# Television episodes that wouldn’t fly today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-episodes-that-wouldn-t-fly-today/780312 "2017-02-20T12:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 102
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-episodes-that-wouldn-t-fly-today/780312/102 "2019-01-12T17:43:00Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’ve been watching some old Dick van Dyke episodes, and some of those have not aged well either. Don’t remember the particular episode, but there was one where Rob and Laura were having an argument. Buddy advises Rob to “slap her around a little.” Toward the end of the episode, after Laura has gotten the better of him, Rob turns to Buddy and says, “I should have slapped her around.” Big laugh from the audience. Wait until you see the episode in which Rob and Laura try to set up a male friend - Rob sets him up with Sally and Laura with a friend of hers. But the guy, though apparently having a good time with each, never seems to decide between them. The reason why? He’s a wife-beater and his psychiatrist has advised him that he’ll start hitting any woman he gets too seriously about. > **[The Dick Van Dyke Show](https://tvwheniwasborn.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-dick-van-dyke-show.html)** > > Oh, Roooobbbbbbb... How my favorite TV couple were so different from the ones who came before them The Dick Van Dyke Show , "All About... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-episodes-that-wouldn-t-fly-today/780312)._