How Mary Tyler Moore was cast as Laura Petrie

TVC 751.2: From September 2016: Vince Waldron, author of The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book, Deluxe Expanded Archive Edition: The Definitive History of Television's Most Enduring Comedy Series, talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about the casting of both Mary Tyler Moore and Larry Mathews. Calendar year 2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the premiere of the Van Dyke show.