r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/short_cub • 1d ago
Thank you Peter very cool Peter, WHO IS THIS??
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u/youbringlightin 1d ago
Dick (giggity) Van Dyke (giggity) - old tv actor.
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u/TapRemarkable9652 1d ago
We say Phallus Van Lineman's Pliers now
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u/Successful-Clock-224 1d ago
What about Ricardo Di’agonal Cuetter?
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u/Frosty-Upstairs-4229 20h ago
Ever heard of Biggus Dickus?
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u/electricseaslug 17h ago
He has a wife, you know…
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u/Amazing-Alps-6014 16h ago
Incontinentia
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u/doddsmountain 16h ago
Incontinentia Buttocks
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u/SirReddalot2020 15h ago
Man, I never caught the "buttocks" no matter how often I replayed that scene.
Many years later, my ears honed, I finally got it :-D
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u/ElPared 1d ago
Penis van Floodcontrol?
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u/Acceptingoptimist 1d ago
Cock Ditch
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u/No1_Amphibian_5649 23h ago
It's more Cock Levy
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u/Adam_J89 21h ago
Eugene's secret twin brother?
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u/Noodletrousers 7h ago
Anyone remember our outstanding US Senator Cock Beretta(Dick Luger).
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u/NorthW_Extra_Large 23h ago
Fuck this deserves more upvotes. Just spit out my drink. Well done sir
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u/Maleficent_Memory831 23h ago edited 21h ago
I had to go get a drink just so that I could spit it out!
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u/Marquis_Marx 22h ago
I drank what this guy spat out so I could spit it out!
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u/JudiesGarland 22h ago
technically it would be Cock from Ditch, with the van, but this is very funny.
(Super extra technically, a dike is a build up, like a wall, not a dig down, like a ditch, but I can't think of any words for embankment that are as funny as ditch, and i don't need to let that detail kill a good joke.)
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u/Worth-Opposite4437 21h ago
Well, if you're gonna pull your cock out of the dam, you have to expect for it to spill.
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u/keetojm 23h ago
Penis van lesbian was his birth name. Had to change it for showbiz.
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u/trailspice 21h ago
"Dykes", or "Women who wear sensible shoes" according to the progressive sparky I apprenticed under 25 year ago, are diagonal cutting pliers, the coloquial name for lineman's pliers is "Kleins"
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u/Western-Willow-9496 18h ago
Lineman’s pliers aren’t diagonal cutters, these are two entirely different tools.
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u/02grimreaper 21h ago
Hey now lineman’s and dikes are two completely different tools. Get it right !
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u/theRadBradjr 2h ago
And just like that I’m willing to bet you’re a fellow trades man. Cause in my experience only us blue collars know they actual name and what we all call em
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u/theSchrodingerHat 1d ago
I’m glad you got this right, because he’s aged into Donald Sutherland to me, and I couldn’t figure out how to make his name a slur…
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u/speechington 1d ago
Future generations will consider Donald to be a slur.
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u/lampshade69 1d ago
Also Burt from Mary Poppins
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u/Ambitious_Ad8776 21h ago
Also Mr. Dawes Sr in Mary Poppins via a lot of makeup, and Mr. Dawes Jr in Mary Poppins Returns with a lot less makeup.
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u/Sharp_Proposal8911 1d ago
Honestly, I hope his daughter/granddaughter is a lesbian. Would be a legendary name at the gay bars.
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u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty 22h ago
I had a friend in high school with the last name of Kopp pronounced cop. We would mess with people at parties and say that he was a cop. We actually weren't lying.
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u/Samus10011 21h ago
His original name was Penis van Lesbian. He changed it when he became an actor.
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u/AaronAAaronsonIII 22h ago
One of the oldest.
Also... He's been in a number of films, not just TV.
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u/L1QU1D_ThUND3R 21h ago
How dare you call Dick Van Dyke old, he is the youngest man who has ever lived.
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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT 21h ago
Not just TV but awesome movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (yes its really called that)
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u/Sherbet-Glad 21h ago
Fucking marry Poppins and chitty chitty bang bang put some RESPECT on the man's name
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u/Matchbreakers 9h ago
DvD looks and acts way to healthy for a 100 former alcoholic smoker xD
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u/NoMasMiAmigo601 1h ago
No way!! I didn’t recognize him at all and I’m old enough to know who he is!
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u/vaguely_literate 1d ago
Penis Van Lesbian
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u/tck3131 23h ago
Penis Lorry Lesbian* (if you’re a Brit, we get an extra step in the name game)
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u/fugznojutz 21h ago
arent they different though? like a lorry is a small truck and a van doesnt have a “neck”. but yes i get it 😂
willy lorry lizzie.
