1 00:00:01,633 --> 00:00:27,000 ♪♪ 2 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,100 -♪ Wind's in the east, mist coming in ♪ 3 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:36,933 ♪ Like something is brewin', about to begin ♪ 4 00:00:36,933 --> 00:00:38,666 -Are you ready? -Yeah! 5 00:00:38,666 --> 00:00:40,700 -Here we go! 6 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,566 -Yay!! 7 00:00:43,566 --> 00:00:47,366 -Well, Dick Van Dyke was one of my idols growing up. 8 00:00:47,366 --> 00:00:51,166 He was absolutely transcendent to me. 9 00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:53,066 He was a comedy phenomenon. 10 00:00:53,066 --> 00:00:54,500 -Rob, what's the matter? 11 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,366 [Audience laughing] 12 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:02,300 -Rob. 13 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:03,933 -Ca-- I ca-- can't bend. 14 00:01:03,933 --> 00:01:07,133 -He was a very big part of my childhood. 15 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:09,833 Dick Van Dyke was on my television 16 00:01:09,833 --> 00:01:13,866 when I was a little kid, and he was in the movies that I loved. 17 00:01:13,866 --> 00:01:17,066 -♪ Chim-chimney, chim-chimney, chim-chim-cha-roo ♪ 18 00:01:17,066 --> 00:01:20,500 ♪ Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you ♪ 19 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:26,066 ♪ Or blow me a kiss, and that's lucky, too ♪ 20 00:01:26,066 --> 00:01:31,500 -My friend Dick Van Dyke is an all-around performer. 21 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,433 I couldn't name one of his talents 22 00:01:33,433 --> 00:01:36,500 that's better than the next. 23 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,766 -He can sing; he can dance; he's a comedian; 24 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,433 he can do pratfalls and be funny. 25 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:49,866 And he's also very sexy. 26 00:01:49,866 --> 00:01:51,933 -He had a real physicality. 27 00:01:51,933 --> 00:01:58,500 In a lot of ways he was like a cartoon come to life. 28 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,600 -I look at the line of Dick Van Dyke, 29 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,066 and I go, oh, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Dick Van Dyke. 30 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:07,100 -He's effervescent. He's like an Alka-Seltzer. 31 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:09,533 He's always bubbling over. 32 00:02:09,533 --> 00:02:12,433 -"The Dick Van Dyke Show." 33 00:02:12,433 --> 00:02:14,900 Starring Dick Van Dyke. 34 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,133 -He'd come in and then do a brilliant fall over an ottoman. 35 00:02:22,133 --> 00:02:24,833 How can you not be seduced by that? 36 00:02:24,833 --> 00:02:33,866 ♪♪ 37 00:02:33,866 --> 00:02:36,000 -I think the whole thing about reinventing yourself, 38 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,166 which is what we're talking about with Dick Van Dyke, 39 00:02:38,166 --> 00:02:40,566 'cause he has reinvented himself over and over again. 40 00:02:40,566 --> 00:02:43,100 It's because you're not interested in fame; 41 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,200 you're interested in being creative, 42 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,966 interested in just the joy of giving out and performing. 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:58,000 -What enables the longevity of his career is his spirit. 44 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,600 It emanates off the screen, big and small to this day. 45 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:42,033 ♪♪ 46 00:03:42,033 --> 00:03:45,866 -"The Dick Van Dyke Show." 47 00:03:45,866 --> 00:03:50,466 -On Tuesday, October 3rd, 1961, with little fanfare 48 00:03:50,466 --> 00:03:56,433 a new situation comedy makes its television debut. 49 00:03:56,433 --> 00:03:57,966 -Oh, hi, Rob. 50 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,466 -Oh, for me it was, um, the Dick Van Dyke Show. 51 00:04:07,466 --> 00:04:10,966 I was 11 when it went on, and I was obsessed with it. 52 00:04:10,966 --> 00:04:16,800 It was my favorite thing to watch on television. 53 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,300 -Dick brought to the role much more that was in the role. 54 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:24,333 He brought his physicality and his unbelievable talent. 55 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:27,033 This man is the single most talented man 56 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,033 who's ever been in situation comedy. 57 00:04:30,033 --> 00:04:31,700 -[ Holding back a sneeze ] -Uh, no, no, no, Rob. 58 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:33,433 -Sorry, Jerry. 59 00:04:33,433 --> 00:04:35,766 [ Continues holding back a sneeze ] 60 00:04:39,066 --> 00:04:41,766 [ Continues holding back a sneeze ] 61 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:00,966 [ Sneezes into air ] 62 00:05:00,966 --> 00:05:03,166 -It was the first sitcom that I can think of 63 00:05:03,166 --> 00:05:05,666 where you really saw the physical attraction 64 00:05:05,666 --> 00:05:07,766 between the husband and the wife. 65 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:17,500 -We might not have been talking about something sexual, 66 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:19,266 but there would be a stage direction. 67 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:21,300 He puts his arm around her. 68 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:24,533 She looks up at him and snuggles further into the embrace. 69 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:26,166 You know, those kinds of things 70 00:05:26,166 --> 00:05:28,433 that hadn't be in other scripts before. 71 00:05:28,433 --> 00:05:32,566 -They just looked like what a couple was supposed to, 72 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,833 you know, well, that's the couple. 73 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:37,366 -One of the things about the couple 74 00:05:37,366 --> 00:05:39,733 of Dick and Mary Tyler Moore 75 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:43,000 was that you kind of wished you were them. 76 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,200 You wanted to be married to Mary Tyler Moore. 77 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,200 -[ Growls ] -And I suppose the women wanted 78 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,733 -to be married to Dick Van Dyke. -That's true. 79 00:05:48,733 --> 00:05:52,633 -It felt like it was a fair fight between the two of them, 80 00:05:52,633 --> 00:05:54,333 meaning as performers. 81 00:05:54,333 --> 00:05:56,166 I always think that acting, is really, 82 00:05:56,166 --> 00:05:59,066 when done correctly, a contact sport. 83 00:05:59,066 --> 00:06:00,566 You know, you wanna be able to bounce 84 00:06:00,566 --> 00:06:02,266 off who you're working with, 85 00:06:02,266 --> 00:06:04,066 and she could give as good as he could. 86 00:06:04,066 --> 00:06:06,966 They were equals, and that was fun to watch. 87 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:09,533 -All he needs is just a little confidence 88 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:11,500 and maybe a couple of tricks. 89 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:13,966 -Tricks? -Yeah, you know, 90 00:06:13,966 --> 00:06:15,700 like the yawn in the movie. 91 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:17,166 -The yawn in the movie? 92 00:06:17,166 --> 00:06:18,733 -You remember when you were in the movies with a girl 93 00:06:18,733 --> 00:06:21,366 and you were too shy to put your arm around her, so you went 94 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:24,433 [ Yawns ] 95 00:06:24,433 --> 00:06:27,133 -My gosh, I haven't done that in years. 96 00:06:27,133 --> 00:06:30,300 -I hope not. 97 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:33,633 -I think what our show special was that chemistry, 98 00:06:33,633 --> 00:06:35,800 first of all, with Dick and Mary, 99 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,900 and then on down through the cast, which was so good. 100 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:40,533 -Oh, is that the comedy spot? 101 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:44,266 -No, bubblehead, this is a comedy spot. 102 00:06:44,266 --> 00:06:45,666 -Rob! -Buddy. 103 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:46,833 -Sally. -Mel. 104 00:06:46,833 --> 00:06:47,933 -Rob. -Sally. 105 00:06:47,933 --> 00:06:49,333 -Buddy! -Go ahead, Curly, 106 00:06:49,333 --> 00:06:51,600 it's your turn, say, Rob. 107 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:52,800 -Rob! 108 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,333 -Beautiful. -Oh, wonderful, wonderful. 109 00:06:54,333 --> 00:06:55,966 -Talk about chemistry. 110 00:06:55,966 --> 00:06:58,700 It was great with him and Mary, 111 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:03,500 oh, my gosh, and, and, uh, Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie. 112 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,633 They had great chemistry, 113 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:09,700 and it all starts with the top. 114 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:11,900 It started with him. 115 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:16,133 -Just by accident, we got together a group of people 116 00:07:16,133 --> 00:07:18,766 where the chemistry was just exactly right. 117 00:07:18,766 --> 00:07:22,533 We all liked each other right away, enjoyed working together. 118 00:07:22,533 --> 00:07:25,966 The more we worked together, the closer we became as friends. 119 00:07:25,966 --> 00:07:30,400 -I loved that cast. I mean, they were just so good. 120 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,100 There was nothing they couldn't attempt. 121 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:36,666 -♪ Come join us, come join us, just take a part and join us ♪ 122 00:07:36,666 --> 00:07:39,033 [ Imitating instruments playing ] 123 00:07:39,033 --> 00:07:53,366 ♪♪ 124 00:07:53,366 --> 00:07:55,100 [ Imitating flute sadly ] 125 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,300 -"The Dick Van Dyke Show" does not attract a large audience. 126 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:03,533 Show creator and producer Carl Reiner 127 00:08:03,533 --> 00:08:05,766 and executive producer Sheldon Leonard 128 00:08:05,766 --> 00:08:08,866 believe eight o'clock is too early in the evening 129 00:08:08,866 --> 00:08:12,600 to broadcast a show aimed at adults. 130 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,700 After a good deal of effort, 131 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:17,766 the producers persuade the network to move the program 132 00:08:17,766 --> 00:08:21,100 to a new day and time. 133 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:22,433 -I'm Dick Van Dyke. 134 00:08:22,433 --> 00:08:25,000 Our show's on in a new time spot -- right now! 135 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,733 -The first episode broadcast at the new time 136 00:08:27,733 --> 00:08:29,966 expanded the type of subject matter 137 00:08:29,966 --> 00:08:33,000 that could be dealt with in a sitcom. 138 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,400 -Daddy? -Hm? 139 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,066 -Where'd I come from? 140 00:08:37,066 --> 00:08:41,033 -What'd you say, Rich? 141 00:08:41,033 --> 00:08:43,100 I said where'd I come from? 142 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:45,866 -Uh, well, uh [Chuckles] uh, 143 00:08:45,866 --> 00:08:47,200 that's what I thought you said. 144 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,766 Well, honey, did you hear what Richie just asked? 145 00:08:50,766 --> 00:08:53,000 -Yes, I, I heard, darling. 146 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,300 -In this flashback show, Rob and Laura 147 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,800 reminisce about the final frantic days of her pregnancy. 148 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,366 -It was every piece of shtick you could think of 149 00:09:02,366 --> 00:09:04,966 [Chuckling] through that show, everything. 150 00:09:04,966 --> 00:09:08,500 I got to just do physical comedy and mime all the way through it, 151 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:11,766 playing the nervous, uh, expectant father. 152 00:09:11,766 --> 00:09:13,333 I had such a good time. 153 00:09:13,333 --> 00:09:16,300 -[ Sighs ] 154 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:17,366 [ Gasps ] 155 00:09:17,366 --> 00:09:19,366 -It's time! 156 00:09:24,733 --> 00:09:26,900 -Honey! 157 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:29,566 Rob, I am perfectly all-- -I'll get the car. 158 00:09:29,566 --> 00:09:31,900 I'll call the hospital. -Rob, I am perfectly all right! 159 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:34,766 I just dropped the alarm clock. 160 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,300 -Despite the high quality of writing and performances, 161 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:44,766 the show is rated 80th out of 117 shows. 162 00:09:44,766 --> 00:09:48,100 After the sponsor decides to put its money elsewhere, 163 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:50,900 CBS cancels the series. 164 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:55,600 Dick's Hollywood dream is over before it's begun. 165 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,966 Or is it? 166 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,500 Dick Van Dyke is a small town boy, 167 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:15,400 growing up in Danville, Illinois. 168 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:20,200 Even at a young age, he has his eyes on the camera. 169 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,933 -My dad was a very funny man, 170 00:10:21,933 --> 00:10:23,700 and my mother was a very funny person, too. 171 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,600 As a matter of fact, 172 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,233 between my brother and my mother and my father and me, 173 00:10:27,233 --> 00:10:29,900 I was the least funny of them all. 174 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:33,200 During World War II, in our little, uh, CBS outlet, 175 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,200 most of the announcers were getting drafted, 176 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,200 and they put an ad in the paper for part-time announcers. 177 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,600 So I went down, auditioned and got the job, 178 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,700 so I was a disc jockey and a newsman at the age of 16. 179 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:45,366 [ Chuckles ] 180 00:10:45,366 --> 00:10:47,133 -Dick is also given the opportunity 181 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:52,333 to show off his comedic acting on local entertainment shows. 182 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:55,600 -I'm Albert the Electron, and you'll be hearing a lot from me. 183 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,666 Now where does that big stiff get off stamping around in here 184 00:10:58,666 --> 00:11:00,466 like an elephant? 185 00:11:00,466 --> 00:11:04,666 Why, I go from here to there and back again. 186 00:11:04,666 --> 00:11:07,266 -It's, uh, about time we say 187 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,933 that the studio players presented tonight's story, 188 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:11,466 and our cast included John Nickels, Lou Selby, 189 00:11:11,466 --> 00:11:13,500 and in case you hadn't guessed, 190 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:16,433 Dick Van Dyke was wired for sound as Albert the Electron. 191 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,266 -My next guest on the show is the man 192 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:29,633 who gave me my start in show business back in 1947. 193 00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:31,900 Those of you who would like to thank him for discovering me, 194 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,500 line up over there. [ Chuckles ] 195 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:35,500 Those of you who'd like to get him, 196 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:39,400 [ Chuckles ] line up over -- Look at that line over there. 197 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,733 No, it's true. 198 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:42,466 This man took me on as his partner back then, 199 00:11:42,466 --> 00:11:44,400 and we did an act together for several years 200 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,766 called The Merry Mutes because we didn't say a word. 201 00:11:47,766 --> 00:11:51,166 We moved our lips to records. So here's the man 202 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:53,133 who made me his silent partner, Phil Erickson. 203 00:11:53,133 --> 00:11:54,966 Phil, come on in. 204 00:11:54,966 --> 00:11:56,700 [ Applause ] 205 00:12:01,966 --> 00:12:04,166 -Thank you. Thank you. 206 00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:05,566 Thank you very much. 207 00:12:05,566 --> 00:12:07,166 I didn't make a bad choice, did I? 208 00:12:07,166 --> 00:12:10,666 [ Chuckles ] 209 00:12:10,666 --> 00:12:12,200 -I was 21 210 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,300 and not really knowing what to do with my life 211 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,600 at that time anyway, and I didn't expect it to last. 212 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,466 I thought, uh, 213 00:12:18,466 --> 00:12:20,100 that it would be something that we'd do for fun 214 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:22,033 for a summer or a year or something 215 00:12:22,033 --> 00:12:25,933 and it'd be a great experience, and then I would go on. 216 00:12:25,933 --> 00:12:28,066 -In the summer of 1947, 217 00:12:28,066 --> 00:12:31,733 the Merry Mutes drive west to California. 218 00:12:31,733 --> 00:12:35,066 They manage to find work in small nightclubs and hotels 219 00:12:35,066 --> 00:12:38,366 in and around Los Angeles. 220 00:12:38,366 --> 00:12:41,000 -And we got to bigger and bigger nightclubs, 221 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,266 played Las Vegas, 222 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:47,366 and finally opened at the Blue Angel in New York, 223 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:49,733 and those sophisticated people came in to see the act 224 00:12:49,733 --> 00:12:51,700 and stared at us. 225 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,300 Literally just sat there and stared at us. 226 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:56,033 -That's murder, isn't it? 227 00:12:56,033 --> 00:12:59,166 -I think it was the beginning of my drinking. 228 00:12:59,166 --> 00:13:02,966 -And now from Atlanta, Georgia, two youngsters who are, 229 00:13:02,966 --> 00:13:05,700 well, they are actually in the entertainment world, 230 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,933 the biggest things to hit Georgia since Coca-Cola. 231 00:13:08,933 --> 00:13:13,100 Definitely so, and down there at the Grady Hotel. 232 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,166 They're awfully good. 233 00:13:15,166 --> 00:13:16,766 I think you're gonna get a great kick out of them. 234 00:13:16,766 --> 00:13:19,266 They call themselves the Merry Mutes. 235 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:23,666 -TV in the 1950s was in a, in experimental phase. 236 00:13:23,666 --> 00:13:26,100 So what you saw was a lot of stage stuff, 237 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:28,733 a lot of Vaudeville stuff, a lot of Broadway stuff, 238 00:13:28,733 --> 00:13:32,200 so when we look at Dick and his partner coming on Ed Sullivan 239 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,033 and sort of miming to a record, 240 00:13:34,033 --> 00:13:36,600 I mean, nowadays that might seem kind of silly 241 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,666 to have somebody come out and just mime to a record, 242 00:13:39,666 --> 00:13:42,100 but that's what people were doing in Vaudeville 243 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:43,833 and on stages back then, 244 00:13:43,833 --> 00:13:45,500 and so it made sense to sort of bring it 245 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,566 to a national audience on television. 246 00:13:47,566 --> 00:13:54,433 - ♪ You always hurt the one you love ♪ 247 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:59,033 ♪ The one you shouldn't hurt at all ♪ 248 00:13:59,033 --> 00:14:03,633 ♪ You always take the sweetest rose ♪ 249 00:14:03,633 --> 00:14:07,066 ♪ And crush it till the petals fall ♪ 250 00:14:07,066 --> 00:14:10,300 ♪ You always break ♪ -Ca-runch. 251 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:15,300 -♪ The kindest heart with a hasty word you can't recall ♪ 252 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:17,100 -Ah, you old bat. 253 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,666 -♪ If I broke ♪ -Ca-runch. 254 00:14:19,666 --> 00:14:25,666 -♪ Your heart last night, it's because I love you most of all ♪ 255 00:14:29,133 --> 00:14:30,466 -Everybody knew that television was gonna be more 256 00:14:30,466 --> 00:14:32,233 and more and more, 257 00:14:32,233 --> 00:14:33,700 and I really wanted to get into television 258 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:35,433 because eventually I wanted to have a family, 259 00:14:35,433 --> 00:14:37,266 and I knew that nightclubs were no life. 260 00:14:37,266 --> 00:14:39,066 -You married your high school sweetheart. 261 00:14:39,066 --> 00:14:40,433 Just, is that one of those sickening things 262 00:14:40,433 --> 00:14:41,866 they put in your biography or is it really true? 263 00:14:41,866 --> 00:14:43,633 -No, I really did. -You actually did. 264 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:45,433 -Really married my high school sweetheart. 265 00:14:45,433 --> 00:14:47,066 -And you married her on, 266 00:14:47,066 --> 00:14:49,133 on radio as you're probably sick of hearing, 267 00:14:49,133 --> 00:14:51,000 but -- -Yes, on Bride and Groom. 268 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,433 -Our, our younger viewers won't remember, 269 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,133 but there was a radio show, 270 00:14:54,133 --> 00:14:56,066 believe it or not, called Bride and Groom, 271 00:14:56,066 --> 00:15:02,433 and people had the poor taste to get married on radio. 272 00:15:02,433 --> 00:15:04,600 -From Hollywood we present... 273 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,266 [ "Wedding March" playing ] 274 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:09,433 ...Bride and Groom. 