# Dick Van Dyke Revival? Will It Bomb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043 "2004-05-14T01:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/1 "2004-05-14T01:05:55Z")
Why is Carl Reiner trying to bring something back that should be left as-is? This show was a classic in its day, and it should remain there. This will surely hurt its image in people’s memories. Shouldn’t he leave well enough alone? What is your opinion…and please post-back once the episode airs some time next week, IIRC. - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/2 "2004-05-14T01:14:37Z")
Wasn’t this just on a couple of days ago? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/3 "2004-05-14T01:17:12Z")
Oh, for goodness sake…and TV LAnd is STILL running promos? Are you sure it isn’t next week? Or, as Daffy Duck would say: “This week’s next week is next week’s last week!” You can always trust the Duck! 😉 - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/4 "2004-05-14T01:37:15Z")
If you’re talking about [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255750), then yep, it did. I thought it was ok myself. Not stellar but not horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/5 "2004-05-14T05:14:39Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > If you’re talking about [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255750), then yep, it did. > > I thought it was ok myself. Not stellar but not horrible. Crap, I missed it! Even worse, TV Land is \*\*STILL \*\* :eek: running ads promoting it! I guess in TV Land, even the factual promos are _retro_! Those boobs in Hollywood can’t admit when they ought to just let something go. Eveybody, sing with me now: (to the tune of Hooray for Hollywood) “To Hell with Hollywood, They put out pictures and they think they’re good…” - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-revival-will-it-bomb/245043/6 "2004-05-14T05:31:50Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > Crap, I missed it! Even worse, TV Land is \*\*STILL \*\* :eek: running ads promoting it! TV Land is still promoting it because it’ll air on TV land on May 18 at 9. [http://www.tvland.com/marathon/dvd45th/](http://www.tvland.com/marathon/dvd45th/) They’re also showing the walnut episode as well as the one where Laura tells the world about Alan’s toupee.