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Why Rob and Laura Petrie embody the Camelot era
TVC 752.3: From September 2016: Vince Waldron, author of The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book, Deluxe Expanded Archive Edition: The Definitive History of Television's Most Enduring Comedy Series, talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about how Rob and Laura Petrie not only embody a contemporary married couple (both in 1961 and today), but are particularly symbolic of the Camelot era of American culture. (Coincidentally, the pilot for The Dick Van Dyke Show was filmed on Jan. 20, 1961, the day that President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated.) . Calendar year 2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the…
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