275 00:15:09,433 --> 00:15:11,866 [ Applause ] 276 00:15:14,433 --> 00:15:16,600 -I was a starving nightclub actor at the time. 277 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,333 -You were glad to get it. 278 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:20,466 -Yeah, because they gave you furniture, the ring, 279 00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:22,400 they paid for the license, 280 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,533 and they sent you away on a week's honeymoon, all free. 281 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:26,833 -Really? -That's the only way 282 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:29,300 I could get married. I had no money at all. 283 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:31,466 -When the show was canceled, did you feel divorced? 284 00:15:31,466 --> 00:15:34,700 Uh -- -[ Laughs ] 285 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,100 -Dick and his wife Margie 286 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:40,466 become parents to two boys, Chris and Barry. 287 00:15:40,466 --> 00:15:42,466 To provide for his growing family, 288 00:15:42,466 --> 00:15:45,966 Dick reluctantly splits from Phil Erickson 289 00:15:45,966 --> 00:15:51,200 and heads for New York in search of better paying jobs. 290 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,100 -I never had a career plan, 291 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:54,366 and, you know, I think it's good 292 00:15:54,366 --> 00:15:56,100 because you don't pass things up that b-- 293 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:58,133 if your nose is headed in that direction, 294 00:15:58,133 --> 00:16:00,133 a lot of nice things can happen along the way. 295 00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:03,500 I've just kind of taken what came. 296 00:16:08,533 --> 00:16:11,133 -We proudly present... 297 00:16:14,566 --> 00:16:17,333 ...a character sketch. 298 00:16:17,333 --> 00:16:19,100 -This is what's known as a, 299 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:22,100 as a circuit audition, closed circuit audition, 300 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:25,566 which means that it's piped directly to the studios 301 00:16:25,566 --> 00:16:29,366 up at 45 Madison Avenue, the executives of this network, 302 00:16:29,366 --> 00:16:30,800 and your whole [Chuckles] 303 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,066 your whole career can count on it. 304 00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:35,000 You think I'd be nervous. 305 00:16:35,866 --> 00:16:38,500 [ Nervous Laughter, Weeping ] 306 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,500 -You've just been introduced to Dick Van Dyke, 307 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,233 a new television personality. 308 00:16:46,233 --> 00:16:48,066 -They offered me a 7 year contract, 309 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:51,533 and I was totally speechless, unable to speak, 310 00:16:51,533 --> 00:16:53,266 and the first thing they did 311 00:16:53,266 --> 00:16:55,966 was put me in as anchor on the CBS Morning Show. 312 00:16:55,966 --> 00:16:59,133 I interviewed people, introduced guests, did the weather. 313 00:16:59,133 --> 00:17:05,366 -I love that he was literally an anchorman with Walter Cronkite. 314 00:17:05,366 --> 00:17:07,000 Literally. 315 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,266 -And he was absolutely a total unknown, 316 00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:13,133 but he was very funny, but it was not going terribly well. 317 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:14,866 I think Dick, uh, 318 00:17:14,866 --> 00:17:16,900 in his first show on network television 319 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,500 was a little concerned about it, 320 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:20,700 uh, without a script and all of that, 321 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,933 and CBS decided they wanted a news person who could, 322 00:17:23,933 --> 00:17:26,000 uh, do a little dialogue occasionally, 323 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,433 ad-lib dialogue with Van Dyke to loosen Van Dyke up 324 00:17:29,433 --> 00:17:31,266 is what they told me. 325 00:17:31,266 --> 00:17:34,200 It was a little hard ge-- making that thing work, 326 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:39,366 and maybe I wasn't good enough at throwing him cues and lines. 327 00:17:39,366 --> 00:17:42,600 One morning, Dick danced over to my news desk 328 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:47,500 and said, I think I'm gonna live or die on this program. 329 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,366 And I said, Dick, maybe you already have. 330 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:53,166 [ Chuckles ] I mean, ju-- just a joke I thought, you know, 331 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:55,000 and he'd pick it up from there, 332 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,600 and I only learned later what had happened. 333 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,033 They had already decided to fire Dick Van Dyke, 334 00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:05,100 and they thought that I knew it, and I was tipping him off to it. 335 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,566 -It was a kind of a misuse of my abilities 'cause I, 336 00:18:07,566 --> 00:18:09,500 I wasn't that good at interviewing. 337 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:13,233 I was 29 at the time and a little green. 338 00:18:13,233 --> 00:18:15,866 -When the Morning Show doesn't work out, 339 00:18:15,866 --> 00:18:17,733 still betting on his talent 340 00:18:17,733 --> 00:18:21,733 the network assigns Dick to host CBS Cartoon Theatre, 341 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:25,200 a summer replacement program for kids. 342 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,666 -Each week, our stars, whom I'm very happy to call my friends, 343 00:18:28,666 --> 00:18:30,500 will appear -- -Hey, boss! 344 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:31,733 Hey, boss. -Yeah? 345 00:18:31,733 --> 00:18:34,466 -You've got s'nexts on your sleeve. 346 00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:36,266 -There's nothing on my sleeve. 347 00:18:36,266 --> 00:18:38,900 -Oh, yes, you've got s'nexts on your sleeve. 348 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,200 -I have? 349 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,633 What's s'nexts? 350 00:18:42,633 --> 00:18:45,166 The show, the show's next. 351 00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:47,066 [ Laughs ] 352 00:18:47,066 --> 00:18:48,433 -It was kind of pieced together 353 00:18:48,433 --> 00:18:50,633 because I interacted with the cartoon characters, 354 00:18:50,633 --> 00:18:53,600 so it had no performance flow to it at all. 355 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,766 My recollection is not good about that. 356 00:18:56,766 --> 00:18:58,900 -"Cartoon Theatre" ends production 357 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,433 after just 13 episodes. 358 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:04,366 Uncertain how to best use Dick's talents, 359 00:19:04,366 --> 00:19:08,066 the network tries headlining him in a variety show. 360 00:19:10,533 --> 00:19:12,933 -"The Dick Van Dyke Show"... 361 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,133 ...starring Dick Van Dyke. 362 00:19:18,133 --> 00:19:19,900 -Right about here, 363 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:21,633 you see, is where we would ordinarily have 364 00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:23,533 our commercial message from the sponsor, 365 00:19:23,533 --> 00:19:25,566 but of course right now we don't know who 366 00:19:25,566 --> 00:19:27,600 our sponsors are gonna be or even what kind of a product 367 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,066 we're gonna be selling. 368 00:19:29,066 --> 00:19:30,900 But I can tell you that right now, 369 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,866 whatever the product is, here is where we would say 370 00:19:33,866 --> 00:19:35,733 that it's bigger, it's faster, 371 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:38,233 it's drier, it's gentler, it's shinier, 372 00:19:38,233 --> 00:19:41,600 it's foamier, it's livelier, roomier, water-proofier, 373 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,466 better tasting, longer lasting, 374 00:19:43,466 --> 00:19:45,333 quicker acting, easier spreading, smoother driving, 375 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:47,500 cleaner smelling, closer shaving, deeper frying, 376 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,966 and it's kid-proof. Get it! 377 00:19:52,366 --> 00:19:55,933 -The pilot is not well received by network executives, 378 00:19:55,933 --> 00:19:58,933 and no weekly series comes from it. 379 00:19:58,933 --> 00:20:01,400 -I didn't actually live out my 7 year contract. 380 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,166 They let me go after 3 years. 381 00:20:03,166 --> 00:20:05,366 I was devastated. Scared to death. 382 00:20:05,366 --> 00:20:07,233 What am I gonna do now? 383 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,000 -When, uh, Dick Van Dyke came on the show, we hit off. 384 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,833 We were like brothers. 385 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:15,800 I mean, we thought the same things were funny. 386 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,533 You know, I, have, 387 00:20:17,533 --> 00:20:19,300 as I say admired Dick for quite a while 388 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:21,366 because to my way of thinking he has a fresh, 389 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:23,066 new approach to comedy. 390 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:24,566 -Oh, well, thanks, Pat. 391 00:20:24,566 --> 00:20:26,200 I think about all I really do, 392 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,100 though, is just kind of avoid slapstick. 393 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,000 -Oh, is that it? 394 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,033 -Yeah, I think people today like more subtle humor. 395 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:34,100 They're tired of people throwing pies 396 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,233 and making foolish mistakes of some kind. 397 00:20:36,233 --> 00:20:38,266 -Oh, I see. -Oh, man. 398 00:20:38,266 --> 00:20:42,333 You remember, uh, for instance, Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde, 399 00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:43,900 people like that? 400 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:46,133 And, uh, George Bernard Shaw. -Yeah. 401 00:20:46,133 --> 00:20:47,900 -Pat, you'd be surprised 402 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:50,700 how many people admire that kind of humor. 403 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,300 Really. 404 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:53,600 People laugh just at the anticipation 405 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,733 of that kind of humor. 406 00:20:54,733 --> 00:20:56,333 Don't you, don't you think that, 407 00:20:56,333 --> 00:20:58,666 uh, people enjoy that sort of thing, Pat? 408 00:20:58,666 --> 00:21:02,033 -Sure, sure. Mm-hm. 409 00:21:02,033 --> 00:21:05,100 -Well, that's the way I feel, and I rest my case on that. 410 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,966 Whoop! 411 00:21:07,966 --> 00:21:10,066 -I see what you mean. 412 00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:14,933 He made it so easy, and I just went right with him, 413 00:21:14,933 --> 00:21:18,533 and, uh, and, and we both thoroughly enjoyed that. 414 00:21:18,533 --> 00:21:20,166 -I didn't know I could sing or da-- 415 00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:22,966 I didn't know I could do anything. [ Laughs ] 416 00:21:22,966 --> 00:21:24,500 I just, uh, in those days if they said, 417 00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:27,733 Can you do it? You say, Yes, I can do that. 418 00:21:27,733 --> 00:21:29,800 ♪ Mention my name in Sheboygan ♪ 419 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,266 -You been there? 420 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:32,633 -♪ It's the greatest little town in the world ♪ 421 00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:34,566 -Do you know Silas Long? 422 00:21:34,566 --> 00:21:36,466 -♪ Just tell old Si you're an old friend of mine ♪ 423 00:21:36,466 --> 00:21:38,200 -He knows him. 424 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,000 -♪ Every door in town will have a big welcome sign ♪ 425 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,166 -♪ We'll mention your name in Sheboygan ♪ 426 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:45,100 -They love me. -♪ And if we ever get in a jam ♪ 427 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,566 -♪ Here's what you do ♪ 428 00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:48,000 ♪ Mention my name ♪ -What is it? 429 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,733 -♪ Mention my name ♪ -What is it? 430 00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:53,366 -♪ Please don't tell 'em where I am ♪ 431 00:21:53,366 --> 00:21:56,833 -He was funny even if he wasn't talking. 432 00:21:56,833 --> 00:21:59,066 I mean, he could've done the silent films. 433 00:21:59,066 --> 00:22:01,233 [ Chuckles ] You know. 434 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:02,500 -Well, needless to say it was great fun having you 435 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,300 on the show, Dick. 436 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:05,666 -Pat, I enjoyed myself. I laughed my head off. 437 00:22:05,666 --> 00:22:07,700 -Did you? No kidding. -Yeah. 438 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:09,933 [ Applause ] 439 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,133 -When I was a kid I loved all of the great physical comedians. 440 00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:21,566 To this day, I'm a Laurel and Hardy fan. 441 00:22:21,566 --> 00:22:23,400 That relationship that they developed 442 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,233 is unlike any other comedy team that ever existed. 443 00:22:26,233 --> 00:22:29,000 -Dick Van Dyke was definitely informed 444 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,500 by the greats of the past. 445 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:34,500 He did Stan Laurel all the time. 446 00:22:41,166 --> 00:22:44,200 -I loved Chaplin, I love Buster Keaton. 447 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:50,000 -As a boy, Dick learns from the best. 448 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,533 He spends Saturdays in the local movie theater, 449 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,200 soaking up like a sponge 450 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,800 how effortlessly his screen idols move 451 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,433 with an impeccable sense of timing. 452 00:22:59,433 --> 00:23:01,866 Their inspiration serves him well 453 00:23:01,866 --> 00:23:05,533 as he struggles to find his own career footing. 454 00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:08,200 -Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, I mean, 455 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,433 talk about physical comedy, and Dick Van Dyke. 456 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:16,100 I mean, he is in that category of, of performers. 457 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:19,700 -I think we come from the same DNA strain, all of us. 458 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:23,266 Uh, only for us it doesn't stand for deoxyribonucleic acid. 459 00:23:23,266 --> 00:23:27,433 It stands for divine nutcase alumni. 460 00:23:42,166 --> 00:23:46,966 -My first impression of him was that he, uh, 461 00:23:46,966 --> 00:23:50,366 he, he was so, um, supple. 462 00:23:50,366 --> 00:23:53,866 -Hello, sweetheart. -Hello, darling. 463 00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:55,933 -How are you this evening? 464 00:23:55,933 --> 00:23:57,700 -Fine, dear. 465 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,600 -Oh, dinner. I'm so hungry I could die. 466 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,566 -Yes. 467 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,066 How soon do you think it will be 468 00:24:07,066 --> 00:24:09,133 before the poison will take effect? 469 00:24:09,133 --> 00:24:13,100 -In 3 seconds. One, two, three! 470 00:24:14,766 --> 00:24:17,266 [ Laughs ] 471 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:27,033 Talk about supple. 472 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,666 Oh, my. 473 00:24:36,666 --> 00:24:37,933 Oh. 474 00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:44,500 It's, it's incredible what he, what he does with his body. 475 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:47,100 I mean, ti-- the w-- the way he walked around the floor 476 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:50,366 and all the -- I had totally forgotten that sketch. 477 00:24:50,366 --> 00:24:53,500 It's like he didn't have any kind of a bone in his body. 478 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,233 He was all rubber. 479 00:24:55,233 --> 00:24:57,500 It was brilliant. 480 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:00,233 -Hedging his bets against unemployment, 481 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:04,133 Dick tries emceeing a game show. 482 00:25:04,133 --> 00:25:06,866 -"Laugh Line." 483 00:25:06,866 --> 00:25:10,700 Here is your host and cartoon interlocutor, Dick Van Dyke. 484 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:14,133 -Good evening. 485 00:25:15,966 --> 00:25:18,233 Good evening. Thank you very much 486 00:25:18,233 --> 00:25:20,333 and welcome, everybody, to "Laugh Line." 487 00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:22,366 -Bad idea, and it didn't work. 488 00:25:22,366 --> 00:25:25,200 Just didn't work. Deadly, deadly. 489 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,566 Yeah, I, I've died many times, and that was one of the worst. 490 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:32,933 -"Laugh Line" is canceled after only 9 episodes. 491 00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:36,200 Next, Dick and his manager take it upon themselves 492 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,166 to produce another pilot. 493 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:44,733 -Dick Van Dyke tells a story. 494 00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:47,200 -The eyes began to droop, 495 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,100 and the mouth begins to quiver. 496 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,866 And the hands, they begin to shake from weakness, 497 00:25:54,866 --> 00:25:56,400 and the legs, 498 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,433 they could hardly stand up, they were so rubbery and weak. 499 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:01,533 Oh. 500 00:26:01,533 --> 00:26:05,133 -This concept also does not sell. 501 00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:07,733 Dick is not fulfilling his early promise 502 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:11,400 and fears he's on a treadmill to oblivion. 503 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:24,033 In late 1959, Dick is cast in a supporting role 504 00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:26,233 in "The Girls Against the Boys," 505 00:26:26,233 --> 00:26:30,300 a stage production featuring songs and comedy sketches. 506 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:32,666 Dick receives good notices, 507 00:26:32,666 --> 00:26:35,100 but the show itself is panned by critics 508 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:39,100 and lasts only 16 performances. 509 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,400 Discouraged, concerned about 510 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,600 how he's going to support his family, 511 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,100 which now includes a daughter, Stacy, 512 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:49,033 and another daughter, Carrie Beth, on the way, 513 00:26:49,033 --> 00:26:53,100 Dick continues to audition for Broadway shows. 514 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:55,366 One day, he finds himself in front of 515 00:26:55,366 --> 00:26:58,066 the well respected choreographer and director 516 00:26:58,066 --> 00:27:00,600 Gower Champion. 517 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,033 -I walked in and, uh, did a little song and dance 518 00:27:03,033 --> 00:27:05,100 for Gower Champion, and he came up on the stage 519 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:06,766 and said, You've got the part. 520 00:27:06,766 --> 00:27:08,333 I said, I can't really dance. He said, 521 00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:10,333 I'll teach you to dance. And he did. 522 00:27:10,333 --> 00:27:13,200 Little did I know that that would be a big break for me. 523 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,633 -Well, you know, he was a Broadway star. 524 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,100 -Yeah, he was a Broadway star. -"Bye Bye Birdie." 525 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:17,433 -Bye -- that's right, that's right. 526 00:27:17,433 --> 00:27:19,100 -And, uh, made the movie. -He must've killed. 527 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,833 Can you imagine seeing -- -Yeah. 528 00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,100 -You're going to Broadway and you see Dick Van Dyke on stage 529 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,600 and go who, who is that? 530 00:27:33,933 --> 00:27:35,300 -I only found out many, 531 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:38,266 many years later that in Philadelphia, 532 00:27:38,266 --> 00:27:40,333 when we were doing the out of town tryout, 533 00:27:40,333 --> 00:27:43,666 the producers wanted to, to replace me. 534 00:27:43,666 --> 00:27:45,766 They didn't think I was coming through, 535 00:27:45,766 --> 00:27:49,166 and Gower Champion said, This kid's gonna be alright 536 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:52,266 and stood up for me. 537 00:27:52,266 --> 00:27:55,633 -To give Dick a standout moment in the first act, 538 00:27:55,633 --> 00:27:58,133 Champion instructs the songwriters to rewrite 539 00:27:58,133 --> 00:28:04,000 a number originally intended for his costar Chita Rivera. 540 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,866 It turns out to be a career maker. 