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In reply to the discussion: Carl Reiner Dead at 98 [View all]Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)52. BDE
He will be remembered fondly in our home.
Carl Reiner, comedy legend and consummate old Jew telling jokes, dies at 98
Until the last day of his life, Carl Reiner was tweeting about some of his favorite topics: politics, comedy and the twists and turns he experienced over decades as one of the worlds greatest living funnymen.
Reiner died Monday at 98, hours after reiterating his dismay that Donald Trump had become president, days after posing with his daughter Annie and longtime friend Mel Brooks in Black Lives Matter shirts and 70 years after his first television appearance.
The Bronx native, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, called himself a Jewish atheist and said his faith in God had ended with the Holocaust. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he began a long and varied show business career. He created The Dick Van Dyke Show, formed a comedy duo with Brooks that was highlighted in their album the 2000 Year Old Man, wrote screenplays for Steve Martin films including The Jerk and, in his later years, voiced characters in animated films.
In a 2015 documentary about longevity that Reiner hosted, he offered his own secrets for long life.
The key to longevity, he said, is to interact with other people.
more...
Until the last day of his life, Carl Reiner was tweeting about some of his favorite topics: politics, comedy and the twists and turns he experienced over decades as one of the worlds greatest living funnymen.
Reiner died Monday at 98, hours after reiterating his dismay that Donald Trump had become president, days after posing with his daughter Annie and longtime friend Mel Brooks in Black Lives Matter shirts and 70 years after his first television appearance.
The Bronx native, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, called himself a Jewish atheist and said his faith in God had ended with the Holocaust. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he began a long and varied show business career. He created The Dick Van Dyke Show, formed a comedy duo with Brooks that was highlighted in their album the 2000 Year Old Man, wrote screenplays for Steve Martin films including The Jerk and, in his later years, voiced characters in animated films.
In a 2015 documentary about longevity that Reiner hosted, he offered his own secrets for long life.
The key to longevity, he said, is to interact with other people.
more...
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So sad. I was just recently watching part of an John Fugelsang interview with him and Mel Brooks.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2020
#14
Remember him on DickvanDyke Show, of course. But 1st saw him with SidCaesar and ImogeneCoca
bobbieinok
Jun 2020
#28
He pitched a sitcom with himself as the star, then suppressed his ego to make it work.
Marcuse
Jun 2020
#36
Rest in Power Carl Reiner - you are already missed. Know your spirit will be celebrating with
iluvtennis
Jun 2020
#37