Author:
Van Dyke, Dick, author.
Physical Description:xii, 287 pages : illustrations (some colored), portraits (some colored) ; 24 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note: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 -- pt. 2. Never a dull moment ; Some kind of nut ; The New Dick Van Dyke ; The morning after -- pt. 3. Sailing away ; Another fine mess ; Divorce American style ; Em-va-zema ; Strong medicine -- pt. 4. The old man the TV ; Diagnosis fun ; Curtain calls.
Note: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.