My lucky life in and out of show business
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Dick Van Dyke
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780307592248; 9780307592262; 9780307914309
Subjects: Biography; Comedians; Television actors and actresses
Description: The star of one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1960s and of classic films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," Dick Van Dyke pens a lively, heartwarming memoir of his multi-layered life.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Step in time ; The yawn patrol ; Special services ; The Merry Mutes ; Live on the air ; A seven-year contract ; Laugh lines ; Bye bye Birdie ; Rob and Laura Petrie ; Showtime ; Canceled ; Business as usual ; A jolly holiday ; Family values ; Seeing stars ; Upsets and goodbyes; title: pt. 2. Never a dull moment ; Some kind of nut ; The New Dick Van Dyke ; The morning after; title: pt. 3. Sailing away ; Another fine mess ; Divorce American style ; Em-va-zema ; Strong medicine; title: pt. 4. The old man the TV ; Diagnosis fun ; Curtain calls.