I don't know why but I sat through an episode of this recently and, at the risk of spoiling the suspense for any avid fans who may have missed the airing, would like to share the denouement with you all.
Dick Van Dyke’s Doctor son (or son’s friend I wasn’t really watching at the start) had administered some medication to a superstar basketball player who then died. To save his son (or son’s friend) Dick had to find the real murderer. He then got to present the case for the defence in court. Man of many talents, you see.
In the Courtroom Dick Van Dyke called as a witness 'The Towel Boy’, a general Janitor for the basketball team who suffered from cerebral palsy. Dick (I can call him Dick, we’re friends) asked The Towel Boy if he had ever wanted to be a basketball player himself. The Towel Boy with cerebral palsy replied “when you’ve got cerebral palsy you’re happy just to walk in a straight line”. Then, in a startling move, Dick flung a basketball straight at The Towel Boy and The Towel Boy instinctively blocked it with his previously useless hands, protecting his face.
Haha, the game was up. Dick explained that The Towel Boy had been the same college as the (now deceased) superstar and during a trial game had been smashed against the backboard by the (to be) superstar as he slam-dunked the winner. There were major league agents at the game and The Towel Boy was ignored while the superstar taken to the big leagues and multi-million pound success.
The Towel Boy would have the last laugh, though. He disguised himself and pretended to have cerebral palsy in order to get a job in the locker rooms of the basketball team who had signed the victim up (I'm not sure why he had to pretend to have the ailment but the courtroom drama wouldn't have been as epic and unexpected otherwise, so there's a stroke of good luck). Then he proceeded to daily fill the victim’s clothes, towel and locker with cat hairs. Only The Towel Boy knew that the victim had a mysterious cat allergy and it was this- not the prescription drugs- that killed him.
Dick solved the mystery though. Seemingly without the need for any clues or evidence.
Three cheers for Dick Van Dyke!