541 00:28:08,933 --> 00:28:11,633 -♪ Gray skies are gonna clear up ♪ 542 00:28:11,633 --> 00:28:14,166 ♪ Put on a happy face ♪ 543 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:16,766 ♪ Brush off the clouds and cheer up ♪ 544 00:28:16,766 --> 00:28:19,666 ♪ Put on a happy face ♪ 545 00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:22,500 ♪ Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy ♪ 546 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,533 ♪ It's not your style ♪ 547 00:28:24,533 --> 00:28:29,800 ♪ You look so good that you'll be glad you decided to smile ♪ 548 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,866 ♪ Pick out a pleasant outlook, stick out that noble chin ♪ 549 00:28:34,866 --> 00:28:37,366 ♪ Wipe off the full of doubt look ♪ 550 00:28:37,366 --> 00:28:40,600 ♪ Slap on a happy grin ♪ 551 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,533 ♪ And spread sunshine all over the place ♪ 552 00:28:44,533 --> 00:28:48,133 ♪ Just put on a happy face ♪ 553 00:28:48,133 --> 00:28:51,333 And I won a Tony Award of all things. 554 00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:54,366 When they were going to fire me. I said, Life is strange. 555 00:28:54,366 --> 00:29:27,300 ♪♪ 556 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:29,166 I was in "Bye Bye Birdie" for a year, 557 00:29:29,166 --> 00:29:32,366 and everyone said this is where you belong. 558 00:29:32,366 --> 00:29:35,900 I knew that th-- this wasn't the steady income from it, 559 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,333 and with my family I was just afraid to, to try that, 560 00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:40,966 so I was looking for a television series. 561 00:29:46,966 --> 00:29:50,200 -I guess you're, I guess you're very happy to see her, 562 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,100 aren't you, Al Duncy? 563 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:54,233 He certainly is. He's overwhelmed. 564 00:29:54,233 --> 00:29:57,200 Al, I wonder, Al, I wonder if you'd tell -- 565 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,633 Al? Al? 566 00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:00,800 I wonder if you'd tell our audience exactly 567 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,233 who this lady is? 568 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:04,733 -I don't know who she is, but it's alright with me. 569 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,800 -I had just finished working 570 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,400 on "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour," 571 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,933 and people were offering me a lot of situation comedies. 572 00:30:14,933 --> 00:30:16,900 My wife and I read them, and they weren't very good, 573 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:19,900 and she said in her infinite wisdom, 574 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:21,633 Hey, you could write better than this. 575 00:30:21,633 --> 00:30:23,400 I had never written a situation comedy, 576 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,833 but I said what piece of ground do I stand on 577 00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:27,566 that nobody else stands on? 578 00:30:27,566 --> 00:30:29,566 I said, well, I'm a husband, a father, 579 00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:32,500 I live in New Rochelle, I'm an actor, a writer, 580 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:34,000 I work in television. 581 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,966 I'll write about that. 582 00:30:35,966 --> 00:30:38,833 In 4 days I had written a thing called "Head of the Family." 583 00:30:38,833 --> 00:30:42,100 I did a pilot, didn't sell, and I was very disappointed. 584 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:44,433 They, they told me it was very good. 585 00:30:44,433 --> 00:30:46,333 So Carl came and we talked, 586 00:30:46,333 --> 00:30:49,166 and I learned that he had written a pilot for himself, 587 00:30:49,166 --> 00:30:51,800 that he had been encouraged to think that he could sell a pilot 588 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,433 in which he would play the lead 589 00:30:53,433 --> 00:30:55,700 and says I knew that he was talented. 590 00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:58,266 I wonder why it hadn't sold. I asked if I could see it. 591 00:30:58,266 --> 00:31:01,166 -I know Carl Reiner originally was going to be Rob Petrie, 592 00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:03,300 and when I've seen the footage of Carl Reiner 593 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:06,533 as Rob Petrie in the test shoot, 594 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:09,633 it's just no. [ Chuckles ] He's not Rob Petrie. 595 00:31:09,633 --> 00:31:13,533 -Robert, your son dislikes you. 596 00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:14,666 -What are you saying? 597 00:31:14,666 --> 00:31:17,200 How can he dislike me? I'm his father. 598 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,300 -Some children have been known to hate their fathers. 599 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:20,666 -He's only 6 years old. 600 00:31:20,666 --> 00:31:22,233 He doesn't know me long enough to hate me. 601 00:31:22,233 --> 00:31:25,266 This is ridiculous. Richie, Richie, 602 00:31:25,266 --> 00:31:27,133 do you hate your daddy? 603 00:31:28,666 --> 00:31:30,800 See? 604 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,166 -It seemed apparent to me the reason 605 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:36,833 it hadn't sold is because he was mis-cast. [ Chuckles ] 606 00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:38,566 The written material was so great that I said, 607 00:31:38,566 --> 00:31:40,166 Do you mind if I try it again, 608 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,733 recast it and try it again? 609 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:45,866 -He said, We'll get a better actor to play you. 610 00:31:45,866 --> 00:31:47,300 -I went to see a young man playing 611 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:50,700 in a show called "Bye Bye Birdie." I went backstage. 612 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,066 I said to him at the time, Look, kid, I, 613 00:31:53,066 --> 00:31:54,800 I think we're gonna find something 614 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,166 to do together. -Sheldon Leonard suggested Dick. 615 00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,866 When I went to see him, 616 00:31:58,866 --> 00:32:00,833 I realized that he really could command a stage, 617 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:03,633 and "Bye Bye Birdie" was just charming and wonderful. 618 00:32:03,633 --> 00:32:06,266 -At that point, I had a script of my own 619 00:32:06,266 --> 00:32:07,833 that I was trying to sell, 620 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,066 and I really had been out trying to promote it, 621 00:32:10,066 --> 00:32:12,366 and Carl sent me 8 scripts, 622 00:32:12,366 --> 00:32:15,800 which I sat down and read and threw mine out the window 623 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,200 because it was the best writing I have ever read in my life. 624 00:32:21,366 --> 00:32:23,666 -January 20, 1961. 625 00:32:24,266 --> 00:32:26,133 John F. Kennedy is sworn in 626 00:32:26,133 --> 00:32:29,166 as the 35th President of the United States, 627 00:32:29,166 --> 00:32:32,466 ushering in a new era of hope and optimism 628 00:32:32,466 --> 00:32:34,800 in American politics and culture. 629 00:32:36,133 --> 00:32:39,233 Later that same day, a group of talented people 630 00:32:39,233 --> 00:32:41,600 gather on a soundstage in Hollywood 631 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,766 under the direction of Sheldon Leonard 632 00:32:43,766 --> 00:32:47,500 to film the pilot of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." 633 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:48,933 -You don't mind if I go alone? 634 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,533 -Not at all, darling. 635 00:32:55,133 --> 00:32:57,900 -Well... 636 00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,800 -It's just that I couldn't go to a party 637 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,500 knowing my son was on the verge of being sick. 638 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,633 I couldn't enjoy myself. 639 00:33:08,633 --> 00:33:10,766 -Alright. Alright. You win. 640 00:33:10,766 --> 00:33:14,466 We'll spend a quiet evening at home frying liver. 641 00:33:14,466 --> 00:33:17,466 -You don't have to stay! -I'm not going! 642 00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:21,266 I'm as good a mother as you are! 643 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:25,700 -It's crazy that the idea existed 644 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:28,666 before they had discovered Dick Van Dyke 645 00:33:28,666 --> 00:33:33,033 because he's perfect in every single way. 646 00:33:34,033 --> 00:33:37,866 -The first time Dick Van Dyke read the part of Rob Petrie, 647 00:33:37,866 --> 00:33:39,666 I knew he was a character. 648 00:33:39,666 --> 00:33:41,733 He's amazing. He's amazing. 649 00:33:41,733 --> 00:33:44,533 And he always added something to a script 650 00:33:44,533 --> 00:33:48,600 just by his very behavior in essence. 651 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,900 -I give you my impression of my wife's Uncle Henry 652 00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:52,666 coming home from the annual office party. 653 00:33:52,666 --> 00:33:54,566 And who should he meet, but his wife. 654 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:56,133 Sally, you know the bit. -I'll do it. 655 00:33:56,133 --> 00:33:57,666 -I need the chair and a hat. -I got it right here! 656 00:33:57,666 --> 00:34:00,166 -First of all, he brought to the pilot 657 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:01,866 something I wouldn't have dreamed of. 658 00:34:01,866 --> 00:34:03,500 He brought a piece of material 659 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,633 that he had done on a Broadway show 660 00:34:05,633 --> 00:34:07,533 of a guy who was so frightened of his wife 661 00:34:07,533 --> 00:34:10,566 that even when he got drunk and he saw her, he'd sober up. 662 00:34:10,566 --> 00:34:12,133 -Whoo! 663 00:34:16,566 --> 00:34:18,433 -Darling! 664 00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:20,466 -Thank you, honey. 665 00:34:21,433 --> 00:34:23,000 Sweetheart, was there any mail today? 666 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,266 -Oh, yes, some very important letters. 667 00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:25,933 I'll get them for you. -Thank you. 668 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,000 -Here. Here's the letters. 669 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,666 -Oh, thank you, sweetheart. Uh-huh. 670 00:34:32,666 --> 00:34:34,933 -Listen, honey. Are you hungry? Would you like a sandwich? 671 00:34:34,933 --> 00:34:37,233 -I would love a sandwich. -Alright. 672 00:34:39,233 --> 00:34:41,366 -Whoo! 673 00:34:44,466 --> 00:34:45,800 -Hey, hon! 674 00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:49,966 How would you like a ham on rye? 675 00:34:49,966 --> 00:34:51,933 -Oh, I'd love a ham on rye. -Fine. 676 00:34:51,933 --> 00:34:53,566 With mustard? -With mustard. 677 00:34:54,733 --> 00:34:56,333 -With pickle? -Pickle! 678 00:34:59,633 --> 00:35:02,133 -Honey, you don't look right. 679 00:35:03,533 --> 00:35:04,833 You know what I think you need? 680 00:35:04,833 --> 00:35:07,066 I think you need a nice, stiff drink. 681 00:35:07,066 --> 00:35:09,500 [ Cymbal crash ] 682 00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:12,566 -Dick is not a trained actor, dancer, or singer, 683 00:35:12,566 --> 00:35:15,033 but he does everything very, very well. 684 00:35:15,033 --> 00:35:17,533 He's a great, great talent. 685 00:35:17,533 --> 00:35:20,300 I don't think he knows how much talent he has. 686 00:35:21,533 --> 00:35:23,866 -I first met Dick when we were shooting the pilot. 687 00:35:23,866 --> 00:35:26,866 He just made you feel so comfortable and so at ease. 688 00:35:26,866 --> 00:35:29,500 I felt like immediately we had a -- 689 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:31,966 a family connection just at that very first moment 690 00:35:31,966 --> 00:35:35,266 'cause they were so good at what they did, Dick especially. 691 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:36,966 Mary. They were just so professional. 692 00:35:36,966 --> 00:35:38,566 They just made me feel like their son, 693 00:35:38,566 --> 00:35:40,266 and it worked out perfectly. 694 00:35:40,266 --> 00:35:43,433 -This is a nice vanilla cupcake. 695 00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:44,766 -Vanilla? 696 00:35:44,766 --> 00:35:46,600 -Yeah, with vanilla icing. 697 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,100 -Vanilla icing? -Yeah. 698 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:49,800 -I like chocolate! 699 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:54,266 -The finished pilot is so refreshing 700 00:35:54,266 --> 00:35:56,500 that Proctor & Gamble swoops in 701 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:58,500 and agrees to sponsor the program 702 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:01,733 before any other company has a chance to see it. 703 00:36:03,866 --> 00:36:05,466 -Hi, Daddy! -Hiya, Rich! 704 00:36:05,466 --> 00:36:07,000 Mm! Where's Mommy? 705 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,933 -She's in the kitchen taking a bubble bath. 706 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,233 -Oh. 707 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:13,233 Kitchen? 708 00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:16,966 Ritchie said you were taking a bubble bath. 709 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:19,766 -No, I said Joy's as mild as a bubble bath. 710 00:36:19,766 --> 00:36:21,200 It's the new sudsier Joy. 711 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,133 -Oh? Let me see this. 712 00:36:23,133 --> 00:36:26,300 -At the time that "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was airing, 713 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:29,666 it was much more common for sponsors to be 714 00:36:29,666 --> 00:36:33,233 much more visible in how TV shows operated. 715 00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:37,000 -This is it. The '57 DeSoto with a new low price. 716 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,933 Friends, go in and see a DeSoto Plymouth dealer tomorrow, 717 00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:44,466 and when you do, tell 'em Groucho sent ya. 718 00:36:44,466 --> 00:36:47,300 -Nowadays, you'd call that product placement. 719 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:49,566 Now we think of product placement as something 720 00:36:49,566 --> 00:36:53,333 that might downgrade the quality of the show, 721 00:36:53,333 --> 00:36:56,300 but back in those days they were very open about the process. 722 00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:59,600 Everybody knew that these characters were indulging 723 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,133 in a different kind of commercial. 724 00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:04,533 -Hey, honey, look at this! -What's that? 725 00:37:04,533 --> 00:37:06,733 An electric hat-dog cooker. 726 00:37:06,733 --> 00:37:09,733 -"Hat-dog" cooker. "Hot dog"! 727 00:37:09,733 --> 00:37:12,566 -There were always segments inside the show 728 00:37:12,566 --> 00:37:15,133 where the stars would hold up the product, 729 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:16,933 talk about how great it is, 730 00:37:16,933 --> 00:37:19,433 and so it wasn't necessarily that unusual 731 00:37:19,433 --> 00:37:21,333 for viewers of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 732 00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:25,566 to see Laura Petrie holding up Joy dishwashing liquid. 733 00:37:25,566 --> 00:37:26,800 -Those suds are mild. 734 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,533 You can see the mildness on my hands. 735 00:37:28,533 --> 00:37:30,866 -Mm. They look nice. Awfully wet, though. 736 00:37:30,866 --> 00:37:32,833 -Well, they wouldn't have to feel wet if you'd give me a hand. 737 00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:34,700 Oh, would you like a hand? Alright. 738 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,333 -Well, I'm not a real actor, 739 00:37:38,333 --> 00:37:40,233 so I'm one of those guys who plays himself. 740 00:37:40,233 --> 00:37:43,133 Rob Petrie was pretty much me. 741 00:37:43,133 --> 00:37:46,400 I saw him as a guy who was, 742 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,866 you know, bright and, uh, creatively talented, 743 00:37:49,866 --> 00:37:54,400 but who still emotionally was not really that grown up. 744 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,100 And, uh, I played him that way, 745 00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:58,433 as kind of emotionally immature 746 00:37:58,433 --> 00:38:00,200 but, uh, with good judgment 747 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,000 and a good father and a good husband, 748 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,100 and that made him funny and a klutz. 749 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:06,066 -Jerry says I'm too poor... 750 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,933 -Dick Van Dyke is like a Gumby 751 00:38:12,933 --> 00:38:15,700 that's constantly being twisted and torqued 752 00:38:15,700 --> 00:38:17,966 by things that Mary Tyler Moore has done 753 00:38:17,966 --> 00:38:20,400 or things that his kid has gotten him into. 754 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,066 He's constantly getting twisted and spun around, 755 00:38:24,066 --> 00:38:28,466 but his body bends, you know, as his personality does. 756 00:38:28,466 --> 00:38:32,500 -Part of his job, I think, as a character, 757 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:35,200 was to allow the audience in, 758 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,866 but he'd get mad or disappointed or sad or scared or whatever. 759 00:38:39,866 --> 00:38:43,233 He did all of the human things but in such an elegant way. 760 00:38:43,233 --> 00:38:45,466 You could laugh at it and you could be part of it 761 00:38:45,466 --> 00:38:47,200 and you could recognize yourself. 762 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,100 -He was not only massively talented, 763 00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:52,466 but he had this self-deprecating, 764 00:38:52,466 --> 00:38:55,500 awkward, vulnerable side, you know, 765 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,866 that just made you fall in love with the guy. 766 00:38:57,866 --> 00:38:59,433 -Well, I'll be happy! 767 00:38:59,433 --> 00:39:01,166 Sailing's gonna make me happy, honey. 768 00:39:01,166 --> 00:39:03,066 And a person who is happy 769 00:39:03,066 --> 00:39:07,100 has an infinitely larger capacity for love. 770 00:39:07,966 --> 00:39:12,000 And who is gonna be the recipient of all of that love? 771 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 -Oh, boy! 772 00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:17,566 [ Door slams ] 773 00:39:21,766 --> 00:39:23,333 -That was rotten. 774 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,266 Nobody would buy that! 775 00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:30,633 -He must be one of the most likable 776 00:39:30,633 --> 00:39:32,433 TV characters of all time. 777 00:39:33,566 --> 00:39:36,400 -Despite finally finding the ideal showcase 778 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,066 for Dick's talents, 779 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:40,300 despite receiving very good reviews 780 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:44,233 and despite having 39 episodes to prove themselves, 781 00:39:44,233 --> 00:39:48,166 ratings for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" are mediocre. 782 00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:50,900 Proctor & Gamble ends their sponsorship, 783 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:53,600 and CBS elects not to renew the show. 784 00:39:54,633 --> 00:39:58,400 -It was cut down prematurely the first season. 785 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,100 They canceled us. I was devastated. 786 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,400 -Refusing to accept being canceled, 787 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,366 executive producer Sheldon Leonard 788 00:40:07,366 --> 00:40:09,400 hops on a plane to Cincinnati 789 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,400 and makes a passionate presentation 790 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,300 to Proctor & Gamble executives, 791 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,500 pleading with them to give the show another chance. 792 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:18,933 Impressed with the vision for a second season, 793 00:40:18,933 --> 00:40:20,533 they agree to stay on 794 00:40:20,533 --> 00:40:24,000 but only as sponsor of half the program. 795 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,433 Leonard then flies to New York and works his verbal magic, 796 00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:30,600 persuading Kent Cigarettes to sponsor the other half. 797 00:40:31,933 --> 00:40:35,300 Had it not been for Leonard's power of persuasion, 798 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:37,600 "The Dick Van Dyke Show" would've been tossed 799 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,933 into the dustbin of canceled TV series. 800 00:40:40,933 --> 00:40:44,900 Instead, it's given the rare gift of a second chance. 801 00:40:45,966 --> 00:40:48,633 -Surprise! -Surprise! 802 00:40:48,633 --> 00:40:50,666 [ Indistinct shouting ] 803 00:40:52,833 --> 00:40:54,633 -At the start of the second season, 804 00:40:54,633 --> 00:40:57,000 viewers are presented with an entirely new 805 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,766 main-title sequence. 806 00:40:58,766 --> 00:41:01,566 It's the result of a happy accident. 807 00:41:01,566 --> 00:41:03,266 -I said, "Okay. Let's wrap it up." 808 00:41:03,266 --> 00:41:04,800 Then Carl said, "Oh, my God! I forgot! 809 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,666 John, we need an opening." 810 00:41:06,666 --> 00:41:08,000 "What do you mean? Opening what?" 811 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,766 He said, "For the show. We need to ha--" 812 00:41:09,766 --> 00:41:11,900 I said, well -- The first year, we had had pictures, 813 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,833 and he was tired of that, Carl was. 814 00:41:13,833 --> 00:41:16,133 He said, "We need a little clever opening." 815 00:41:16,133 --> 00:41:17,866 "Oh, God. What do you wanna do?" 816 00:41:17,866 --> 00:41:19,233 He said, "I don't know." I said, "Let's do something 817 00:41:19,233 --> 00:41:20,466 where, uh... 818 00:41:20,466 --> 00:41:21,766 Who's in the shot?" 819 00:41:21,766 --> 00:41:24,433 He said, "Everybody." I said, "Oh, Christ." 820 00:41:24,433 --> 00:41:29,400 I said, "Alright. Rosie, Morey, you're there. 821 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,166 And Dick comes home, and, uh..." 822 00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:34,733 Carl said, "He falls." 823 00:41:34,733 --> 00:41:36,866 I said, "Great." 824 00:41:36,866 --> 00:41:39,633 -"The Dick Van Dyke Show"! 