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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100

278 points ggm | 2 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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dobladov ◴[13 Dec 25 19:39 UTC] No.46257265[source]▶
The whole "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is available for free on YouTube, I highly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HsXBPWH3Y&list=PLtbMv4lXX2...

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1. dhosek ◴[13 Dec 25 19:43 UTC] No.46257302[source]▶
Good starting points would be the Christmas Special (Alan Brady Presents), “It May Look Like a Walnut” and “That’s My Boy” (just off the top of my head). There are two episodes where we got to see Van Dyke’s Stan Laurel impersonation which was absolutely amazing. Given how much he drank and smoked back in the 60s and 70s it’s a miracle he’s still on earth, but he is definitely a treasure.
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2. IAmBroom ◴[15 Dec 25 20:53 UTC] No.46280473[source]▶
My understanding is that he was alarmingly drunk when they went to film his dance sequence with the chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins.

Alarming in a "Mad Men" era of drinking...