Keep Moving (22 page)
Authors: Dick Van Dyke
great-grandfather,
185
great-grandparents’ farm, life on,
185
great-great-grandfather,
180
Jessica (granddaughter),
76
Kristen (granddaughter),
76
Ryan (grandson),
76
Shane (grandson),
76
Shirley (sister-in-law),
20–22
,
116
Taryn (granddaughter),
76
Tyler (grandson),
76
Wes (grandson),
76
See also
Van Dyke, Arlene (wife)
;
Van Dyke, Jerry (brother)
Van Dyke, Dick, philosophy of aging
acting and feeling one’s own age,
xiii
,
2
,
144
aging as new normal,
64
on birthday parties,
4
books, enjoyment of,
85–86
death, preparing for eventual,
94
dessert, importance of,
51–52
disinterest in what other people think,
23
dreams for future,
188–189
feeling and acting young, key to,
154
hobbies and passions, importance of,
42
how one feels inside,
24
inner child, playing with,
39–40
involvement in world,
48
learning something new,
49
letter from editor of
Los Angeles Times,
72
letter to editor of
Los Angeles Times,
71
material things, attachment to,
74
memories,
75–76
morning, perspective on life in,
145
playtime, importance of,
39–42
possessions, perspective on,
78
as precious gift,
71
pro-aging tips,
66
questioning nature of existence,
80–81
rules for living,
213–214
sense of normal, changes in,
36–37
as stage of life,
xiv
on worrying,
8–10
Van Dyke, Dick, political views
civil rights march in Selma, Alabama,
171
conservatism,
157
on Dwight Eisenhower,
168
on Harry S. Truman,
166
on John F. Kennedy,
168
on Martin Luther King Jr.,
174
on Nelson Mandela,
174
on Barack Obama,
183
on Ronald Reagan,
173
on Vietnam War,
173
Van Dyke, Dick, with Arlene Silver (wife)
beginning of romantic relationship with,
115
belly dancing with,
2
engagement ring, choosing,
123–124
family’s reaction to relationship with,
116
friendship with,
110–115
initial attraction to,
105–106
invitation to have lunch in trailer,
113
marriage proposals to,
110
,
122–123
meeting,
111–112
twenty-first century, introduction to,
134
wedding,
127–128
wedding celebration party,
128
Van Dyke, Jerry (brother)
age difference in marriage,
106
,
109–110
,
116
conversations with wife,
118–119
cruise ships, performing on,
56–57
on Dick’s recovery from pneumonia,
36
Gilligan, rejection of role of,
210
grandfather’s death,
163
health problems,
19–20
in
My Mother the Car,
210
on plastic surgery,
23–24
on putting Rocky down,
138
refusal to have backup plan,
23
stand-up act,
21–22
water therapy,
139
Van Dyke, Loren (father)
admiration of Fred Astaire,
75
conversation with sons, lack of,
6
death of,
7
disbelief in DVD’s relay race,
126
Franklin Roosevelt, dislike of,
160
music, agreement with DVD about,
84
,
161
personality,
6–7
Van Dyke, Shane (grandson),
76
Van Dyke, Shirley (Jerry’s wife),
20–22
,
116
Van Dyke, Stacy (daughter),
58
,
116
,
170
Van Dyke, Taryn (granddaughter),
76
Van Dyke, Wes (grandson),
76
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
30
,
32
,
55
vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce,
51–52
Vantastix
at Arlene’s birthday party,
14
at children’s hospital,
84–85
at Ford’s Theatre,
183
mixing up musical styles,
67
singing group started by DVD,
6
Vaughn, Sarah,
68
Vietnam War,
173
Volstead Act, repeal of,
160
volunteering,
48
Wabash College,
125
walking,
201
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress,
157
Watergate,
172–173
Watts, Alan,
124–125
Welles, Orson,
ix
What a Way to Go
(movie),
210
“Why Write It Down?” (limerick),
141
Wilder, Thornton,
52
Willett, Margie (first wife)
on Atlantic cruise,
58
as author of book about excavation at Cave Creek,
77
death of,
96
at dinner party with Ronald Reagan,
173
marriage to DVD,
79
preservation of DVD memorabilia,
76
at ranch in Arizona,
5
William Morris Agency,
90
Willkie, Wendell,
179–180
Winehouse, Amy,
134
The Wisdom of Insecurity
(Watts),
124–125
Wood, Dee Dee,
31
Wood, Mark,
31
Woodland Hills,
114
World Trade Center,
175
World War I,
158
WPA (Works Progress Administration, later Work Projects Administration),
160–161
writing down thoughts, limerick about,
141
Your Show of Shows
(TV show),
8