User Reviews

When the story begins, Mel announces to the writers that he hated their big sketch for the upcoming episode. The writers are angry and Rob insists the sketch is great. Mel won't budge, so Rob quits...and is shocked when Buddy and Sally stay behind at the office.

When Rob comes home, he's angry at his so-called 'friends'...and recounts what it was like when he first came to the show. He was the Head Writer but oddly Buddy and Sally weren't told...they just thought he was another writer. When Rob tells them, they pretty much give him the cold shoulder...and the rest of this and the walk out are for you to find out about when you watch the show.

This episode is good because it stays true to the characters...something that wasn't always the case with "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Overall, not one of the funnier ones, but a very good and interesting one.

This particular show is important in the history of the series because the opening credits for the very first time show Rob stepping around the ottoman rather than stumbling over it as he did in the first eighteen episodes of season two. The flashback nature of this show is physically apparent only in the wisps of additional hair that appear on the top of Mel Cooley's head. Otherwise, Laura, Sally and Buddy look unchanged by the time regression. And since it represents Rob's very first week with the Alan Brady Show, the setting should be in the "old" writer's office. It isn't. And since this show is without Richie or guests, only the "A" team is represented.