The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

What's in a Middle Name? (1962)

J. Pat O'Malley: Sam Petrie

Quotes 

• Clara Petrie : I wouldn't like any grandson of mine to be named after a killer.

  Mr. Meehan : Well, my brother Edward was decorated in the first world war. You wouldn't call HIM a KILLER!

  Sam Petrie : What was he decorated for?

  Mr. Meehan : He blew up a machine gun nest with a hand grenade.

• Sam Petrie : Our name Petrie needs a good, short, "sock" name in front of it, like Sam - Sam Petrie! Now there's a name you feel like doing business with. "Sam Petrie on the phone." "Sam Petrie? Put him right on. Love doing business with old Sam Petrie. Hi ya, Sam! How's m' boy? Ha-haa ha-ha! How 'bout a game of golf, Sam?" Sam Petrie's a beautiful name. What's wrong with the name Sam?

  Clara Petrie : Nothing, Sam.

• Clara Petrie : Benjamin is the one name that everyone seems to like: Benjamin Franklin, our great statesman. Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of England.

  Sam Petrie : Benjamin the Dip, famous pickpocket.

• Sam Petrie : Pa, nobody's sending you to your grave yet.

  Grandpa Petrie : I'll go to my grave when I WANT to, and just try and let anybody try and stop me!