num_pages: 401
description: The Dick Van Dyke Show was the biggest nugget during the golden age of television. It ran for five years, won 15 Emmys and set the pace for the sophisticated sitcom. Written with the full cooperation of Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner and Mary Tyler Moore, The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book is the first and only authorized backstage history of TV's most enduring comedy, an ultimate viewer guide to the dhow, both on and off camera. The book reads like a great dramatic script itself, beginning with the task of getting the show on its feet, moving on to the struggles to keep it alive.The first and only complete, fully authorized "biography" of one of TV's most beloved sitcoms, including the first complete viewer's guide to all 158 episodes, including a rare look at Carl Reiner's Head of the Family, the pilot film that started it all, as well as special behind-the-scenes trivia and a full chapter concordance. 50 black and white photos.
language: English
title: The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book
titlecomplete: The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book
genres: History, Nonfiction, Tv, Pop Culture
ratings_count: 164
publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books