The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

The Redcoats Are Coming (1965)

Richard Deacon: Mel Cooley

Quotes 

• [as the manager exits, he reminds Mel to talk to Rob] 

  Rob Petrie : What are you supposed to talk to me about?

  Mel Cooley : Oh, well, it's, uh, private, Rob.

  Buddy Sorrell : Private? I know. He wants to steal their hair, and he wants you to drive the getaway car.

• Rob Petrie : [poking fun of Mel's elaborate cloak-and-dagger-like tactics for getting Fred & Ernie to Rob's house]  Well, uh, what's the, uh, password, Mel?

  Mel Cooley : Paul Revere.

  Rob Petrie : [flabbergasted and doing a double take]  You're kidding!

• Mel Cooley : You can't tell Laura that they're coming!

  Rob Petrie : Don't you think her curiosity will be aroused when they sit down to dinner with us?