One of my all time favorite TV shows is The Dick Van Dyke Show. BRILLIANT show. Great, timeless writing and phenomenal acting made the show one of the all time greats. Plus, it was also groundbreaking, focusing on both the home and workplace equally, and having writing that was actually sophisticated and was written with intelligence. Sadly, all but two of the cast members are gone, but Dick is still with us at 100 years old! (The only other cast member still alive is Larry Mathews, who played Rob's son, Richie.)

Dick is an amazingly talented performer, and it's great to see him hit 100!

One of my favourites, as well (the actor and the Dick Van Dyke show)!

So happy to see him reach this milestone.

"Kick your knees up, step in time!"



Happy Birthday, Mr. Van Dyke!

Anyone go to the theater event today to celebrate him?

Just saw this online and had no idea this happened. At 8:00 PM on 12/13, Dick Van Dyke's actual 100th birthday, CBS airs "A Town Hall with Erika Kirk". Followed by two back to back episodes of "48 Hours". Shame on you CBS.

CBS has new conservative owners. They’re definitely making some “interesting” content decisions.

I remember watching The Dick Van Dyke show in syndication all the time when I was a kid back in the 70s. Even by that point the show seemed "old" and it's fantastic that all the decades later, he's still with us and seems to be in good health, at 100!

Oh, and fuck CBS.

No, but TCM ran a nice marathon of his movies yesterday. I saw Mary Poppins for the first time in at least 50 years and was impressed by the visuals especially combining live action with animation. Back in the day, my parents took us to a drive in (Remember those?) to see the movie.

Same! WTTG Channel 5 here in D.C. played "The Dick Van Dyke Show" Monday-Fridays during the 70's. I watched it again a few years ago when it was streaming on either Hulu or Amazon. And it felt as fresh as it did when I first saw it. Several critics even include it in the top 10 comedies of all-time.

And yes, fuck CBS.

By all accounts a great guy.

FYI, the Blu-ray set is fantastic!

I'm so glad 2025 gave us this and didn't pull a Betty White on us.

As cheesy as it is I do love the Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay music video he released last year.

PBS did a doc on him last week

And then punched us in the face with Rob (and Michele) Reiner, the next day.

A LEGEND and all around good human apparently.

I've never gotten around to watching my Dick Van Dyke Show discs, but I just got them in digital thinking that might be more convenient.

I read an article where they asked him how he stayed so healthy at his age. Aside from the expected exercise and good diet comments, he said that singing every day and having a 54-year-old wife were also quite important. I guess I'll have to sing extra hard to make up for my wife's age.

I've also heard him quip that "If I had known I'd live this long I'd have taken better care of myself."

What a national treasure.

WOMP womp. Good! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2885768.html

Pretty hard to refute actual viewership data.

I'd say The Independent is looking pretty good compared to the Fox News rating on the same site there, Perry ...

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Seriously, Perry? A simple online search would corroborate the same information. Here's just one.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/12/16/erika-kirk-town-hall-looks-like-a-flop-for-cbs-and-bari-weiss/

I read the Independent article and it has such a mocking negative read on the ratings I thought I'd look up more about this website, although they did give the CBS interpretation that they were happy with the ratings.

Mod Note: Okay, okay, let's get back on topic about celebrating the 100th Birthday of Mr. Van Dyke. Thank you.