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[edit] Improbable passions?

From the article:

"One of Van Dyke's modern passions is producing 3D computer graphics. He created many of the 3D rendered effects shown in Diagnosis: Murder, did some of the special effects in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and continues to work with LightWave 3D."

Could somebody post some proof of those claims? I will delete them otherwise, as it seems highly unlikely that, among others, an actor like Dick would learn LightWave at the age of 70... Peter S. 20:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

No answer so far. Ok, I'm removing that stuff now. If Dick really does it, add it again later with some proof. Peter S. 11:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Well check out the reference at the bottom of the page. Hard to believe but it seems genuine. me

Wow. Yeah, seems either genuine or a very elaborate joke. Peter S. 00:46, 23 November 2005 (UTC)


An article from the LA Times about his passion for CGI and the effects that got into "Diagnosis Murder": http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-vandyke22dec22,1,5096039.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

-Mark 69.129.39.230 01:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

As there're sources, I'm putting this back in. I'm leaving out the part about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as it implies he did 3D graphics for that, way before they were possible. boffy_b 15:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)



I inferred from the writeups that his movies were not very good. However, Mary Poppins is perhaps the best family movie ever made, I would say better than The Sound of Music, and one gets the wrong impression in your writeup, particluarly a young reader who may not have seen his movies.


Perhaps there could be made a mention of the fact that Dick Van Dyke had a guest appearance on an episode of Scrubs, specifically Series 2, Episode 14 - My Brother My Keeper. The article at present doesn't list much of his recent work.

If he is really Dutch-American why is his last name spelled Van Dyke instead of Van Dijk and why doesn't he know that Dick van Dyke means lul van een lesbi?

He isn't really Dutch-American. I couldn't even find a Dutch-born ancestor after tracking his ancestry back at Rootsweb 200 years. I suppose the original ancestor, way, way, way back was spelt "Van Dijk" or something Mad Jack 04:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WXIA?

I just saw a statement on the History section of WXIA ("11 Alive") stating Van Dyke worked as an announcer during the station's early years.

[edit] Dutch?

Is he a Dutch-American? I think yes Kowalmistrz 14:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film Career

In Mary Poppins, this article claims, Van Dyke played an "Australian Cockney chimney sweep"? What the *bleep* is Australian Cockney, and how is this even true? Now, his accent may have been laughable, but saying his character was Australian is going a bit far... Lazylisa 08:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm..I'm dubious about it too, it seems like an excuse for his poor attempt at the Cockney accent! --Liam Mason 23:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Alcoholism

I’m surprised that his battle with alcoholism is given such a brief mention. He’s battled it much of his adult life and openly announced his alcoholism to help others. It is one of the reasons his career stalled in the 1960s.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/22/lkl.00.html

http://www.trivia-library.com/b/history-of-9-famous-alcoholics-who-quit-drinking.htm

Jalipa

[edit] Vandalism to TV career section

I don't know how to revert the "TV Career" section; it appears much of it was deleted/vandalized. Can someone with wikiskills please fix this? (I HATE WIKI VANDALISM!) Psychotroll 20:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Good point. How could his entire TV career be summed up first with a reference to Scrubs and then call the Dick Van Dyke Show a "little-known situational comedy". It was ground breaking and a well know show. I can't edit--Please can someone fix this??192.128.167.68 19:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)Jim D