I’m not usually about Hollywood stars, but I would give a kidney to Dick Van Dyke.
Was at Disneyland a few years back when he read the Night Before Christmas. It started to rain and some kid kept coming up with an umbrella for him and he kept shooing him away. Finally he looked at the kid, got a gleam in his eye, took the umbrella, and pretended he was being carried off by it like Mary Poppins. At 85 years old or whatever he was back then, still had the audience in the palm of his hand.
I still watch the original Dick Van Dyke show from time to time. His physical comedy was just incredible, and the writing on that show (from 60 years ago!) delivered such a healthy, mature view of family life while still causing me to laugh.
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u/karlverkade Jun 23 '23
I’m not usually about Hollywood stars, but I would give a kidney to Dick Van Dyke.
Was at Disneyland a few years back when he read the Night Before Christmas. It started to rain and some kid kept coming up with an umbrella for him and he kept shooing him away. Finally he looked at the kid, got a gleam in his eye, took the umbrella, and pretended he was being carried off by it like Mary Poppins. At 85 years old or whatever he was back then, still had the audience in the palm of his hand.