glimpse into the writers' room. seeing how shows worked was just so fascinating to me. >> and of course mary tyler moore. how could you not fall in love with mary tyler moore? >> this isn't a whoopie rob, it's years old. >> yeah, but it still works. give me a kiss. >> i must have seen about 30 girls and when she came into the room, she just said hello, her name was, and i heard a ping and a voice. >> will it make you feel any better if i tell you how really sorry i am? >> well, no. >> the original intent of the "dick van dyke show" was mostly for it to take place in the workplace. >> three, two, one, zero. well, we did it. >> what? what did we do? >> we wasted a whole day. >> audiences were used to the big family sitcoms of the time and didn't really take to "the dick van dyke show" at first. >> at the end of the first season, they were going to cancel it. >> in real life mary had married grant tinker, who was a cbs executive on "the dick van dyke