HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY to the brilliant Dick Van Dyke.
It is officially his birthday on my side of the world. He made it!
Let's celebrate this amazing talent with a little love. Let's do 100 links for one of my favourite comic actors of all time (who is actually fantastic at dramatic acting).
Interview with Dick on being a villain on Columbo (including a story about Peter Falk taking out his glass eye to prank him).
A clip from DVD's Columbo episode (Season 4 Episode 2 ''Negative Reaction")
One of Matlock's best episodes is their pilot, The Judge (season 1 episode 2) is available on pluto. In several interviews, DVD talks about how no one wanted to see him play anything serious. It's genuinely a shame because he's excellent in the Columbo and Matlock episodes.
Andy Griffith's final appearance at Ben Matlock is in Diagnosis: Murder s4 episode 15 and 16
According to DVD, he was offered the role of James Bond (he joked 'have you heard my British accent?' And he also turned down a role with Cary Grant-- something he says he regrets every day.
Three are a couple 100 birthday celebration events going on, click here and here and here
He still has a bucket list for a role he wants to play- Ebenezer Scrooge
on turning 100 (article)
A new documentary on DVD will be in cinemas 13 -14 December (I assume US only) for 100th celebration.
DVD recently guest starred on Days of Our Lives soap opera. One of the stars of this show, Susan Seaforth Hayes, shares doing a performance with DVD.
Television Academy / Foundation Interviews. Museum of Broadcast Communications have some fantastic interviews with a variety of people who have worked with DVD, as well as DVD himself. This is actually a great interview, do watch it if you can.
---Including various other celebrities talking about working on Diagnosis Murder, The Dick Van Dyke Show (Jamie Farr for example, talks about appearing on TDVDS here and here). Quite a few good interviews with Sheldon Leonard on the struggles for this show, censorship issues, etc), and Rose Marie on the show here and here, Garry Marshall's involvement as a writer, and of course Mary Tyler Moore.
Starring Dick Van Dyke documentary trailer - available PBS- people like Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett, Ted Danson, Conan O'Brien, etc talking about DVD. The full article will be released on 12/12/25.
An interview with him about turning 100.
Colourised clips of The Dick Van Dyke Show here and here and the bumper here
The Dick Van Dyke Show is currently on Pluto, Tubi and Prime, as well as a few other sources like rerun century.
You can watch The New Dick Van Dyke Show on tubi
You can watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on tubi and pluto
You can watch the first 5 seasons of Diagnosis: Murder on pluto
You can watch The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered on pluto
You can watch The Best of Carol Burnett Show which DVD guest starred occasionally on pluto
DVD has won 5 Emmys, a Tony, a Grammy-- but no EGOT, he's never won an Oscar. He still has time.
TDVDS bloopers
Another interview with DVD about turning 100
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
60th anniversary for The Dick Van Dyke Show (people like Paul Reiser talking about the show but DVD does not appear)
An interview from earlier this year with Ted Danson (who is slightly in love with him and would not stop grinning the whole time)
My favourite episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show 'It May Look Like a Walnut' (complete episode, working link)
an @internetarchivelink to DVD's memoir 'My Lucky Life in and out of Show Business'
an @internetarchive link to all the extras from the Dick Van Dyke Show, lots of fun interviews there
Brief clip from Diagnosis: Murder with a cameo from Rob Petrie
One of the episodes Jerry guest starred on TDVDS here, 'I am My Brother's Keeper,' and it's a great episode. You can watch the full episode here. Jerry plays Rob's brother Stacey, a nervous and neurotic man who becomes very outgoing and exciting and fun when he sleepwalks. You can watch the eppisode here.
brief rundowns on a couple Diagnosis: Murder episodes, including
---an episode with his brother Jerry Van Dyke as the guest star. Jerry plays Rob's brother-- a nervous and neurotic man who becomes very outgoing and exciting and fun when he sleepwalks.
---long-running DVD reference of tripping over ottomans. He made a funny clip about how many times he fell over the ottomans on just TDVDS.
