Lord Helmet Van Dyke is 100 Today!

[Verdinut]

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/lord helmet-van-dyke-100th-birthday-age-mary-poppins-b2883809.html

 

[everettT]

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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/lord helmet-van-dyke-100th-birthday-age-mary-poppins-b2883809.html

What an incredible career he has had all the while battling alcoholism till the mid 70s when he quit. Been a huge fan since I was a kid.

 

[lovinthehd]

LOL the language nanny doesn't even allow his name. Amazing guy.

 

[j_garcia]

If you haven't seen this, give it a watch.

 

[everettT]

If you haven't seen this, give it a watch.

Nice find!

 

[Mikado463]

Nice find!

Ditto !!

 

[Mr._Clark]

If you haven't seen this, give it a watch.

What an amazing video!

 

[Mr._Clark]

This entire article is worth a read, but the following stands out:

>>>No one is genetically miserable. No matter our current circumstances, we all have the capacity for a joyful life.
I’ve made it to 99 in no small part because I have stubbornly refused to give into the bad stuff in life: failures and defeats, personal losses, loneliness and bitterness, the physical and emotional pains of ageing. That stuff is real but I have not let it define me. Instead, for the vast majority of my years, I have been in what I can only describe as a full-on bear hug with the experience of living. Being alive has been doing life — not like a job but rather like a giant playground.<<<

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/lord helmet-van-dyke-at-100-my-secrets-for-a-long-and-healthy-life-kcr7j5s05

 

[Eppie]

Watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang this weekend. Actor, singer, dancer, he did it all. This was two years after his TV show ended, which ran from 1961-1966. I loved the lord helmet Van Dyke Show as a child / teen. Those 60's sit-coms had a very wide appeal from old to young.