He's aged remarkably, as has Ted Danson, who (along with his wife, Mary Steenburgen) interviewed DVD at his home awhile back. Definitely worth watching.
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I know Dick predates the media format by several decades, but seeing these initials was jarring. My brain kept insisting this sentence was trying to say something about an interview with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen on Digital Video Disc...
Fun fact: though Video has become accepted, DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Fun Fact: DVD originally was called Digital Video Disc and was changed shortly after because it began being used for other non-video purposes.
Source: I was there when DVD was first introduced to the market.
2nd source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=29
I looked into it further because I definitely remember them being introduced as Versatile; the name change happened in 1995 about a year and a half before the first DVDs were produced.
Well, today I learned!
He started looking like that about 50 years ago and basically just stopped ageing at that point. There is probably some decrepit portrait somewhere.
The existence of Dick Van Dyke implies the existence of Pussy Van Faggot, but y’all are not ready to have this conversation.
What a power couple they'd make
Imagine how long he'd live if he'd "taken better care of himself."
Here's the man himself handing out cash to people in line looking for work. Notice, he was still able to drive.
I want to be clear that I’m not complaining, because it’s a good thing to do and the world is better for it. It does strike me as extremely funny and age appropriate to give unemployed people $5 bills though.
Remember Betty White. People were already writing articles about her turning 100. They didn't get to post them.
It's really weird that people are focused on this.
I saw a few years ago that he goes to the gym somewhat regularly. Amazing at his age but probably what is keeping him alive. “A body in motion, stays in motion”, I’ve heard people say.
He’s such an awesome person all around. Here’s hoping he’ll get to experience the 100th anniversary of his show!
Many years ago I read, "What you do in middle age determines what you can do in old age."
Passing through middle-age, yeah, it's true. My diet and "sustainable" alcolism aside, I move, I can still move. At 54 I have zero back, knee, joint, whatever problems. Helps being non-fat. I think that's a major thing for younger people suffering pains.
He’s very spry. I went to an event honoring the Sherman brothers (composers for the Mary Poppins music) and I saw him pull some dance moves on stage as well as do a rap version of one of the songs. This was a few years ago so he must’ve been early 90s.
Don't tell that person who asked about how Steven Hawlking was still alive and he died a couple days later.
I didn't even know he was still alive lol
He should try fent