Dycks and Dykes

I really need to pay more attention to those news headlines.  I mean, when I saw 'Van Dyke Rescued From Burning Car', I assumed that a valuable painting by the Flemish master had been pulled unscathed from the backseat of a blazing vehicle after an accident.  But no, it turned out that Dick Van Dyke had been pulled from his car after it caught fire.  I should have noted the spelling - 'Van Dyke' rather than 'Van Dyck'.  The cause of the fire in Van Dyke's car remains a mystery.  Did it spontaneously combust?  Was it already on fire when he got in it, but he didn't notice because he was too busy admiring that Van Dyck he was putting on the back seat?  Was it part of a revenge attack by someone he put away when he was solving murders in Diagnosis Murder?   If I was the LAPD, I'd be checking to see if any murderers convicted as a result of Dr Sloane's testimony had been recently released.  Then again, perhaps they should be looking at cockney chimney sweeps offended by his performance in Mary Poppins.

Confusing though that headline might have been, (to me, at least), it's at least good to know that Dick Van Dyke is safe and well.  If nothing else, it means we can still hope for that Diagnosis Murder reunion show.  Come on, you know you want it!  Perhaps it could be a crossover with Murder She Wrote, featuring Jessica Fletcher attending Community General Hospital for a hip replacement when the establishment is rocked by a series of horrible murders - for which her nephew Grady is arrested.  Confined to her hospital bed, she has to rely on sprightly 87 year old Dr Sloane to do the legwork and gather the evidence which will clear Grady.  The solution will undoubtedly have something to do with a stolen Van Dyck that ends up in Dr Sloane's blazing Jaguar...