Dick Van Dyke turns 100 and looks back at his iconic career

You know, I played old men a lot. And I always played them as angry and cantankerous. It's not really that way. I don't know any other 100-year-old, but I can speak for myself. The beloved Dick Van Dyke, relaxing at his Malibu home with his wife Arlene Silver as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday on Saturday. He's sharp, funny, a little hard of hearing, and every bit the charmer, with his new book, 100 Rules for Living to 100. I wanted to pass down some of my wisdom to the younger generations. Doing just that on screen. Chim chiminey, chim chim chiree A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be Dick Van Dyke would win the hearts of kids and adults from the 1960s through today, starring with Julie Andrews in The Timeless Mary Poppins. It's a jolly holiday with Mary Got his own start as a child in a Midwest Christmas pageant 95 years ago. I was probably 5. I'm not kidding. I was the baby Jesus. I was probably 4 or 5 years old. I made some kind of crack. I don't know what I said, but it broke the congregation up. And I like the sound of that laughter. You'd keep him laughing, winning a Tony on Broadway for Bye Bye Birdie. Put on a happy face. Earning Emmys for The Dick Van Dyke Show with Mary Tyler Moore. I was too deluded, like most alcoholics are, to be able to understand what was wrong with me. You were one of the first performers to publicly come out and talk about your issues with alcohol. You slowly turn into an angry drinker for no reason whatsoever. There was a lot of response from people who were having drinking problems and people who said thank you for bringing it out into the sunlight. Dick, what's hard about being 100 years old? I miss movement. I've got one game leg from I don't know what. And dance, I still try to dance, but not movement. He remains full of life amid decades of accolades. There's his barbershop quartet, The Vantastics. She's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Not even that word can sum up what his wife Arlene has meant to him. She kept me young. She gives me energy, she gives me humor, and all kinds of support. It's like a privilege and an honor to take care of him and make him happy and I'm not gonna cry. He's just in people's hearts and they're the fabric of people's lives. You've got all my... His 100-year-old heart still beating with the joy of a born performer. The funniest thing is, it's not enough. 100 years is not enough. You want to live more, which I plan to. His book, 100 Rules for Living to 100, in stores now. Ask what he'd like to do next. The nicest guy in show business telling us he wants to play a villain. Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. I think I could do a very funny Scrooge, Dick says. Best to his family and happy 100th birthday and many more to a great one. Guys? He sure is a great one, isn't he? I could see him as Scrooge, though. I could see him do that. Sign him up! I think so, I think so. Part of my childhood, him walking in the door and tripping over the ottoman. We light up when we see that.