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Best Music Original Song | 1969 | Robert B.
Musical | 1970
Budget 10,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,500,445 USD
Lionel Jeffries played Dick Van Dyke's father, despite the fact that Dick Van Dyke is actually six months older than Jeffries.
The musical number 'Toy dance' involved having Dick Van Dyke on a two metre long piece of string and having puppet artists pull him around.
Dick Van Dyke, who was smoking up to 40 cigarettes a day, found the dance numbers very demanding.
In his book "Keep Moving", Dick Van Dyke mentioned during the "Toot Sweets" segment, at 40 years old, he never bothered to warm up before a dance number. During filming, he felt something pop in his leg. He thought he had merely pulled a muscle, but soon after he couldn't walk without limping. He went to a doctor, who told him his whole body was full of arthritis, and within five years he wouldn't be able to get around at all without a cane or a wheelchair. Van Dyke responded to this prognosis by jumping up and dancing, which astounded the doctor. Almost 50 years later, in his brief role as Mr. Dawes Jr. in Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 92-year-old Van Dyke danced without any assistance.
In an interview in October 1967, Dick Van Dyke revealed he only accepted the lead role on the condition that he would not have to attempt a British accent.
"Caracticus Potts: How was India? Grandpa: India? I'll tell you something. I got up this morning and I shot an elephant in my pajamas. Caracticus Potts, Grandpa, Jemima, Jeremy: How he ever got in my pajamas, I shall never know. Grandpa: You've heard it before. [they all laugh]"
"Jemima: He's awful! Jeremy: He's terrible! Caracticus Potts: Not only that, he isn't even nice."
