Is this fun fact about Rob Reiner or Rob Petrie from The Dick Van Dyke Show?

Make sure you've got your Robs in a row!

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Carl Reiner is responsible for two of our favorite Robs: Petrie and Reiner! You're not seeing double in this quiz. We're telling you a few facts, and you've got to guess if they're about the fictional character Rob Petrie of The Dick Van Dyke Show, or real-life actor/director, Rob Reiner.

  1. This Rob was born in 1947.
  2. This Rob's address was 148 Bonnie Meadow Road.
  3. This Rob's middle name is Simpson.
  4. This Rob was born in New York.
  5. This Rob was born in the city of Danville.
  6. This Rob served as the head writer of The Alan Brady Show.
  7. This Rob has won two Emmy Awards.
  8. This Rob served in the military as a Special Services Sergeant.
  9. This Rob has four children.
  10. This Rob has a brother named Stacey.

Is this fun fact about Rob Reiner or Rob Petrie from The Dick Van Dyke Show?

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76 Comments

SalIanni 10 days ago
Did Carl Reiner really name Rob Petrie after his own son Rob Reiner?
geatornez82 12 days ago
9/10. I mis-clicked (no, really! I did!)
gbell 13 days ago
9/10 I figured Rob Petries brother was Jerry. LOL
ElizabethBoop gbell 12 days ago
No, Jerry was his neighbor and dentist.
SalIanni ElizabethBoop 10 days ago
Dick Van Dyke's brother was named Jerry. He appeared on the show as Rob Petrie's brother Stacey.
ElizabethBoop SalIanni 10 days ago
Yeah, but Rob Petrie's neighbor was named Jerry, so the name was already in use in the fictional show, and they tended to avoid having multiple characters with the same name on sitcoms in those days.

Jerry Helper may have been an early example of the trope where a secondary character automatically gets called Jerry. I'm thinking of Bernie Kopell on "That Girl" and Peter Bonerz on the Bob Newhart Show.

Or the movie "Fright Night".
Irish 13 days ago
9/10... missed #3
I was "Robbed" 😂
Coldnorth Irish 7 days ago
Love your sense of humor
Irish Coldnorth 7 days ago
Thank you!
gockionni 20 days ago
9/10, missed #9. Got confused for a moment between fictional character and real-life actor, cuz I believe Dick Van Dyke has 4 children; but the question was “Which Rob…” - doh!
ElizabethBoop gockionni 12 days ago
I figure Richie Petrie and I should have the same birthdate, because he was born the same day as the son of Greg Morris, whose real-life son Phil shares my date of birth.
I had a boss several years ago that had my exact birthday. Same month, day, and year. Wonder the odds of that happening
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