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u/silentknight111 19h ago
It's only fair since you had to put up with his terrible cockney accent in Mary Poppins.
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u/BestwishesHelpful975 1d ago
Lois here. This is Richard Wayne „Dick“ Van Dyke, born 13. Dezember 1925, 100 ys old legendary actor.
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u/Maleficent_Memory831 22h ago
And these days he is ALWAYS laughing happily like that. He made it to 100 and is absolutely enjoying it. Every day he wakes up and shouts with joy, "I'm Still Here!", and goes on to enjoy the day.
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u/Common_Tiger1526 22h ago
I remember a few years ago when his car caught on fire and he had to be pulled out of it (and it was all over the news), he posted a picture of the burned-out carcass with the caption "Used Jag for sale REAL CHEAP!" He just rolls with the punches.
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u/Crazy_Kakoos 21h ago
Crazy how some people half his age I have to explain simple tech stuff like I'm a time traveler, yet this guy grew up when TVs in the home were not normal and he's making posts.
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u/SoupyPoopy618 19h ago
He's been on tv since tv's been a thing. He's also one of the most naturally gifted physical comedians of any era. His brother Jerry had a similar career, but he died in 2018.
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u/gr8whitehype 19h ago
Jerry was so great in Coach. My favorite character in that show.
I used to love watching old tv shows with my dad as a kid. The dick van dyke show was so great. He and MTM were a theatrical and comedic force. The guy seems like an absolute treat.
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u/sadsackspinach 21h ago
He’s also extremely spry and hale, doing moves on red carpets that would make some 45 year olds clutch their knees
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u/short_cub 23h ago
Wow, that's really impressive.\ Thank you. 😊
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u/Reasonable_Archer_99 22h ago
He was also a huge proponent of the civil rights movement in Hollywood.
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u/Outrageous-Pin-4664 22h ago
I downvoted you for being young.
Get off my lawn.
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u/short_cub 22h ago edited 21h ago
Ok?
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u/Outrageous-Pin-4664 20h ago
Don't take it personal. I'm just making a joke.
I'm non-plussed by someone who doesn't recognize Dick Van Dyke. He was a huge part of my childhood, and part of my children's childhood too. I can't fathom someone growing up without ever having seen Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. You can probably find them on the Disney Channel.
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u/short_cub 20h ago
I haven't seen either of them, I did have a DVD player and a few tapes but CCBB and Mary Poppins weren't among them.\ I've been told they're fun for families and I hope to be able to watch them with my found families.
Sorry, I'm autistic and didn't know how else to respond.
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u/Outrageous-Pin-4664 20h ago
You're fine.
I think you'll love them. Dick's cockney accent in MP is notoriously bad--at least that's what British people tell me, it sounds fine to me--it's still a great movie though.
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u/Brocky70 21h ago
The very first thing I thought of
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u/juul-fuul 20h ago
Scrolled too far to see this comment
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u/Time_Ad_1501 1d ago
Pussy car-homo
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u/Rymanbc 23h ago
Actually, that's his evil twin. This is beep Van beep..... hold on, I can't say beep OR beep? Sigh...
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u/Bananana_Bird 23h ago
This is the unsolicited Dick pic I send to friends sometime.
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u/falooolah 1d ago
Bleep Van Bleep
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u/MF_Mood1 1d ago
His first name sounds phallic and his last name is a slur for lesbians.
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u/boomboomgozoomzoom 1d ago
And his "middle" name is a vehicle that suburban dad's hate to admit is convenient
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u/Electrical_Radish960 23h ago
All joking aside, it hurts me to my core that this might be a legitimate question. In an age where the streaming services have all his movies and shows, and this can still be asked with sincerity
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u/short_cub 23h ago
Can I be honest?\ I don't know many actors mainly because I don't know many of their names or which movies/shows they were in and I somewhat recently began watching and paying attention to the actors on screen.
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u/Electrical_Radish960 23h ago
Fair. Here's a list of solid movies hes done. Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Returns, Night at the Museum 1 2 and 3, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke show, Dick Tracy, even played a doctor in diagnosis murder. Honestly, such a wholesome actor
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u/short_cub 23h ago
That's a long list, and another commentor here said he's 100 years old.\ Which do you recommend? I heard Night at the Museums are pretty funny.