---a stunt episode on UFOs and scifi with fabulous guest stars
---a stunt episode on the Happy Days franchise (and spin-offs)
---a stunt episode with spy-fi amazing guest stars
---a stunt episode with actors who have played doctors on tv, including Wayne Rogers
---pictures of DVD playing 5 different characters for absolutely no reason in Diagnosis: Murder
---a stunt episode with M*A*S*H actors from the tv show, film and spin-offs.
Extended interview with Kevin Pollak (12 years ago) - 2 hours! DVD talks about working with various people, his career, as well as abuse from fans when he was in later shows with someone other than Mary Tyler Moore playing his wife (fans have assaulted him over this. No, really.) Really great interview absolutely worth watching.
--------you can watch the full episode of Drill For Death (the M*A*S*H/ Diagnosis: Murder episode here - starts around 44:50 (they put two episodes together). Don't know how long this link will be active so if it's something you've wanted to watch, best do it soon. Guest stars Sally Kellerman, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, Bill Christopher, Elliot Gould, Christopher Norris.
Brief interview talking about his famous "cockney" Mary Poppins accent.
---M*A*S*H references on Diagnosis: Murder
Why so much M*A*S*H mention? Cos DVD LOVED M*A*S*H
January 2023, DVD reads a speech by Rod Serling originally written for the civil Rights Act of 1964
interview with DVD talking openly about his alcoholism. He did this to try to break the stigma to addiction and seeking help.
interview with DVD about his career (older interview)
interview with DVD on his love for theatre, laugh and more
interview with DVD and Mary Tyler Moore with Larry King (1999)
DVD talks about how he met Stan Laurel (very short interview)
a couple of brief clips of DVD guest starring in Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a rehabilitated witch who was turned into a cat for helping Salem try to take over the world. You can watch the full episode on pluto here. clip (only has him for a scene) and clip
Very brief clip of Dick Van Dyke on Becker as Becker's father ('Becker the Elder). You can watch the full episode on Pluto. I suspect this was difficult for Ted Danson-- his character hates his father, but Ted Danson has talked very happily for decades about what a crush he had on DVD and how much he worships him. --see interviews with Ted, cos he can't stop gushing, it's quite sweet).
a not great quality full episode of Diagnosis: Murder The Roast, with spectacular guest stars . Around 42:10- 43:10 Ted Danson appears as himself (a version of himself who hates DVD's character
One of my favourite cameos for DVD is in Dick Tracy. You can see brief clip of him here.
His brother Jerry has had a great comedic career of his own (well-deserved) and the two of them occasionally guest starred on each other's shows, usually as brothers who argue and fight. When he was 90, he guest starred on Jerry's show 'The Middle (brief interview here).' Here's a little clip.
This video has a couple of clips with Jerry and Dick working together.
These clips have an interview on the Tonight Show with DVD and Mary Tyler Moore. The first video isn't great quality, but the second is slightly better. (1979)
This video shows him doing the dance for Marry Poppins reboot from a few years ago
This video shows him doing a performance from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang even more years ago (1968)
TDVD also guest starred on The Golden Girls, playing a lawyer who decides to become a clown, He's dating Dorothy, who isn't too fond of this change. Here's a short clip (1989)
Mary Tyler Moore had a show in the late 70s called the Mary Tyler Moore Hour (well worth watching, honestly). DVD guest starred in an episode with Michael Keaton. In one of the sketches in plays Rob Petrie from TDVDS. The sketch revolves around Alan Brady's funeral (don't worry, he's fine and even guest starred in Mad About You (if you haven't seen it, it's one of their funniest episodes, watch more than this clip! Watch the whole episode). In the DVD sketch, they made his son Ritchie gay.
He was in The Simpsons (season 35, episode 3). You can see the couch gag with him here
DVD guest starred on a 1959 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. You can watch the colourised episode here (season 5, episode 23)
A Carol Burnett Show outtake with DVD as guest star- The Elephant is one of the most famous outtakes with Tim Conway, and everyone completely lost it on stage.
A short article on what DVD is planning for his 100th birthday.
There you go! 100 links for the amazing Dick Van Dyke. Happy birthday, Mr Vandy!
(Feel free to share and add links to your favourite DVD film, show, interview, article, etc).
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