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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- D. Owens: Add a description of this character.
- Carl Reiner: Famous actor and director. Did "The Dick Van Dyke Show" with Dick.
- Jerry Paris: Worked with Dick on the "Dick Van Dyke Show"
- Morey Amsterdam: Worked with Dick on the "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
- Stan Laurel: Physical comedian and part of a duo with Hardy
- Sheldon Leonard: A writer
- Rose Marie: Worked with Dick on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
- Richard Deacon
- Julie Andrews: Famous actress and singer who starred in "Mary Poppins" with Dick.
- Mary Tyler Moore: Famous actress who played Dick's wife in "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
- Chita Rivera: Was the female lead with Dick as the male lead in the Broadway show "Bye, Bye, Birdie".
- Fred Astaire: Famous dancer and actor usually paired with Ginger Rogers
- Bing Crosby: Famous singer and actor
- Buster Keaton: Famous actor from the 1920's. His use of physical comedy opened a new world for actors.
- Walt Disney: Founder of the huge Disney conglomerate and producer of "Mary Poppins".
- Walter Cronkite: Famous news broadcaster
- Jerry Van Dyke: Dick's younger brother who found it hard to live up to his brothers reputation. Jerry eventually got into show business as well and is now living in Arkansas.
First Sentence edit
It was nighttime, February 1943, and I was standing next to my mother, thinking about the war in Europe.
Table of Contents edit
Step in Time
The Yawn Patrol
Special Services
The Merry Mutes
Live on teh 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
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dick Van Dyke (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Archetype, imprint of Crown Publishing Group, division of Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-307-59223-1
Page Count: 273
Publisher: Crown Archetype, imprint of Crown Publishing Group, division of Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-307-59223-1
Page Count: 273
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
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