Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Before agents wanted to sign Richard Dreyfuss as a client, he played one on The New Dick Van Dyke Show. How funny was the 26-year-old in that 1973 episode?

Before Bernie Kopell was a doctor taking care of drunks on The Love Boat, he was a cop getting people drunk on television on The Dick Van Dyke Show. How funny was the 39-year-old being the straight man in that 1972 episode?

Before Albert Brooks played Dr. Butz in Critical Care, he had to get a needle out of Dick Van Dyke’s butt in The Dick Van Dyke Show. How funny was the 25-year-old in that 1972 episode?

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Dick Van Dyke got to celebrate his 100th Christmas on December 25th! So you think he would be as happy as Little Tim? But, instead, he spent the day as Ebeneezer Scrooge.

And whether he is happy like Buddy or grumpy like The Grinch, he is still as lovable as the first time we saw him and made us smile.

He will always be that lovable Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, chimney sweeper Bert from Mary Poppins, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, crime sleuth Dr. Mark Sloan on Diagnosis Murder, or whatever he delighted you in first. And that is why we are so happy he made it to this milestone. Even if he is saying, “Bah humbug!”

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It is not even October, but I have found my favorite photo of the year.

Here is the story behind that photograph: “Filming an episode of Men’s Health and I went to the gym and who should be there but 99 year-old Dick Van Dyke working out on every machine. Dick has lived in Malibu for about 30 years and is an awesome human being. I thought I was doing well at 76, but Dick got up from the chest press machine and did a little dance step before I left! ❤️ Amazing!”

If two of my childhood crushes, who are both over three-quarters of a century (one is a few months from turning 100), can still go to the gym, then what is our excuse for not going?

Oh, and yes, I would still give them both a workout if they asked. Because that is the only workout I do these days. And even that I don’t do.

Seriously though, how much do you love this photo???

One last thought: The singer is 23 years younger than the actor, which means DVD is old enough to be Rick’s dad. That’s all.

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