Speaking of Dick Van Dyke! The MGM Limited Collectors Edition project puts out DVDs of movies that (someone there thinks) won't command the kind of audience necessary for a full-out, fancy release. As I understand it, these are simple releases where they don't do much, if any, restoration on the prints and there are no special features. They're about to do one of those for Cold Turkey, a 1971 comedy starring Mr. Van Dyke, Bob Newhart and an awful lot of folks who later turned up on Norman Lear sitcoms. Mr. Lear wrote and directed.
It's a fun film, mostly because of the casting. Bob and Ray are in it. (Don't miss the link to that article I posted earlier about Bob.) Vincent Gardenia and Barnard Hughes are in it. There's a funny old lady who says naughty words whose voice was dubbed by June Foray. The one thing I don't like about it is that the ending makes a silly premise sillier but it's still worth watching and now you'll be able to watch it on your own DVD player. Here's a link to pre-order a copy…and while you're there, it's an easy link to check out some of the other offerings in this line. And remember: Big clocks are never wrong.