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My Lucky Life in and out of Show Business: A Memoir

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The Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award-winning Golden Age entertainer looks back on his extensive career, reminiscing on productions ranging from The Dick Van Dyke Show to Mary Poppins while describing his relationships with such figures as Carl Reiner and Mary Tyler Moore.
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DICK VAN DYKE was born in West Plains, Missouri, in 1925. He is an internationally recognized and accomplished performer, and has been a recipient of the Theatre World Award, a Tony, a Grammy, and four Emmy awards. He lives in California.

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Table of Contents

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 good-byes — Never a dull moment — Some kind of nut — The new Dick Van Dyke — The morning after — Sailing away — Another fine mess — Divorce American style — Em-va-zema — Strong medicine — The old man and the TV — Diagnosis fun — Curtain calls.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307592262
Subtitle:
A Memoir
Publisher:
Crown Publishing Group
Author:
Dyke, Dick Van
Subject:
Biography - General
Subject:
Film and Television-Actor Biographies
Subject:
Film and Television-Biography
Subject:
Biography-Entertainment and Performing Arts
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main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20110503
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
287
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