Talk:Dick Van Dyke

Semi-protected edit request on 5 June 2026

Under the heading “=== Health ===”

CHANGE:

I've made it to 99 in no small part because I have stubbornly refused to give into the bad stuff in life: failures and defeats, personal losses, loneliness and bitterness, the physical and emotional pains of ageing.

TO:

I've made it to 99 in no small part because I have stubbornly refused to give in to the bad stuff in life: failures and defeats, personal losses, loneliness and bitterness, the physical and emotional pains of ageing.

i.e., CHANGE:

to give into the bad stuff

TO:

to give in to the bad stuff

(A somewhat common grammatical error! The idiom here is “to give in to something,” and NOT “to give into something.” Signed, KKW) ~2026-33477-95 (talk) 13:43, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: I agree with you but unfortunately the source uses "into". LizardJr8 (talk) 14:33, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

I suggest, then, that you add “[sic]” after the word into. Otherwise, you are just perpetuating a grammatical error! — KKW ~2026-33477-95 (talk) 16:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 16:02, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Wrong Information

Dick Van Dyke actually got his start in television in the early 1950's at WLWA-TV, the Avco-owned television station in Atlanta, Georgia. By 1953, he had formed the Merry Mutes kids program with Phil Erickson at WAGA-TV, Atlanta. He then struck out on his own and THEN moved to WDSU-TV, New Orleans. Again... Dick Van Dyke did not start his local TV career in New Orleans. He was in Atlanta first. My source for this is "The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book" by Vince Waldron, published in 1994 ISBN 0-7868-8008-2. ~~douglassriverview~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-26082-99 (talk) 20:25, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out, @~2026-26082-99. I've requested the book from my library so I can correct the article. Schazjmd (talk) 20:55, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Typo in text

In this paragraph:

Van Dyke included his children and grandchildren in his TV shows. In addition to his son Barry Van Dyke, grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke, and other Van Dyke grandchildren and relatives also appeared in episodes of Diagnosis: Murder. Van Dyke has seven grandchildren. His son Christian was district attorney for Marion County, Oregon, in the 1980s[74] and prosecuted the I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield. In 1987, Van Dyke's granddaughter, Jessica Van Dyke, died from Reye syndrome,[75] which led him to do a series of public service announcements to raise public awareness of the danger of aspirin to children.[76]

There is a typo towards the end; should it say "which led him to do a series of public service announcements to raise public awareness of the danger of (giving) aspirin to children.[76]"? Rytcposm (talk) 12:12, 3 July 2026 (UTC)