October 3, 1961 –
We got to be inside the writers room of The Alan Brady Show for the first time when The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on this date. The show wasn’t an immediate success but became a hit.
Carl Reiner asked network censors for permission to show Laura and Rob sleeping in one large bed together, reasoning (quite sensibly) that he and his wife did so in real life. The permission was denied, and the Petries are always depicted sleeping in nearby twin beds (as was the custom of TV series of the era; Bewitched and The Munsters being the exceptions to the rule).
The Haus of Dcaligari 