825 00:41:39,633 --> 00:41:42,000 Starring Dick Van Dyke! 826 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,366 ♪♪ 827 00:41:45,366 --> 00:41:47,833 I said, "Print. That's it. We did it." 828 00:41:47,833 --> 00:41:50,100 Carl said, "Let's do a variation." 829 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:51,566 He's very clever, you know? 830 00:41:51,566 --> 00:41:53,333 He said, "Let's do one where he misses, 831 00:41:53,333 --> 00:41:54,633 then we'll change it week by week." 832 00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:56,500 -Starring Dick Van Dyke! 833 00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,533 ♪♪ 834 00:41:59,533 --> 00:42:02,066 -It was actually two takes that fast. 835 00:42:02,066 --> 00:42:05,533 Maybe 4 minutes. And that became the signature of the show. 836 00:42:05,533 --> 00:42:07,600 [ Chuckles ] 837 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,233 -As soon as I saw Dick Van Dyke 838 00:42:10,233 --> 00:42:11,966 tripping over the Ottoman 839 00:42:11,966 --> 00:42:13,900 and getting up with a smile on his face, 840 00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:16,266 I was hooked because I felt like 841 00:42:16,266 --> 00:42:18,866 that's what Dick is here to say. 842 00:42:18,866 --> 00:42:21,533 It's not a pratfall. It's a metaphor. 843 00:42:21,533 --> 00:42:24,766 If you tumble, you gotta pop right up and laugh at yourself 844 00:42:24,766 --> 00:42:26,100 because you're ridiculous. 845 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:27,600 We're all ridiculous. 846 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,633 And life is an absurd obstacle course 847 00:42:31,633 --> 00:42:34,433 of unforeseen Ottomans. 848 00:42:34,433 --> 00:42:37,633 -I'm sorry and I apologize. 849 00:42:37,633 --> 00:42:41,700 Honey, I-I don't blame you for not jumping to forgive me. 850 00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:44,133 I'm not even asking you to forgive me. 851 00:42:44,133 --> 00:42:46,900 I'm not even asking you to be nice to me. 852 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,766 I'm -- I'm just asking you to let me live here. 853 00:42:51,666 --> 00:42:52,933 -Ohh... 854 00:42:55,933 --> 00:42:58,533 -With the new comedy hit "The Beverly Hillbillies" 855 00:42:58,533 --> 00:42:59,866 as a lead-in, 856 00:42:59,866 --> 00:43:03,100 ratings for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" explode. 857 00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:06,000 It vaults into the top 10 and will stay there 858 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,066 for the remainder of its time on the air. 859 00:43:09,066 --> 00:43:12,633 Everything Dick has experienced in his career up to this point, 860 00:43:12,633 --> 00:43:15,233 every reinvention undertaken 861 00:43:15,233 --> 00:43:17,766 has prepared him for this success. 862 00:43:19,066 --> 00:43:22,800 -Dick is probably just the most chill guy. 863 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:24,566 He was always in a good mood. 864 00:43:24,566 --> 00:43:27,200 He never had a bad thing to say about anything. 865 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,466 Um, he just -- And he was like the ultimate professional. 866 00:43:30,466 --> 00:43:32,533 -Watch closely now. -What's going to happen? 867 00:43:32,533 --> 00:43:34,366 -It's gonna disappear. 868 00:43:36,633 --> 00:43:39,000 All gone. And there it is in the joint. 869 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,533 [ Chuckles ] 870 00:43:42,133 --> 00:43:43,966 -He was that in touch 871 00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:47,000 with what was funny instantaneously. 872 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,833 I never saw him make a bad choice. 873 00:43:50,833 --> 00:43:54,300 He never went the wrong way to do something. 874 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:59,366 He just instinctively knew where the funny thing was. 875 00:43:59,366 --> 00:44:02,300 -Dick is effortlessly funny. 876 00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:05,233 It never feels staged or planned. 877 00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:09,066 It's just in him to be comedic. 878 00:44:09,066 --> 00:44:10,400 It's a gift. 879 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,200 -The most beautiful thing was Carl saw 880 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,366 that I loved to do physical comedy, 881 00:44:22,366 --> 00:44:24,066 which he had not written into the script 882 00:44:24,066 --> 00:44:26,033 or didn't see in the lead character. 883 00:44:26,033 --> 00:44:27,733 He incorporated it. 884 00:44:27,733 --> 00:44:29,166 He made Rob Petrie 885 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:32,300 a little bit of an awkward, bumbling man. 886 00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:33,733 -What's for dinner? 887 00:44:33,733 --> 00:44:35,933 -Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, and string beans. 888 00:44:35,933 --> 00:44:37,233 -Mmm! Hm. 889 00:44:53,866 --> 00:44:55,833 Roast chicken, huh? 890 00:44:56,933 --> 00:44:59,033 -Man. I just sat back and watched. 891 00:44:59,033 --> 00:45:02,033 It was like watching the circus with him. 892 00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:05,400 He was like a Flying Wallenda. [ Chuckles ] 893 00:45:11,066 --> 00:45:13,066 [ Piano notes run ] 894 00:45:13,066 --> 00:45:17,466 -His body and how it moves is elegant and funny. 895 00:45:17,466 --> 00:45:22,033 He is physical comedy, for me, at its best. 896 00:45:22,033 --> 00:45:24,400 And that is always something that I have tried 897 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,233 to either steal from or emulate or have it encourage, 898 00:45:28,233 --> 00:45:30,333 you know, what I do on camera. 899 00:45:30,333 --> 00:45:33,733 -When I became an actor, especially in the early years, 900 00:45:33,733 --> 00:45:35,766 I'd get a script for something, 901 00:45:35,766 --> 00:45:38,600 and I'd put in the margin "DVD." 902 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,066 It means just do Dick Van Dyke. 903 00:45:42,033 --> 00:45:44,333 -Glasses, nuts. 904 00:45:44,333 --> 00:45:45,833 I checked everything. 905 00:45:45,833 --> 00:45:47,900 Cigarettes, ice cubes, cola. Everything's perfect. 906 00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:49,933 -Good. -Kind of a shame, too. 907 00:45:49,933 --> 00:45:51,033 -Why? 908 00:45:51,033 --> 00:45:52,233 -Because I'm calling off the party. 909 00:45:52,233 --> 00:45:53,933 You're not wearing that dress! 910 00:45:53,933 --> 00:45:55,633 -What's wrong with this dress? 911 00:45:55,633 --> 00:45:58,466 -Well, honey, I -- It's -- The fabrics. 912 00:45:58,466 --> 00:46:00,066 -What's the matter with the fabric? 913 00:46:00,066 --> 00:46:02,200 -Well, there's not enough of it. 914 00:46:03,333 --> 00:46:07,333 -In all marriages, the symbiotic relationship is always there. 915 00:46:07,333 --> 00:46:10,733 One person fills in the part of the other person 916 00:46:10,733 --> 00:46:12,633 that is either lacking 917 00:46:12,633 --> 00:46:15,133 or never been there or never will be there. 918 00:46:15,133 --> 00:46:17,600 A successful marriage, two people make a whole. 919 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,333 The thing about this situation-comedy couple 920 00:46:20,333 --> 00:46:23,600 is they were for the most part two against the world 921 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,466 rather than two against each other. 922 00:46:25,466 --> 00:46:28,466 -The power of Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke together 923 00:46:28,466 --> 00:46:30,600 was something we just hadn't seen. 924 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,100 -No. -There was something -- 925 00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:34,066 And I'm -- I'm gonna use the word "clean," 926 00:46:34,066 --> 00:46:37,466 but I don't mean it clean in terms of morality. 927 00:46:37,466 --> 00:46:41,866 It was just crisp and funny and lighthearted. 928 00:46:41,866 --> 00:46:45,266 -Do you remember what I said when you asked me to marry you? 929 00:46:45,266 --> 00:46:47,933 -Yeah. You said, "Yes." 930 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,166 -Well, before that. 931 00:46:51,166 --> 00:46:54,633 -Before that, you kept saying, "No." 932 00:46:54,633 --> 00:46:56,466 -In between those two. 933 00:46:56,466 --> 00:46:58,533 -In between. Yeah. 934 00:46:58,533 --> 00:47:00,533 Yeah, you said something real dramatic like... 935 00:47:00,533 --> 00:47:03,100 -Like, "Take me away from all this. 936 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:06,033 I don't wanna be a dancer. I wanna be your wife." 937 00:47:06,033 --> 00:47:08,866 -Yeah. You're really crazy about me, aren't you? 938 00:47:10,666 --> 00:47:12,633 -Well! 939 00:47:12,633 --> 00:47:16,666 -Baby, anybody ever tell you that you've got beautiful legs? 940 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:20,166 -It seemed to me like he was most passionate about his wife. 941 00:47:20,166 --> 00:47:22,333 [ Chuckles ] I think that was one thing 942 00:47:22,333 --> 00:47:24,066 that made the show appealing 943 00:47:24,066 --> 00:47:26,033 and also was different than other sitcoms, 944 00:47:26,033 --> 00:47:28,333 in that Rob and Laura seemed to really have 945 00:47:28,333 --> 00:47:30,300 a strong attraction for one another, 946 00:47:30,300 --> 00:47:32,900 and I think that worked in our favor. 947 00:47:32,900 --> 00:47:34,500 And it was no problem at all 948 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:37,566 being attracted to Mary Tyler Moore. 949 00:47:37,566 --> 00:47:40,166 -He's a nice guy. I think I'm a nice lady. 950 00:47:40,166 --> 00:47:43,000 And we just liked each other right from the beginning. 951 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,766 And he was so good-looking. 952 00:47:45,766 --> 00:47:50,933 Um, there was just right away a sense of being very happy, 953 00:47:50,933 --> 00:47:52,400 very safe, 954 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,300 very comfortable in humor that we shared 955 00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:58,100 and appreciation for each other's gifts. 956 00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:01,600 -♪ You wonderful you ♪ 957 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:03,566 ♪ I'm glad I found ♪ -Ohh. 958 00:48:03,566 --> 00:48:06,233 Rob, we did it 12 times for the Bermonts. 959 00:48:06,233 --> 00:48:08,000 -Aww, honey. This one's for me. 960 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,966 One more time? Come on. -Alright. 961 00:48:09,966 --> 00:48:11,666 -♪ Remember ♪ 962 00:48:11,666 --> 00:48:13,366 ♪ Finders keepers ♪ 963 00:48:13,366 --> 00:48:15,633 -♪ Losers weepers ♪ 964 00:48:15,633 --> 00:48:18,766 -♪ And because that's true ♪ 965 00:48:18,766 --> 00:48:21,500 ♪ You're mine now ♪ 966 00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:25,600 ♪ You wonderful you ♪ 967 00:48:26,766 --> 00:48:29,266 -Why did you mess up my hair? -I like to. 968 00:48:30,833 --> 00:48:34,033 -Dick loved doing his song-and-dance numbers 969 00:48:34,033 --> 00:48:35,433 that he got to do during the show. 970 00:48:35,433 --> 00:48:36,766 It was something else he could do 971 00:48:36,766 --> 00:48:38,033 besides just being Rob Petrie. 972 00:48:38,033 --> 00:48:39,500 It was just he was performing, he was singing, 973 00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:43,366 he was dancing with Mary, and he just loved that so much. 974 00:48:43,366 --> 00:48:47,100 -♪ If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day ♪ 975 00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:50,900 ♪ I could make a wish, here's what I'd say ♪ 976 00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:52,866 ♪ Nothing could be finer ♪ 977 00:48:52,866 --> 00:48:57,966 ♪ Than to be in Carolina in the morning ♪ 978 00:48:59,933 --> 00:49:02,533 -And, of course, the Twizzle. 979 00:49:02,533 --> 00:49:05,066 You know the Twizzle, don't you? 980 00:49:05,066 --> 00:49:08,666 ♪ Everybody, now you're doing the Twizzle ♪ 981 00:49:08,666 --> 00:49:11,366 -♪ That's the Twizzle, yes, the Twizzle ♪ 982 00:49:11,366 --> 00:49:14,366 ♪ Yes, the Twizzle, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪ 983 00:49:14,366 --> 00:49:16,833 -♪ You twist a little then you twist a lot ♪ 984 00:49:16,833 --> 00:49:18,733 -♪ And now let's really get hot ♪ 985 00:49:18,733 --> 00:49:20,166 -Is this what you do all day? 986 00:49:20,166 --> 00:49:23,433 -No. No, no. Sometimes I do the cha-cha. 987 00:49:24,333 --> 00:49:25,700 Rob? -Yes? 988 00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:27,200 -Would you do me a favor? -Sure, honey. 989 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:28,600 -Would you grab me and stop me 990 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,200 so I can finish setting the table? 991 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,466 -Oh. 992 00:49:31,466 --> 00:49:33,600 -I think the best and most impressive show 993 00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:38,766 we ever did was one in which we thought the baby was mixed up. 994 00:49:38,766 --> 00:49:39,866 -Oy, what a day. 995 00:49:39,866 --> 00:49:41,433 -Yeah. -Exhausted. 996 00:49:41,433 --> 00:49:43,100 -Well, listen, that hospital could wear anybody out. 997 00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:45,500 I never saw such confusion! 998 00:49:45,500 --> 00:49:47,500 -Yeah. 999 00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:49,300 Jer? -Hm? 1000 00:49:49,300 --> 00:49:50,733 -Who, uh, do you think the baby looks like? 1001 00:49:50,733 --> 00:49:53,666 -You know, I don't know. How can you tell at this age? 1002 00:49:53,666 --> 00:49:55,566 I mean, their looks change every day. 1003 00:49:55,566 --> 00:49:58,033 -Yeah. 1004 00:49:58,033 --> 00:50:00,333 -It was the opening show third season. 1005 00:50:00,333 --> 00:50:04,133 The story was that Dick was obsessed with the idea 1006 00:50:04,133 --> 00:50:08,800 that their son, Ritchie, was the baby of another couple 1007 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,733 whose wife was in the hospital at the same time. 1008 00:50:11,733 --> 00:50:13,866 -There is also a great similarity, Mr. Peters, 1009 00:50:13,866 --> 00:50:15,800 between our names -- Peters and Petrie. 1010 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,000 Now, our wives had a baby on the same day in the same hospital, 1011 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,500 and the hospital was very busy, Mr. Peters. 1012 00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:23,666 What am I getting at? 1013 00:50:23,666 --> 00:50:26,433 Mr. Peters, uh, let me ask you a personal question. 1014 00:50:26,433 --> 00:50:28,966 Who does your baby look like? 1015 00:50:28,966 --> 00:50:30,433 Uh-huh! 1016 00:50:30,433 --> 00:50:33,166 Well, ours doesn't look like neither one of us neither! 1017 00:50:33,166 --> 00:50:35,866 I think I'm making myself very clear, Mr. Peters. 1018 00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:38,166 We have each other's babies! 1019 00:50:38,166 --> 00:50:40,833 Mr. Peters, how do you wanna handle this? 1020 00:50:40,833 --> 00:50:46,366 -The only thing we didn't have at the point was an ending, 1021 00:50:46,366 --> 00:50:51,066 since there was no DNA, that was irrevocably the answer 1022 00:50:51,066 --> 00:50:54,733 that Dick was wrong and that it was their baby. 1023 00:50:54,733 --> 00:50:58,200 I'd say we all came up with the idea, 1024 00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:01,566 and it was beyond daring. 1025 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,600 -And CBS said, "We will not pay for this." 1026 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,333 God bless Carl and Sheldon. 1027 00:51:07,333 --> 00:51:10,100 They said, "Look, we'll do the show, 1028 00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:12,200 and if the audience tells us it's bad taste, 1029 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,600 we'll pay for it. 1030 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,800 If the audience accepts it, you pay for it." 1031 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,500 That's pretty brave. 1032 00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:20,733 -It was very nerve-racking 'cause there was an audience, 1033 00:51:20,733 --> 00:51:24,033 and there was no idea of how the audience would take this. 1034 00:51:24,033 --> 00:51:26,200 -Well, honey, that's probably the Peterses now. 1035 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,400 Brace yourself. 1036 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:28,933 -Rob, nobody is taking this baby! 1037 00:51:28,933 --> 00:51:30,666 Do you hear me?! Nobody! 1038 00:51:30,666 --> 00:51:32,300 -I think it'd be better if you went to your room. 1039 00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:34,866 I can handle this. 1040 00:51:34,866 --> 00:51:37,566 -I am staying right here! 1041 00:51:40,666 --> 00:51:43,233 -Hi! We're Mr. and Mrs. Peters! 1042 00:51:43,233 --> 00:51:44,900 -There was a silence. 1043 00:51:46,033 --> 00:51:50,500 Enough time for Carl to say, "Oh [bleep]" to me. 1044 00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:52,900 'Cause it looked like... 1045 00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:57,666 And then...a gale of laughter. 1046 00:51:57,666 --> 00:52:00,900 -It was the longest and biggest laugh I have ever heard. 1047 00:52:00,900 --> 00:52:02,800 [ Chuckles ] 1048 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,800 -Uh, come in. 1049 00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:08,233 [ Audience laughter ] 1050 00:52:12,233 --> 00:52:15,233 -I believe -- I believe we have your Aunt Bertha's figs, 1051 00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:17,533 and you have taken Betty's flowers. 1052 00:52:18,333 --> 00:52:21,633 -Mrs. Peters! Won't you come in? 1053 00:52:24,133 --> 00:52:27,700 -This episode I think is key for a bunch of different reasons. 1054 00:52:27,700 --> 00:52:29,766 Number one, it highlights 1055 00:52:29,766 --> 00:52:32,866 how white the world of the Petrie family was 1056 00:52:32,866 --> 00:52:37,666 because the audience did not expect to see a Black couple 1057 00:52:37,666 --> 00:52:41,766 because they have never seen a Black couple in this world. 1058 00:52:41,766 --> 00:52:44,466 So that's an overt act by the producers 1059 00:52:44,466 --> 00:52:46,333 to say, "We're not only gonna highlight 1060 00:52:46,333 --> 00:52:48,633 how white our world has been before, 1061 00:52:48,633 --> 00:52:50,366 but we're gonna play off of that. 1062 00:52:50,366 --> 00:52:52,533 We're gonna use that for a big humor point." 1063 00:52:52,533 --> 00:52:54,333 -Uh... 1064 00:52:54,333 --> 00:52:56,066 W-Why, uh... 1065 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:00,866 Why didn't you tell me on the phone? 1066 00:53:02,066 --> 00:53:05,133 -And miss the expression on your face? 1067 00:53:05,133 --> 00:53:07,466 -Even though Rob made a mistake, 1068 00:53:07,466 --> 00:53:09,666 he's not made to feel bad about it. 1069 00:53:09,666 --> 00:53:12,133 He's not criticized for it. 1070 00:53:12,133 --> 00:53:14,133 They don't come in with the sense 1071 00:53:14,133 --> 00:53:17,066 of, "We're insulted," or, "We're angry." 1072 00:53:17,066 --> 00:53:19,000 There's a sense of, "You understand 1073 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,300 and you made a mistake. 1074 00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:21,900 Let's all have a laugh about it." 1075 00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:26,000 -Hey. That is a beautiful baby. -Yeah? 1076 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:27,766 -You know, he looks exactly like you. 1077 00:53:27,766 --> 00:53:29,066 -You really think so? 1078 00:53:29,066 --> 00:53:31,366 -No, but why start him off again? 1079 00:53:31,366 --> 00:53:33,400 -There is communication happening there 1080 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,200 and the connection happening there, 1081 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,900 and you get the sense that after Rob's little mistake 1082 00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:40,900 that these couples are gonna be friends. 1083 00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:43,733 And that's a wonderful message to send. 1084 00:53:43,733 --> 00:53:47,066 [ Applause ] 1085 00:53:47,066 --> 00:53:49,300 -On May 31, 1964, 1086 00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:51,566 the Los Angeles Coliseum hosts 1087 00:53:51,566 --> 00:53:54,866 the Religious Witness for Human Dignity event 1088 00:53:54,866 --> 00:53:57,833 with a keynote address by Dr. Martin Luther King. 1089 00:53:57,833 --> 00:54:02,133 -In reality, segregation is nothing 1090 00:54:02,133 --> 00:54:04,733 but a new form of slavery 1091 00:54:04,733 --> 00:54:08,066 covered up with certain niceties of complexity. 1092 00:54:08,066 --> 00:54:09,900 [ Applause ] 1093 00:54:09,900 --> 00:54:12,400 -Prior to Dr. King's address, 1094 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:15,000 Dick, an early advocate for civil rights, 1095 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,900 delivers and impassioned speech on race relations in America, 1096 00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:22,233 written especially for him by celebrated writer and creator 1097 00:54:22,233 --> 00:54:25,200 of "The Twilight Zone" Rod Serling. 1098 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:28,166 [ Applause ] 1099 00:54:28,166 --> 00:54:32,633 "The dignity of human beings is not negotiable, 1100 00:54:32,633 --> 00:54:35,200 and the desperate need for an understanding 1101 00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:37,566 and a respect between all men 1102 00:54:37,566 --> 00:54:39,733 is as fundamental as the process 1103 00:54:39,733 --> 00:54:42,533 of breathing in and breathing out." 1104 00:54:42,533 --> 00:54:48,233 ♪♪ 1105 00:54:48,233 --> 00:54:50,733 -So, my mother passed away earlier this year. 1106 00:54:50,733 --> 00:54:52,366 77 years in the same house. 1107 00:54:52,366 --> 00:54:54,366 We had to go in and start cleaning things. 1108 00:54:54,366 --> 00:54:57,966 There was a couple closets full of my father's home movies, 1109 00:54:57,966 --> 00:54:59,666 so I packed them up and I sent them to a friend of mine 1110 00:54:59,666 --> 00:55:01,233 who was gonna transfer them for me. 1111 00:55:01,233 --> 00:55:03,766 And I remember he called me up and he says, "Oh, my God. 1112 00:55:03,766 --> 00:55:07,266 Do you know what is part of your dad's collection?" 1113 00:55:07,266 --> 00:55:08,766 I said, "No." 1114 00:55:08,766 --> 00:55:13,400 He says, "There's a movie of behind-the-scenes rehearsals 1115 00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:15,500 of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' that your father shot." 1116 00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:17,733 And when I saw that, I just thought 1117 00:55:17,733 --> 00:55:21,700 this is just a special thing that I'm so fortunate to have 1118 00:55:21,700 --> 00:55:24,366 that now is another part of the history that I'm part of 1119 00:55:24,366 --> 00:55:26,266 which I'm so proud of. 1120 00:55:26,266 --> 00:55:30,766 ♪♪ 1121 00:55:30,766 --> 00:55:33,066 -The last episode is perfection, 1122 00:55:33,066 --> 00:55:36,866 which is Dick is getting a tooth pulled. 