Foreword xi
Carl Reiner
Introduction 1(6)
PART ONE
1 Step in Time
7(8)
2 The Yawn Patrol
15(8)
3 Special Services
23(5)
4 The Merry Mutes
28(12)
5 Live on the Air
40(7)
6 A Seven-Year Contract
47(8)
7 Laugh Lines
55(7)
8 Bye Bye Birdie
62(9)
9 Rob and Laura Petrie
71(10)
10 Showtime
81(11)
11 Canceled
92(7)
12 Business as Usual
99(11)
13 A Jolly Holiday
110(10)
14 Family Values
120(10)
15 Seeing Stars
130(11)
16 Upsets and Good-byes
141(12)
PART TWO
17 Never a Dull Moment
153(12)
18 Some Kind of Nut
165(9)
19 The New Dick Van Dyke
174(9)
20 The Morning After
183(12)
PART THREE
21 Sailing Away
195(8)
22 Another Fine Mess
203(9)
23 Divorce American Style
212(11)
24 Em-va-zema
223(8)
25 Strong Medicine
231(10)
PART FOUR
26 The Old Man and the TV
241(9)
27 Diagnosis Fun
250(10)
28 Curtain Calls
260(15)
Acknowledgments 275(2)
Insert Photograph Credits 277(2)
Index 279