The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

I Was a Teenage Head Writer (1963)

Richard Deacon: Mel Cooley

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• Rob Petrie : Look, Mel, as the head writer, I say it's a good script, and I'm sure Alan would agree with me, too.

  Mel Cooley : I'm sorry, there's no use talking...

  Rob Petrie : [interrupting]  Mel, I could go over your head.

  Buddy Sorrell : Watch it, Rob. It's slippery up there.

• Mel Cooley : I had a full head of hair when I started this job.

• Rob Petrie : I usually don't say this, but I think that sketch is one of the funniest we've written in months.

  Mel Cooley : Well, I'm sorry. It just didn't make me laugh.

  Buddy Sorrell : That PROVES it's funny.

• Buddy Sorrell : Hey, hi ya, Mel. Hey, you've been worried about gettin' bald. I got good news for ya. You are NOT losing your hair.

  Mel Cooley : I'm not?

  Buddy Sorrell : [picking at his jacket]  No, I just found it. Look, there's some here and here and...