1123 00:55:36,866 --> 00:55:38,200 -Oh, he dreams. Yeah. 1124 00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:41,200 -And he has a dream that he's in a Western. 1125 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,566 And he's -- It's high noon. And his opponent is Carl. 1126 00:55:45,566 --> 00:55:46,866 -[ Laughs ] 1127 00:55:46,866 --> 00:55:49,166 [ Patrons murmuring ] 1128 00:55:51,033 --> 00:55:52,666 -Well, Sheriff, we meet again. 1129 00:55:52,666 --> 00:55:54,966 -Yup. -Got a good show for me? 1130 00:55:54,966 --> 00:55:57,166 -There ain't gonna be no show. 1131 00:55:59,366 --> 00:56:01,266 -Did he say what I think he said? 1132 00:56:01,266 --> 00:56:02,566 -He said there wa-- -Shut up! 1133 00:56:02,566 --> 00:56:04,800 -Yes, sir. -Go stand in the corner. 1134 00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,900 -The last show we did, "The Gunslinger," 1135 00:56:07,900 --> 00:56:09,800 which was 'cause Dick had once said, 1136 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,666 "Geez, I'd love to be in a Western." 1137 00:56:12,666 --> 00:56:15,833 It's a bittersweet memory of that. 1138 00:56:15,833 --> 00:56:17,666 You know, they were all fun to write 1139 00:56:17,666 --> 00:56:19,533 and they were all challenges, 1140 00:56:19,533 --> 00:56:23,333 and it was such a joy, and it was too bad it ended. 1141 00:56:23,333 --> 00:56:25,066 -I thought it was way ahead of its time, 1142 00:56:25,066 --> 00:56:26,766 and it was very cleverly done 1143 00:56:26,766 --> 00:56:28,900 and it was funny and it was brilliant, 1144 00:56:28,900 --> 00:56:31,400 and I enjoyed going to work every day. 1145 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:35,033 -The whole "Van Dyke Show" was such a golden little kingdom. 1146 00:56:35,033 --> 00:56:37,400 They could have gone on for another five years, 1147 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:38,833 but they all decided -- 1148 00:56:38,833 --> 00:56:42,433 Carl, Mary, and Dick decided 1149 00:56:42,433 --> 00:56:46,066 that they wanted to go out when people wanted more. 1150 00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:49,500 -It was devastating to me 1151 00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:54,133 because while I, too, wanted to succeed and I wanted to go on... 1152 00:56:54,133 --> 00:56:58,066 I had been offered "Breakfast at Tiffany's" on Broadway. 1153 00:56:58,066 --> 00:57:03,800 It was the end of a family. And I didn't want it to end. 1154 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,700 I so loved those people. 1155 00:57:05,700 --> 00:57:09,166 ♪♪ 1156 00:57:09,166 --> 00:57:11,066 -I was heartbroken. 1157 00:57:11,066 --> 00:57:12,733 I mean, I was, you know -- I was a child 1158 00:57:12,733 --> 00:57:14,266 that had grown up with these people. 1159 00:57:14,266 --> 00:57:17,133 This was my home away from home. These were my other family. 1160 00:57:17,133 --> 00:57:18,866 This was in some ways some closer 1161 00:57:18,866 --> 00:57:21,133 than I was with my brothers and sisters at the time, 1162 00:57:21,133 --> 00:57:22,666 you know, 'cause I was there all the time. 1163 00:57:22,666 --> 00:57:24,633 And I just -- I remember I was really sad and I cried. 1164 00:57:24,633 --> 00:57:27,566 I was, like, very upset that this was coming to an end. 1165 00:57:27,566 --> 00:57:30,000 -You know, the first day, Carl said, "Five years is it. 1166 00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,233 If we go five years, that's all. 1167 00:57:32,233 --> 00:57:34,733 Because you get repetitive. You get stale." 1168 00:57:47,466 --> 00:57:48,866 -You. 1169 00:57:48,866 --> 00:57:51,300 Give me a little of that... [ Imitates piano ] 1170 00:57:51,300 --> 00:57:52,766 -[ Suspenseful piano music ] -That's it! Yeah! 1171 00:57:52,766 --> 00:57:54,300 That's better. 1172 00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:58,033 ♪♪ 1173 00:57:58,033 --> 00:57:59,500 -Gotcha! -Gotcha! 1174 00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:01,033 -Nah, that's not gonna work. 1175 00:58:01,033 --> 00:58:03,600 -We all wanted to go out winners. 1176 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:06,100 We were offered a lot of money to stay on another year, 1177 00:58:06,100 --> 00:58:09,766 but we knew that if we had another year it'd be slogging. 1178 00:58:09,766 --> 00:58:12,833 We had already done almost every premise that we knew of, 1179 00:58:12,833 --> 00:58:15,366 and we sometimes started eating off ourselves 1180 00:58:15,366 --> 00:58:18,133 doing something like the premise we did before. 1181 00:58:18,133 --> 00:58:20,233 We ended the show with a lot of energy. 1182 00:58:20,233 --> 00:58:24,300 -I'll count to three. We draw and shoot! 1183 00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:25,666 -Right! 1184 00:58:25,666 --> 00:58:27,933 -One. -[ Piano plays ] 1185 00:58:27,933 --> 00:58:29,700 -Two! 1186 00:58:29,700 --> 00:58:30,966 Three! 1187 00:58:33,166 --> 00:58:34,666 -You didn't say to turn around! 1188 00:58:34,666 --> 00:58:35,833 You're supposed to tell us to turn around! 1189 00:58:35,833 --> 00:58:37,466 -Well, that was implicit! 1190 00:58:37,466 --> 00:58:39,133 -Gee, I didn't mean -- I didn't mean to shoot him. 1191 00:58:39,133 --> 00:58:40,466 I meant to shoot him! 1192 00:58:40,466 --> 00:58:42,166 -[ Grunts ] 1193 00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,300 [ Theme music plays ] 1194 00:58:59,300 --> 00:59:05,333 ♪♪ 1195 00:59:05,333 --> 00:59:09,800 -I think there was a decency in the show, a kindness, 1196 00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,966 and kind of a happiness about life. 1197 00:59:12,966 --> 00:59:15,266 -You know, the one thing about "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is -- 1198 00:59:15,266 --> 00:59:18,133 Everyone should know this about show business. 1199 00:59:18,133 --> 00:59:20,866 Being in a hit is a fluke. 1200 00:59:20,866 --> 00:59:23,600 There's no guarantees. It's just when the stars line up. 1201 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:24,900 -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 1202 00:59:24,900 --> 00:59:28,700 -That's why I wish he'd done the show longer. 1203 00:59:28,700 --> 00:59:31,633 -If you wanna watch a show and watch a performer 1204 00:59:31,633 --> 00:59:33,900 over and over again in your living room, 1205 00:59:33,900 --> 00:59:36,766 you're gonna want someone you want to spend time with, 1206 00:59:36,766 --> 00:59:38,766 funny, that they make you laugh. 1207 00:59:38,766 --> 00:59:41,300 That's what Dick did. He gave people a laugh. 1208 00:59:41,300 --> 00:59:42,766 He uplifted people. 1209 00:59:42,766 --> 00:59:44,500 And he did it in such an elegant, 1210 00:59:44,500 --> 00:59:48,233 funny, extraordinary way. 1211 00:59:48,233 --> 00:59:52,733 -The Emmy Award is presented to Dick Van Dyke! 1212 00:59:52,733 --> 00:59:54,633 -The winner is Dick Van Dyke! 1213 00:59:54,633 --> 00:59:57,700 -And the winner in Hollywood is Dick Van Dyke. 1214 00:59:57,700 --> 00:59:59,166 [ Cheers and applause ] 1215 00:59:59,166 --> 01:00:13,433 ♪♪ 1216 01:00:13,433 --> 01:00:15,133 -I don't believe this. 1217 01:00:16,466 --> 01:00:18,033 [ Chuckles ] 1218 01:00:18,033 --> 01:00:22,833 You know, to get this on a, uh, last series after being -- 1219 01:00:22,833 --> 01:00:25,833 We're now off the air, to all intents and purposes. 1220 01:00:25,833 --> 01:00:28,400 We stopped shooting our show. 1221 01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,800 That little group of people down there at our table 1222 01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:33,900 know how gratified I am to them. 1223 01:00:33,900 --> 01:00:37,533 I would like also to thank the television industry 1224 01:00:37,533 --> 01:00:39,600 for what they've done, you know, for the way they've treated me, 1225 01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:41,666 which has been pretty ni-- Well, look what they did for me. 1226 01:00:41,666 --> 01:00:44,133 [ Chuckles ] Thank you very, very much. 1227 01:00:44,133 --> 01:00:46,266 [ Cheers and applause ] 1228 01:00:46,266 --> 01:00:48,533 -Dick has often said that starring 1229 01:00:48,533 --> 01:00:50,033 on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 1230 01:00:50,033 --> 01:00:52,533 was the best five years of his life. 1231 01:00:52,533 --> 01:00:55,700 The series has rarely, if ever, been off the air 1232 01:00:55,700 --> 01:00:58,500 since production ended in 1966, 1233 01:00:58,500 --> 01:01:00,466 showing in reruns around the world 1234 01:01:00,466 --> 01:01:03,433 and attracting new generations of fans. 1235 01:01:09,733 --> 01:01:11,300 -Your husband, the man 1236 01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:13,433 who left this place this morning an ordinary writer, 1237 01:01:13,433 --> 01:01:16,533 has been offered a part in a movie. 1238 01:01:16,533 --> 01:01:17,833 -You're kidding! 1239 01:01:17,833 --> 01:01:19,700 -No, I'm not. 1240 01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:21,500 -A regular movie, 1241 01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:22,800 where you go in and pay two dollars 1242 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:24,133 to see it and everything? 1243 01:01:24,133 --> 01:01:26,066 -Well, yeah. Well, I mean, I could get you in free. 1244 01:01:26,066 --> 01:01:27,666 But it's, yeah, a regular movie. 1245 01:01:27,666 --> 01:01:29,166 [ Beep ] 1246 01:01:29,166 --> 01:01:32,933 -Growing up, Dick dreams of starring in a movie. 1247 01:01:32,933 --> 01:01:35,166 The film adaptation of "Bye Bye Birdie" 1248 01:01:35,166 --> 01:01:38,133 provides his first role on the big screen. 1249 01:01:38,133 --> 01:01:41,133 It is the eighth-highest grossing picture of the year 1250 01:01:41,133 --> 01:01:43,466 and receives positive reviews. 1251 01:01:44,766 --> 01:01:47,666 Around this time, Dick says in an interview 1252 01:01:47,666 --> 01:01:49,933 that he will only take on roles and films 1253 01:01:49,933 --> 01:01:51,800 that he can watch with his children 1254 01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:54,100 and not feel uncomfortable. 1255 01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:58,033 That philosophy catches the eye of a Hollywood visionary. 1256 01:01:58,966 --> 01:02:01,166 -Aww. Beloved Uncle Walt. 1257 01:02:01,166 --> 01:02:03,300 We all got to call him Uncle Walt. 1258 01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:08,233 And he was -- He was magic, a magic man. 1259 01:02:08,233 --> 01:02:11,866 And actually a lot of Dick's qualities remind me of Walt. 1260 01:02:11,866 --> 01:02:13,700 I can see why Walt would cast him, 1261 01:02:13,700 --> 01:02:16,500 because if Walt hadn't been having to run 1262 01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:18,466 this great big studio of his, 1263 01:02:18,466 --> 01:02:21,533 I think he'd have been as silly a boy as Dick Van Dyke. 1264 01:02:21,533 --> 01:02:23,300 -Well, you know, ever since I was a child 1265 01:02:23,300 --> 01:02:26,600 and went to see, uh, Disney movies, 1266 01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:30,166 I always had an ambition to be in a Disney movie, 1267 01:02:30,166 --> 01:02:32,033 and so when I got the call from Walt 1268 01:02:32,033 --> 01:02:34,600 and he showed me all the wonderful drawings 1269 01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:37,233 and I heard the music, I about fell down 1270 01:02:37,233 --> 01:02:40,066 'cause this is what I've dreamed of doing. 1271 01:02:40,933 --> 01:02:43,133 -"Mary Poppins" was so special. 1272 01:02:43,133 --> 01:02:45,366 So many indelible moments in that movie, 1273 01:02:45,366 --> 01:02:46,866 and a lot of them were because of 1274 01:02:46,866 --> 01:02:48,533 Dick Van Dyke's performances. 1275 01:02:48,533 --> 01:02:52,233 His singing, his dancing, his acting, his pathos. 1276 01:02:52,233 --> 01:02:53,933 I mean, he was transcendent. 1277 01:02:53,933 --> 01:02:56,566 He jumped off the screen and gave you a giant hug. 1278 01:02:56,566 --> 01:02:57,866 -Let's see. 1279 01:02:57,866 --> 01:03:00,433 You think... 1280 01:03:00,433 --> 01:03:03,033 you wink... 1281 01:03:03,033 --> 01:03:06,200 you do a double blink... 1282 01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,333 you close your eyes... 1283 01:03:08,333 --> 01:03:09,866 and jump! 1284 01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,966 -Bert is several things during the picture. 1285 01:03:14,966 --> 01:03:17,466 In the beginning, he's a one-man band, 1286 01:03:17,466 --> 01:03:20,400 and the next time you see him, he's a sidewalk artist, 1287 01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:22,633 and then the next time you see him, he's a chimney sweep. 1288 01:03:22,633 --> 01:03:24,600 He a kind of a jack of all trades, 1289 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,733 but mostly I think he's a chimney sweep. 1290 01:03:26,733 --> 01:03:28,966 He seems to be the only one who knows Mary Poppins 1291 01:03:28,966 --> 01:03:30,466 from sometime before, 1292 01:03:30,466 --> 01:03:33,266 knows who Mary Poppins is and what she does, 1293 01:03:33,266 --> 01:03:34,933 and Bert himself the character 1294 01:03:34,933 --> 01:03:37,000 shows that he has found the secret of happiness, 1295 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,800 what life is about. 1296 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:42,000 -♪ Now as the ladder of life has been strung ♪ 1297 01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:45,300 ♪ You might think a sweep's on the bottom-most rung ♪ 1298 01:03:45,300 --> 01:03:48,766 ♪ Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke ♪ 1299 01:03:48,766 --> 01:03:52,233 ♪ In this whole wide world there's no happier bloke ♪ 1300 01:03:52,233 --> 01:03:53,866 ♪ Chim-chimney, chim-chimney ♪ 1301 01:03:53,866 --> 01:03:55,500 ♪ Chim chim cher-ee ♪ 1302 01:03:55,500 --> 01:03:58,866 A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be ♪ 1303 01:03:58,866 --> 01:04:01,066 -It's always about the joy with Dick 1304 01:04:01,066 --> 01:04:03,800 and finding the good stuff, 1305 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:07,033 finding something fun about anything. 1306 01:04:07,033 --> 01:04:09,966 I mean, he would make you laugh uproariously, 1307 01:04:09,966 --> 01:04:11,566 and then the camera light would go on, 1308 01:04:11,566 --> 01:04:13,833 and we were meant to be in scene. 1309 01:04:13,833 --> 01:04:16,233 Forget about it. We all couldn't stop laughing. 1310 01:04:16,233 --> 01:04:21,033 -Dick was so good-looking and tall and endearing 1311 01:04:21,033 --> 01:04:25,666 and a wonderful partner to work with. 1312 01:04:25,666 --> 01:04:28,566 -Dick, did playing the role of Bert, Mary's Cockney sidekick, 1313 01:04:28,566 --> 01:04:30,900 present any interesting or special challenges 1314 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:32,466 to Dick Van Dyke the actor? 1315 01:04:32,466 --> 01:04:34,600 -Well, I think it was the acting, the comedy, 1316 01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,100 and the skilled dancing and singing 1317 01:04:36,100 --> 01:04:37,566 that gave me the most trouble. 1318 01:04:37,566 --> 01:04:39,200 [ Laughter ] 1319 01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:41,666 The biggest problem I had was with the Cockney accent. 1320 01:04:41,666 --> 01:04:44,666 That was the really big fight I had with that picture, 1321 01:04:44,666 --> 01:04:46,666 and I don't know whether the people in England will, uh... 1322 01:04:46,666 --> 01:04:48,166 -Oh, they will, they will. -[ Chuckles ] 1323 01:04:48,166 --> 01:04:50,166 -I think it's a good Cockney accent. 1324 01:04:50,166 --> 01:04:52,600 -But it was, uh, -- It drove me crazy, to tell you the truth. 1325 01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:54,500 -I didn't think it was that bad. 1326 01:04:54,500 --> 01:04:57,566 There's not just one kind of Cockney. 1327 01:04:57,566 --> 01:04:59,733 It depends where you come from. 1328 01:04:59,733 --> 01:05:03,900 And he was so rivetingly entertaining, 1329 01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,466 funny, and sweet, 1330 01:05:05,466 --> 01:05:08,033 and doing so much on camera 1331 01:05:08,033 --> 01:05:12,333 that one really didn't get bothered by it, I don't think. 1332 01:05:12,333 --> 01:05:13,866 -I would have to say to the people 1333 01:05:13,866 --> 01:05:16,333 that don't like the accent over in England 1334 01:05:16,333 --> 01:05:18,166 when they see "Mary Poppins"... 1335 01:05:18,166 --> 01:05:20,666 [ Cockney accent ] Don't worry about it, guv'na! 1336 01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:23,266 -It's all me pals! 1337 01:05:23,266 --> 01:05:25,800 Step in time! Step in time! 1338 01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:28,633 -All: Step in time! 1339 01:05:28,633 --> 01:05:31,900 -When Dick Van Dyke and his chimney sweeps 1340 01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:33,800 perform "Step in Time," 1341 01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:37,433 that was a, um, silver bullet that went into my brain. 1342 01:05:37,433 --> 01:05:38,900 -♪ Step in time, step in time ♪ 1343 01:05:38,900 --> 01:05:40,966 ♪ Come on, mateys, step in time ♪ 1344 01:05:40,966 --> 01:05:42,800 ♪♪ 1345 01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:44,066 -♪ Step in time ♪ 1346 01:05:46,100 --> 01:05:49,033 ♪ Step in time, step in time, step in time, step in time ♪ 1347 01:05:49,033 --> 01:05:50,500 ♪Never need a reason, never need a rhyme ♪ 1348 01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:53,100 ♪ To step in time, to step in time ♪ 1349 01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:55,866 -I saw him dancing. 1350 01:05:55,866 --> 01:05:59,133 Some of the moves are really absurd and crazy. 1351 01:05:59,133 --> 01:06:01,566 Dick uses his legs a lot as a dancer, 1352 01:06:01,566 --> 01:06:04,333 and he uses his physicality. 1353 01:06:04,333 --> 01:06:07,733 I think that's my idea of what dancing is. 1354 01:06:07,733 --> 01:06:10,100 -I think it's the most exciting dance sequence 1355 01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:12,533 I've ever seen on film or on stage or anywhere else. 1356 01:06:12,533 --> 01:06:14,566 -Yeah, yeah. -[ Chuckles ] 1357 01:06:14,566 --> 01:06:16,233 That was Julie Andrews saying, "Yeah, yeah." 1358 01:06:16,233 --> 01:06:18,133 And movement -- even dancing 1359 01:06:18,133 --> 01:06:19,633 doesn't describe what's happening 1360 01:06:19,633 --> 01:06:21,433 on the rooftops of London. 1361 01:06:21,433 --> 01:06:24,466 These maniac bodies flying across the screen, 1362 01:06:24,466 --> 01:06:26,766 over the rooftops and down the chimneys and up the chimneys. 1363 01:06:26,766 --> 01:06:28,433 -It's one of the most exhausting, too. 1364 01:06:28,433 --> 01:06:30,766 It was incredible to try and do it, wasn't it, Dick? 1365 01:06:30,766 --> 01:06:32,266 -Oh-ho. -[ Chuckles ] 1366 01:06:32,266 --> 01:06:33,900 I remember you being exhausted at the end of the day. 1367 01:06:33,900 --> 01:06:35,366 -[ Chuckles ] Every day. -I've never seen anybody dance 1368 01:06:35,366 --> 01:06:36,800 as fast or as hard as you did. 1369 01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:40,100 -♪ Step in time, you step in time ♪ 1370 01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:50,066 ♪♪ 1371 01:06:50,066 --> 01:06:51,466 -And he's a hoofer! 1372 01:06:51,466 --> 01:06:54,100 On top of everything else, he can hoof! 1373 01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:57,766 So he's -- It's just incredible, his ability. 1374 01:06:57,766 --> 01:07:05,500 ♪♪ 1375 01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:09,166 -He's physically one of the most fluid people I've ever met. 1376 01:07:09,166 --> 01:07:11,400 You know when you go past, like, a car dealership 1377 01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:13,966 and you see one of those sock things 1378 01:07:13,966 --> 01:07:15,700 that are wiggling their arms and legs? 1379 01:07:15,700 --> 01:07:17,600 Well, that's what he's like. He's like an air sock. 1380 01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,566 He sort of wiggles all over the place. 1381 01:07:19,566 --> 01:07:21,366 ♪♪ 1382 01:07:21,366 --> 01:07:26,100 -He just did it so brilliantly and originally. 1383 01:07:26,100 --> 01:07:27,733 It was great fun. 1384 01:07:32,166 --> 01:07:34,300 -That's the chairman of the bank, 1385 01:07:34,300 --> 01:07:35,766 the elder Mr. Dawes, 1386 01:07:35,766 --> 01:07:37,366 a giant in the world of finance. 1387 01:07:37,366 --> 01:07:39,966 -A giant?! -Shh, shh, shh, shh! 1388 01:07:39,966 --> 01:07:43,200 -Oh, one of the most kind of startling things 1389 01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,300 was, you know, where you have the bank scene, 1390 01:07:45,300 --> 01:07:49,166 Jane and Michael go to the bank to deposit their tuppence. 1391 01:07:49,166 --> 01:07:51,233 -So...you have tuppence? 1392 01:07:51,233 --> 01:07:55,966 -And there's this very elderly bank owner who's really scary. 1393 01:07:55,966 --> 01:07:58,800 I mean, as real-life kids, I was terrified of the man. 1394 01:07:58,800 --> 01:08:01,966 He was ugly as sin and very dodgery. 1395 01:08:01,966 --> 01:08:03,966 And I thought he was gonna fall on me. 1396 01:08:03,966 --> 01:08:06,800 -Corporations. -Amalgamations. Banks! 1397 01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,566 -While stand the banks of England, 1398 01:08:10,566 --> 01:08:12,833 England stands... Whoa, oh! 1399 01:08:12,833 --> 01:08:15,466 -And then I get to the premiere in London, 1400 01:08:15,466 --> 01:08:17,600 which was the first time I saw the film, 1401 01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,833 and at the end of the movie, 1402 01:08:19,833 --> 01:08:22,966 the credits gets all kind of jumbled up. 1403 01:08:24,133 --> 01:08:27,233 And you realize that he had played the old banker. 1404 01:08:28,900 --> 01:08:32,100 Hadn't got a clue, which was wise 1405 01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:34,100 because I wouldn't have been scared of him. 1406 01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:36,133 I would've been waiting for him to crack a joke, 1407 01:08:36,133 --> 01:08:40,433 but actually he's a very convincing crotchety old man. 1408 01:08:40,433 --> 01:08:42,566 -There probably aren't words to describe your emotions. 1409 01:08:42,566 --> 01:08:45,133 -Now, now, now, now. Gentlemen, please. 1410 01:08:45,133 --> 01:08:47,800 On the contrary, there's a very good word. 1411 01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:50,233 Am I right, Bert? -Tell 'em what it is. 1412 01:08:50,233 --> 01:08:56,366 -My favorite song to do in the film was "Supercalifragilistic." 1413 01:08:56,366 --> 01:08:58,533 I think it might have been Dick's, too. 1414 01:08:58,533 --> 01:09:02,333 We both loved the speed of it and the silliness of it. 1415 01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:07,066 And dancing with Dick is such fun. 1416 01:09:07,066 --> 01:09:08,600 When we were in rehearsal, 1417 01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:11,966 he made me laugh so hard because, as we all know, 1418 01:09:11,966 --> 01:09:17,033 he can kick his legs up so high with superb ease and talent. 1419 01:09:17,033 --> 01:09:18,933 ♪ It's... ♪ 1420 01:09:18,933 --> 01:09:22,066 ♪ Supercalifragilistic expialidocious ♪ 1421 01:09:22,066 --> 01:09:23,900 -Well, I've heard people having fun with music 1422 01:09:23,900 --> 01:09:25,700 but never quite like this. 1423 01:09:25,700 --> 01:09:27,433 What a song. What a title. What a team. 1424 01:09:27,433 --> 01:09:29,066 Julie and Dick, you both sounded like 1425 01:09:29,066 --> 01:09:32,566 you're having a real ball doing, uh, "Super," doing that song. 1426 01:09:32,566 --> 01:09:33,900 [ Laughter ] 1427 01:09:33,900 --> 01:09:35,366 -Supercalifragili... 