She Blogged By Night

My BBFF Ivan of Thrilling Days of Yesteryear has announced his first ever blogathon: The Dick Van Dyke Show Blogathon held on October 3, 2011.




I am woefully late with this announcement, so I hope you all will forgive me. While there are no steadfast rules that you cannot do an episode that has already been chosen, people do seem to be claiming episodes pretty quickly, so you may want to head over there ASAP.

More about the blogathon in Ivan's own words:

October 3, 2011 will mark the fiftieth birthday of the debut of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and while I’ve already been tapped to do a write-up at ECOF (Edward Copeland on Film…and More for you laymen and laywomen), I decided to go the extra mile and see if this might not be the perfect vehicle for TDOY’s very first blogathon. The Dick Van Dyke Show is my favorite situation comedy of all time, hands down—-and so I’m pleased as the proverbial Hawaiian Punch to announce that Thrilling Days of Yesteryear is going to host a ‘thon in honor of this timeless classic.


Now, ostensibly I’d like the entries in the blogathon to be about the actual show: observations, favorite episodes, etc. but because flexibility has always been the by-word here, I’m certainly not going to limit you as to what you’d like to write about. If you want to do a biographical sketch...fine and dandy. If you want to review a film from Dick Van Dyke’s voluminous oeuvre (“Hmm...I don’t think anyone’s ever really addressed the existentialism in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N...”), have at it. I’d even be up for insights on some of the actor’s other TV ventures, like The New Dick Van Dyke Show or Diagnosis Murder. The only stipulation (and it’s more of a guideline than a rule) is that you tie your contributions in some way (no matter how tortured your logic has to be) to The Dick Van Dyke Show.