Grand Old Hollywood Statesman Endorses Kamala Harris In Moving Video
Source: Huff Post
Nov 5, 2024, 07:53 AM EST
Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke wasnt about to sweep the election under the rug ― or rather down the chimney. (Watch the video below.) The 98-year-old actor on Monday endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by harkening back to a civil rights speech he gave at an event with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964.
VOTE!!! @KamalaHarris @VP @KamalaHQ, the actor tagged the vice president in the overline on X and Instagram while introducing the video. Hi, Im Dick Van Dyke. You may remember I used to sing and dance and fall down a lot, he said, referring to his tumble over an ottoman in the Dick Van Dyke Show intro.
The still-spry Van Dyke said he came upon a copy of the speech he gave on May 31, 1964, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The words were written by The Twilight Zone creator and host Rod Serling. I think it means as much today if not more than it did then, so if you dont mind, Id like to read it, Van Dyke said.
Hatred is not the norm, he read. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating ― none of those are the transcendent facets of the human personality. Theyre diseases. They are the cancers of the soul. They are the infectious and contagious viruses that have been bleeding humanity for years. And because they have been and because they are, is it necessary that they shall be? I think not.
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D. Spaulding
(26 posts)Dick Van Dyke is a treasure. One of the first people I can remember ever watching, back on a black and white TV. He's been entertaining us forever. God bless him. He always seemed like he has such a good soul.
duncang
(3,655 posts)As someone who grew up watching him in black and white
lark
(24,203 posts)wolfie001
(3,701 posts)55 years later or so! (reruns).
ananda
(30,842 posts)Thank you
Aviation Pro
(13,489 posts)Good on him and all the old heads who have the strength and will to be part of guiding our nation back from the brink.
KS Toronado
(19,613 posts)wolfie001
(3,701 posts)After hearing about all those "Blue Zone" scams. All over the world. Shocking stuff.
BComplex
(9,113 posts)But like any form of bigotry, it's probably not going away any time soon.
Dick Van Dyke is amazing!
twodogsbarking
(12,230 posts)blogslug
(38,662 posts)Just beautiful ❤️
ificandream
(10,550 posts)Joinfortmill
(16,505 posts)mamacita75
(118 posts)decent and honorable man he is! So many childhood memories of his work!
mountain grammy
(27,313 posts)Erda
(166 posts)And how I thank him and love him!
Fla Dem
(25,740 posts)SpankMe
(3,261 posts)I want to know what he eats.
Ramsey Barner
(669 posts)markie
(22,928 posts)Martin68
(24,625 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 7, 2024, 11:54 AM - Edit history (1)
1950s and 60s.
LudwigPastorius
(10,886 posts)calimary
(84,408 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,349 posts)Ushering in the new era of compassion.
Upthevibe
(9,152 posts)How wonderful!
Thank you so much for posting. I ADORE Dick Van Dyke. I still watch the old show on a regular basis.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,800 posts)dchill
(40,534 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,442 posts)Greybnk48
(10,402 posts)and have since I was very young (13 years old when The Dick Van Dyke Show came on, 15 when he gave the world Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews).
muriel_volestrangler
(102,549 posts)And with a speechwriter like Rod Serling - what a bonus!
Glad to see Dick is still well and happy.