Carl Reiner dead at 98

"somebody get that cat outa here!"
-The Man With Two Brains that Carl help to write and directed.
RIP Carl.

 

RIP Carl Reiner...terribly sad news to read this afternoon...

Thank you for all the laughs...no really even now what a comedy Legacy you left us!

 

R.I.P. Carl Reiner
One of those rare talents who gave us the gift of laughter and lived a good life as well; with a long lasting marriage, productive children, and lifelong friendships .

The Dick Van Dyke Show was a classic that defined sitcoms, it was intelligent and vibrant with lovable characters ; and timeless. I still watch it and laugh along today. To celebrate the man, perhaps we should all have a nice bowl of walnuts.

 

I consider this the all time funniest sketch in the history of TV. If you were familiar with the original
"This Is Your Life" show (as I was back in the 50's), this parody hit all of the marks. And Howard Morris
was a comedy genius. Every time I see it, I laugh out loud....

 

And here's a somewhat better quality video of the "This Is Your Story" sketch. And Carl Reiner
was a great "straight man" in it, especially when he had to keep Sid and "Uncle Goopy" apart.

 

Carl Reiner's three appearances
on Late Night with David Letterman
(1983)

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Clearly, they are at Carl's house. He gets the big easy chair with his feet up on the ottoman.

Mel has to sit in the formal stiff chair.

But what the heck is in the Ziplock bags under the telephone??

 

Comedy genius of the highest order. May he rest in peace.

 

The Dick Van Dyke Show is the greatest sitcom of all time, and The Jerk is easily one of the funniest movies ever. RIP

 

RIP.

Probably some of the last work he did was some brief promotion bits for MeTV. In character now as Alan Brady, he invited people to watch TDVDS to see him! "See me - on Me - TV!"
Also, since MeTV recently added Happy Days, the channel went through all other series it has right now and found many bits of other show characters saying "Happy Days" and one bit of Alan Brady saying "Ah happy days are here again!" with, I think, a flash of Carl (Alan) in the present day. These promos were running at least earlier this week, but are probably just archived now.

MeTV Celebrates Carl Reiner beginning Sunday, July 5

 

Carl was still tweeting as recently as 24-25 hours ago...

 

This is a real nice story off Twitter:
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R.I.P. Carl Reiner, legendary creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show

 

Funny and smart right until the end.

 

I love that movie. Was hoping for a sequel back in the day.

 

what a genius... they don't make em like Carl Reiner anymore

 

Carl Reiner Dead at 98, Mel Brooks Pays Tribute to His Best Friend

 

One of the smartest and funniest people of all time an a truly decent human being. RIP

 

Thank you, Carl Reiner!

 

Thought I'd post one more song by the 3 Haircuts, mainly because Carl Reiner is
absolutely hilarious in it, and over the top. From 1956....

 

Mel Brooks on Twitter:

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Max Brooks on Twitter:

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Pure, undistilled comic genius.

The man had bags of it.