Computer Animator and Amiga fanatic Dick Van Dyke turns 100
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·December 13, 2025tzs
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
austinjp
Seemingly a universally liked man. So much so, that dolphins rescued him when he fell asleep on his surfboard aged 84.
gbraad
THE Dick van Dyke, from Mary Poppins, Diagnosis: Murder, ans so many more?! I always thought it was just a coincidental same name as I never saw videos about this. Oh my! This guy is amazing
ChrisMarshallNY
Very much so. Really decent chap, too.
Terrible cockney accent, though...
stavros
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!
kristopolous
I know his son Barry. He said his first memory he has was his Dad doing real time drawings for people telling stories. He was behind the story teller on stage on giant pads of paper as a comedy bit at night clubs.
He also remembers having giant bags of toys dumped on the floor of the hotel rooms.
ChrisMarshallNY
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."
Instantix
And then Commodore made the A3000 not high enough to take the Video Toaster. How to shoot yourself in the foot...
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bestouff
> The beloved actor credits his remarkable longevity to his positive outlook and never getting angry.
Tade0
Makes sense. My grandpa is one year his junior and you would never see him react too strongly to anything, even though grandma (also still alive) always had an, ahem, fiery personality.
Also he refuses to sit and moves around all the time, venturing outside every day from their apartment four floors above ground without a lift.
Interestingly his own father didn't make it to his 60s, so there's certainly a lifestyle component to this.
wuhhh
Wow I had no idea, what a cool guy! Loved Mary Poppins as a kid, his British accent though… xD
tclancy
A nice tribute at https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/13/dick-van-dyke-c...
Coeur
Here's the mentioned segment from "Diagnosis: Murder": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WeZKOPcaeA
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andrewstuart
Such a likeable person.
Here's a video from 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1J9kfDCAmU
It's his 100th birthday today.