Dick Van Dyke, who turns 99 subsequent month, is aware of that getting old is a present. Not solely as a result of he’s had almost a century of experiences, but additionally as a result of he doesn’t assume he’ll should witness a lot of Donald Trump’s second time period in workplace.
As a result of he’ll be useless.
The legendary Mary Poppins actor could be seen strolling via a parking storage with spouse Arlene Silver in a short paparazzi video taken Tuesday and published by the Daily Mail. The individual wielding the digital camera asks Van Dyke, coming into his automotive, whether or not he thought the president-elect would make good on his promise to “make America nice once more,” and Van Dyke had a darkish—and completely brutal—reply.
“Happily, I received’t be round to expertise the 4 years,” he mentioned. And it…didn’t sound like he meant he was happening a trip.
The cameraperson additionally requested whether or not he thought the “future appeared vibrant” underneath a Trump administration.
“I hope you’re proper!” he mentioned. Unstated: Bless your coronary heart and good luck.
Nothing like a presidential election to make a treasure of traditional leisure seem to relish the considered his personal demise.
Final Monday, the day earlier than Election Day, Van Dyke shared a YouTube video through which he lent his help to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, by the use of studying a speech written for him by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. He initially learn the piece in 1964, at an occasion the place he shared the stage with Martin Luther King Jr.
“I used to sing and dance and fall down quite a bit, really,” he mentioned to introduce himself within the video. The speech’s thesis? “Hatred isn’t the norm.”
“To those that inform us the inequality of the human animal is a essential evil, we should reply by merely saying that first, it’s evil, however not essential,” Van Dyke learn.
He closed by reflecting on the 50 years which have handed since he first learn the piece onstage, saying, “Lots’s occurred. Not a lot as Martin Luther dreamed of, however it’s a begin. Thanks, God bless.”
