the dick van dyke show was laugh out loud funny. the dick van dyke show. it was the dick van dyke show black and white. that s what got me into sitcoms. groundbreaking. you had carl reiner. carl reiner got his start on your show of shows with i am jean coca. it s supposed to be tight! the writers room. it just embued carl with that s a place, that s a gold mine. a writers room is a gold mine. i said what piece of ground do i stand on that nobody else stands on. so i write about it. writers are lazy.