1428 01:09:35,366 --> 01:09:37,166 Supercalifragilistic expialidocious. 1429 01:09:37,166 --> 01:09:38,633 -Well done, well done. -Mm-hm! 1430 01:09:38,633 --> 01:09:40,533 -[ Chuckles ] It was fun to do, wasn't it? 1431 01:09:40,533 --> 01:09:43,700 -It was so much fun to do, but we finished together. 1432 01:09:43,700 --> 01:09:46,133 -With the giggles. -[ Both chuckle ] 1433 01:09:46,133 --> 01:09:48,400 -No, we didn't. Did they leave that in the film, the giggles? 1434 01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:50,966 -The giggles? No, well, I think they must've cut that bit out. 1435 01:09:50,966 --> 01:09:52,600 -♪ The biggest word you've ever heard ♪ 1436 01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:53,933 ♪ And this is how it goes ♪ 1437 01:09:53,933 --> 01:09:57,133 ♪ Oh, supercalifragilistic expialidocious ♪ 1438 01:09:57,133 --> 01:10:00,233 ♪ Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious ♪ 1439 01:10:00,233 --> 01:10:03,366 ♪ If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious ♪ 1440 01:10:03,366 --> 01:10:06,333 ♪ Supercalifragilistic expialidocious ♪ 1441 01:10:06,333 --> 01:10:12,233 ♪ Um-dittle-ittl-um, dittle-I ♪ 1442 01:10:12,233 --> 01:10:15,233 ♪ Um-dittle-ittl-um, dittle-I, um-dittle-ittl-um, dittle-I ♪ 1443 01:10:15,233 --> 01:10:16,733 -I haven't seen it for a long time, 1444 01:10:16,733 --> 01:10:18,000 but I think it's fantastic. It's great. 1445 01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,000 -Oh, I loved it. It's a work of art. 1446 01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:22,400 -Yeah. -"Mary Poppins" was a work of art. 1447 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:23,600 [ Chatter ] 1448 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:24,733 -Ladies and gentlemen! 1449 01:10:24,733 --> 01:10:26,233 One of the stars of "Mary Poppins"! 1450 01:10:26,233 --> 01:10:28,000 Dick Van Dyke! 1451 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,533 -We welcome you, Dick. Congratulations. 1452 01:10:29,533 --> 01:10:31,566 -What an ex-- Oh, thank you. I'm so nervous, I'm about to die. 1453 01:10:31,566 --> 01:10:33,900 It's such an exciting night. -This is the night of all. 1454 01:10:33,900 --> 01:10:35,833 I'll tell you. It's really something. They're raving. 1455 01:10:35,833 --> 01:10:38,200 -It was a high point of my life when I saw 1456 01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:41,466 that finally put together with the real animation in there. 1457 01:10:41,466 --> 01:10:43,666 What a masterful job it was. 1458 01:10:43,666 --> 01:10:46,666 The whole thing was just a turning point for me. 1459 01:10:46,666 --> 01:10:50,566 It was such a contribution to family entertainment, 1460 01:10:50,566 --> 01:10:53,000 and I know that it's gonna be around for a long time. 1461 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,100 It stands as the perfect Walt Disney movie 1462 01:10:56,100 --> 01:10:57,900 as far as I'm concerned. 1463 01:10:57,900 --> 01:11:00,400 -♪ Supercalifragilistic expialidocious ♪ 1464 01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:04,633 ♪ Supercalifragilistic expialidocious! ♪ 1465 01:11:04,633 --> 01:11:07,866 ♪♪ 1466 01:11:07,866 --> 01:11:10,100 [ Applause ] 1467 01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:11,666 -What? 1468 01:11:11,666 --> 01:11:14,666 Oh, the hair. What do you think? That's for a picture. 1469 01:11:14,666 --> 01:11:17,100 I've been in England since this time last year 1470 01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:22,300 making a picture called "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." 1471 01:11:22,300 --> 01:11:23,933 -Yeah, this is the story about the car. 1472 01:11:23,933 --> 01:11:27,066 I supposedly renovate the car, which was an old wreck, 1473 01:11:27,066 --> 01:11:29,766 and then it takes on magical properties of its own. 1474 01:11:29,766 --> 01:11:32,033 -This sounds a rather different role from the kind of things 1475 01:11:32,033 --> 01:11:34,333 you've been doing, in that it's more of a character part, 1476 01:11:34,333 --> 01:11:36,800 is it, than a straight humorous creation? 1477 01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:38,500 -Yeah, it's a little more of a character part, 1478 01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:41,533 but it still is, uh, pretty much myself, I'm afraid. 1479 01:11:41,533 --> 01:11:42,733 [ Chuckles ] 1480 01:11:42,733 --> 01:11:44,466 -The second movie I ever saw 1481 01:11:44,466 --> 01:11:47,400 was "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," and I sat there galvanized, 1482 01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:50,000 and I sat there going, "That's it," you know? 1483 01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,233 I already knew I wanted to be Dick Van Dyke, 1484 01:11:52,233 --> 01:11:55,100 but, holy moly, this is the big screen! 1485 01:11:55,100 --> 01:12:01,400 And he is just eating it and killing it in every shot. 1486 01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,633 And, uh, I wanted to be in that car. 1487 01:12:03,633 --> 01:12:05,066 I wanted to be one of those kids. 1488 01:12:05,066 --> 01:12:06,666 [ Engine popping ] 1489 01:12:06,666 --> 01:12:08,300 -What a funny noise it's making! 1490 01:12:08,300 --> 01:12:10,700 -It's talking to us. All engines talk. 1491 01:12:10,700 --> 01:12:12,233 -What's it saying? 1492 01:12:12,233 --> 01:12:15,033 It's saying, "Chitty chitty, chitty chitty, chitty-chitty." 1493 01:12:15,033 --> 01:12:16,933 -All: Chitty chitty, chitty chitty, chitty chitty. 1494 01:12:16,933 --> 01:12:18,433 Bang bang! 1495 01:12:18,433 --> 01:12:20,500 -Chitty chitty bang bang. Chitty chitty bang bang. 1496 01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:22,666 -Chitty chitty bang bang! Chitty chitty bang bang! 1497 01:12:22,666 --> 01:12:24,833 -♪ Chitty bang bang, chitty chitty bang-bang ♪ 1498 01:12:24,833 --> 01:12:28,733 ♪ Chitty bang bang, chitty chitty bang bang ♪ 1499 01:12:28,733 --> 01:12:30,800 ♪ Oh, you pretty Chitty Bang Bang ♪ 1500 01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,833 ♪ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you ♪ 1501 01:12:32,833 --> 01:12:35,000 ♪ And in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ♪ 1502 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:37,133 ♪ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang what we'll do ♪ 1503 01:12:37,133 --> 01:12:40,200 -I loved "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." Loved it. 1504 01:12:40,200 --> 01:12:44,266 I mean, that was my favorite movie when I was a little kid. 1505 01:12:44,266 --> 01:12:45,433 [ Dog barking ] 1506 01:12:45,433 --> 01:12:47,600 -Whoa-whoa-whoa! 1507 01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:49,966 [ Laughter ] 1508 01:12:49,966 --> 01:12:51,933 -Whoa! 1509 01:12:54,900 --> 01:12:56,333 [ Laughter ] 1510 01:12:56,333 --> 01:12:58,200 Oh! Ohh! 1511 01:12:58,900 --> 01:13:01,833 -Hold on! Hold on! 1512 01:13:01,833 --> 01:13:03,300 [ Dog barking ] 1513 01:13:04,566 --> 01:13:06,166 [ Sizzling ] 1514 01:13:09,333 --> 01:13:10,633 -[ Gasps ] 1515 01:13:10,633 --> 01:13:13,366 Ohh! Whew. 1516 01:13:13,366 --> 01:13:14,666 Thank you! 1517 01:13:14,666 --> 01:13:16,300 -We had our youngest granddaughter 1518 01:13:16,300 --> 01:13:17,900 over for a sleepover, 1519 01:13:17,900 --> 01:13:19,466 and we were trying to figure out what to watch, 1520 01:13:19,466 --> 01:13:21,600 and we went, "Have you ever seen 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'?" 1521 01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:22,933 She went, "No." 1522 01:13:22,933 --> 01:13:24,766 It was like, "Oh. 1523 01:13:24,766 --> 01:13:27,000 [ Chuckles ] You're gonna love this." 1524 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:28,266 ♪♪ 1525 01:13:28,266 --> 01:13:31,666 -♪ It isn't far ♪ 1526 01:13:31,666 --> 01:13:34,366 ♪ To Hushabye Mountain ♪ 1527 01:13:35,833 --> 01:13:38,100 ♪ And your boat ♪ 1528 01:13:38,100 --> 01:13:41,866 ♪ Waits down by the key ♪ 1529 01:13:43,133 --> 01:13:46,400 ♪ The winds of night ♪ 1530 01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:49,700 ♪ So softly are sighing ♪ 1531 01:13:50,733 --> 01:13:53,566 ♪ Soon they will fly ♪ 1532 01:13:53,566 --> 01:13:57,366 ♪ Tour troubles to sea ♪ 1533 01:13:57,366 --> 01:14:00,133 -We turned it on thinking it would be like half an hour 1534 01:14:00,133 --> 01:14:02,933 and then she'd go to sleep and we could, you know, 1535 01:14:02,933 --> 01:14:05,000 go read or something. 1536 01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:06,900 We were all mesmerized 1537 01:14:06,900 --> 01:14:08,600 and ended up watching the whole thing. 1538 01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:10,233 -[ Gasps ] Look out! 1539 01:14:10,233 --> 01:14:12,366 -Daddy! Daddy! 1540 01:14:12,366 --> 01:14:14,466 -[ All screaming ] -Daddy! 1541 01:14:14,466 --> 01:14:21,200 ♪♪ 1542 01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:22,933 -Ohh! 1543 01:14:22,933 --> 01:14:25,133 Oh! What's happening?! 1544 01:14:25,133 --> 01:14:26,933 -Look! -Oh! 1545 01:14:26,933 --> 01:14:28,966 -Look at that! -It's fantastic! 1546 01:14:28,966 --> 01:14:31,200 -We've grown up in this CGI world 1547 01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,200 and we're so sophisticated about special effects, 1548 01:14:33,200 --> 01:14:34,966 it's hard to explain to people what that meant 1549 01:14:34,966 --> 01:14:36,466 when the car goes over the cliff 1550 01:14:36,466 --> 01:14:38,300 and then the wings comes out and it flies. 1551 01:14:38,300 --> 01:14:40,600 ♪♪ 1552 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:42,666 It was electrifying. 1553 01:14:42,666 --> 01:14:45,666 I just thought that movie was magical. 1554 01:14:45,666 --> 01:14:51,500 ♪♪ 1555 01:14:53,733 --> 01:14:56,833 -Having starred in two classic movies, 1556 01:14:56,833 --> 01:14:58,633 it's somewhat surprising that Dick's 1557 01:14:58,633 --> 01:15:00,666 other film roles in the 1960s 1558 01:15:00,666 --> 01:15:03,100 are largely undistinguished. 1559 01:15:04,200 --> 01:15:06,700 Then comes a real passion project 1560 01:15:06,700 --> 01:15:09,500 that pays tribute to his childhood heroes. 1561 01:15:09,500 --> 01:15:12,366 ♪♪ 1562 01:15:12,366 --> 01:15:14,866 -Well, let's make movies! 1563 01:15:14,866 --> 01:15:16,066 Hiya. 1564 01:15:16,066 --> 01:15:17,366 -Hey. What are you dressed for? 1565 01:15:17,366 --> 01:15:18,766 -This is what I wear in my act. 1566 01:15:18,766 --> 01:15:20,700 -Well, this isn't a circus. We're making a movie. 1567 01:15:20,700 --> 01:15:22,400 -But this is my trademark. 1568 01:15:22,400 --> 01:15:24,433 -You want the job, get rid of the trademark. 1569 01:15:24,433 --> 01:15:27,800 -No. No, sir. No, sir. This costume is Billy Bright. 1570 01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:30,133 It took me years  to get the right look here! 1571 01:15:30,133 --> 01:15:31,900 You think this hat just happened? 1572 01:15:31,900 --> 01:15:33,900 -Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo! 1573 01:15:33,900 --> 01:15:35,766 -[ Gunshot ] -Pfft! 1574 01:15:35,766 --> 01:15:37,733 -It was a collaboration between Aaron Ruben 1575 01:15:37,733 --> 01:15:39,866 and Carl Reiner and myself. 1576 01:15:39,866 --> 01:15:42,033 Took this old movie off the shelf with Columbia -- 1577 01:15:42,033 --> 01:15:44,100 it'd been sitting there for 20 years -- 1578 01:15:44,100 --> 01:15:46,166 about a silent-film comedian. 1579 01:15:46,166 --> 01:15:49,566 We rewrote it and, uh, as I must admit, 1580 01:15:49,566 --> 01:15:51,833 rewrote it every day on the set. 1581 01:15:51,833 --> 01:16:05,133 ♪♪ 1582 01:16:05,133 --> 01:16:06,633 -"The Comic." Yeah. 1583 01:16:06,633 --> 01:16:10,533 A film about some comedian back in the silent days, 1584 01:16:10,533 --> 01:16:12,733 somebody who was, you know, a huge star 1585 01:16:12,733 --> 01:16:14,866 who then became destructive. 1586 01:16:14,866 --> 01:16:17,033 It was beautifully acted, you know? 1587 01:16:17,033 --> 01:16:20,033 You put Dick Van Dyke over here, 1588 01:16:20,033 --> 01:16:21,466 and, oh, he's gonna make me laugh, 1589 01:16:21,466 --> 01:16:23,433 but he can also make you cry and think, 1590 01:16:23,433 --> 01:16:27,066 and, you know, I just thought that performance was amazing. 1591 01:16:27,066 --> 01:16:30,333 -Don't listen to him, Sam. He was made for talkies. 1592 01:16:30,333 --> 01:16:33,200 -Sam, I don't think it's for me. 1593 01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:36,066 Comics don't talk. They act. 1594 01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:38,433 Look, don't you try to tell me, mister. 1595 01:16:38,433 --> 01:16:39,600 I know how to make people laugh, 1596 01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:42,033 and they don't laugh when I talk! 1597 01:16:42,033 --> 01:16:43,333 Now, there's nothing more to think about. 1598 01:16:43,333 --> 01:16:45,266 You just get yourself another boy. 1599 01:16:45,266 --> 01:16:47,366 -Listen, you fool. I worked like hell 1600 01:16:47,366 --> 01:16:49,266 to get him to say they'd even do a talkie with you, 1601 01:16:49,266 --> 01:16:51,066 and you just loused it up! 1602 01:16:51,066 --> 01:16:54,133 Don't you know that your last four pictures were disasters? 1603 01:16:54,133 --> 01:16:55,600 -It was one of those little movies 1604 01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:57,133 where nobody from the head office ever came down 1605 01:16:57,133 --> 01:16:58,566 and said anything. 1606 01:16:58,566 --> 01:17:00,600 We just did what we wanted to do. 1607 01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,800 We had a great time with it, and it's a unique movie. 1608 01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:06,800 It's very, very different than anything you've ever seen. 1609 01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,333 -The film does poorly at the box office 1610 01:17:09,333 --> 01:17:11,600 and has largely been forgotten. 1611 01:17:12,533 --> 01:17:14,366 By the early 1970s, 1612 01:17:14,366 --> 01:17:17,100 Dick's movie career is running out of steam. 1613 01:17:17,100 --> 01:17:19,233 ♪♪ 1614 01:17:26,733 --> 01:17:30,066 -CBS presents this program in color. 1615 01:17:30,066 --> 01:17:34,333 -They signed me up to do some specials, which I did for CBS. 1616 01:17:34,333 --> 01:17:36,966 I did one sketch that I still like to this day. 1617 01:17:36,966 --> 01:17:40,833 I did the return of the oldest magician in the world. 1618 01:17:40,833 --> 01:17:42,566 95-year-old magician 1619 01:17:42,566 --> 01:17:45,133 who comes back for one last performance. 1620 01:17:47,133 --> 01:17:48,700 Oh, mercy. 1621 01:17:52,333 --> 01:17:55,200 Ohh! Oh, dear. 1622 01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:56,633 Ohh! 1623 01:17:56,633 --> 01:17:59,266 [Breathlessly] For my first trick, 1624 01:17:59,266 --> 01:18:02,000 I will endeavor to get up. 1625 01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:04,766 ♪♪ 1626 01:18:04,766 --> 01:18:06,233 Ohh! 1627 01:18:06,233 --> 01:18:08,533 ♪♪ 1628 01:18:08,533 --> 01:18:10,266 [ Grunting ] 1629 01:18:10,266 --> 01:18:15,500 ♪♪ 1630 01:18:15,500 --> 01:18:18,166 Sim sala bim! 1631 01:18:18,166 --> 01:18:20,366 -And I just had a ball doing that. 1632 01:18:20,366 --> 01:18:23,900 He's so old, he can't even remember the tricks. 1633 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:25,566 [ Chuckles ] Walked around the stage 1634 01:18:25,566 --> 01:18:28,566 with cards and alarm clocks falling out of my tuxedo. 1635 01:18:28,566 --> 01:18:30,000 [ Clock ringing ] 1636 01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,566 -Sim sala bim! 1637 01:18:32,566 --> 01:18:35,566 -That sketch was written to be 8 minutes long. 1638 01:18:35,566 --> 01:18:37,866 It went for 14 minutes. 1639 01:18:37,866 --> 01:18:40,233 -And now out of the air 1640 01:18:40,233 --> 01:18:42,966 a lovely bouquet of flowers. 1641 01:18:44,033 --> 01:18:45,433 Marigolds. 1642 01:18:51,666 --> 01:18:54,933 What did you do with the flower-- Oh. 1643 01:18:54,933 --> 01:18:56,900 Sim sala bim! 1644 01:18:56,900 --> 01:18:59,333 -I also did a special called 1645 01:18:59,333 --> 01:19:01,000 "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman" 1646 01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:03,700 where I brought Mary on 1647 01:19:03,700 --> 01:19:05,900 and just let her do everything she wanted to do, 1648 01:19:05,900 --> 01:19:07,800 and we did some great stuff together. 1649 01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:12,166 -♪ Life is like a situation comedy ♪ 1650 01:19:12,166 --> 01:19:15,700 ♪ A series of incidents that happen every day ♪ 1651 01:19:15,700 --> 01:19:20,166 ♪ Life is like a situation comedy ♪ 1652 01:19:20,166 --> 01:19:23,800 ♪ The trivial things that make your hair start turning gray ♪ 1653 01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:27,733 -♪ But we were very lucky, the parts we had to play ♪ 1654 01:19:27,733 --> 01:19:31,733 -♪ They taught us how to handle life the sane and sober way ♪ 1655 01:19:31,733 --> 01:19:36,000 -♪ So nights at home were nothing but a rerun of the day ♪ 1656 01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:37,966 ♪ But comedy ♪ -♪ Ha ha! ♪ 1657 01:19:37,966 --> 01:19:39,266 -♪ That's life ♪ 1658 01:19:39,266 --> 01:19:43,300 -Mary's career after "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 1659 01:19:43,300 --> 01:19:45,433 had hit kind of a valley. 1660 01:19:45,433 --> 01:19:47,100 She was, you know -- 1661 01:19:47,100 --> 01:19:49,233 She had attempted to do a Broadway show 1662 01:19:49,233 --> 01:19:52,600 that was a musical version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's." 1663 01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:54,000 It was doomed. 1664 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:55,633 It was -- It was doomed. 1665 01:19:55,633 --> 01:19:57,500 But we thought it would be fun 1666 01:19:57,500 --> 01:19:59,933 to do a special reuniting the two of them. 1667 01:19:59,933 --> 01:20:02,400 -I've worked with a lot of wonderful actresses, but, 1668 01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:05,133 you know, after doing a series together for five years, 1669 01:20:05,133 --> 01:20:07,633 well, Mary just kind of holds a special place in my heart. 1670 01:20:07,633 --> 01:20:09,166 -With his wife's approval. 1671 01:20:09,166 --> 01:20:11,800 -Yes, ma'am. Right. Boy. [ Chuckles ] 1672 01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,733 Normally that phrase, uh, "the other woman," 1673 01:20:14,733 --> 01:20:16,600 implies a relationship between two people 1674 01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:19,733 which might be considered unsavory. 1675 01:20:19,733 --> 01:20:21,866 -Yeah. -But, of course, 1676 01:20:21,866 --> 01:20:23,933 the relationship between Mary and myself is -- 1677 01:20:23,933 --> 01:20:26,466 is, of course, completely savory. 1678 01:20:26,466 --> 01:20:28,300 -Completely! -[ Laughs ] 1679 01:20:28,300 --> 01:20:29,766 -Actually, when we were doing the series, 1680 01:20:29,766 --> 01:20:31,666 people thought we were married! [ Chuckles ] 1681 01:20:31,666 --> 01:20:34,333 -Oh, boy, so much so that I often had trouble 1682 01:20:34,333 --> 01:20:36,833 checking into a hotel with my real wife, Margie. 1683 01:20:36,833 --> 01:20:38,766 -And I had trouble checking into a hotel 1684 01:20:38,766 --> 01:20:40,900 with my real husband, Grant. 1685 01:20:40,900 --> 01:20:43,500 -And Margie and Grant had trouble checking in anywhere. 1686 01:20:43,500 --> 01:20:45,200 [ Chuckles ] -Terrible. 1687 01:20:45,200 --> 01:20:47,766 They gave me a wonderful opportunity 1688 01:20:47,766 --> 01:20:49,633 to sing and dance and clown 1689 01:20:49,633 --> 01:20:52,500 and do everything that I felt comfortable doing, 1690 01:20:52,500 --> 01:20:55,566 and Dick stood by applauding my every move. 1691 01:20:55,566 --> 01:20:58,033 It was very successful, 1692 01:20:58,033 --> 01:21:01,366 and CBS noted how successful it was, 1693 01:21:01,366 --> 01:21:04,666 how comfortable I seemed being in the spotlight, 1694 01:21:04,666 --> 01:21:08,066 and they asked me if I wanted to do my own show, 1695 01:21:08,066 --> 01:21:09,933 uh, to which I said yes. 1696 01:21:11,133 --> 01:21:12,766 -"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 1697 01:21:12,766 --> 01:21:15,166 captures the changing times perfectly 1698 01:21:15,166 --> 01:21:17,400 and becomes a TV classic. 1699 01:21:18,600 --> 01:21:22,166 But as the 1960s turn into the 1970s, 1700 01:21:22,166 --> 01:21:25,533 Dick is trying to find his place. 1701 01:21:27,100 --> 01:21:30,300 Wife Margie, never fond of the Hollywood lifestyle, 1702 01:21:30,300 --> 01:21:33,166 convinces him to buy a ranch near Phoenix 1703 01:21:33,166 --> 01:21:35,533 and move there full-time. 1704 01:21:35,533 --> 01:21:39,000 In 1971, Dick returns to series television 1705 01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:42,033 in "The New Dick Van Dyke Show." 1706 01:21:42,033 --> 01:21:44,500 He persuades CBS to shoot the show 1707 01:21:44,500 --> 01:21:47,000 at a studio near his home in Arizona. 1708 01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:48,900 He then coaxes Carl Reiner 1709 01:21:48,900 --> 01:21:52,633 into writing and directing the pilot and several episodes. 1710 01:21:54,300 --> 01:21:56,700 -I was the executive producer, and I came down on Fridays 1711 01:21:56,700 --> 01:22:00,433 for the readings of the next show and made my comments. 1712 01:22:00,433 --> 01:22:02,133 And I don't know. 1713 01:22:02,133 --> 01:22:04,466 It was half working, half not working. 1714 01:22:04,466 --> 01:22:06,533 -I think one of the things we learned from shows 1715 01:22:06,533 --> 01:22:08,500 like "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" 1716 01:22:08,500 --> 01:22:12,066 is that it's awfully hard to make lightning strike twice, 1717 01:22:12,066 --> 01:22:16,466 and sometimes it's not such a good idea to even attempt it. 1718 01:22:16,466 --> 01:22:18,666 -We did some very, very funny shows, 1719 01:22:18,666 --> 01:22:21,566 but as a general rule, we never got that good, 1720 01:22:21,566 --> 01:22:23,300 but we always were in the top 20. 1721 01:22:23,300 --> 01:22:26,466 You know, the show did okay, but I wasn't as proud of it. 1722 01:22:26,466 --> 01:22:29,833 It wasn't working as well as I would've liked it to. 1723 01:22:29,833 --> 01:22:31,100 I went to the network 1724 01:22:31,100 --> 01:22:32,733 and couldn't believe what I was saying, 1725 01:22:32,733 --> 01:22:35,233 but I said, "I'm not... 1726 01:22:35,233 --> 01:22:37,000 This isn't what I would like it to be." 1727 01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:38,700 And we took it off. 1728 01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:42,533 -"Van Dyke and Company" 1729 01:22:42,533 --> 01:22:45,666 is Dick's next attempt at starring in a TV series, 1730 01:22:45,666 --> 01:22:47,733 despite the fact that variety shows 1731 01:22:47,733 --> 01:22:50,833 are falling out of favor with the viewing public. 1732 01:22:50,833 --> 01:22:53,966 -And it was a pretty loose -- pretty loose affair. 1733 01:22:53,966 --> 01:22:56,300 We tried a lot of things that hadn't been tried before, 1734 01:22:56,300 --> 01:22:57,866 not in matters of taste. 