) and it's really frustrating.
I don't blame Amazon. I have a really high end DVD player too so I don't blame Sony either.
I wish Image would fix the problem, I'd like to own a copy Season Five of the Dick Van Dyke Show that is the quality of the first four seasons.

The saddest thing about receiving the 5th season of this wonderful DVD set is knowing that it will be the last.

This was such a great show! I consider it to be the best situation comedy ever! Several sitcoms have come close to its level of quality, but none have surpassed it.

Rumors persist that the show could have gone on for several more seasons, could have been colorized, etc. Let's just leave it with season five. Season five ends this series on a high note. The quality of writing and acting never faltered. The series went out on top. It knew when to stop, which is more than can be said for many TV series, even the best. "The Dick Van Dyke Show" will be watched and enjoyed for many, many years to come, thanks to the care and attention to detail of its creators.

While we should all savour the wonderful moments in this great series, and I truly love Mary Tyler Moore, I also adore Hope Lange and look forward to seeing "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971-1974) released on DVD very soon also !!!