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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100

278 points ggm | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 08:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.337s | source

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

It's his 100th birthday today.

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tzs ◴[13 Dec 25 13:50 UTC] No.46254490[source]▶
Here’s a great quote by him:

> In my 30’s, I exercised to look good. In my 50’s, to stay fit. In my 70’s, to stay ambulatory. In my 80’s, to avoid assisted living. Now in my 90’s, I’m just doing it out of pure defiance

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1. heresie-dabord ◴[14 Dec 25 11:22 UTC] No.46262308[source]▶
The filming of the Jolly Holidays sequence is worth watching on its own as an example of his physical comedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgBvbdZU7yo