1735 01:22:57,866 --> 01:22:59,900 We didn't attack subjects that hadn't been treated before, 1736 01:22:59,900 --> 01:23:03,033 but just kind of attitudes about comedy that we changed. 1737 01:23:03,033 --> 01:23:05,133 -What are you doing? 1738 01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:10,333 -This is called the ancient Japanese art 1739 01:23:10,333 --> 01:23:11,866 of paper folding. 1740 01:23:11,866 --> 01:23:14,166 Origami. 1741 01:23:14,166 --> 01:23:16,266 -Isn't that origami? 1742 01:23:17,366 --> 01:23:20,166 -And the deal was that I look at it, 1743 01:23:20,166 --> 01:23:23,266 open it up, which, of course, ruins it. 1744 01:23:23,266 --> 01:23:25,966 Can't read it, though, too good 1745 01:23:25,966 --> 01:23:29,000 unless you open it up. 1746 01:23:35,433 --> 01:23:38,400 -And I was supposed to say, "Stay tuned for the second half 1747 01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:39,600 of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'" 1748 01:23:39,600 --> 01:23:41,333 That's all they wrote. 1749 01:23:41,333 --> 01:23:45,566 -Stay tuned for the second half 1750 01:23:45,566 --> 01:23:49,500 of "Van Dyke and Company." 1751 01:23:49,500 --> 01:23:52,666 -And without any rehearsal, without any preparation, 1752 01:23:52,666 --> 01:23:54,600 without any idea... 1753 01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:57,233 -I wish you hadn't have done that. 1754 01:23:59,666 --> 01:24:02,300 -...he hauled off in slow motion 1755 01:24:02,300 --> 01:24:04,566 and socked me in the stomach. 1756 01:24:04,566 --> 01:24:08,766 I caught on, and I fell down, all in slow motion. 1757 01:24:08,766 --> 01:24:10,033 And I went... 1758 01:24:10,033 --> 01:24:11,366 [ Smack! ] 1759 01:24:19,033 --> 01:24:20,133 [ Smack! ] 1760 01:24:26,900 --> 01:24:31,333 -Out of nowhere, we did a pantomime that wasn't planned, 1761 01:24:31,333 --> 01:24:33,566 and we did 10 minutes 1762 01:24:33,566 --> 01:24:37,633 of rolling around the floor in a slow-motion fight. 1763 01:24:43,700 --> 01:24:45,500 -And they kept the cameras rolling. 1764 01:24:45,500 --> 01:24:47,166 -[ Laughing ] And I threw... 1765 01:24:47,166 --> 01:24:49,600 [ Laughs ] And it went on and on. 1766 01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:50,933 [ Smack! ] 1767 01:24:57,433 --> 01:25:00,666 -You would've thought we'd rehearsed it for weeks 1768 01:25:00,666 --> 01:25:02,800 because it looked like it was choreographed. 1769 01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:05,733 And it was all instinctual. 1770 01:25:05,733 --> 01:25:07,166 [ Crack! ] 1771 01:25:09,666 --> 01:25:12,866 That chemistry between us, it was like we were one person. 1772 01:25:12,866 --> 01:25:15,766 We were on the same page. 1773 01:25:15,766 --> 01:25:18,266 It's one of my favorite things I've ever done, 1774 01:25:18,266 --> 01:25:21,533 and that's because of he got the idea. 1775 01:25:21,533 --> 01:25:22,800 [ Crack! ] 1776 01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:28,033 [ Cheers and applause ] 1777 01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:33,300 -It only lasted for I think 12 or 13 episodes. 1778 01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:35,700 I don't think the public ever really discovered it. 1779 01:25:35,700 --> 01:25:37,566 But we won the Emmy. 1780 01:25:37,566 --> 01:25:39,066 We actually beat "Saturday Night Live" 1781 01:25:39,066 --> 01:25:41,766 for an Emmy that year, and people said, 1782 01:25:41,766 --> 01:25:44,900 "What show? I never saw it." 1783 01:25:44,900 --> 01:25:47,100 Carol and I did a lot of sketches together 1784 01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:49,600 on various variety shows, 1785 01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:51,766 and we finally said we should be working together, 1786 01:25:51,766 --> 01:25:54,366 and somehow I kind of ended up on her show 1787 01:25:54,366 --> 01:25:57,600 as a replacement for the irreplaceable Harvey Korman. 1788 01:25:57,600 --> 01:25:59,800 They had been such a team for so long 1789 01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:02,333 that it was probably not a good idea for me to do it, 1790 01:26:02,333 --> 01:26:04,000 but I loved working with Carol. 1791 01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:07,666 -When Harvey Korman left my show after the 10th season 1792 01:26:07,666 --> 01:26:09,266 to go do a show of his own, 1793 01:26:09,266 --> 01:26:12,166 we asked Dick to come on as a regular, 1794 01:26:12,166 --> 01:26:14,500 and he did, and he was wonderful, 1795 01:26:14,500 --> 01:26:17,733 but we did him a great disservice. 1796 01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:21,166 The writers were writing for Dick 1797 01:26:21,166 --> 01:26:23,033 what they would write for Harvey Korman. 1798 01:26:23,033 --> 01:26:25,133 They did not write to Dick's strengths 1799 01:26:25,133 --> 01:26:27,200 as much as they should have. 1800 01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,033 -315 Elm Drive? 1801 01:26:29,033 --> 01:26:30,366 -That's me. That's it. 1802 01:26:30,366 --> 01:26:32,433 -Well, sir, I've found your problem, mm-hmm. 1803 01:26:32,433 --> 01:26:34,166 -You have? -Yes, I know exactly why 1804 01:26:34,166 --> 01:26:35,900 your electricity's been cut off. -Why?! 1805 01:26:35,900 --> 01:26:37,966 -[ Chuckles ] Well! You're deceased! 1806 01:26:41,533 --> 01:26:42,833 -I'm what?! 1807 01:26:42,833 --> 01:26:45,033 -I said you're deceased. 1808 01:26:45,033 --> 01:26:47,100 Lady, are you crazy or am I?! 1809 01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:48,466 I'm dead?! 1810 01:26:48,466 --> 01:26:49,966 -I'm so sorry. 1811 01:26:49,966 --> 01:26:52,266 -We were all very sad about that. 1812 01:26:52,266 --> 01:26:53,900 It didn't work out. 1813 01:26:53,900 --> 01:26:55,633 I didn't -- I didn't feel comfortable. 1814 01:26:55,633 --> 01:26:57,900 -There were some wonderful things 1815 01:26:57,900 --> 01:27:01,800 that we did do with Dick, but not enough. 1816 01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:05,233 Not enough to suit the kind of talent he is. 1817 01:27:06,666 --> 01:27:11,300 -The 1980s proved to be a challenging time for Dick. 1818 01:27:11,300 --> 01:27:15,400 He and Margie drift apart and eventually divorce. 1819 01:27:15,400 --> 01:27:18,833 He is now middle-aged, famous, and beloved, 1820 01:27:18,833 --> 01:27:22,166 but no great projects are coming his way. 1821 01:27:22,166 --> 01:27:25,766 Dick starts to question not just the meaning of his life 1822 01:27:25,766 --> 01:27:28,500 but what's working for him and what's not. 1823 01:27:29,366 --> 01:27:31,366 -Dick, in terms of being inventive, 1824 01:27:31,366 --> 01:27:33,800 forward-thinking, inventive of his career, 1825 01:27:33,800 --> 01:27:36,000 it starts out with his ability to play 1826 01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:38,533 any and every character on such a high level 1827 01:27:38,533 --> 01:27:41,300 and reinvent himself in each one of those roles, 1828 01:27:41,300 --> 01:27:45,000 and Dick is a genius at it, and he loved doing that. 1829 01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:46,900 -I think that if you're Dick Van Dyke, 1830 01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:51,066 you can go from Broadway to television to movies, 1831 01:27:51,066 --> 01:27:52,566 and it's just a different muscle, 1832 01:27:52,566 --> 01:27:55,000 so that reinventing yourself 1833 01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:57,766 is just simply surviving in show business. 1834 01:27:57,766 --> 01:28:01,433 So I think that he no doubt went from great opportunity 1835 01:28:01,433 --> 01:28:04,100 to great opportunity, and if you have a great deal of talent, 1836 01:28:04,100 --> 01:28:05,566 then you can do it. 1837 01:28:05,566 --> 01:28:07,233 -After "The Dick Van Dyke Show," 1838 01:28:07,233 --> 01:28:09,333 Dick could have lived the rest of his life going to conventions 1839 01:28:09,333 --> 01:28:10,933 and just talking about Rob Petrie, 1840 01:28:10,933 --> 01:28:12,633 but he didn't do that. 1841 01:28:12,633 --> 01:28:15,100 Or he could have just lived his entire career on being 1842 01:28:15,100 --> 01:28:18,066 in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Mary Poppins" 1843 01:28:18,066 --> 01:28:22,533 and gone to, you know -- opened bridges and malls. 1844 01:28:22,533 --> 01:28:26,800 He's just exploring a different path. 1845 01:28:33,533 --> 01:28:44,100 ♪♪ 1846 01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:46,400 -Amidst attempts to find a new foothold 1847 01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:48,933 in the ever-shifting entertainment landscape, 1848 01:28:48,933 --> 01:28:52,600 Dick makes a completely unexpected choice. 1849 01:28:52,600 --> 01:28:55,433 It is gritty, intensely personal, 1850 01:28:55,433 --> 01:28:58,300 and shocks his fans. 1851 01:28:58,300 --> 01:28:59,966 -You have had enough! 1852 01:28:59,966 --> 01:29:04,100 -Ohh. Alright. You wanna be a wet blanket? 1853 01:29:05,066 --> 01:29:06,266 [ Glass shatters ] 1854 01:29:07,333 --> 01:29:08,800 Are you happy now, sweetheart? 1855 01:29:08,800 --> 01:29:10,400 Okay? 1856 01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:13,500 -You know, in the '60s, TV may have been escapist. 1857 01:29:13,500 --> 01:29:16,266 In the '70s, TV was trying to learn 1858 01:29:16,266 --> 01:29:18,366 how to face very real problems 1859 01:29:18,366 --> 01:29:19,633 and create, in particular, 1860 01:29:19,633 --> 01:29:21,233 TV movies that would speak to that. 1861 01:29:21,233 --> 01:29:23,466 We not only saw movies about alcoholism, 1862 01:29:23,466 --> 01:29:27,466 we saw movies about rape, about the challenges of poverty. 1863 01:29:27,466 --> 01:29:30,066 All of a sudden, TV is interested in tackling 1864 01:29:30,066 --> 01:29:32,766 these problems in a way that educates people, 1865 01:29:32,766 --> 01:29:34,833 in a way that sort of explores the issue 1866 01:29:34,833 --> 01:29:39,666 in a very authentic and real, at least for the time, depiction. 1867 01:29:39,666 --> 01:29:41,833 And that's what we get in "The Morning After." 1868 01:29:41,833 --> 01:29:45,433 -My agent sent me the script, 1869 01:29:45,433 --> 01:29:49,233 and I was really flabbergasted at how well-written it was, 1870 01:29:49,233 --> 01:29:50,933 how true to life it was. 1871 01:29:50,933 --> 01:29:52,933 There wasn't a false moment in it. 1872 01:29:52,933 --> 01:29:54,266 -Fran thinks I'm a drunk. 1873 01:29:54,266 --> 01:29:56,166 -And? 1874 01:29:56,166 --> 01:29:58,233 -Well, no. Forget that. I mean, I shouldn't say that. 1875 01:29:58,233 --> 01:30:01,266 It's not just her. I mean, I do drink too much. 1876 01:30:01,266 --> 01:30:04,166 I'm not an alcoholic or anything like that, but... 1877 01:30:04,166 --> 01:30:07,700 I do drink too much, and I mean much too much. 1878 01:30:07,700 --> 01:30:09,366 -It was about alcoholism, 1879 01:30:09,366 --> 01:30:12,466 about a rising young corporate executive, you know, 1880 01:30:12,466 --> 01:30:14,166 not a Skid Row bum, 1881 01:30:14,166 --> 01:30:18,100 who gets trapped in the addiction and cannot get out. 1882 01:30:18,100 --> 01:30:20,400 Beautifully written, and, uh, 1883 01:30:20,400 --> 01:30:22,300 it was a big step for me to do it. 1884 01:30:22,300 --> 01:30:25,466 -You're just like my mother! Nothing Charlie does is right! 1885 01:30:25,466 --> 01:30:27,400 Well, you go straight to hell! 1886 01:30:27,400 --> 01:30:28,733 -Get in! 1887 01:30:28,733 --> 01:30:30,900 -I'm driving my own car! -No, you are not! 1888 01:30:30,900 --> 01:30:32,333 You're not in any condition to drive! 1889 01:30:32,333 --> 01:30:33,833 -I said I'd drive my own car! 1890 01:30:33,833 --> 01:30:35,733 I don't need a chauffeur, and I don't need a nursemaid! 1891 01:30:35,733 --> 01:30:37,600 -No, you will not! -Get out of my way! 1892 01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:39,166 -No! -Get -- 1893 01:30:39,166 --> 01:30:40,866 [ Punch lands ] 1894 01:30:42,566 --> 01:30:46,033 -He was absolutely astonishing 1895 01:30:46,033 --> 01:30:48,633 in that role of the alcoholic, 1896 01:30:48,633 --> 01:30:50,466 and I was proud of him. 1897 01:30:50,466 --> 01:30:52,133 I was proud that he did it, 1898 01:30:52,133 --> 01:30:55,266 that he plunged in and didn't hesitate, 1899 01:30:55,266 --> 01:31:00,433 but I wasn't surprised because there's no limit to his talent. 1900 01:31:00,433 --> 01:31:01,966 -The pamphlet's here on the dresser, 1901 01:31:01,966 --> 01:31:06,400 and it names a doctor, a doctor who specializes in alcoholism. 1902 01:31:06,400 --> 01:31:09,566 And he'll see you if you call him for an appointment. 1903 01:31:09,566 --> 01:31:11,266 But you have to call him, Charlie. 1904 01:31:11,266 --> 01:31:13,766 -Alright. Alright. I'll call him, honey, but -- 1905 01:31:13,766 --> 01:31:15,033 -You -- You know where we'll be. 1906 01:31:15,033 --> 01:31:16,766 -Fran. 1907 01:31:16,766 --> 01:31:18,633 -You better take care of that cut, Charlie. 1908 01:31:18,633 --> 01:31:20,166 It looks infected. 1909 01:31:20,166 --> 01:31:22,600 -Fran. You don't understand! 1910 01:31:24,633 --> 01:31:26,666 You don't understand! 1911 01:31:27,333 --> 01:31:29,966 [ Sobbing ] 1912 01:31:32,933 --> 01:31:35,066 -When I saw it, I was really happy 1913 01:31:35,066 --> 01:31:36,233 with what I had done. 1914 01:31:36,233 --> 01:31:37,966 It's one of the few times in my life 1915 01:31:37,966 --> 01:31:40,033 I have looked at something and said, you know, 1916 01:31:40,033 --> 01:31:41,866 I played it like it should've been played, 1917 01:31:41,866 --> 01:31:44,100 and I was very happy with it. 1918 01:31:45,533 --> 01:31:50,700 -I think the best actors utilize experientials. 1919 01:31:50,700 --> 01:31:55,000 And where Dick does not wear 1920 01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:59,033 whatever trials and tribulations he's endured on his sleeve, 1921 01:31:59,033 --> 01:32:00,533 they are in him. 1922 01:32:00,533 --> 01:32:03,166 -As the movie comes out, Dick Van Dyke reveals 1923 01:32:03,166 --> 01:32:06,033 that he personally is an alcoholic 1924 01:32:06,033 --> 01:32:07,766 and that he personally has gone through 1925 01:32:07,766 --> 01:32:09,433 some of the things he's depicting, 1926 01:32:09,433 --> 01:32:13,033 so not only do we get a landmark TV film, 1927 01:32:13,033 --> 01:32:16,800 we also get a landmark declaration from a celebrity. 1928 01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:19,333 Of course, now we're much more used to celebrities 1929 01:32:19,333 --> 01:32:21,333 talking about their personal failings. 1930 01:32:21,333 --> 01:32:25,200 Back then, it was much, much, much less common, 1931 01:32:25,200 --> 01:32:27,800 particularly for a performer like Dick Van Dyke 1932 01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:30,000 who was a comedic performer, 1933 01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:33,700 who was in a lot of kid-friendly and family-friendly projects. 1934 01:32:33,700 --> 01:32:37,700 To have someone like that admit, "I have a drinking problem," 1935 01:32:37,700 --> 01:32:39,800 he was risking a lot. 1936 01:32:39,800 --> 01:32:42,600 -That's really a frightening thing to see you that way, 1937 01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,700 and, uh, I know that a lot of people, 1938 01:32:44,700 --> 01:32:47,166 friends of mine, were shocked when they found that you -- 1939 01:32:47,166 --> 01:32:48,800 I guess the news came out 1940 01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:50,266 in one of the news magazines first, I think, 1941 01:32:50,266 --> 01:32:52,966 that you had been an alcoholic. 1942 01:32:52,966 --> 01:32:54,400 Actually, that isn't correct to say, is it? 1943 01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:58,300 Because, um, alcoholics never say they "were" alcoholic. 1944 01:32:58,300 --> 01:32:59,900 They say they are alcoholic. 1945 01:32:59,900 --> 01:33:02,200 -That's absolutely right. You're always an alcoholic. 1946 01:33:02,200 --> 01:33:03,766 -Yeah. -They say they're recovered 1947 01:33:03,766 --> 01:33:06,866 or recovering alcoholics. 1948 01:33:06,866 --> 01:33:09,033 -Could, could we t-- I'd love to talk to you about that. 1949 01:33:09,033 --> 01:33:10,400 -I'd love to talk about it. 1950 01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:12,533 -I've wanted to for some time. 1951 01:33:12,533 --> 01:33:14,200 -For me, it took many, many years 1952 01:33:14,200 --> 01:33:16,600 as just a social drinker along with everyone else. 1953 01:33:16,600 --> 01:33:18,200 Yeah. -And, of course, by the time 1954 01:33:18,200 --> 01:33:20,900 I realized I was in trouble, I was too deluded, 1955 01:33:20,900 --> 01:33:22,700 like most alcoholics are, 1956 01:33:22,700 --> 01:33:25,000 to be able to understand what was wrong with me. 1957 01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:26,733 -Did anybody like an agent or anyone 1958 01:33:26,733 --> 01:33:29,300 ever warn you to stop drinking or you'd ruin your career? 1959 01:33:30,300 --> 01:33:33,100 -No, uh, but a very dear friend of mine did. 1960 01:33:33,100 --> 01:33:34,200 -Yeah. 1961 01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:36,000 -About four years ago, I believe. 1962 01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:37,200 Very dear friend of mine. 1963 01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:40,533 And it's amazing how deluded I was, 1964 01:33:40,533 --> 01:33:43,633 because I really wasn't very nice about it, 1965 01:33:43,633 --> 01:33:45,100 and I said, "That's my business. 1966 01:33:45,100 --> 01:33:46,666 I enjoy it. That's my business. 1967 01:33:46,666 --> 01:33:48,366 I don't think you have any right." 1968 01:33:48,366 --> 01:33:51,866 And the poor man cried. And I couldn't see it. 1969 01:33:51,866 --> 01:33:54,133 Took me a long, long time to understand, you know, 1970 01:33:54,133 --> 01:33:55,500 that he was seeing me objectively, 1971 01:33:55,500 --> 01:33:57,666 and I was totally deluded about it. 1972 01:33:57,666 --> 01:33:59,866 -At the later point when you -- did an agent 1973 01:33:59,866 --> 01:34:02,700 or anyone ever warn you not to admit that you were an alcoholic 1974 01:34:02,700 --> 01:34:03,833 because that would ruin your career? 1975 01:34:03,833 --> 01:34:04,866 -Oh. Oh, boy. Many, many of them. 1976 01:34:04,866 --> 01:34:06,133 -Really? -Yes. "Don't. 1977 01:34:06,133 --> 01:34:07,333 Please don't do this." 1978 01:34:07,333 --> 01:34:08,700 -They didn't care if you didn't quit, 1979 01:34:08,700 --> 01:34:09,966 but they just didn't want you to talk about it. 1980 01:34:09,966 --> 01:34:11,333 -Yeah. "Please don't talk about it." 1981 01:34:11,333 --> 01:34:13,400 Well, I didn't know, you know, what might happ-- 1982 01:34:13,400 --> 01:34:15,133 what kind of reaction I might get. 1983 01:34:15,133 --> 01:34:17,666 I must say, I've received thousands of letters 1984 01:34:17,666 --> 01:34:20,066 and not one negative letter from anyone. 1985 01:34:20,066 --> 01:34:24,300 Not one. Which I think shows that at least we're changing. 1986 01:34:24,300 --> 01:34:26,633 It doesn't have the stigma that it used to have. 1987 01:34:26,633 --> 01:34:29,900 -Yeah. Do you envy me that I can take a drink and not -- 1988 01:34:29,900 --> 01:34:32,266 -No, I went through about a year -- 1989 01:34:32,266 --> 01:34:34,666 as I guess most recovering alcoholics do. 1990 01:34:34,666 --> 01:34:36,600 It takes a year for your system 1991 01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:39,666 to get back to where it was before. 1992 01:34:39,666 --> 01:34:42,566 Really resenting it sometimes. Other people could drink. 1993 01:34:42,566 --> 01:34:44,900 Now I have no desire to drink, 1994 01:34:44,900 --> 01:34:48,533 and I don't envy people who do at all. 1995 01:34:49,633 --> 01:34:53,633 -People think, "Oh, well, you're a comedian. You can't do drama." 1996 01:34:53,633 --> 01:34:55,633 But that's not true. 1997 01:34:55,633 --> 01:34:59,633 I think it's easier for a comedian to do drama 1998 01:34:59,633 --> 01:35:02,600 than it is for a dramatic actor to do comedy. 1999 01:35:02,600 --> 01:35:04,466 -At the base of comedy -- 2000 01:35:04,466 --> 01:35:06,300 Martin, write this down. 2001 01:35:06,300 --> 01:35:08,733 -No. I -- Believe me. I've heard it. 2002 01:35:08,733 --> 01:35:10,766 -The base of comedy is drama, 2003 01:35:10,766 --> 01:35:12,600 so, you know, when you're doing comedy, 2004 01:35:12,600 --> 01:35:17,100 you feel this reality underneath it all, 2005 01:35:17,100 --> 01:35:20,066 so in your head it makes complete sense 2006 01:35:20,066 --> 01:35:21,600 that you could do a drama. 2007 01:35:21,600 --> 01:35:24,600 And also one's career, if you think it's going to be long, 2008 01:35:24,600 --> 01:35:26,266 you want to have a little range, 2009 01:35:26,266 --> 01:35:29,433 and you have to kind of break the ice with a drama. 2010 01:35:29,433 --> 01:35:32,000 -"The Morning After" proves that Dick's talents 2011 01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:34,266 are not confined to being a clown 2012 01:35:34,266 --> 01:35:36,366 or a song-and-dance man. 2013 01:35:36,366 --> 01:35:40,833 More dramatic opportunities come his way, including "Dick Tracy." 2014 01:35:40,833 --> 01:35:43,266 Director Warren Beatty cast actors in roles 2015 01:35:43,266 --> 01:35:46,133 that are completely different from what they're known for, 2016 01:35:46,133 --> 01:35:49,733 hoping to add an element of surprise for the audience. 2017 01:35:50,700 --> 01:35:53,200 -How can I support a maverick police detective 2018 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:55,600 who keeps making false arrests of private citizens 2019 01:35:55,600 --> 01:35:57,366 and throwing them in jail? 2020 01:35:57,366 --> 01:35:59,300 Tracy, I am district attorney. 2021 01:35:59,300 --> 01:36:00,800 -Tracy, Tess can't get the kid 2022 01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:02,266 to take off  these smelly clothes. 2023 01:36:02,266 --> 01:36:04,966 -Chief, I am a candidate for mayor. 2024 01:36:04,966 --> 01:36:06,933 If you can't control Detective Tracy, 2025 01:36:06,933 --> 01:36:08,833 you'll just have to take him off duty... 2026 01:36:08,833 --> 01:36:11,500 or I'll have to prosecute him and take you off duty. 2027 01:36:16,200 --> 01:36:18,100 -Freddy Silverman, you know, the former president 2028 01:36:18,100 --> 01:36:20,133 of almost all networks that have ever existed, 2029 01:36:20,133 --> 01:36:22,733 came and said, "Would you do a pilot for an hour show?" 2030 01:36:22,733 --> 01:36:25,933 And I said, "At my age?" I was 65 then. 2031 01:36:25,933 --> 01:36:28,066 I said, "I don't wanna do an hour series. 2032 01:36:28,066 --> 01:36:29,633 I think that's a little tough." 2033 01:36:29,633 --> 01:36:31,433 "Just do the pilot. 2034 01:36:31,433 --> 01:36:33,600 You know, just do the pilot for me." 2035 01:36:33,600 --> 01:36:35,700 -Do you, uh, like living alone? 2036 01:36:35,700 --> 01:36:37,066 -I certainly do. 2037 01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:40,900 How did you know that I lived alone? 2038 01:36:40,900 --> 01:36:43,000 -Well, apart from no wedding ring, 2039 01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:44,833 there's not one personal thing in this office, 2040 01:36:44,833 --> 01:36:46,900 not even a photograph. 2041 01:36:46,900 --> 01:36:49,200 And, uh, your cuffs are always frayed, 2042 01:36:49,200 --> 01:36:52,500 and there's a button missing there on your jacket sleeve. 2043 01:36:52,500 --> 01:36:55,333 My wife when she was alive had to police me. 2044 01:36:56,833 --> 01:36:58,566 You're a regular Sherlock Holmes, 2045 01:36:58,566 --> 01:36:59,966 aren't you, Dr. Sloan? 