>> and i must have seen about 30 girls. when she came into the room, she just said, "hello." her name was -- and i heard a ping in a voice. >> rob, 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. >> 3, 2, 1, 0. well, we did it. >> what? what did we do? >> we wasted a whole day. >> but 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 an cbs executive on "the dick van dyke show." grant tinker helped save the show by pushing mary tyler moore to the forefront. >> well, for instance, i think