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appalachiablue

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Sun Sep 14, 2025, 03:41 AM Yesterday

❣Dick Van Dyke Nears 100: New Documentary, Untold Stories: To Show In Movie Theaters Dec 13, 14

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'Dick Van Dyke nears 100: A new documentary reveals untold stories,' AP News, Sept. 10, 2025
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Movie theaters across the country are pulling out the stops for Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday in December. A new documentary about the song and dance man’s life, “Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration,” will be in theaters over his birthday weekend on Dec. 13 and 14, Fathom Entertainment said Wednesday. 🎂

“It’s wonderful; a total surprise for me,” Van Dyke said in a statement the filmmakers provided to The Associated Press. “If you don’t think luck has a lot to do with it, then you’re mistaken.”

The feature length film has been in the works for over three decades. In telling the story of Van Dyke’s 80-plus years in entertainment, the film weaves together clips from classic films, like “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” and television shows, including “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Diagnosis: Murder,” as well as new interviews with Van Dyke in which he shares never-before-heard stories from his time in Hollywood.

The portrait is bookended with a visit to his hometown of Danville, Illinois, where he visits his childhood home, the radio station where he started his career as a DJ at age 16 and his old high school where he took the stage once more to join in with the students performing songs from some of his most beloved films... More,

https://apnews.com/article/dick-van-dyke-100-movie-documentary-746bab3c6a37737d925d6bd88d17a979

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❣Dick Van Dyke Nears 100: New Documentary, Untold Stories: To Show In Movie Theaters Dec 13, 14 (Original Post) appalachiablue Yesterday OP
I look forward to that. MIButterfly Yesterday #1
Van Dyke is a gem, a legend, and what an entertainer! Thanks for posting. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #5
He's still wonderful. calimary Yesterday #2
Wonderful, this year's Christmas present, well said! Tx for replying. Mary Poppins, classic Van Dyke. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #6
K&R 2naSalit Yesterday #3
Dick has been a joy for us so many years. The best in entertainment. Tx for posting. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #8
Coast to Coast Big Mouth bmichaelh Yesterday #4
I'd like to see that one, know it's hilarious. What a treasure Dick is, tx for posting. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #7

calimary

(87,812 posts)
2. He's still wonderful.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 05:22 AM
Yesterday

I LOVED his “Dick Van Dyke Show”. He’s always been a favorite!

Birthday in mid-December. He’s God’s Christmas present to the rest of us.

appalachiablue

(43,582 posts)
6. Wonderful, this year's Christmas present, well said! Tx for replying. Mary Poppins, classic Van Dyke.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 01:37 PM
23 hrs ago


bmichaelh

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4. Coast to Coast Big Mouth
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 06:10 AM
Yesterday

The Dick Van Dyke Show's episode Coast to Coast Big Mouth still ranks by many critics as one of the top episodes of all time.

In that episode, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) reveals on national TV that Alan Brady (Carl Reiner) is bald.
Her husband, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) who is Brady's head writer on his TV show, is afraid of the repercussions.

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