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Original Title:	My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business
ISBN:	0307592235 (ISBN13: 9780307592231)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2011)

My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business

Dick Van Dyke

Hardcover | Pages: 287 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 10206 Users | 1320 Reviews

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Title	:	My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business
Author	:	Dick Van Dyke
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 287 pages
Published	:	May 3rd 2011 by Crown Archetype (first published 2011)
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir

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Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his physical dexterity, his impeccable comic timing, his ridiculous stunts, and his unforgettable screen roles.
           
His trailblazing television program, The Dick Van Dyke Show (produced by Carl Reiner, who has written the foreword to this memoir), was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1960s and introduced another major television star, Mary Tyler Moore. But Dick Van Dyke was also an enormously engaging movie star whose films, including Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, have been discovered by a new generation of fans and are as beloved today as they were when they first appeared. Who doesn’t know the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
           
A colorful, loving, richly detailed look at the decades of a multilayered life, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business, will enthrall every generation of reader, from baby-boomers who recall when Rob Petrie became a household name, to all those still enchanted by Bert’s “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” This is a lively, heartwarming memoir of a performer who still thinks of himself as a “simple song-and-dance man,” but who is, in every sense of the word, a classic entertainer.


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This was such an entertaining book about Dick Van Dyke's life. I listened to the audiobook and it's actually read by him so it heightens the experience even more. There's so much I didn't know about him, including that he was a recovering alcoholic, or how much he struggled before making it big. He's worked with so many famous people and played some iconic roles. He didn't talk about Mary Poppins as much as I would have liked but I did enjoy that he went through everything chronologically

I had every intention of writing my review the minute I finished this book, but it didnt happen. In point of fact I put it aside, picking up my daughter and withdrew to the living where we turned on Mary Poppins. Watching her giggle and bounce to the music warmed my heart, but the insight offered by his biography made Van Dykes performance all the more endearing. Van Dyke's dedication to family friendly entertainment is genuinely impressive and nowhere is that more evident in his descriptions of

Dick Van Dyke is, in some ways, just an overgrown kid from Illinois. He has a very Midwestern outlook on some things. That's the part of him we all know and love. Bert--Caractacus--Rob Petrie--that's the Dick Van Dyke you expect when you pick up this book, because that's the Dick Van Dyke who made you smile as a kid, who you sang along with and opened your little heart to. Yes, you know intellectually that they're not the same person, but your inner child will insist that they are anyway.Sad to

Actual rating- 3 1/2 StarsStarting off with the positive...the following positive statements were originally written at the end of this review but I realized that the paragraphs preceding them made this book sound absolutely horrible and it isn't. In fact it was a very enjoyable read. So I've moved some of the positive lines to the beginning. I absolutely loved listening to the narration of this audio book, it felt like Dick was sitting next to me. The voice and tone of the book seems very

I barely read any non-fiction (outside of the technical writing found in information technology reference guides) in any given year. When I do branch out away from fiction, I prefer to read a biography, autobiography or memoir, or a history book, usually on a particular brief period. I breezed through Dick Van Dyke's autobiography quickly, probably because it felt like he sat in my living regaling me with tales from his past in his engaging and witty manner. His charm and good will bubbled out

I'm a big fan of Dick Van Dyke. Whenever I'm sick I watch The Dick Van Dyke Show and it makes me feel better. Growing up I would watch Diagnosis Murder with my mom and grandma. Dick Van Dyke has just always been a comfortable and family friendly tv star. I've never really given much thought to Mr. Van Dyke's personal life. Before reading this book the only thing I knew about his life was that his son Barry starred along side him on Diagnosis Murder. If not for my bookclub I don't think I would

Ever since I read The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book, I have been entertaining myself during what I call Dinner Theater by watching episodes of that classic program on YouTube. I remember seeing many of them when I was little, but there is always so much more to notice now!When I learned that Rose Marie had written an autobiography (Hold The Roses), I ordered and read it and when I stumbled across Van Dyke's autobiography the other day of course I had to order that too. This is a friendly,