It's his 100th birthday today.

1. sgt ◴[13 Dec 25 08:24 UTC] No.46253041[source]▶

Such a legend! I bet he still has his Amiga somewhere in his Hollywood hills mansion.

2. ggm ◴[13 Dec 25 08:43 UTC] No.46253117[source]▶

For Mary Poppins, Disney used the sodium vapour process to get monochromatic light into a narrow channel for matte from a light splitting prism.

It's charming. I'm sure digital post offers many advantages. Van Dyke might be one of a few who has done both.

3. simon_void ◴[13 Dec 25 09:54 UTC] No.46253384[source]▶

a Corridor Crew YouTube video describing/recreating that sodium vapour process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk

4. reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 12:36 UTC] No.46254129[source]▶

Kind of a tangent comment

5. metadope ◴[13 Dec 25 14:20 UTC] No.46254676{3}[source]▶

Tangents are a sine of the times.

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6. timbit42 ◴[13 Dec 25 17:00 UTC] No.46255989[source]▶

He sold his Amiga not too many years ago. It may have been on eBay.

7. yvdriess ◴[13 Dec 25 21:34 UTC] No.46258317{3}[source]▶

He was an animator and it's the interesting kind of factoids we read these comment sections for. We'll allow it.

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8. reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 22:37 UTC] No.46258903{4}[source]▶

You missed the pun

9. reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 22:38 UTC] No.46258907{4}[source]▶

cos of this economy?

Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100