Includes index

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

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