Dick Van Dyke Explains Why He Hates the ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Film Adaptation

Whenever a Broadway show becomes a movie, fans have loud opinions about the adaptation. Since Broadway shows and movies are such different mediums, changes have to be made to make things work, and sometimes fans are not happy about those changes. Take Bye Bye Birdie, for example. The Broadway show premiered in 1960 and the film came just three years later. Dick Van Dyke starred in both adaptations as Albert Peterson, and it turns out he actually hated the way the film came out!

In a new interview on SiriusXM’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Van Dyke opened up to Cheers star Ted Danson. Van Dyke mentioned, “Bye Bye Birdie, the movie was a drag because we couldn’t make out what it had been.”

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