# Carl Reiner, 98, died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783 "2020-06-30T13:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/21 "2020-06-30T16:14:51Z")
Carl Reiner’s comedic legacy will be remembered for many, many years. I am a fan of the Dick Van Dyke show. It always brightens my day. I’ve seen most of the episodes over a dozen times throughout my life. RIP Carl ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/22 "2020-06-30T16:22:30Z")
If you get the chance, take a look at his film “Enter Laughing,” which is autobiographical. It features, among others, Shelly Winters, Jose Ferrer, Michael J. Pollard, Jack Gilford, Elaine May, and Rob Reiner in a bit part. A very funny movie! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/23 "2020-06-30T16:23:30Z")
And so he moves from Living Legend to Legend. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/24 "2020-06-30T16:24:40Z")
If anyone should have lived forever, well, he would have been on the list. The world has lost an amazing talent. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/25 "2020-06-30T16:27:45Z")
I admit I know him mainly from the Ocean’s 11 films. His turn as “Lyman Zerga” is a such a delightful piece of acting. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4aWbPznYym4/maxresdefault.jpg "👑 Lyman Zerga Saul Bloom 👑 ( Carl Reiner )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWbPznYym4) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/26 "2020-06-30T16:34:52Z")
It would be difficult to name someone who was responsible for more laughter than Carl Reiner. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/27 "2020-06-30T16:47:51Z")
Certainly a giant of comedy. And a man who could totally commit to a joke. Also a fine director. We’ve lost a lot of funny. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/28 "2020-06-30T16:48:59Z")
Don’t take this the wrong way, **lantern** , but what are you, 12? To know Carl from the _Oceans_ movies is like saying you know Tom Selleck from his reverse mortgage commercials, or Bob Newhart from his Big Bang appearances. Youngsters these days… (shakes head) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/29 "2020-06-30T17:19:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Don’t take this the wrong way, **lantern** , but what are you, 12? To know Carl from the _Oceans_ movies is like saying you know Tom Selleck from his reverse mortgage commercials, or Bob Newhart from his Big Bang appearances. And yet, there are so many recent things one _could_ know him from. Throughout his 90s, he had _not_ left the public eye. The world is worse for no longer having Carl Reiner in it. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/30 "2020-06-30T17:26:03Z")
Well, probably his best buddy in the world. Mel Brooks. But it was close. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/31 "2020-06-30T17:29:57Z")
For those who haven’t seen it, I highly recommend the 2017 documentary, _If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast,_ which was hosted by Reiner, interviewing a number of nonagenarian entertainers, including Brooks, Van Dyke, Betty White, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, and others. > **[If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6963760/)** > > If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast: Directed by Danny Gold. With Carl Reiner, Iris Apfel, Tony Bennett, Alan Bergman. Carl Reiner tracks down several nonagenarians to show how the twilight years can be rewarding. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/32 "2020-06-30T17:35:57Z")
Well he did bring the world Rob Reiner so I would say his legacy is a bit tarnished. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/33 "2020-06-30T17:40:24Z")
Don’t know if I’d feel as strongly today but when they were originally released I loved the movies he wrote and directed starring Steve Martin. Here a clip from [The Man with Two Brains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qts8-2FcG14). Here’s a clip from [Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igd9t_RLb5k). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/34 "2020-06-30T18:04:47Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Well he did bring the world Rob Reiner so I would say his legacy is a bit tarnished. Being indirectly responsible for such films as “The Princess Bride,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” and “Stand By Me” is a tarnishment? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/35 "2020-06-30T19:54:47Z")
Just when the world needs more laughs, we’ll all be laughing a little less now. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/36 "2020-06-30T20:20:55Z")
Have you forgotten the film North? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/37 "2020-06-30T20:21:26Z")
Not to mention “Stand By Me”, probably the best adaption of a Stephen King novella ever done. Right up there with “Misery”, which was directed by. . .who, again? Oh yeah, Rob Reiner. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/38 "2020-06-30T20:24:28Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Have you forgotten the film North? Some films are best forgotten. I don’t begrudge him North, because (a) I don’t have to watch it, and (b) it engendered one of Roger Ebert’s [most famous reviews](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-1994). ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/39 "2020-06-30T20:32:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Don’t take this the wrong way, **lantern** , but what are you, 12? To know Carl from the _Oceans_ movies is like saying you know Tom Selleck from his reverse mortgage commercials, or Bob Newhart from his Big Bang appearances. > > Youngsters these days… (shakes head) I duly hang my head in shame though part of me feels like a middle-aged woman asked to show ID. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783/40 "2020-06-30T20:52:16Z")
Watch “The Jerk” and 3 episodes of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” that feature Alan Brady as penance. Go, and sin no more. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783.md?page=3)