Keep moving : and other tips and truths about aging

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Keep moving : and other tips and truths about aging

Author:

Van Dyke, Dick author.

ISBN:

9781602862968

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Playing with house money -- The kid stays in the game -- Oh brother, how old art thou? (or how do you know when you're old?) -- That old senility -- Mr. Vandy dances again -- Dancing with your inner child, a workout for older people -- Enjoy the ride (for my friend Bob Palmer) -- Rewriting the rules -- Letters to the editor -- Old things, and what really matters -- A separate plot -- I was supposed to go first -- A tribute to old friends (circa 2008) -- Sit or get off the pot roast -- What do you talk about with her -- Surprises -- Love in the afternoon -- Old dogs, new tricks -- Why write it down? -- Other tips and truths about old age -- Good health without drugs... sort of -- Ninety years, a report card -- Let's hear it for neighborliness -- The dreams of an old man -- Wiping the slate clean -- A conversation with Carl -- The thing that lasts -- A life achievement award.

Personal Subject:

Van Dyke, Dick.

Subject Term:

Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Aging.

Genre:

Autobiographies

Added Author:

Gold, Todd,

Summary:

A show-business legend, Van Dyke is living proof that life does get better the longer you live it. His irrepressible belief in embracing the moment and unleashing his inner child has proved to be the ultimate elixir of youth. Here he offers his own playful anecdotes and advice, as well as insights from other spirited friends and family, to provide a reminder that life should be lived with enthusiasm despite what the calendar says.

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Show-business legend Dick Van Dyke is living proof that life does get better the longer you live it. Who better to offer instruction, advice, and humor than someone who's entering his ninth decade with a jaunty two-step? Van Dyke isn't just a born song-and-dance man; his irrepressible belief in embracing the moment and unleashing his inner child has proved to be the ultimate elixir of youth. When he was injured during the filming of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , his doctor warned him he'd be using a walker within seven years, but Dick performed a soft shoe right there and never looked back.

In Keep Moving , Dick Van Dyke offers his own playful anecdotes and advice, as well as insights from his brother, actor Jerry Van Dyke; his friend and creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show , Carl Reiner; and other spirited friends and family. Whether he's describing the pleasure he takes in his habitual visits to the grocery store; how he met his late-in-life-love Arlene; or how he sprung back, livelier than ever, from a near-death experience, Dick's optimistic outlook is an invigorating tonic for anyone who needs a reminder that life should be lived with enthusiasm despite what the calendar says.

"You don't have to act your age. You don't even have to feel it. And if it does attempt to elbow its way into your life, you do not have to pay attention. If I am out shopping and hear music playing in a store, I start to dance. If I want to sing, I sing. I read books and get excited about new ideas. I enjoy myself. I don't think about the way I am supposed to act at my age - or at any age. As far as I know, there is no manual for old age. There is no test you have to pass. There is no way you have to behave. There is no such thing as 'age appropriate.'

When people ask my secret to staying youthful at an age when getting up and down from your chair on your own is considered an accomplishment, you know what I tell them? 'Keep moving.'"

- Dick Van Dyke

Author Notes

Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke on December 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. He is best known for portraying Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke show from 1961-1966. This show received four Emmy Awards as Outstanding Comedy Series and Van Dyke won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Van Dyke also starred on the Broadway stage in Bye Bye Birdie and The Music Man. He won the Best Actor Tony in 1961 for Bye Bye Birdie. He also starred in two classic children's movies, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Van Dyke is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and the grandfather of actor Shane Van Dyke. He is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. His memoir, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business, was was written in 2011. In 2014 this memoir was on the New York Times bestseller list.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Kirkus Review

In this follow-up to his memoir, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business (2011), song-and-dance man Van Dyke relishes his approaching 90th birthday and shares some tips for readers on reaching and enjoying that venerable age. Best known for Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, and the Dick Van Dyke Show, the still-energetic actor, aided here by Gold (co-author, with Billy Ray Cyrus: Hillbilly Heart, 2013, etc.), presents not so much a memoir as a collection of sprightly, scattered essays, a few poems, some correspondence with a TV reviewer, one raunchy limerick, and a fair number of platitudinous to-do and not-to-do lists. One chapter, featuring his report card rating of significant events since his birth in 1925, results in some odd juxtapositions: Van Dyke seeing Al Jolson in a "talkie" in 1930 (The Jazz Singer) is followed by the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 ("The countryneeded a leader, someone to believe in, and FDR was the man"). Both years receive an A. Van Dyke's boyhood, marriages, career, bout with alcoholism, health problems: all touched upon but not explored, for this is determinedly upbeat stuff. If the secrets to a long life are good genes and a good attitude, the author appears to have been blessed with both, plus the important factor of good luck. Some celebrity name-dropping is inevitable in a showbiz memoir, but here it is fairly low-key. A late chapter featuring a conversation with longtime friend Carl Reiner would have been a fitting way to wrap up this offering on aging well, but unfortunately, Van Dyke cannot resist concluding this account by tacking on more forgettable platitudes. Those with fond memories of the author's wholesome movies and TV shows may take pleasure in this dose of good cheer; others not so much. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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