The Dick Van Dyke Show 5x05 No Rice at My Wedding

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First Aired: Oct. 13, 1965 on CBS

Summary: Rob tells the story of a time when he and Laura were dating and how he almost lost her in a raffle to a man named Clark Rice.

Main Characters in this Episode

Rob Petrie	played by Dick Van Dyke
Buddy Sorrell	played by Morey Amsterdam
Ritchie Petrie	played by Larry Mathews
Laura Meehan	played by Mary Tyler Moore
Clark Rice	played by Van Williams
Millie Crumberbacher	played by Ann Morgan Guilbert
Sam Pomerantz	played by Allan Melvin
Heckler	played by Bert Remsen

Goof (continuity error): From previous episodes (also told in flashback), Rob was a Staff Sergeant (three chevrons and 1 rocker) when he began to romance Laura (the USO dancer) (Season One: Oh How We Met the Night that We Danced) and again when they were getting married (Season Two: The Attempted Marriage). But in this episode, Rob was a mere Sergeant (three chevrons and no rockers). It is highly unlikely that he was demoted briefly and then promoted again; it is more likely that they forgot from the original rank they had previously claimed for him.