Why & When the Dick Van Dyke Show Was Born

by Carl Reiner

In 1960, Carl Reiner shot the pilot for a comedy series titled "Head of the Family," starring Carl Reiner. The show was about a writer who lived with his family in New Rochelle, New York and commuted to his job in Manhattan, writing on a TV comedy show. "Head of the Family" aired once and the reaction was, in Carl's words, "fair to middling." So Carl had moved on, until Sheldon Leonard came along and convinced him that he could sell it to a network,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099153686X
• ISBN13: 9780991536863
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Random Content
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"