Dick Van Dyke News

"The 2,000 Year Old Man" is one of those acts that have influenced a whole generation of comedians, whether they know it or not.

At the curtain call on the opening night of "Mary Poppins" at the Ahmanson on Nov.

Movie "Mary Poppins" Julie Andrews proved herself in this 1964 film, which received 13 Academy Award nominations , as did the Walt Disney studios, which were much better known for their animated features.

Dick Van Dyke went to see the Mary Poppins show for the first time over the weekend.

Clicker, the search engine for TV shows on the Web that was announced a couple of months ago at TechCrunch50 , is now open to the public .

Beloved U.S. TV star John Stamos is to be honored with the 2,393rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Actor John Stamos attends The Cinema Society & Hugo Boss screening of 'Inglourious Basterds' at SVA Theater on August 17, 2009 in New York City.

MUSICAL extravaganza Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies into Hanley from Tuesday, November 17.

Ok, we can see the appeal of a Murder, She Wrote game for a few people out there.

The writings of a comic genius are back in book form By KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent Ask anyone who has ever been involved in the comedy world -- from Mel Brooks to Steve Martin to George Clooney -- and they'll tell you that Carl Reiner has one of the best comedic minds of all time.

MICHELLE Triola Marvin, whose landmark alimony-without-marriage court case against the Dirty Dozen actor Lee Marvin, her former boyfriend, helped lead to the concept of ''palimony'' settlements for unmarried partners, has died of lung cancer at home in Malibu.

Eccentric inventors were once the stuff of romantic comedy. Today they're the object of derision, anger and possible six-year jail sentences.

Forget Simon Cowell's put-downs - he's a pussycat compared with the heckling faced by the acts on Britain's Got Talent, 1903.

I don't think that Tim Burton's lavish remake is going to diminish the appeal of 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory , a charming, smartly realized film version of Roald Dahl's popular children's book.

In a rare moment of curiosity, a recent World Council of Churches visitor at a North Korean Potemkin-style government-run church in Pyongyang apparently asked why no children were present.

Seen on Broadway: It's damning a show with faint praise to say that it's somewhat better than its bad reviews, but the first-ever Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie is somewhat better than its bad reviews.

"Once upon a time's gotta count for something." - Zloz to Hank Ah, the old friend from back home trick.

I liked England better when it had flying cars and there were Rube Goldberg machines to help with breakfast.

Carl Reiner, the famed writer, producer, and actor, has recently released two books, a children's story and a novel.

If it wasn't for Carl Reiner's older brother Charlie, "Your Show of Shows" would have been missing one of its funniest regulars, there would be no "2,000 Year-Old Man" routines with Mel Brooks, and no classic sitcom series "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Seventy-one years ago, Reiner was working for $10 a week as a shipping clerk in the garment industry ...