I love how ahead of the time Dick Van Dyke, was speaking about that so informatively, cohesively, real and looking at it as a disease and talking about the stigma of how people had, have about the subject. Him making the difference of the many ways of being an alcoholic, instead of the old stumbling drunks cliches people had then. Essentially he was a functioning alcoholic before the term was coined and he explained it perfectly. I love how Dick Cavett always listened, and asked the right questions, interesting questions The level of the all around awareness is so refreshing ❤🙏🏾
He is talking about how alcoholism is an addiction & a disease, I live in a part of the country where people think that drug addicts & houseless people have a problem with their moral character (its messed up). This was in the 70s that he is talking about alcoholism and drugs as a health issue. We *still* do not have people in churches (pastors) & social workers who agree with that!
This is a really great video, the sort of thing that could be used as an educational tool, this not some boring lecturer telling people what's what, but an interesting person who has been there, and knows. Interestingly when he was in the Columbo film Negative Reaction, he has a line refering to alcohol where he says, "I'd offer you something, but I don't drink", i'm sure that is a reference to him in real life, a slight 4th wall thing.
Absolutely insane that Dick Van Dyke is here in the 70s with a white beard and gray hair on the Dick Cavett show and they're both still alive??? That's crazy.
I’m not sure what you mean, but Dick Van Dyke was only forty-eight when this show was aired. Beards typically start going gray much earlier than hair on the top of the head. The young are not often aware of this because not all men (and no women) have beards, and there’s a strong temptation among those that do to shave their beards off when they start going white. Anyway, Dick Cavett was thirty-seven when this show was aired. Neither Dick was old. They’re both old now, of course, and both have lived well past average life expectancy (especially Van Dyke), but not to the extent that it’s all that remarkable. My mother lived until she was ninety-seven (at home, still sharp, and still working at what she did), and she drank and smoked heavily almost all of her life.
I love how ahead of the time Dick Van Dyke, was speaking about that so informatively, cohesively, real and looking at it as a disease and talking about the stigma of how people had, have about the subject. Him making the difference of the many ways of being an alcoholic, instead of the old stumbling drunks cliches people had then. Essentially he was a functioning alcoholic before the term was coined and he explained it perfectly. I love how Dick Cavett always listened, and asked the right questions, interesting questions
The level of the all around awareness is so refreshing ❤🙏🏾
Hope Dick is enjoying life at 97, to the fullest
Such a brave person to put words on this❤ you got it Dick
This has helped me get sober. Thanks
Great interview
Thankful for all the work that’s been done on alcoholism and mental health. It’s not just physical, it is very much connected to your brain
Dick VanDyke ❤
Sobering interview..
He is talking about how alcoholism is an addiction & a disease, I live in a part of the country where people think that drug addicts & houseless people have a problem with their moral character (its messed up).
This was in the 70s that he is talking about alcoholism and drugs as a health issue.
We *still* do not have people in churches (pastors) & social workers who agree with that!
This is a really great video, the sort of thing that could be used as an educational tool, this not some boring lecturer telling people what's what, but an interesting person who has been there, and knows.
Interestingly when he was in the Columbo film Negative Reaction, he has a line refering to alcohol where he says, "I'd offer you something, but I don't drink", i'm sure that is a reference to him in real life, a slight 4th wall thing.
Absolutely insane that Dick Van Dyke is here in the 70s with a white beard and gray hair on the Dick Cavett show and they're both still alive??? That's crazy.
I’m not sure what you mean, but Dick Van Dyke was only forty-eight when this show was aired. Beards typically start going gray much earlier than hair on the top of the head. The young are not often aware of this because not all men (and no women) have beards, and there’s a strong temptation among those that do to shave their beards off when they start going white. Anyway, Dick Cavett was thirty-seven when this show was aired. Neither Dick was old. They’re both old now, of course, and both have lived well past average life expectancy (especially Van Dyke), but not to the extent that it’s all that remarkable. My mother lived until she was ninety-seven (at home, still sharp, and still working at what she did), and she drank and smoked heavily almost all of her life.
Maybe it was Mary Poppins, but I always loved this guy
Great interview. Is there even a TV show on today that would have such an interview? Maybe Drew Barrymore?
Dick reminds so much of the CPM developer Gary kildall
“Ever time you get drunk, you lose 10,000 brain cells” Wow!
Which year was this..
If he had lived to 68, like many back then, he would of died 30 yrs ago. Point being 30 yrs is a long time.
What?
What does “would of” mean?
I was drunk when I wright the post, but I leave its as a reminder.@@jeffryphillipsburns
Gary Null, who counseled thousands of people and celebrities for free said calling yourself a alcoholic is stupid.