Why do you have underwriters for The Dick Van Dyke Show?

Answer 1

These opening and closing underwriters of the PBS version of the sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" which ran on CBS from 1961 to 1966.

Season 1 opening funding:

Narrator: Funding for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been provided by this station and more than 260 other Public Television Stations nationwide, and by grants from The Du Pont Company, and The Corporation For Public Broadcasting.

Season 1 closing funding:

Funding for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been provided by this station and other Public Television Stations, and by grants from The Du Pont company, and The Corporation For Public Broadcasting.

Season 2 opening funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is made possible in part by a grant from Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras.

Season 2 closing funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been made possible in part by a grant from Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras.

Season 3 opening funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is made possible by this and other Public Television Stations, and a grant from Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras.

Season 3 closing funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been made possible by this and other Public Television Stations, and a grant from Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras.

Season 4 opening funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is made possible by grants from Square D Company, dedicated to growth, commited to quality, by the Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras, and by this and other Public Television Stations.

Season 4 closing funding:

Narrator: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been made possible by grants from Square D Company, dedicated to growth, commited to quality, by the Polaroid Corporation, manufactures of cameras, and by this and other Public Television Stations.

Season 5 opening funding:

Narrator: Major funding for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is made possible by a grant from the people at Square D Company, Inc. Square D, Dedicated to Growth, Commited to Quality.

Narrator: And by, Quality Chekd, a manufacturer of Dairy products that made America lead to higher standards. Quality Chekd, for Higher Standards, Lean Fresh Taste.

Season 5 closing funding:

Narrator: Major funding for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" has been made possible by a grant from the people at Square D Company, Inc. Square D, Dedicated to Growth, Commited to Quality.

Narrator: And by, Quality Chekd, a manufacturer of Dairy products that made America lead to higher standards. Quality Chekd, for Higher Standards, Lean Fresh Taste.