278 points ggm | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 08:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

It's his 100th birthday today.

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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.

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.

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

Kind of a tangent comment

yvdriess ◴[13 Dec 25 21:34 UTC] No.46258317[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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1. reactordev ◴[13 Dec 25 22:37 UTC] No.46258903{3}[source]▶

You missed the pun

Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100