Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book: The Definitive History and Ultimate Viewer's Guide to Television's Most Enduring Comedy

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Summary: Here's the template!
Review: This is *da book* on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", but it's really far more than that. It is the finest book on a TV sitcom I've ever come across. Waldron painstakingly discusses everything you'd ever want to know about the show, and he interviewed (seemingly) everyone connected with the show, including Carl Reiner, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick, Larry Matthews, Rose Marie, and many of the writers. If you're a DVDS fan, you've gottta have this tome on hand. I can't recommend it highly enough. I fervently hope Vince will do subsequent books on "Cheers" and other sitcoms...he's the ONLY man for the job.

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Summary: An excellent guide to the Dick Van Dyke sitcom shows
Review: This is an excellent "tv-ology guide" to the hugely successful and popular Dick Van Dyke show. It has all the creative nuts and bolts of how the show was put-together, the inner workings of the cast, crew, producers and director. It offers really good reading for the casual visitor as well as the dedicated TV sitcom buff. A really fun and informative book on the creation and multi-year production of a great show.

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Summary: Details extraordinare!
Review: Vince Waldron has provided a thorough and enjoyable read for "Dick Van Dyke Show" fans. A great deal of space is given over to the development of the show and its production, and the people behind it. Quotes from Carl Reiner, Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie and many others are intersperced throughout, and they *greatly* enhance Vince's discussion. Nearly everything from Mary Tyler Moore's interview for the job with Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner to the show's voluntary closeout in 1966 can be found here. If you love the show, you own this book.