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
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!
And so he moves from Living Legend to Legend.
If anyone should have lived forever, well, he would have been on the list. The world has lost an amazing talent.
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.
It would be difficult to name someone who was responsible for more laughter than Carl Reiner.
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.
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)
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.
Well, probably his best buddy in the world. Mel Brooks. But it was close.
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.
Well he did bring the world Rob Reiner so I would say his legacy is a bit tarnished.
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.
Here’s a clip from Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.
Being indirectly responsible for such films as “The Princess Bride,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” and “Stand By Me” is a tarnishment?
Just when the world needs more laughs, we’ll all be laughing a little less now.
Have you forgotten the film North?
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.
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.
I duly hang my head in shame though part of me feels like a middle-aged woman asked to show ID. 
Watch “The Jerk” and 3 episodes of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” that feature Alan Brady as penance. Go, and sin no more. 