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Dick Van Dyke sings Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tune in diner

Dick Van Dyke attends the 29th Annual Gypsy Awards Luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Picture by John Salangsang, Invision/ Associated Press 
Dick Van Dyke attends the 29th Annual Gypsy Awards Luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Picture by John Salangsang, Invision/ Associated Press  Dick Van Dyke attends the 29th Annual Gypsy Awards Luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Picture by John Salangsang, Invision/ Associated Press 
By Jennifer Maloney and Associated Press

VETERAN entertainer Dick Van Dyke has treated diners at a Denny's restaurant in California to a rendition of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The 90-year-old and the three other members of his quartet, The Vantastix, had just finished an appearance on a local television show before going out for breakfast, a post accompanying a YouTube video of the performance said.

The video shows the quartet seated at the table with pancakes and singing the theme song to the 1968 British musical, which starred Van Dyke.

Van Dyke and The Vantastix are promoting a show later this month in southern California.

Iconic children's film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is a 1968 musical based on James Bond creator Ian Fleming's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car.

The script was penned by Roald Dahl and the film's theme tune of the same name was nominated for an Academy Award.

The movie remains one of the world's most popular children's films and also features one of the scariest on-screen villians, The Childcatcher.