Keep Moving (20 page)

Kristen (DVD’s grandchild),
76

Lady Gaga,
134

Lange, Hope,
172

Laurel, Stan

    
as DVD’s idol,
83
,
210

    
Laurel and Hardy movies, young people and,
188

    
in
Sons of the Desert,
161

Laurel and Hardy,
161
,
188

Leary, Denis,
37

Lemmon, Jack,
16

Leonard, Sheldon,
168
,
194–196

Let’s Dance
(radio program),
161

Levy, Shawn,
31

life expectancy,
xii
,
89–90
,
214

life insurance,
15

life achievement awards, for non-entertainers,
211

Lincoln, Abraham,
180
,
183

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

luck,
144
,
213

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

Mancuso, Fay,
2
,
128

Mancuso, Frank,
2
,
128

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

Music Man
(stage musical),
5
,
18

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

Obama, Barack,
175
,
183

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

    
priorities,
150
,
188

    
respect for,
ix
,
64

    
role models in,
66

    
romance and,
129
,
143

    
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

    
work, continuing,
21
,
25
,
65–66

    
See also
aging

The Omen
(movie),
190

One World government,
179–180

openness,
82
,
107

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, Gregory,
16
,
190

Peck, Veronique,
105

Penrod and Sam
(Tarkington),
85

People
magazine,
37

Perry Como Show
(TV show),
168

physiology, mentality and,
151

Pierce, Franklin,
186

planning,
9
,
144

plastic surgery,
12
,
23
,
143

Plato,
84

playtime, importance of,
42

Porter, Cole,
67
,
84

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

Reagan, Ronald,
173
,
182

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

    
anxiety about dying,
200
,
202

    
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, Estelle,
183
,
203–204

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

    
walking with Arlene,
133
,
137

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

Silverman, Fred,
5–6
,
174

Simon, André,
101

Simon, Neil,
25

Sinatra, Barbara,
16
,
93

Sinatra, Frank,
68
,
188

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