Authors: Dick Van Dyke
Kristen (DVD’s grandchild),
76
Lady Gaga,
134
Lange, Hope,
172
Laurel, Stan
Laurel and Hardy movies, young people and,
188
in
Sons of the Desert,
161
Leary, Denis,
37
Lemmon, Jack,
16
Let’s Dance
(radio program),
161
Levy, Shawn,
31
life insurance,
15
life achievement awards, for non-entertainers,
211
Linley, Chuck,
126
Little Caesar
(movie),
200
Lockhart, Gene,
166
loneliness,
48
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,
171
love, importance of,
129–130
,
145
,
176
,
206
,
212
Love Boat
-themed party,
13–14
Lowry, Brian,
71
Lynch, Jane,
177
Magic Castle nightclub,
115
males, average life expectancy of,
xii
Malibu, California,
xi
,
16
,
93
,
177
Malibu Civic Theater,
1
Malibu Playhouse,
25
Mandela, Nelson,
174
Margie (first wife).
See
Willett, Margie
Marina del Ray, California,
91
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor,
183
Marmalade restaurant,
177
marriage, same-sex,
176
marriage equality,
82
Martin, Dick,
93
Martin, Dolly,
93
Marvin, Lee,
90–91
Marx Brothers,
161
Mary Poppins
(movie)
choreography in,
31
DVD as Mr. Dawes in,
14
DVD dancing in,
31
DVD getting role in,
127
DVD’s grandmother’s reaction to,
8
release of,
171
working in England,
170
material things, attachment to,
74
May, Elaine,
167
Mayo Clinic,
148
McHugh, Edna,
135
McRae, Carmen,
68
medications,
149
Mehta, Zubin,
152
Mein Kampf
(Hitler),
159
mentality, physiology and,
151
Merry Mutes,
167
The Middle
(TV show),
22
Midnight Mission,
48–49
Miles, Sylvia,
194
Miller, Arthur,
166
Million Dollar Theatre,
167
Mitchelson, Marvin,
91
The Modern Cook Book and Household Recipes
(1904),
101
money,
143
Moore, George Tyler,
209
Moore, Mary Tyler
audition for
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
196
DVD’s objection to,
196
Life Achievement Award,
207
refusal to change name,
209
Morris, Howard,
50
Mule Deer, Gary,
21
music, importance of,
84–85
My Mother the Car
(TV show),
210
My New Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book
(1937),
101
Nagasaki, Japan,
165
naps,
50
neighborliness,
177–178
Nelson, Baby Face,
161
Nelson, Harriet,
173
Nelson, Ozzie,
173
New Deal,
179
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV show),
172
New England Journal of Medicine,
study on prevention of dementia,
46
New Orleans, Louisiana,
212
New York Times
crossword puzzles,
10
Newhart, Bob,
65
Nichols, Mike,
167
Nietzsche, Friedrich,
110
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(movie),
30–32
Nixon, Richard M.
meeting with DVD,
181
Nixon-Kennedy debate,
168
resignation,
173
Watergate,
172–173
NOH8 (No hate) campaign,
82
Nuvigil,
152–153
O’Connor, Donald,
167
O’Day, Anita,
68
old age
employability,
175
feeling and acting young, key to,
154
genetics and,
154
health foods,
144
jokes about,
64
as precious gift,
71
role models in,
66
sexuality in,
202
shrinking,
144
sixties and seventies, improvisation in,
9–10
sixty as new forty,
4
sixty-five as new forty,
xii
as stage of life,
xiv
stereotypes of,
66–67
tips and truths about,
143–145
Wikipedia definition of,
xii
See also
aging
The Omen
(movie),
190
One World government,
179–180
palimony,
90–91
Palmer, Bob
death of,
60–61
reaction to Nuvigil,
153
surgery of,
54–55
Pantomime Quiz
(TV show),
50–51
Parker, Charlie,
67
parties
Arlene’s fortieth birthday,
13–14
holiday, at Mancusos’ house,
2–4
wedding celebration, at Mancusos’ house,
128
Paul, Byron,
212–213
Pearl Harbor,
164
Peck, Veronique,
105
Penrod and Sam
(Tarkington),
85
People
magazine,
37
Perry Como Show
(TV show),
168
physiology, mentality and,
151
Pierce, Franklin,
186
Plato,
84
playtime, importance of,
42
possessions, perspective on,
78
pot roasts, as coded messages,
103
pot roasts, history of,
101
prayer, power of,
212–213
prescription drugs,
149
present, focusing on,
65
,
68
,
215
president, first black,
175
Presley, Elvis,
167
prohibition, repeal of,
160
Prohibition Era, bootlegging in,
159
Purdue University,
125
Purvis, Melvin,
161
pyschiatry,
201–202
questioning,
80–81
questions to carry around,
83
racism,
69
Ralph’s Supermarket,
177
Reagan, Nancy,
173
Rebel Without a Cause
(movie),
135
Red Onion Saloon,
59
Reilly, Charles Nelson,
127
Reiner, Annie,
203
Reiner, Carl
advice for younger people,
205
age of,
194
on aging,
199–200
on best way to die,
204
Bill Clinton, conversation with,
183
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
recordings of,
197–198
dreams,
201
as DVD’s grandmother’s favorite,
8
first meeting with DVD,
194–195
friendship with DVD,
40
,
49–50
,
193
on his children,
205
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor,
183
on marriage,
203
New Dick Van Dyke Show
and,
172
pride in
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
199
pyschiatry,
201–202
on reading obituaries,
xv
,
200–201
Shakespeare, knowledge of,
50
walking,
201
work, continuance of,
65
youthfulness of,
40
Reiner, Lucas,
203
Reynolds, Debbie,
167
Richard Diamond
(TV show),
196
Rickles, Don,
65
Rockwell, Norman,
185
Rocky (dog)
reaction to Michelle’s death,
98
,
104
relationship with Arlene,
131–134
swimming,
138–139
teepee for,
186
therapeutic treatments,
140
Rogers, Will,
xv
romance, old age and,
143
Rooney, Mickey,
30
Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
160
,
182
Rose, Charlie,
65
Rose Marie,
197
Roth, Michael,
69
Rouse, Father Warren,
127
rules for living,
213–214
Ryan (DVD’s grandson),
76
Sacks, Oliver,
103
same-sex marriage,
176
Sanders, Bernie,
65
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra,
68
Schieffer, Bob,
65
Scopes, John T.,
158
Scopes trial,
158
Screen Actors Guild Awards gala,
207
Seattle, Chief, actual letter to President Pierce from,
187–188
Seattle, Chief, fictional letter to President Pierce from,
186–187
security,
125
Selma, Alabama,
171
senior citizens, increase in number of,
65
Senior Olympics,
24
“A Separate Plot” (limerick),
87
September 11, 2001,
175
Serling, Rod,
82
Serra Retreat,
127
sexuality,
202
Sherman, Richard,
65
shrinking, old age and,
144
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
(TV show),
32
,
33
Simon, André,
101
Simon, Neil,
25
singing and dancing lessons,
190
singing group (Vantastix),
6
Singing in the Rain
(movie),
167
sixty as new forty,
4
sixty-five as new forty,
xii
Skagway, Alaska,
59–60
Social Security,
145
Songs I Like, by Dick Van Dyke
(recording),
169
songs to dance to,
47
songs to sing,
47