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Where Did I Come From?

Season 1, Episode 19, Aired 1/3/62

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Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.

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Rob tells Ritchie about the day he had to take his mother, Laura, to the hospital to have him. Nervous Rob is a wreck, and the results are hilarious!

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By BuskieBoy, May 10, 2006 Report Abuse

**Comedy spoilers below**
This is one of those episodes that reminds everyone why Dick Van Dyke is such a very funny man. His endless gags trying to guarantee Laura has an effortless (and quick) trip to the hospital is priceless.
He is so meticulous in his planning that it borders on obsession! As we discover all of his strategies, you can't help but laugh at the nutty genius of it all! He doesn't sleep, eat or change his clothes. When the big moment arrives of course his plans fall to the wayside and crazyness ensues!
This is yet another spotlight on how great DVD is at physical humour! He plays the out of control father to be perfectly!
His laying in bed with his suit on, his hat behind him, in easy reach, and the planning with military precision is gut busting!
With out a doubt this episode is one of the DVDS classics!

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- This flashback episode depicts Rob and a 9-months pregnant Laura living in Willettown, New York, in their rented house before they moved to New Rochelle at 148 Bonny Meadow Road . However, in the episode "Your Home Sweet Home is My Home", Rob & Laura purchase the house at 148 Bonny Meadow Road when she is just 2 months pregnant! Wouldn't they be living there when she has the baby? (This is again verified in the episode where Rob is laid off and comes home to a pregnant Laura who is "not yet showing"... and she is laying out brown paper on the empty living room floor to signify where their new furniture will be placed once it arrives in their new home!) And they thought nobody would notice... I noticed! Edit
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- On the Monday before this episode aired, Dick Van Dyke appeared on CBS's live gameshow "I've Got a Secret" as that week's guest in part to help get the word out about the timeslot change. Garry Moore introduced him as the star of just about the only hit new tv show of the season, and claimed to be a big fan himself. DVD came on, and after announcing the time switch, as his 'secret' did a pantomime of both a man undergoing an Army induction physical (panellist Betsy Palmer had DVD, Garry Moore, Bill Cullen and Henry Morgan laughing hystericlly when she innocently asked why DVD coughed deeply at one point) and a new father diapering a baby for the first time. At the request of Moore, DVD then demonstrated his imitation of a spider running along the floor. Edit
- The film was rocked because John Rich like a joke he wanted to see it twice. Edit
- The DVD has a teaser for this episode which is not seen with most episodes of this show. Edit
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- Rob: I call the minute anything happens Edit
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