Ritchie becomes very attached to two baby ducks that were left over from a show and adopts them. Rob faces the task of making Ritchie understand the consequence of trying to keep pets that may be happier living in the wild. Director: John Rich Writer: Carl Reiner Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie Rose Marie as Sally Rogers Morey Amsterdam as Buddy Sorrell Larry Mathews as Ritchie Petrie Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie Initially broadcast September 26, 1962. The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.