As of July 2026, Dave's World Season 4 aired in 1996 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Dave's World Season 4

1996 24 Episodes Comedy ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Dave's World Season 4 is available on streaming right now. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 10 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Harry Anderson sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Dave's World Season 4 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Sharp writing and a well-matched ensemble are what separate Dave's World Season 4 from the crowd. Season 4 of Dave's World includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1996 to June 1997. This season stars Harry Anderson, Delane Matthews and Meshach Taylor. Harry Anderson and Delane Matthews lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1996. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Dave's World Season 4 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Dave's World Season 4. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Harry Anderson sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.

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🎬 Dave's World Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
Based on a True Story
1996-09-13
When Dave's column about Shel's childhood is picked by the head of Paragon Pictures to be a feature film, Beth urges Dave to take Shel on as a writing partner for the screenplay. Dave has never been able to ""work or play well with others"" since kindergarten and he's never had a writing partner. Be...
E2
Solitaire
1996-09-20
With Beth and the boys away for the weekend, Dave savors the time alone to do as he pleases -- if only he can get his friends to stop trying to keep him company. Dave's weekend is filled with all the things dearest to his heart: naps, television, beer, pretzels and not bathing. However, Mia and Eric...
E3
Missed Manners
1996-09-27
""Is it me, or did people used to be nicer to each other?"" Dave wonders, after Beth's insulted on the road and Shel has several run-ins with an obnoxious waiter who's out to get him.
E4
Crime and Coconuts
1996-10-04
Dave grounds Tommy for a prank the child insists he didn't commit. Then Eric's father, Eric Jr., invites the gang to the Coconut Strip Club for Eric's bachelor party, where they wind up in a brawl and get a taste of injustice themselves before a judge who hates celebrities, especially colunists. Mea...
E5
Miami Beached
1996-10-11
When Dave, Shel and Kenny are sentenced to do community service at the beach as a result of the fight at Eric's bachelor party, a Cuban refugee drags himself out of the water and the boys must decide what to do with him. Dave takes the refugee, Juan, home with him and tries to introduce him to the D...
E6
Daveberry, RFD
1996-10-18
When Dave's home town of Pewauketucket, Ohio, honors him with the key to the city, Dave and Beth begin to think that it might be a better place to live than crime-ridden Miami. With Dave mourning the theft of his prize Mustang from right in front of their Miami home, he and Beth begin to look at Pew...
E7
A Very Barry Pumpkin Show
1996-11-01
The Barrys and their friends get caught up in the past as they try to relive their best childhood Halloween memories. Dave, determined that his boys will be able to pick a jack-o-lantern from a real pumpkin patch, the way he did when he was growing up in the Midwest, hovers over his pumpkin patch li...
E8
Falling
1996-11-08
When Dave meets an attractive female fan who invites him back to her apartment to ""talk about writing,"" Shel and Kenny are certain that Dave will be seduced if he goes. While Dave, Shel and Kenny are out of town visiting friends, Dave sees the beautiful Lisa reading his book. After introducing him...
E9
Stress
1996-11-22
Beth's decision to use the repair job on the kitchen and master bedroom as a reason to completely redecorate the house puts a major strain on the Barrys' marriage. Ever since structural damage plunged their bedroom into the kitchen, Dave and Beth have been camping out in the living room, which has p...
E10
Starr Tours
1996-12-13
Dave sees a way to meet his favorite '60s British rock star, Peter Noone, when Eric begins repairs on the man's Florida mansion. After Eric leaves Dave's bathroom sink still spouting water like Old Faithful in favor of a repair job at a rock star's house, Dave is furious until he discovers just who ...
E11
The Importance of Missing Earnest
1996-12-20
When Willie leaves Earnest, the family bloodhound, at the park by accident, all the Barrys and their friends come together for ""Operation Find Earnest."" The kids are heartbroken over the loss of the dog, and Dave and friends go to great lengths to find him. Kenny and Shel help to draw the missing ...
E12
Does the Whale Have to Be White?
1997-01-03
Dave writes a scathing column criticizing Tommy's teacher for staging a drastically rewritten politically correct version of Moby Dick; Shel and Kenny are dubious about taking Eric to an exclusive nightclub.
E13
Playdate With a Playmate
1997-01-10
After Shel displays the new edition of Playboy in which the centerfold confesses that one of her lifelong ambitions is to meet Dave, the meeting is arranged but doesn't turn out exactly the way Dave and the guys envisioned it. Entertainment Tonight reporter Mark Steines guest stars as himself, cover...
E14
Spontaneous Combustion
1997-01-17
Kenny encourages Shel to be more spontaneous -and Shel foolishly takes his advice. Meanwhile, Dave and Beth's hanky-panky in the car sends them straight to traffic school. Trying to embrace the ability to live impulsively, Kenny convinces Shel to go on a last minute cruise and Shel ends up married b...
E15
Dave Barry, Call Your Agent
1997-01-31
Dave finds out that his agent, Irving Bloom, has died and that Bloom's widow, Mel, is taking over the client list, much to his surprise. Bea Arthur plays Mel Bloom, the new agent, in the first of three guest-starring appearances. Talk show host Wink Martindale appears as himself. Dave finds himself ...
E16
Touched By an Agent
1997-02-07
Mel, Dave's aggressive new agent, has the Barry household spinning both physically and mentally when she sends Dave into New York for a PR tour and lands Willie a television commercial much to Beth's chagrin. Bea Arthur plays Mel Bloom, the new agent, in the second of three guest-starring appearance...
E17
Bad News Barry's
1997-02-21
A publishing party at the Barrys' home, coordinated by Dave's new agent, Mel, links Dave to a dead mobster and thrusts him into the seedy world of tabloid publicity. After a photo of Dave with Carlo ""The Body Bag"" Lorenz, which was taken at the party, appears on the front page of the Miami newspap...
E18
Liar's Poker
1997-02-28
A call from an old college classmate whom Dave despised reveals a long-hidden truth about Dave and Beth's dating history. When Dave, Beth, Kenny and Shel engage in their usual game of poker, the art of bluffing becomes more personal than usual. During the course of the poker game, Dave discovers tha...
E19
Testing . . . Testing . . .
1997-04-30
After Dave volunteers to take care of the family by himself so Beth can study without interruptions, he has to fly solo and deal with a variety of problems including Kenny's request for a loan of $2,000, Tommy's radical new hairdo and a pony in the backyard. Dave struggles to keep each ""event"" fro...
E20
Tropical Depression
1997-05-07
Kenny auditions for a job as a weatherman. Meanwhile, Shel's investments bring him a substantial windfall; then he learns the truth about his shady accountant.

🎭 Cast of Dave's World Season 4

Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson
Dave Barry
Delane Matthews
Delane Matthews
Beth Barry
Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor
Shel Baylor
Shadoe Stevens
Shadoe Stevens
Kenny Beckett
JW
J.C. Wendel
Mia
Patrick Warburton
Patrick Warburton
Eric
ZC
Zane Carney
Tommy Barry
AD
Andrew Ducote
Willie Barry

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