Computer Animator and Amiga fanatic Dick Van Dyke turns 100

10•ggm•1h ago

Here's a video from 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1J9kfDCAmU

It's his 100th birthday today.

Comments

sgt•1h ago

Such a legend! I bet he still has his Amiga somewhere in his Hollywood hills mansion.

ggm•1h ago

For Mary Poppins, Disney used the sodium vapour process to get monochromatic light into a narrow channel for matte from a light splitting prism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_vapor_process

It's charming. I'm sure digital post offers many advantages. Van Dyke might be one of a few who has done both.

simon_void•6m ago

a Corridor Crew YouTube video describing/recreating that sodium vapour process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk

wuhhh•29m ago

Wow I had no idea, what a cool guy! Loved Mary Poppins as a kid, his British accent though… xD

gsf_emergency_6•5m ago

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