The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book: The Definitive History of Television's Most Enduring Comedy

The most acclaimed comedy of TV's golden age, The Dick Van Dyke Show comes to life in this fun-filled and impeccably researched book, the first and only authorized biography of television's most influential comedy. Readers are afforded full backstage access at the making of one of America's most beloved comedies in a book that's packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the show's entire cast and crew, including Carl Reiner, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, and, of course, Dick Van Dyke himself.  Illustrated with more than 150 rare photos--many of them never before published--this indispensable companion to The Dick Van Dyke Show also features the first and only complete viewer's guide to all 158 episodes of the show, including Carl Reiner's Head of the Family, the pilot film that started it all.  Written in an engaging style by the Emmy-winning writer and journalist Vince Waldron, The Official Dick Van Dyke Show really is the definitive book on television's definitive comedy show.