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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100

278 points ggm | 5 comments | 13 Dec 25 08:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Here's a video from 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1J9kfDCAmU

It's his 100th birthday today.

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stavros ◴[13 Dec 25 10:07 UTC] No.46253445[source]▶
I had no idea he's an animator, that's so cool! In that video he says "Lightwave is so deep, I won't live long enough to see everything that's in it". I'm glad he's proven wrong there!
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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[13 Dec 25 13:58 UTC] No.46254528[source]▶
Many A-listers are polymaths. For example, Phil Hartman, used to be Phil Hartmann (extra "n"), and designed some of the most iconic album covers of the 1970s, and Steve Martin is one of the best banjo players out there. It used to be part of his standup bit.

Dick Van Dyke came from the tail end of Vaudeville, where performers had to have a whole variety of skills.

Remember: Every one of these folks that hits the limelight, beat out thousands of others.

We think our vocation is competitive? Showbiz says "Hold my beer."

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1. ndstephens ◴[13 Dec 25 15:51 UTC] No.46255419[source]▶
Just looked it up and saw he did an album cover for Steely Dan. It reminded me that Chevy Chase was an early drummer for Steely Dan (well, before they became "Steely Dan")
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2. pstuart ◴[13 Dec 25 18:56 UTC] No.46256943[source]▶
The album: Aja -- a masterpiece.
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3. _whiteCaps_ ◴[13 Dec 25 20:50 UTC] No.46257892[source]▶
Not according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aja_(album)#Title_and_packagin...

but he did do a bunch for America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hartman#Discography

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4. pstuart ◴[13 Dec 25 23:24 UTC] No.46259222{3}[source]▶
Thanks for the correction -- I was hasty with my search and trusted the link that proclaimed that he did it.
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5. ChrisMarshallNY ◴[14 Dec 25 02:57 UTC] No.46260416{4}[source]▶
Might not be wrong. The Wikipedia article states that it is incomplete.