And speaking of old guys who are beloved: A few months ago, I saw Jerry Van Dyke and Dick Van Dyke in a production of The Sunshine Boys. Strictly as theater, you could quibble with some changes they made in the play and with the absence of a certain Jewish sensibility. But not one person in the place cared. We all had a grand time because it was Jerry Van Dyke and Dick Van Dyke. They could have just stood there and coughed for two hours and they'd still have gotten a standing o at the end.
They're taking the show to Texas for not very many performances in early September. Here's a little 90 second promo that is kinda interesting because of the relationship in it…and because though the big selling point is that it's Jerry Van Dyke and Dick Van Dyke, no one ever bothers to say those names…
