Altar Egos

by Dick Van Dyke

Features photos from a variety of Dick Van Dyke's films (incl. Never a Dull Moment, Fitzwilly, Divorce American Style) and from his TV show, with a humorous caption on the opposite page.

Genres: Nonfiction

78 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Dick Van Dyke, the star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dick Van Dyke Show, has received five Emmy awards, a Tony, and a Grammy. In 2013, he received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. He is also the bestselling author of My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. He lives in Malibu, California.

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this as a birthday present, because I'm a DVD fan and very much enjoy weird gifts. Mission accomplished: it is one of the strangest things I've read in a long time.

The best way I can think to describe it is as follows. Picture a relatively sour grandparent. Male or female, doesn't matter. You find this on their bookshelf. They see you flipping through it and say, still not even smiling, "Boy oh boy, that little book always gave me a good chuckle."

[Joe]

Random roommate find. Basically a collection of photos from DVD's movies and TV shows that have been recontextualized as church humor. Made me laugh a few times but mostly of value as a curiosity.

[Richard R · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was funny that he didn't have to teach the youth. He was glad the teacher when to his neighbor insteaad of to himself.