2046 01:37:01,133 --> 01:37:03,100 -[ Chuckles ] Not quite. 2047 01:37:03,100 --> 01:37:04,900 I played a doctor who solves crime, 2048 01:37:04,900 --> 01:37:07,700 and I was the one who said, "Are you sure this is credible? 2049 01:37:07,700 --> 01:37:10,033 A doctor who's a criminologist out solving crime 2050 01:37:10,033 --> 01:37:11,733 and the head of internal medicine?" 2051 01:37:11,733 --> 01:37:13,266 Listen, Norman, you know anything about him, 2052 01:37:13,266 --> 01:37:14,766 where he came from, his background, fam-- 2053 01:37:14,766 --> 01:37:16,233 -Wait, wait. What's with this twenty questions? 2054 01:37:16,233 --> 01:37:18,133 You're not playing detective again, are you, Sloan? 2055 01:37:18,133 --> 01:37:20,100 -Well, there are times when all doctors 2056 01:37:20,100 --> 01:37:21,933 have to be detective, Norman. 2057 01:37:21,933 --> 01:37:23,933 -When we talk about "Diagnosis: Murder," 2058 01:37:23,933 --> 01:37:25,800 we're talking about a TV show 2059 01:37:25,800 --> 01:37:27,600 that reflected a lot of the trends 2060 01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:29,066 that were going on on TV at the time. 2061 01:37:29,066 --> 01:37:31,366 There was a real market 2062 01:37:31,366 --> 01:37:36,900 for centering murder mysteries or police procedurals 2063 01:37:36,900 --> 01:37:39,533 around a performer 2064 01:37:39,533 --> 01:37:42,933 who's popular with older TV audiences. 2065 01:37:42,933 --> 01:37:45,733 You think about Buddy Ebsen and "Barnaby Jones." 2066 01:37:45,733 --> 01:37:47,066 You think about "Murder, She Wrote" 2067 01:37:47,066 --> 01:37:48,500 and Angela Lansbury, 2068 01:37:48,500 --> 01:37:50,800 as well as Andy Griffith in "Matlock." 2069 01:37:50,800 --> 01:37:53,200 In terms of taking a star like Dick Van Dyke 2070 01:37:53,200 --> 01:37:56,233 and putting him in the middle of a mystery show, 2071 01:37:56,233 --> 01:37:58,533 I mean, in a sense, it was a no-brainer. 2072 01:37:58,533 --> 01:38:16,366 ♪♪ 2073 01:38:16,366 --> 01:38:19,066 -So, I got to the audition. 2074 01:38:19,066 --> 01:38:22,966 I was quite relaxed and went into the room, 2075 01:38:22,966 --> 01:38:26,966 and there was Dick Van Dyke sitting at the table! 2076 01:38:26,966 --> 01:38:30,200 I just got chills, and I couldn't believe it. 2077 01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:33,700 Gotta keep it together. And there I was auditioning. 2078 01:38:33,700 --> 01:38:36,833 There was a comment 2079 01:38:36,833 --> 01:38:39,333 that I was told later 2080 01:38:39,333 --> 01:38:40,533 that someone in the room said, 2081 01:38:40,533 --> 01:38:42,033 "But she's Black." 2082 01:38:42,033 --> 01:38:45,033 And Dick said, "And she's good." 2083 01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:47,100 -What's wrong? 2084 01:38:47,100 --> 01:38:48,933 -Well, I can't find my glasses. 2085 01:38:48,933 --> 01:38:53,233 -Oh, well, I don't know how to tell you this, but, um... 2086 01:38:54,633 --> 01:38:56,566 -Oh, no. 2087 01:38:56,566 --> 01:38:57,933 -[ Chuckles ] 2088 01:38:59,633 --> 01:39:02,133 [ Laughs ] 2089 01:39:02,133 --> 01:39:04,733 I remember when this first happened to my father. 2090 01:39:04,733 --> 01:39:06,866 I thought, "Oh, gosh. He's an old fogey now." 2091 01:39:06,866 --> 01:39:08,100 -[ Chuckles ] 2092 01:39:08,100 --> 01:39:09,266 -You know, I tried to help him up 2093 01:39:09,266 --> 01:39:10,866 out of the chair, too. 2094 01:39:10,866 --> 01:39:13,700 -That's considerate. -Oh, he kicked me. 2095 01:39:13,700 --> 01:39:15,633 Now I know just exactly how he feels. 2096 01:39:15,633 --> 01:39:17,533 [ Chuckles ] Don't tell Steve. 2097 01:39:17,533 --> 01:39:19,866 -I won't. But who's gonna help you up? 2098 01:39:19,866 --> 01:39:22,133 -[Weakly] Why, you young whippersnapper! 2099 01:39:22,133 --> 01:39:23,733 You go to your room! 2100 01:39:23,733 --> 01:39:25,433 -Dick thought that there was a way 2101 01:39:25,433 --> 01:39:27,866 to bring a murder-mystery show to bear 2102 01:39:27,866 --> 01:39:32,666 but without all the gore, without all of the violence 2103 01:39:32,666 --> 01:39:34,733 so that families could watch the show. 2104 01:39:34,733 --> 01:39:36,566 We were a little bit of Nancy Drew, 2105 01:39:36,566 --> 01:39:38,566 a little bit of Agatha Christie, 2106 01:39:38,566 --> 01:39:42,600 and it just had, if you will, a germ 2107 01:39:42,600 --> 01:39:45,033 of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." 2108 01:39:45,033 --> 01:39:58,433 ♪♪ 2109 01:39:58,433 --> 01:39:59,500 -[ Gasps ] 2110 01:40:00,566 --> 01:40:02,033 -Call 911. 2111 01:40:02,033 --> 01:40:04,433 -There's not another show like it on the air. 2112 01:40:04,433 --> 01:40:06,000 Sometimes we're an open murder mystery. 2113 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,666 Sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're a comedy. 2114 01:40:07,666 --> 01:40:09,466 Sometimes we're a dark comedy. 2115 01:40:09,466 --> 01:40:14,566 So we have almost become the variety show of murder mystery. 2116 01:40:14,566 --> 01:40:17,566 I am so surprised to be working at my age now. 2117 01:40:17,566 --> 01:40:20,766 I had no idea that I would be or that anybody would want me to, 2118 01:40:20,766 --> 01:40:22,933 so it's very satisfying. 2119 01:40:22,933 --> 01:40:26,133 -Dick is 75 when he decides to end the series 2120 01:40:26,133 --> 01:40:28,000 after eight seasons. 2121 01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:30,200 It wasn't edgy or groundbreaking, 2122 01:40:30,200 --> 01:40:33,133 but "Diagnosis: Murder" served up a steady diet 2123 01:40:33,133 --> 01:40:36,100 of comfort-food viewing for a significant portion 2124 01:40:36,100 --> 01:40:38,133 of the TV audience. 2125 01:40:38,133 --> 01:40:44,666 ♪♪ 2126 01:40:51,666 --> 01:40:53,933 At an age when most of his contemporaries 2127 01:40:53,933 --> 01:40:56,366 have retired or passed away, 2128 01:40:56,366 --> 01:40:59,500 Dick's philosophy is... keep moving. 2129 01:40:59,500 --> 01:41:02,533 He loves to work and takes on smaller roles 2130 01:41:02,533 --> 01:41:04,766 in a variety of projects. 2131 01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:08,466 -Oh. It's you. -Hi. 2132 01:41:08,466 --> 01:41:10,533 I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd drop by. 2133 01:41:10,533 --> 01:41:13,500 -Dick had done a serious turn on "Becker," 2134 01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:15,966 a show that I was doing, a few years back, 2135 01:41:15,966 --> 01:41:18,366 and he played my father. 2136 01:41:18,366 --> 01:41:19,800 -I didn't ask you to leave. 2137 01:41:19,800 --> 01:41:21,533 You know, I didn't argue with you. 2138 01:41:21,533 --> 01:41:23,766 Why didn't you at least come back and see me? 2139 01:41:23,766 --> 01:41:26,133 -Because your mother asked me not to. 2140 01:41:27,533 --> 01:41:29,466 You didn't know that, did you? 2141 01:41:30,266 --> 01:41:32,633 And, yes, I could've insisted I have a bigger part 2142 01:41:32,633 --> 01:41:34,100 of your life, but I didn't. 2143 01:41:34,100 --> 01:41:37,633 I took the easy way out, and I regret it. 2144 01:41:37,633 --> 01:41:40,500 -I've done a lot of television and some film and all of that, 2145 01:41:40,500 --> 01:41:43,500 and so I've had a lot of amazing actors around me 2146 01:41:43,500 --> 01:41:45,633 that I got to work with. 2147 01:41:45,633 --> 01:41:48,733 And then some of them are like royalty, you know? 2148 01:41:48,733 --> 01:41:51,100 They come in, and everybody, the crew -- 2149 01:41:51,100 --> 01:41:55,866 Everybody stops and wants to soak up Dick Van Dyke. 2150 01:41:55,866 --> 01:41:58,066 -Can I just say how lucky we are 2151 01:41:58,066 --> 01:42:02,166 to have this amazing man here with us today? 2152 01:42:02,166 --> 01:42:03,733 [ All cheering ] 2153 01:42:03,733 --> 01:42:05,766 -It's rather wonderful just to meet Dick Van Dyke, 2154 01:42:05,766 --> 01:42:08,166 and then to see him in a Mary Poppins story, 2155 01:42:08,166 --> 01:42:12,366 that is one of the great highlights of my life. 2156 01:42:12,366 --> 01:42:16,233 -It was so moving when Dick Van Dyke came on set. 2157 01:42:16,233 --> 01:42:19,700 We all found ourselves staring at him quite a lot. 2158 01:42:19,700 --> 01:42:23,000 You couldn't quite believe he was there and that was him. 2159 01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:24,966 ♪♪ 2160 01:42:24,966 --> 01:42:26,566 -They were some of the most emotional days 2161 01:42:26,566 --> 01:42:27,933 we had shooting this film, 2162 01:42:27,933 --> 01:42:29,700 just by virtue of his presence 2163 01:42:29,700 --> 01:42:31,633 connecting us to that original "Mary Poppins." 2164 01:42:31,633 --> 01:42:33,633 -He was so spritely and so sharp 2165 01:42:33,633 --> 01:42:36,266 and literally tap-dances on top of a desk, 2166 01:42:36,266 --> 01:42:38,300 which was like, "What is happening?" 2167 01:42:38,300 --> 01:42:40,066 [ Tapping ] 2168 01:42:40,066 --> 01:42:43,166 ♪♪ 2169 01:42:43,166 --> 01:42:45,700 -We have been so honored to be in the presence 2170 01:42:45,700 --> 01:42:50,066 of extraordinary, beautiful, gorgeous, amazing, 2171 01:42:50,066 --> 01:42:53,366 lovable, kind, talented, brilliant, 2172 01:42:53,366 --> 01:42:56,500 iconic legend Dick Van Dyke. 2173 01:42:56,500 --> 01:42:58,233 [ All cheering ] 2174 01:42:58,233 --> 01:42:59,733 ♪♪ 2175 01:42:59,733 --> 01:43:02,166 -And I was so honored to be included. 2176 01:43:02,166 --> 01:43:04,366 I had such fun with it. 2177 01:43:04,366 --> 01:43:07,133 It's kind of like bookends for me. 2178 01:43:07,133 --> 01:43:08,933 -I may be circling the grave, 2179 01:43:08,933 --> 01:43:11,600 but I got a few steps left in me. 2180 01:43:11,600 --> 01:43:12,633 [ Ding! ] 2181 01:43:13,400 --> 01:43:16,400 -I have these little moments in my career where they're for me. 2182 01:43:16,400 --> 01:43:18,366 I hope people at home are cool with it, 2183 01:43:18,366 --> 01:43:20,233 but this is -- this one's for me. 2184 01:43:20,233 --> 01:43:22,833 And I've had a few of those every now and then, 2185 01:43:22,833 --> 01:43:25,333 and getting to have Dick on my television show 2186 01:43:25,333 --> 01:43:27,000 was a religious experience. 2187 01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:29,366 Absolute thrill to have you here. 2188 01:43:29,366 --> 01:43:31,866 -Oh, thank you very much. I'm a fan, you know. 2189 01:43:31,866 --> 01:43:33,700 -Oh, well, thank you very much. -Oh. Oh, yeah. 2190 01:43:33,700 --> 01:43:35,066 -Oh. -I like the way you move. 2191 01:43:35,066 --> 01:43:36,733 You move pretty good. 2192 01:43:36,733 --> 01:43:38,500 [ Laughter and cheers ] 2193 01:43:38,500 --> 01:43:41,100 -Dick, this is getting creepy. Uh... 2194 01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:44,233 It just never occurred to me that I would meet Dick Van Dyke. 2195 01:43:44,233 --> 01:43:48,533 Suddenly, he's there, and... 2196 01:43:48,533 --> 01:43:50,533 I have an out-of-body experience. 2197 01:43:50,533 --> 01:43:53,033 [ Whimsical music plays ] 2198 01:43:53,033 --> 01:43:55,866 [ Cheers and applause ] 2199 01:43:55,866 --> 01:43:59,866 ♪♪ 2200 01:43:59,866 --> 01:44:01,166 -[ Laughs ] 2201 01:44:01,166 --> 01:44:04,266 -And he was so nice and genuine. 2202 01:44:04,266 --> 01:44:05,633 [ Cheers and applause ] 2203 01:44:05,633 --> 01:44:07,300 -He's got it! -Yeah. 2204 01:44:07,300 --> 01:44:09,500 That -- That's a dream come true for me. 2205 01:44:09,500 --> 01:44:12,666 He's the Dick Van Dyke that I wanted him to be. 2206 01:44:12,666 --> 01:44:14,466 He is that guy. 2207 01:44:14,466 --> 01:44:17,466 -Do you know how old you are? -[ Chuckles ] 2208 01:44:17,466 --> 01:44:19,800 Well, you know, from the looks, I'm pretty old. 2209 01:44:19,800 --> 01:44:21,700 If I'd have known I was gonna live this long, 2210 01:44:21,700 --> 01:44:23,666 I would've taken better care of myself. 2211 01:44:23,666 --> 01:44:25,566 -[ Chuckles ] -I'm charming though, right? 2212 01:44:25,566 --> 01:44:27,600 -Yes, yes. I would agree with that. 2213 01:44:27,600 --> 01:44:31,666 -In 2023 at 98 years young, 2214 01:44:31,666 --> 01:44:33,900 Dick appears as a man with amnesia 2215 01:44:33,900 --> 01:44:36,700 in four episodes of the long-running soap opera 2216 01:44:36,700 --> 01:44:38,600 "Days of Our Lives." 2217 01:44:38,600 --> 01:44:40,566 -And the Emmy goes to... 2218 01:44:40,566 --> 01:44:42,200 [ Gasps ] Oh! 2219 01:44:42,200 --> 01:44:43,533 Dick Van Dyke 2220 01:44:43,533 --> 01:44:47,233 as mystery man Timothy Robicheaux. 2221 01:44:47,233 --> 01:44:49,933 "Days of Our Lives." Peacock. 2222 01:44:49,933 --> 01:44:53,300 -Dick Van Dyke makes history with this win tonight 2223 01:44:53,300 --> 01:44:55,933 as the oldest Daytime Emmy winner. 2224 01:44:55,933 --> 01:44:59,500 [ Cheers and applause ] 2225 01:44:59,500 --> 01:45:01,666 -Thank you so much. 2226 01:45:01,666 --> 01:45:03,600 This really tops off a -- 2227 01:45:03,600 --> 01:45:08,266 a lifetime of 80 years in the business. 2228 01:45:08,266 --> 01:45:10,500 I love you. God bless. [ Chuckles ] 2229 01:45:10,500 --> 01:45:12,633 [ Cheers and applause ] 2230 01:45:12,633 --> 01:45:15,833 -On the personal front, Dick finds new love 2231 01:45:15,833 --> 01:45:18,133 with producer Arlene Silver, 2232 01:45:18,133 --> 01:45:20,733 and they marry in 2012. 2233 01:45:20,733 --> 01:45:23,933 Dick credits Arlene with keeping him alive. 2234 01:45:25,133 --> 01:45:27,900 Dick has always been generous with his time 2235 01:45:27,900 --> 01:45:29,733 for causes he believes in. 2236 01:45:29,733 --> 01:45:31,866 Over the years, he volunteers 2237 01:45:31,866 --> 01:45:34,266 with organizations such as the Big Brothers, 2238 01:45:34,266 --> 01:45:36,766 the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 2239 01:45:36,766 --> 01:45:39,266 the Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 2240 01:45:39,266 --> 01:45:42,233 and The Midnight Mission in Los Angeles. 2241 01:45:42,233 --> 01:45:43,900 -[Cockney accent] I'm Dick Van Dyke. 2242 01:45:43,900 --> 01:45:46,000 -No. No Cockney accent. -[Normal voice] Okay. 2243 01:45:46,000 --> 01:45:47,633 -I'll do my American if you do that. 2244 01:45:47,633 --> 01:45:50,066 And I'm Anthony Hopkins with The Midnight Mission. 2245 01:45:50,066 --> 01:45:53,633 -He goes down there consistently 2246 01:45:53,633 --> 01:45:57,000 to serve food for the least of us. 2247 01:45:57,000 --> 01:45:59,800 He really understands suffering, 2248 01:45:59,800 --> 01:46:01,733 but he also understands 2249 01:46:01,733 --> 01:46:05,866 redemption and second chances 2250 01:46:05,866 --> 01:46:08,533 because they were given to him. 2251 01:46:08,533 --> 01:46:10,466 He doesn't care where you're from, 2252 01:46:10,466 --> 01:46:13,000 doesn't care how much money you have. 2253 01:46:13,000 --> 01:46:16,333 He cares about you as a person. 2254 01:46:16,333 --> 01:46:18,233 -The Midnight Mission and volunteers 2255 01:46:18,233 --> 01:46:20,700 create a way out of poverty, drug addiction, 2256 01:46:20,700 --> 01:46:22,000 and mental illness 2257 01:46:22,000 --> 01:46:25,000 as a hand up, not a handout. 2258 01:46:26,766 --> 01:46:29,433 -In 2011, Dick writes an autobiography 2259 01:46:29,433 --> 01:46:33,366 detailing a good, full, and meaningful life. 2260 01:46:33,366 --> 01:46:35,833 Four years later, he writes another book 2261 01:46:35,833 --> 01:46:40,100 offering tips and truths about living well longer. 2262 01:46:40,100 --> 01:46:42,633 -People will tell me they can't dance and they can't sing. 2263 01:46:42,633 --> 01:46:44,266 Everybody can. 2264 01:46:44,266 --> 01:46:46,466 They may stink at it, but you gotta be able to do it. 2265 01:46:46,466 --> 01:46:48,066 [ Chuckles ] Keep moving. 2266 01:46:48,066 --> 01:46:53,700 ♪♪ 2267 01:46:53,700 --> 01:46:56,833 -Oh, yeah, here's -- here's another wonderful image. 2268 01:46:56,833 --> 01:47:00,366 We were both living somewhere in the Malibu area. 2269 01:47:00,366 --> 01:47:02,533 About the second or third time I went to the gym -- 2270 01:47:02,533 --> 01:47:05,266 and it was early, maybe even 6:30 in the morning. 2271 01:47:05,266 --> 01:47:07,300 And I'm lifting weights or something, 2272 01:47:07,300 --> 01:47:12,533 and Dick Van Dyke actually comes dancing by me, 2273 01:47:12,533 --> 01:47:15,266 in front of me, to go from one machine to another. 2274 01:47:15,266 --> 01:47:17,666 And he's dancing. For real. 2275 01:47:17,666 --> 01:47:18,900 Not showy-offy. 2276 01:47:18,900 --> 01:47:21,200 Just dancing to the next machine. 2277 01:47:21,200 --> 01:47:23,400 And [Chuckles] I'm knocked out. 2278 01:47:23,400 --> 01:47:25,900 -All you old guys out there, listen to me. 2279 01:47:25,900 --> 01:47:27,500 I'm telling you. You can -- 2280 01:47:27,500 --> 01:47:30,433 You can keep going for a lo-- I'm still dancing. 2281 01:47:30,433 --> 01:47:33,400 -He has the childlike joy 2282 01:47:33,400 --> 01:47:36,200 of being alive and being creative, 2283 01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:38,100 so I imagine he will keep doing that 2284 01:47:38,100 --> 01:47:41,100 until he's not doing anything. 2285 01:47:42,500 --> 01:47:46,333 -I don't know how long I should stay for the audience's benefit. 2286 01:47:46,333 --> 01:47:47,966 I realize that at this point 2287 01:47:47,966 --> 01:47:50,133 I'm part of the furniture, you know? 2288 01:47:50,133 --> 01:47:51,600 [ Chuckles ] I'm just... 2289 01:47:51,600 --> 01:47:53,833 I'm one of those familiar faces that's always been there, 2290 01:47:53,833 --> 01:47:56,433 and I suppose people aren't surprised to see me, 2291 01:47:56,433 --> 01:47:59,400 but at some point, I should not wear out my welcome. 2292 01:47:59,400 --> 01:48:02,500 ♪♪ 2293 01:48:05,866 --> 01:48:09,300 ♪♪ 2294 01:48:09,300 --> 01:48:12,566 -In 2024, at age 99, 2295 01:48:12,566 --> 01:48:16,666 Dick has a viral moment when Chris Martin and Coldplay 2296 01:48:16,666 --> 01:48:20,100 feature him in their latest music video. 2297 01:48:20,100 --> 01:48:21,700 ♪♪ 2298 01:48:21,700 --> 01:48:24,000 -♪ We've been through high ♪ 2299 01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:27,566 ♪ Every corner of the sky ♪ 2300 01:48:28,633 --> 01:48:34,166 ♪ And still we're holding on together ♪ 2301 01:48:35,533 --> 01:48:39,066 -♪ You've got all my love ♪ 2302 01:48:39,066 --> 01:48:40,566 -Almost on G. 2303 01:48:40,566 --> 01:48:41,800 -Yeah. I'll go up the octave. Ready? 2304 01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:43,066 -[ Chuckles ] -Here we go. 2305 01:48:43,066 --> 01:48:46,200 -♪ You've got all my love ♪ 2306 01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:48,333 -♪ Love ♪ [ Chuckles ] 2307 01:48:48,333 --> 01:48:57,633 ♪♪ 2308 01:48:57,633 --> 01:49:02,400 -If I had to sum up how Dick will be remembered... 2309 01:49:02,400 --> 01:49:06,933 it would be that he is the consummate performer. 2310 01:49:08,366 --> 01:49:10,066 -I think Dick should be remembered as one of 2311 01:49:10,066 --> 01:49:11,666 the most talented and entertaining human beings 2312 01:49:11,666 --> 01:49:14,700 in the history of our business. 2313 01:49:14,700 --> 01:49:20,066 He has proven that he can do any role in any capacity 2314 01:49:20,066 --> 01:49:22,000 and do it amazing. 2315 01:49:23,033 --> 01:49:26,133 -Well, uh, by not being forgotten. 2316 01:49:26,133 --> 01:49:29,100 I don't know. Uh... -[ Laughs ] That's a good -- 2317 01:49:29,100 --> 01:49:31,166 That's a good way to be remembered. 2318 01:49:31,166 --> 01:49:33,933 By not being forgotten. 2319 01:49:33,933 --> 01:49:37,833 -I call him a special niche that you can't define. 2320 01:49:37,833 --> 01:49:40,333 You know, he's had this fabulous television career. 2321 01:49:40,333 --> 01:49:42,366 He had a fabulous movie career. 2322 01:49:42,366 --> 01:49:45,566 He has a likability factor of 10. 2323 01:49:45,566 --> 01:49:48,733 -I think he is remembered 2324 01:49:48,733 --> 01:49:54,466 and will be remembered as a multitalented performer 2325 01:49:54,466 --> 01:49:56,000 whom I -- 2326 01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:57,900 you would like to know. 2327 01:49:57,900 --> 01:50:01,400 ♪♪ 2328 01:50:01,400 --> 01:50:03,700 -A nice guy all around. 2329 01:50:03,700 --> 01:50:06,966 The characters he played were nice guys, 2330 01:50:06,966 --> 01:50:10,900 and he happened to be one of the nicest of them all. 2331 01:50:10,900 --> 01:50:15,300 -Dick so purely represented a kind of performing 2332 01:50:15,300 --> 01:50:19,266 and put out a personality that has no expiration date. 2333 01:50:19,266 --> 01:50:21,266 There's an essence there. 2334 01:50:21,266 --> 01:50:24,166 He represents a whole kind of comedy 2335 01:50:24,166 --> 01:50:25,966 and also a way of being 2336 01:50:25,966 --> 01:50:28,266 that I think is never gonna go out of style. 2337 01:50:28,266 --> 01:50:32,766 ♪♪ 2338 01:50:32,766 --> 01:50:35,000 -[Voice breaking] Now you -- you hit a nerve. 2339 01:50:36,366 --> 01:50:38,000 He'll never be "gone" 2340 01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:42,066 because Dick Van Dyke's legacy, 2341 01:50:42,066 --> 01:50:44,766 it's infinite... 2342 01:50:44,766 --> 01:50:50,700 because he's touched generations in so many ways. 2343 01:50:52,533 --> 01:50:54,566 -I think he's eternal. 2344 01:50:54,566 --> 01:50:57,366 I think he's -- You're never gonna forget him. 2345 01:50:57,366 --> 01:51:00,933 ♪♪ 2346 01:51:00,933 --> 01:51:04,633 -To me, it's like he has spread so much joy, 2347 01:51:04,633 --> 01:51:07,366 happiness, and laughter 2348 01:51:07,366 --> 01:51:10,600 and done it in such an elegant way. 2349 01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:13,600 ♪♪ 2350 01:51:13,600 --> 01:51:16,533 -I think in a generation of people 2351 01:51:16,533 --> 01:51:19,700 that are kind of drifting a bit and floundering a bit 2352 01:51:19,700 --> 01:51:23,800 and, uh, seem to be losing their faith in humanity, 2353 01:51:23,800 --> 01:51:27,166 we should all go back and watch those reruns, 2354 01:51:27,166 --> 01:51:29,000 and we should watch his movies 2355 01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:31,066 because not only are you gonna be blinded 2356 01:51:31,066 --> 01:51:33,100 by an immense talent, 2357 01:51:33,100 --> 01:51:35,766 but you're gonna see a person on that screen... 2358 01:51:35,766 --> 01:51:38,800 [Voice breaking] ...that's not just a good man on screen. 2359 01:51:38,800 --> 01:51:40,200 [ Chuckles ] 2360 01:51:42,100 --> 01:51:43,766 He's a good man. 2361 01:51:43,766 --> 01:51:53,133 ♪♪ 2362 01:51:55,733 --> 01:51:59,800 -Dick, may I say happy, happy 100th birthday. 2363 01:51:59,800 --> 01:52:02,300 -I can't tell you how thrilled I am 2364 01:52:02,300 --> 01:52:05,000 and honored to wish you a hundredth birthday. 2365 01:52:05,000 --> 01:52:08,033 -I love you, Dick! This is amazing! 2366 01:52:08,033 --> 01:52:09,700 A century? What?! 2367 01:52:09,700 --> 01:52:14,100 -♪ Happy one hundredth, dear Dick ♪ 2368 01:52:14,100 --> 01:52:18,266 ♪ Happy one hundredth to you ♪ 2369 01:52:18,266 --> 01:52:21,000 -Don't go anywhere, darling. Love you massively. 2370 01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:22,966 And I'll see you behind the frozen peas. 2371 01:52:22,966 --> 01:52:28,166 -I want to wish you a very, very happy birthday. 2372 01:52:28,166 --> 01:52:31,100 -You have always been a hero of mine comedically, 2373 01:52:31,100 --> 01:52:33,366 so here's to you. 2374 01:52:33,366 --> 01:52:36,266 -I send you much love and appreciation. 2375 01:52:36,266 --> 01:52:38,866 -With all my heart, I wish you 2376 01:52:38,866 --> 01:52:41,600 the happiest of birthdays. 2377 01:52:41,600 --> 01:52:44,100 -Dick, love you. 2378 01:52:44,100 --> 01:52:46,766 -[Voice breaking] Happy birthday. I love you.