Everyone In Denny’s Freezes When Dick Van Dyke Starts Belting ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’

[FrodosPet]

Everyone In Denny’s Freezes When Dick Van Dyke Starts Belting ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’

http://www.littlethings.com/dick-van-dyke-chitty-chitty-bang-bang

There are some faces in Hollywood that bring on such a sense of nostalgia that it almost feels like you’ve stepped into a time machine.

Whether you recognize this face from your favorite childhood movie, or they sing a song you’ve known all your life, there’s just something about them that you feel deep in your heart.

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Dick Van Dyke is undeniably one of these faces.

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So when Van Dyke sat down to breakfast at a Santa Monica, CA, Denny’s and treated everyone in the restaurant with an incredibly sweet version of this song, the crowd was understandably enthralled.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. DIck van Dyke is the best

He's so young at heart. Just look at that sparkle in his eye!!

[angrychair]

2. A True Master

Love watching everything he has ever done.

[OriginalGeek]

3. I would have paid a lot of money to be there when he did that

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is one of the earliest movies I remember seeing at a theater. Even though it scared me some then lol. It's always been a favorite and DvD is one of my favorite actors.

[stopbush]

4. How the hell did Dick van Dyke live to be 90 eating at Denny's?

[FrodosPet]

10. By not eating there very often?

I would think that being stressed out by eating healthy, but unenjoyable food is a lot worse for people than eating an occasional Grand Slam.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. How the hell did he live to 90 falling over that Ottoman....

.....about a thousand times a week for 50 years????

[redwitch]

21. And now the theme music for Mary Tyler Moore is in my head!

Loved that show!

[nikto]

22. He didn't fall EVERY time ...

[Staph]

5. I love and adore Dick Van Dyke!

But I've never been able to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in same way, since I read the review by fashion bloggers Tom and Lorenzo -- http://tomandlorenzo.com/2014/12/musical-monday-chitty-chitty-bang-bang/

Read it, and then read some of their other Musical Monday reviews. The gentlemen are gems!

[FrodosPet]

35. That article gave me a new appreciation for the movie

And it makes me wonder if I should advice my peeps that maybe their daughter should not be watching.

But she already has seen it, and loves it.

[flying rabbit]

39. Who knew?

Funny stuff!

[Stellar]

6. I've always loved Dick Van Dyke! Always...

[nikto]

23. He's getting some pretty good backup singing there, as well

[FrodosPet]

24. Obligatory Dustbowl Revival video

[FrodosPet]

25. Obligatory DvD stumps for Bernie videos

[PatSeg]

7. Dick Van Dyke eats at Denny's???

That was very cool. We've been watching Mary Poppins over and over again. My 20 month old twin grandsons just love Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews.

[CrispyQ]

8. I loved that movie!

Second to The Parent Trap with Maureen O'Hara & Brian Keith.

[PatSeg]

9. About six months ago

I played some YouTube clips from Mary Poppins and the boys were mesmerized by them. So I bought the video and they love it, even parts that you'd think would be boring to a baby. I think Van Dyke's personality just captivates them, as well as Julie Andrews.

I loved The Parent Trap too. Didn't care for the remake though.

[CrispyQ]

11. Haley Mills was so cute!

I was sure I had a secret twin sister after that movie. Drove my mother crazy for a few months.

[PatSeg]

16. I think a lot of people believed the same thing!

I loved Haley Mills in pretty much every movie she was in.

[likesmountains 52]

42. Your comment makes me want to see "Tiger Bay" again.

I loved that movie when I was a kid.

[PatSeg]

43. I think that is one

that I never saw. Maybe it is time for a Haley Mills marathon. She was such an extraordinary child actor, which I suppose could be genetic.

[likesmountains 52]

47. It is a drama, and she is very good in it.

[hunter]

17. My grandma took me and my brother to see Mary Poppins the year my sister was born.

It's the first movie I clearly remember seeing in an actual movie theater.

I remember reading the Marquee too.

From all I've heard Dick Van Dyke is a sweetheart.

[PatSeg]

32. That is the impression I get

about Dick Van Dyke, very good-natured and down-to-earth. He said Mary Poppins was the one project he was most proud of, though he thought another actor (can't remember his name) would have been better in the role. Evidently humble as well.

[japple]

12. Absolutely wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing. When this song/movie first

came out back in the 60s, I named a siamese kitten, given to me by my boyfriend, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. HE was a beautiful kitty.

[Sophiegirl]

13. So happy!!

There was a video. He is a most beloved national treasure!!

[saidsimplesimon]

14. Mr. Van Dyke is on my list

of greats. There is a reason some who had no desire for a long life keep on kicking it out of the park.

[book_worm]

18. I Love that man

[allan01]

19. this

dang. from this to the night at the museum series . wow .

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. I'm upset he felt the need to impose his Chitty Chitty Bang Bang choices on others.

Why did he feel the need to steal the glory of the moment when people were savoring their Moons Over My Hammy?

What a self centered asshole, only thinking of himself like that!

[bluedye33139]

26. He comes from a more Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang-centric era

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Well I don't care.

There were people in that Denny's who paid $4.99 for their meal.

$4.99--are they out of their mind?

And the answer is: No. They are not out of their mind. They are brilliant and ought to be commended for their own value breakfast savvyness.

People were getting a pancake, eggs, bacon and toast at a low, low price. That should have been the highlight of their morning. Instead, that Dick Van Dyke had to waltz into the restaurant and start singing the songs from some movie that he played in, and we're all supposed to think it's charming and wonderful?

Way to piss on people's Grand Slams, Dick.

[Skeeter Barnes]

30. That was their one chance to enjoy breakfast and he shat all over it!

[OriginalGeek]

33. Well

The silver dollar pancake winner enjoyed it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. You win the parody. Nt

[LWolf]

27. He is a beloved icon

in my life, and Bert is my favorite character that he played.

I ran into him in public back in the 90s. We were walking towards each other on a boardwalk at a shore, and he saw my face light up when I recognized him. I stopped to let him by; it was narrow. He grinned and winked as he passed.

[Ilsa]

28. He's 90 because he sings and dances.

As the credits roll to Night At the Museum, DVD, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs do a little dance routine with their mops. Dick was the best, really cool, slick moves.

[Wednesdays]

31. I love Dick Van Dyke

but "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was a turkey of a movie and a box office bomb, and the song was meh. I would have loved to hear him sing "Chim Chim Cher-ee" instead.

[FrodosPet]

36. Maybe it's a performance rights thing?

Or maybe he has a better residuals deal from C-C-B-B than Mary Poppins, so he is trying to popularize it?

In any case, I think DvD is one of the most awesome people on Earth.

[CBGLuthier]

44. Nahh, he was the star of Chitty, Chitty. As Burt he is just the fellow that kept Mary Poppin.

I loved him in the movie The Comic (directed by Carl Reiner) where he plays a silent star who was a real bit of an asshole.

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

34. K&R

[B Calm]

38. Dick came home to Danville, Illinois a few weeks ago. He drove the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Car.

[TonyPDX]

40. No one "goes" to Dennys. You wind up at Dennys.

[johnp3907]

46. So true!

[Blue Idaho]

41. This sure brings a smile to my face!

I love Dick and he reminds me so much of my dad it's not funny.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

45. <3

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