[deleted] t1_jd7efq2 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:34 AM

Reply to comment by lightninhopkins in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone

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shmooshy t1_jd8lije wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Danny Thomas was a Lebanese Catholic (hence founding a hospital in the name of his favorite saint, St. Jude.) very much NOT Jewish.

PixelPervert t1_jd8n47x wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Comment deleted. I don't know where I read it but I saw somewhere that says he was. My mistake!

shmooshy t1_jd8nth6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:59 PM

Fair enough, so many early TV comedy guys were Jewish (like Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, etc)…somehow you picked the one who was not!

OhLookASquirrel t1_jd7fkdz wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:46 AM

Not to mention that Danny Thomas pretty much bankrolled the DVD Show.

Bolt_EV t1_jd8dem7 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:54 PM

The Dick Van Dyke Show was bankrolled by it then network, NBC, but Sheldon Leonard, it's main producer used Danny Thomas' production company as its production service company.

Rooster_Ties t1_jd8kj1v wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Wait, they had DVD's back then?

;-)

jcd1974 t1_jd85qxm wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Danny Thomas was Lebanese!