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It’s Dick Van Dyke’s 97th Birthday!
Pirates and Princesses ^ | 12/13/22 | Kambrea Pratt

Posted on 12/13/2022 9:37:38 AM PST by NeverCheney

appy Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! Born on December 13, 1925, the actor is turning in 97 today and fans are celebrating his birthday across social media!

Mr. Van Dyke is known for many years of acting, which started in 1947 in nightclubs. Then he went on to appear in numerous television shows and films including Disney’s famous “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

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To: Codeflier

yup- see post #20


21 posted on 12/13/2022 10:18:53 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: NeverCheney
From Wiki:

Political affiliation

Van Dyke endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries. In July 2016, while campaigning for Sanders, Van Dyke said of Donald Trump, "I haven't been this scared since the Cuban Missile Crisis. I think the human race is hanging in a delicate balance right now, and I'm just so afraid he will put us in a war. He scares me."

Van Dyke again endorsed and campaigned for Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

I think he can be forgiven for his 2016 vote, being surrounded by the entertainment industry, but after seeing what Trump did for the country he still voted for Bernie in 2020. Nope.

22 posted on 12/13/2022 10:19:49 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: NeverCheney

Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Oh, you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you
And in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, what we'll do
Near, far, in our motor car
Oh, what a happy time we'll spend

Bang bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine, four-fendered friend
Bang bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine, four-fendered friend

Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Oh, you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you
And in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, what we'll do

Near, far, in our motor car
Oh, what a happy time we'll spend
Bang bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine, four-fendered friend
Bang bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine, four-fendered friend

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Theme

23 posted on 12/13/2022 10:21:00 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: Leaning Right

He dropped out of high school to enlist. He received his high school diploma in 2004! At age 68!


24 posted on 12/13/2022 10:23:32 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

The math doesn’t match being born in 1925.


25 posted on 12/13/2022 10:29:04 AM PST by Codeflier (Screw Ukraine. America is burning, and we need to concentrate on our own collapse taking place)
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To: Codeflier

Isn’t he a major progressive lefty?

YES!

He never paraded about it.


26 posted on 12/13/2022 10:32:04 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: LeonardFMason; Codeflier

Yes, he is a Lefty. But as you said, I rarely saw him doing the public BS you see entertainers doing now, so...I am more inclined to let it pass with little judgement.


27 posted on 12/13/2022 10:38:22 AM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Codeflier

I prefer lib hack, but if you prefer “progressive lefty,” ok. That said, loved the show when I was a kid


28 posted on 12/13/2022 10:38:29 AM PST by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! than 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: NeverCheney

I saw him play the lead role in “The Music Man” in Hollywood on New Year’s Eve, 1980. He did an excellent job even though he had a cold.


29 posted on 12/13/2022 10:51:49 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: NeverCheney

He made the family fortune with his show about 50s/early 60s family life.

His grandkids cowrote Olivia Wilde’s movie “Don’t Worry Darling”, which slams the way of life the family fortune was based on.

Not a very good movie.


30 posted on 12/13/2022 10:57:06 AM PST by x
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To: NeverCheney
Step in Time!


31 posted on 12/13/2022 11:03:25 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: NeverCheney

My wife used to watch a doctor show he used as a vehicle for one of his sons, I found the story lines extremely left and his character pontification juvenile.

Happy Birthday. We should all live a long life.


32 posted on 12/13/2022 11:03:30 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: NeverCheney

What do you call a lesbian driving a van filled with “marital aides?”


33 posted on 12/13/2022 11:04:48 AM PST by Clemenza
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To: Hatteras

Here he is when he’s a tad bit older....

https://youtu.be/fHRQENE4f5c


34 posted on 12/13/2022 11:06:28 AM PST by NCDragon ( Americans will always do the right thing, after they've exhausted all the alternatives. WC)
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To: willk
I love the episodes where Carl Reiner appeared as Alan Brady.

Carl Reiner was a lefty but a comic genius. His son Meathead is just a doofus.

35 posted on 12/13/2022 11:06:57 AM PST by Clemenza
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To: NeverCheney

https://youtu.be/tucyc5U8cjE?t=471


36 posted on 12/13/2022 11:13:08 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 63 years for this?)
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To: bigfootbob

The show was “Diagnosis: Murder” and ran for 8 seasons. He could have made more from that show than every previous effort due to the horrible contracts they had back in those days.


37 posted on 12/13/2022 11:18:59 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 63 years for this?)
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To: NeverCheney

Love his work. Great talent.


38 posted on 12/13/2022 11:24:03 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: willk

It’s funny, but young people aren’t interested in black & white tv shows. They have no interest in most retro shows.


39 posted on 12/13/2022 11:26:24 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: joesbucks

“It’s funny, but young people aren’t interested in black & white tv shows.”

I have no use for colored tv shows


40 posted on 12/13/2022 11:48:55 AM PST by al baby (Yes he did he said how come i wasnt invited )
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