Dick Van Dyke Rescued From Burning Vehicle

[zappaman]

Source: LA List/TMZ

Actor Dick Van Dyke was pulled from a burning car earlier today, after his Jaguar burst into flames on the 101 Freeway in Calabasas. The LA Times reports that the incident happened at about 2:00 p.m., and that Van Dyke wasn't hurt.

According to TMZ, the actor was rescued by a guy named Jason Pennington, who saw the car on fire on the side of the road and rushed over to help. He allegedly spotted Van Dyke hunched over the steering wheel and yanked him out.

Van Dyke was reportedly disoriented but OK. The accident, the cause of which isn't clear, caused two eastbound lanes of the freeway to be shut down.

Dick's wife, Arlene Van Dyke, came to pick him up, and also had the wherewithall to take a Vine of the scene.

http://laist.com/2013/08/19/dick_van_dyke_rescued_from_burning.php

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[Duer 157099]

1. Zimmerman again?

Please tell me no.

Whew, ok.

[billh58]

2. I'm glad that

Dick Van Dyke is okay, but that right there is funny...

[trusty elf]

30. .........

[IMG][/IMG]

[mike_c]

3. I'm just not keeping up these days....

What is a "Vine of the scene?"

[DJ13]

5. A photo app for twitter

At least the "vine" on the link leads to a photo of the wreck.

[mike_c]

9. ah-- thanks!

eom

[DJ13]

4. First he got rescued while surfing a couple of years back

Now he gets pulled out of a burning car?

That guy lives a charmed life!

[BuelahWitch]

24. "A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be!"

[peacebird]

26. Well played! Well played!

And thanks for the memory, always loved him in that role!

[Freddie]

6. He seems in good health but he is 87

That's how old my Dad was when we gently took his car keys away, after a series of little fenderbenders.

[kentauros]

17. I can understand about some older drivers needing to relinquish the keys,

but how does "car on fire" equate with a fender-bender? Automotive mechanical failures can happen at any age

[silvershadow]

31. I would say the poster was equating a slumped over driver of a car on fire being similar.

And in this instance, I would say correctly so.

[mockmonkey]

21. He was having some health issues for awhile

It turns out it was his dental implants that were the problem.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. He's 87 and still driving.

I'm glad he's okay - he's a national treasure!

[CTyankee]

33. well, when (if) I'm that age I will long ago have checked in to Assisted Living!

I had to move my mother into AL when she was 90. She had given up driving at 82 when she put her car into reverse instead of drive and banged into a tree. The crash injured her sister. Mother was so horrified she gave up driving...my brother drove her everywhere until he had a stroke. So she had to have a safe place to live. Her AL home was very nice and she was well cared for during the years leading up to her death. I was impressed with their professionalism and kindness...

[Socal31]

8. As someone who recently purchased a UK sourced vehicle....

His Jaguar bursting into flames is not helping me feel better about the stereotype!

[kentauros]

18. Did you get a Reliant Robin?

They're good cars, so long as you don't make any turns:

[Socal31]

19. That is the one!

Thank you for calming my nerves.

[kentauros]

23. Your nerves will be calm

because there will always be friendly and famous people around to flip your car upright again

[Kolesar]

32. Wheel flop! That's why three wheeled ATVs were outlawed

I saw on Sixty Minutes how someone could flip an ATV by lifting the handlebar. The ATV was sideways on a slight slope.

Those three wheeled motorcycles and motorcycles with a side car are deathtraps, too.

[Turbineguy]

10. Hmmm.......

is Jaguar still using Lucas?

[yellowcanine]

14. That was my thought. Lucas electronics strikes again.

Then again, Ford owned Jaguar for a while and some Ford vehicles had problems with ignitions bursting into flame.

[Deep13]

11. If it was this car, it is a wonder he wasn't killed.

[zappaman]

13. Ha!

Well played!

[msanthrope]

15. That was good....nt

[marble falls]

12. "Oooohhhh Rooooooob....."

[msanthrope]

16. I bet it had something to do with his claiming the Zodiac kills for himself.....

Dick Van Dyke Finally Confesses To Zodiac Killings

News • Breaking • celebrities • crime • News • ISSUE 49•31 • Jul 31, 2013


The beloved TV and film veteran says he enjoyed the Lake Berryessa murder the most.

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MALIBU, CA—Saying he had wanted to talk about the subject for years but feared it would damage his career, beloved entertainer Dick Van Dyke confessed Wednesday to being the infamous Zodiac Killer, the serial murderer who terrorized Northern California more than four decades ago.

The 87-year-old actor, singer, comedian, and dancer, best known for his pioneering TV career and roles in films like Mary Poppins and Bye Bye Birdie, spoke at length with reporters about the ghoulish Bay Area execution-style murders, marveling at the fact that he was never caught.

“I am the Zodiac,” said Van Dyke, using the pseudonym of the man who claimed to have killed 37 people and once dared authorities to find him as he continued to “collect slaves for the afterlife.” “The murders, the taunting calls to the police, the letters, the cryptograms sent to local newspapers—that was all me. I just assumed someone would put the pieces together at some point, but I never got credit for any of it.”

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“There was brief time when I thought Julie Andrews was on to me,” Van Dyke said as he recalled the filming of Mary Poppins, which reportedly coincided with his earliest murders. “One time she found me in my dressing room caked in sweat and muttering to myself about the thrill of hunting humans, and I could tell it made her uncomfortable. I’ve got to hand it to her, though—right after that she went out there and nailed ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ in one take.”

“But that’s the kind of professional Julie was,” he continued. “She never let stuff like that affect her performance.”


http://www.theonion.com/articles/dick-van-dyke-finally-confesses-to-zodiac-killings,33318/

[burnodo]

20. beat me to it

[msanthrope]

22. I figured it was better than a Michael Hastings joke....nt

[Politicalboi]

27. Well he did kill his wife on Columbo

And he almost got away with it too, had he just picked up a different camera. I remember he used to have a Kodak camera back in the day. Before the new ones that have the picture develop right in front of your eyes. Amazing.

[msanthrope]

28. "Oh, there's just one more thing...."

I think I saw that episode with my grandmother, back in the Ice Age....

[BuelahWitch]

25. So glad he's ok n/t

[mucifer]

29. Great interview with him by Marc Maron it's more than an hour long

and very interesting :

http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_370_-_dick_van_dyke

Glad to hear he is ok!

[Drum]

34. Stop, Drop, and Roll -- Mr. Van Dyke original PSA on fire safety, circa 1977

[christx30]

35. Doctors describe his condition as

stablecalifragileisticexpialidocious. They expect to upgrade him to Super by week's end.

[Wilms]

36. That is very good news.

What I had feared was really quite atrocious.

[gopiscrap]

37. Isn't Dick Van Dyke too old to drive!

[yurbud]

38. One word: Toyota

I'm sure the Brits make many reliable products, but not cars.