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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 nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp 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 s 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 doesnrsquot know the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp 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 Bertrsquos ldquoChim Chim Cher-eerdquo This is a lively heartwarming memoir of a performer who still thinks of himself as a ldquosimple song-and-dance manrdquo but who is in every sense of the word a classic entertainer.



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