{"id":1619,"date":"2023-10-04T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/dick-van-dyke-gets-a-mary-poppins-serenade-at-disneyland-shares-behind-the-scenes-story-about-julie-andrews\/04\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T13:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:38:25","slug":"dick-van-dyke-gets-a-mary-poppins-serenade-at-disneyland-shares-behind-the-scenes-story-about-julie-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/dick-van-dyke-gets-a-mary-poppins-serenade-at-disneyland-shares-behind-the-scenes-story-about-julie-andrews\/04\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Van Dyke Gets a &#8216;Mary Poppins&#8217; Serenade at Disneyland, Shares Behind-the-Scenes Story About Julie Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/latest\/people\/dick-van-dyke\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dick Van Dyke<\/a><span> enjoyed a sweet moment of nostalgia on Monday as he shared a Disneyland day with his wife, Arlene Silver. The 97-year-old acting legend was serenaded by the Dapper Dans barbershop quartet with a performance of the <\/span><em><span>Mary Poppins<\/span><\/em><span> classic, &#8220;Jolly Holiday,&#8221; on Main Street U.S.A. at the Happiest Place on Earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Van Dyke famously played the beloved chimney sweep, Bert, in the film opposite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/julie-andrews\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Andrews<\/a><span>&#8216; titular nanny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a video shared on social media, Van Dyke can be seen wearing a pale blue sweater as he sits in a wheelchair to happily take in the performance. At the end of the clip, he shares a candid behind-the-scenes story from the 1964 film with the singers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Noting that he recorded the song nearly 60 years ago, Van Dyke adds: &#8220;You know, Julie sang, like, a little sharp, on top of the note, and I just went crazy. I&#8217;m flat most of the time. I had such trouble staying with her. She was always just a little bit sharp.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In another video shared on social media, Van Dyke and Silver can be seen standing together and happily waving to fans from a balcony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The trip down memory lane came just one day after Andrews&#8217; 88th birthday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\">Mary Poppins, lobbycard, from left: Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, 1964. &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">LMPC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\">Dick Van Dyke speaks with ET at the red carpet premiere of &amp;#039;Mary Poppins Returns&amp;#039; in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, 2018 &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Rob Latour\/Variety\/Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Van Dyke appears to be all healed up\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dick-van-dyke-suffers-minor-injuries-in-car-crash-201379\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">after a March car crash<\/a><span> left him &#8220;sore all over&#8221; with minor injuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The airbags did not deploy so I just had a face plant right in the steering wheel and it just made me a little dumber,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dick-van-dyke-gives-update-on-his-condition-after-car-crash-im-sore-all-over-201630\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">he quipped<\/a><span> at the time of the accident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Keeping his signature sense of humor, Van Dyke added, &#8220;I\u2019m doing OK. I\u2019m 97, all my friends are dead.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before that, the comedy icon <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/the-masked-singer-season-9-kicks-off-with-a-shocking-unmasking-that-brings-judges-to-tears-199294\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">shocked audiences in February<\/a><span> with an appearance as &#8220;The Gnome&#8221; on the season 9 premiere of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/the-masked-singer\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Masked Singer<\/em><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Michael Becker\/Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>The performer beamed as he introduced himself to the crowd and the judges, and Nicole\u00a0Scherzinger couldn&#8217;t help but burst into tears at the reveal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I love you so much. We love you. The whole world loves you so much,&#8221; Scherzinger said, sobbing with tears of joy. &#8220;It&#8217;s an honor to have you on our show. Like, I can&#8217;t &#8212; I can&#8217;t believe you&#8217;re here! I gotta&#8211; I&#8217;m trying to play it cool, but&#8211; and you look so gorgeous! You look so handsome!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You are one of the reasons why I got into comedy,&#8221; Ken Jeong added in awe. &#8220;You are comedy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You&#8217;re our childhood,&#8221; Scherzinger added, still crying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the unmasking, the\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Mary Poppins<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0star bid farewell with a performance of\u00a0&#8220;Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious&#8221; and showed off his dance moves to the amazement of everyone in the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>See the moment in the video below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dick-van-dyke-gets-a-mary-poppins-serenade-at-disneyland-shares-behind-the-scenes-story-about-julie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick Van Dyke enjoyed a sweet moment of nostalgia on Monday as he shared a Disneyland day with his wife, Arlene Silver.<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/dick-van-dyke-gets-a-mary-poppins-serenade-at-disneyland-shares-behind-the-scenes-story-about-julie-andrews\/04\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}