The Dick Van Dyke Show

It May Look Like a Walnut!

Season 2, Episode 21, Aired 2/6/63

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In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.

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Dick Van Dyke

Rob Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore

Laura Petrie
Rose Marie

Sally Rogers

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An episode that is completely off the wall! Though very different from the standard episodes of the series, this particular show is one "nutty" delight. For anyone unfamiliar with it, this episode is GUARANTEED to entertain.moreless

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By mdemoswirrcom, Feb 03, 2011 Report Abuse

Since "drummachick" already did such a nice job with her overview, I'll skip that.

But like her, this too is one of my favorite episodes from the entire series (along with "The Ghost of A. Chantz", and "Uhny Uftz").

I love the fact that the storyline of this particular episode is so completely "out there", and just so different from the more typical episodes of the series. Watching this, one gets the distinct impression that the cast (and crew) must have had a great deal of fun putting it together.

The only thing I DON'T understand, is how this particular episode (currently) only rates a (cumulative) score of 5.0! Oh well, to each his (or her) own.....moreless

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Can Rob's dreams be any more quirky the he is when he's awake? We're about to see!

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By drummachick, Feb 03, 2011 Report Abuse

This is one of my favorites episodes of any show. It's just soooo silly. Kinda like my dreams. In this episode we follow one really weird dream Rob has. The recurring theme here is walnuts and the Danny Thomas that carries them. All day Rob notices that there is something funny going on and evey one is acting strange. Danny Thomas is one of the best running gags ever with lines like: 'What's a Danny Thomas? and 'Danny Thomas put walnuts in my hat!' The only way you could tell who was still themselves was to check if they still had a thumb. And I think they had to drink water to breath, yeah it was weird. My favorite part was when Laura surfs out of the closet on a wave of walnuts.moreless

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- When Rob falls in the avalanche of walnuts, his thumbs clearly appear when he sits up.
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- This is the first episode to include the title with the opening credits. Edit
- Before the making of this episode Rose Marie offered the use of her Walnut trees! Edit
- Upon reading the script of this episode, Sheldon Leonard hated the idea and said it could not possibly work. When Carl Reiner and the cast insisted on going ahead with it, Leonard walked out of the meeting, washing his hands of any involvement with that week's show. After screening the completed episode, Leonard made a public apology to cast and crew admitting he was wrong and saying that it was one of the funniest episodes he had seen yet of the series. Edit
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- Kolac: What is a Danny Thomas? Edit
- Rob: Danny Thomas put nuts in my hat! Edit
- Kolac: (referecing the eyes in back of his head) I have perfect 20-20-20-20 vision. Edit
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