# The Dick van Dyke show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348 "2003-04-08T17:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348/41 "2003-04-13T05:02:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kepi \* > \*\*OK, now I’ve opened the floodgates of my DVD mania. One other DVD related question. for you Dopers: > > In episode 63 “All About Eavesdropping”, Rob and Laura eavesdrop on Jerry and Millie through Ritchie and Freddie’s toy intercom. Millie suggests to Jerry that Laura had intentionally left out an ingredient in the recipe she gave Millie for “Peanut Butter Avocado Dip”. The missing ingredient was mustard. > > I’ve always wondered, is this Peanut Butter Avocado Dip something that people really made and served in the Sixties? I am both repulsed and intrigued by it. \*\* Short answer to the actual question: I have no idea if there was any such thing as Peanut Butter Avocado Dip; however, I will be happy to look for one (and yes, I agree, I think it sounds repulsive). But are you _sure_ that mustard was the missing ingredient? I don’t remember much about that show, but I have a very clear memory of much of that particular episode. Jerry and Millie were alone, taste-testing the avocado dip, and musing about how it didn’t seem to live up to Laura’s. Buddy came in (first guest to arrive), and they asked him to sample Millie’s version of Laura’s dip, and see if he could tell what was missing. He tasted it, and immediately responded, “Peanut Butter.” I know, it’s a small matter, in the grand scheme of things. I just need to know I’m not a victim of False Memory Syndrome. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348/42 "2003-04-13T07:19:06Z")
Nope, it was mustard that was missing. Buddy said something like “Good. But why did you leave out the mustard?” (I’ve wasted large chunks of my life, can you tell?) ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348/43 "2003-04-13T13:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rowrrbazzle \* > \*\*I’ll have to disagree with Eve about some of the music. No folk. I think they would have listened to music like they performed, kind of loungey/jazzy things. Think slightly jazzier than that performance of “Mountain Greenery” which wound up with a bit of skat singing. \*\* I, too, think Rob and Laura would have listened to the kinds of music they performed. But they were hip enough to be open to other types of music, like folk or rock or Motown. In fact, Rob’s younger brother, Stacy, probably introduced them to some folk stuff. And the missing ingredient was definitely mustard. I remember thinking “Peanut butter, avocado and mustard? Blech!” ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348/44 "2003-04-13T17:47:06Z")
I was singing the Dead Milkmen classic, “I tripped over the ottoman” the other day and discovered to my horrific dismay that my wife of 8 years who I thought I knew so well not only doesn’t love Dick Van Dyke, but has **never even seen it**. Oh the humanity. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348/45 "2003-04-13T20:28:47Z")
Just the fact that sometimes he tripped and sometimes did that dance step to his left and didn’t trip was clever original. (Although, why were Buddy and Sally at the house at that time anyway?) I stole that from a TVLAND commercial) And how about the show where they are convinced that Richie was switched at birth. And who walks in at the end, but a black couple. And when DVD asks him why he didn’t tell him on the phone that they were black he says “what and miss the look on your face?” WAY, WAY ahead of its time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-van-dyke-show/167348.md?page=2)