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The Dick Van Dyke Show is my favorite show of all-time, so my ears always perk up when I hear a new DVD of material from Van Dyke is coming.

But this isn't from that show, it's actually footage from other TV shows that Van Dyke was on before The Dick Van Dyke Show started in 1961. Dick Van Dyke: In Rare Form will contain sketches and performances that Van Dyke did on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom in 1958-59. The names of the routines give a hint at what we'll see: "Babysitting Father," "Mailing A Letter On A Windy Corner," "Daddy's Little Girls," "The Pet Cats," "Sneaking In," and "The Tennis Champ." You can tell they'll include a lot of Van Dyke's pantomime and slapstick skills, and I bet he incorporated some of these sketches into his own show later.

The DVD will be released on March 27 and will cost only around $15.00, so you have no excuse not to get it.