In the episode "Like a Sister" from the Dick Van Dyke Show, what is Buddy referring to when he sings: "doodlee doodlee doo doo doo?" (video in comments).

by ellivibrutp

Buddy sings this tune in reference to Sally having a crush on a man who doesn't feel the same way about her. Everyone in the episode seems to know exactly what the tune means.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/30486[1] 3 minutes 20 seconds

I went to r/answers first. It looks lke /r/television isn't the place for this question. Television has history right?

itsallfolklore

This is purposefully ambiguous - to avoid problems with censors - but also because the source of the humor is that everyone from Dick Van Dyke to the audience is left wondering exactly what the phrase means: does it mean Sally merely has a crush, or is it a reference to something else more serious (and physical), which could not be mentioned on TV at the time. The risqué possibilities are a good source of the humor - implied to those whose naughty imaginations would take them there, but not necessarily, and that tension is part of the humor.