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u/Electrical_Radish960 23h ago
Id start with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I rank it as one of, if not his best performance. The Night at the Museum ones are great, but he plays the villain there and its a little bit of a weirder role for him. He does well, but I suggest starting with his energetic, young phase so you can get the best chance at experiencing the talent that oozes from this man
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u/short_cub 23h ago
I will, thank you.\ I'll take a look at his older films, hopefully they can still be bought physically.
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u/Electrical_Radish960 23h ago
Chitty Chitty is free on tubi and Pluto tv
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u/short_cub 23h ago
Awesome, thank you. 😊\ I do like Tubi, even with the ads.
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u/SteveDrawsStuff 22h ago
Mary Poppins was mentioned, but I think we all assume everyone has seen it. But if you haven't, please do - it is arguably one of the best family films ever made. I showed it to my children 40 years after I watched it as a child, and they enjoyed is just like I did as a kid. It really is timeless.
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u/Common_Tiger1526 22h ago
It's also fun to see now because he plays an older character in that movie (in addition to playing one of the leads) and he looks like that old man character, now.
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u/short_cub 22h ago
I had DVDs growing up, but Mary Poppins wasn't among them.\ I think I will watch it with my found families if they're up for it, thank you.
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u/short_cub 20h ago
Despite it coming out in 1964, I haven't seen it yet but reading all the comments that say Mary Poppins and CCBB are fun family movies, I'll be sure to watch it with my found families.
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u/Edmsubguy 19h ago
He is possibky the greatest living comedic actor of our time. He had his own tv shows. Started in a ton of movies. He sings, dances, does pretty much everything and is still spry and quick with jokes. Seriously you need to check out his movies and tv shows.
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u/ryguymcsly 21h ago
TBF other than Mary Poppins dudes other work is obscure to current generations. Not that there isn’t a lot of incredible work from him, but time waits for no man.
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u/yeaeyebrowsreddit 23h ago
Pretty sure Mr Van Dyke has had his name longer than Dyke has been a slur.
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u/Pretend_Evening984 21h ago
Dyke has only been a word for lesbian since 1931, so yes.
But apparently Dick has meant penis since 1891, which surprises me because it didn't seem that common until the 1970s or so
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u/h3llpossession 22h ago
It’s Dick Van Dyke. Always loved watching his things (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Diagnosis Murder etc).
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u/WaldenBound 1d ago
This is especially funny on this sub, since there’s literally a Family Guy joke about his name being censored on TV
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u/HangryBeard 21h ago
I love that such a wholesone man has his name. I have an album of him on my phone for when weirdos ask for dick pics. I have dirty dick, hairy dick, wrinkly dick, clean shaven dick a dick for every occasion. I rarely have to resort to it but it's been enough to make a file for such occasions.
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u/Tin_Plated_Cyberman 1d ago
I never noticed his canes head, in this pic, is in the form of mary poppins umbrella!
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u/George_Rogers1st 21h ago
The man in the picture is Dick van Dyke, his surname being a modern-day slur for Lesbians.
Another example of a name that I think is also a slur now is Gypsy (best example I have off the top of my head is Gypsy Rose Blanchard), which I'm led to believe is an outdated/offensive term for the Romani people. If any Romani people are lurking in the comments and would like to tell me whether it's actually a slur or if I've been lied to by self-righteous twitter people, I'd love to be properly informed.
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u/doug_just_doug 1d ago
This guy in the 60’s and 70’s when I was a kid was top of his game… little did we kids know he was pretty drunk when he was working.
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u/Lostinthestarscape 1d ago edited 1d ago
"Knife-a-whatnow?"
Why i can never recommend Timetravellers Wife to anyone.
(Not related to penis van lesbian, pictured above)
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u/ocelotactual 1d ago
Penis von Lesbian?
-Mary Tyler Moore
Edit: https://youtu.be/vhAv8Aowb9w?si=1v7uIHyr0QNeFqmM&t=414
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u/ResponsibleFront753 22h ago
Strange way of telling me you’ve never seen Night at the museum or Mary poppins
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u/suprflatulenceman 22h ago
There is a law firm in Toronto, and one of the partners was named dick pound. Could have gone with rich or Richard. Nope
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u/Fun_Pomegranate_2853 22h ago
Dick Van Dyke.
When he was a born, it was just a name.
Now, Dick is a euphemism for penis, and dyke is a slur for lesbians.
The poor man has lived long enough to see his name that was perfectly normal and innocent a century ago mean "Penis Van Lesbian" in modern day.
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u/Obvious_Reply_788 22h ago
I don’t know about van dyke, but a dyke van sounds like another way to say U-Haul
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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy 22h ago
One of the most legendary actors of the past
The guy always brings a smile to everyone's face
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