Keep Moving (21 page)
Authors: Dick Van Dyke
Sons of the Desert
(movie),
161
Stern, Stewart,
135
Stokey, Mike,
50
Summer Olympics 1984,
174
The Sunshine Boys
(play),
25
,
116
,
138
Suquamish Indians,
186
surprises, in life,
124–125
Sybil
(movie),
135
talking, list of subjects for,
117
Tarkington, Booth,
85
Tati, Jacques,
195
Tatum, Art,
67
television
benefits of,
159
color,
169
invention of,
159
Teresa
(movie),
135
term life insurance,
15
“That Old Senility” (song lyrics),
28
The Magnificent Ambersons
(movie),
170
Thomas, Danny,
196
Thoreau, Henry David,
68
Tiffany’s jewelry store,
123–124
Toaster from Amiga,
136
Today Show
(TV show),
4
Tomlin, Lily,
66
Tony Award,
127
Tournier, Paul,
81
Town Hall, New York City,
167
Tracy, Spencer,
158
travel, challenges of,
53
Triola, Michelle
allergy to cats,
132
Bill Clinton, meeting,
182
death,
98
green thumb of,
93
having lunch with the girls,
97
health, neglect of,
94
heart attack,
95
lung cancer,
96
meeting DVD,
90
palimony lawsuit,
90–91
poker, love of,
16
sailing,
91–92
smoking, quitting,
95
social circle of,
93
Truman, Harry S.,
166
TV commercials, on afflictions of aging,
17
TV Land Awards,
199
Twain, Mark,
85
Twickenham Studios,
170
Tyler (DVD’s grandson),
76
The Ugly American
(movie),
135
Ukulele Mama
1
(Estelle Reiner),
203
Ukulele Mama
2
(Estelle Reiner),
203
Van Dyke, Arlene Silver (wife)
acceptance of DVD’s marriage proposal,
123
Caesar salad dressing, making,
19
care of DVD during illness,
32–36
as DVD’s makeup artist,
112–113
engagement ring, choosing,
123–124
family’s reaction to relationship with DVD,
116
first meeting with DVD,
111–112
fortieth birthday party,
13–14
friendship with DVD,
113–115
hosting homeless family at Disneyland,
48–49
invitation to lunch in DVD’s trailer,
113
memorabilia, discovery of,
75
Nuvigil, reaction to,
153
proposals of marriage by DVD,
112
,
122
proposition in Skagway, Alaska,
59
purchase of DVD signature cardigan,
73
refusal to have Rocky put down,
137–138
romantic relationship with DVD, beginning of,
115
on set of
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,
31–32
teepee, desire for,
186
Twitter, post of Dick dancing,
37
wedding,
127–128
wedding celebration party,
128
See also
Alaska cruise
;
Rocky
Van Dyke, Carey Wayne (grandson),
76
Van Dyke, Carrie Beth (daughter),
116
,
170
Van Dyke, Chris (son),
18
,
55
,
116
Van Dyke, Dick, early years
Air Force fitness rating,
43
birthday cake, favorite,
4
first bicycle,
41–42
in high school drama club,
81
as junior class president,
126
magician, desire to be a,
41
playing boogie-woogie piano,
162
in school band,
162
in special services,
165
summers, memories of,
41
tap dance lessons,
190
trombone solo at state band championship,
162
in Wabash College track meet,
125–126
Van Dyke, Dick, with Margie Willett (first wife)
archaeological dig at ranch,
77
at Arizona ranch,
5
on Atlantic cruise,
58
at dinner party with Reagans,
173
Margie’s death,
96
marriage,
79
Van Dyke, Dick, as entertainer
After Six Award,
75
Beatles, meeting in England,
170
CBS, contract with,
212
CG animation, use of,
136–137
Chimney Sweep Award,
76
dancing in
Mary Poppins,
31
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
impact of on,
159
early television, interest in,
23
gift for making people feel good,
208
injury during
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
rehearsal,
x
Mary Poppins,
getting role in,
127
Mary Tyler Moore, initial reservations about,
196
as Mr. Dawes in
Mary Poppins,
14
pretend campaign-style speech,
181
rejection by AARP magazine,
18–19
roles, criteria for acceptance of,
81
,
209
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award,
76
,
207
Tony Award,
127
as TV host in New Orleans,
212
as vaudeville performer,
167
working on
Mary Poppins
in England,
170
See also
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Van Dyke, Dick, and Michelle Triola
pot roasts,
102–103
grief after Michelle’s death,
103–104
life with Michelle,
91–94
meeting,
90
Michelle’s death,
98–99
Van Dyke, Dick, personal life
agenda for life, lack of,
126
animation, interest in,
136
as Barefoot Prince of Malibu,
20
big nose of,
12
Carl Reiner, friendship with,
193
clothing, indulgence in,
74–75
collapsed lung,
34–35
dancing with Betty Ford,
181–182
dating,
105
Death of a Salesman,
reaction to,
166
Disneyland, hosting homeless family at,
48–49
drawings,
75
emphysema,
34
as executive creative producer of Malibu Playhouse,
25
first cruise,
58
first TV,
166
games,
50
grocery store, singing and dancing in,
44
Halloween, enjoyment of,
76–77
involvement in world,
48
learning something new,
49
lost wallet,
177
memorabilia, boxes of,
75–76
modern TV and music, opinion of,
67
music, love of,
84
mystery affliction,
147–154
naps,
50
near-death experience,
29–30
new romance, risking,
106–107
NOT-to-Do lists,
45–46
on organized religion,
68–70
out-of-wedlock conception, discovery of,
165
painkiller, use of,
149
Pandora, listening to,
134
philosophical To-Do lists,
45
piano, playing,
162
pleurodesis,
35
pneumonia,
33
racism, reaction to,
69
regrets of,
190–191
religious beliefs,
211–212
rock music, opinion of,
167
on romance in old age,
129
sailing,
5
shingles,
33
simple pleasures of,
11
singing, enjoyment of,
161–162
singing and dancing,
47
sleeping pills,
149
To-Do-lists,
44
TV repair, course in,
23
Vines, starring in,
134
See also
Alaska cruise
Van Dyke, Dick, family of Barry (son),
18
,
116
Carey Wayne (grandson),
76
Carrie Beth (daughter),
116
,
170
father (
See
Van Dyke, Loren
)