Even legends like Dick Van Dyke have to start somewhere.

Although the “Mary Poppins” star was born in West Plains, Missouri, in 1925, the comedy icon spent his formative years in the working-class town of Danville, Illinois.

It’s where Van Dyke attended Danville High School, performed his earliest comedy routines with his brother Jerry and even worked briefly as a teenage radio DJ before setting his sights on a much bigger stage.

Steve Boettcher, who directed the upcoming special “Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration,” returned to the Midwestern city with Van Dyke ahead of his milestone 100th birthday on Saturday.

Boettcher said that the hometown visit became one of the most emotional moments in the film.

“Even going back to his hometown in this film, back to Danville, where he kind

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