So those of you who listen to my show know that I had Mel Brooks on and it was an amazing

conversation and I want to, I sort of talked about a story that is unfolding that involves

me, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner that was one of the most spectacular moments of my life

and show business. And this is the second part of this story. We'll conclude at the end

of the Carl Reiner episode. I'll give you some more detail. But let me set this up a

little bit for you. So I interviewed Mel Brooks and we have a good time. You heard it.

We take a liking to each other. I always liked him, but he had no idea who I was and he

ended up liking me and we had a nice time. He walked me out to my car. It was all very charming

and funny and he says, I'm going to set you up with Carl and as you recall, I said, how

is Carl and Mel said, well, he's about 80% and I said, oh, well, that's good. That's good.

You know, he's hanging on. Everybody's good. And you'll hear in the Carl Reiner episode.

It's a very different type of conversation. You know, Carl is Carl Reiner. Mel is Mel Brooks,

but they're both have a lot of clarity. They got all their, all their ducks are still in a

row. Some of them are a little wobbly, but they're all in a row and they're tight, man.

Yeah, they're, they're, they're, they're definitely present and coherent and just great, great

agile comedic minds. These guys are the best there ever was really the two of them. Now,

let's set the stage a little bit. So after Mel tells me he's going to hook me up a Carl,

we set it up a few weeks, go by and then I got to drive out a Carl's house. Now I have to

really accentuate how familiar this feels to me, not just because I grew up with Mel Brooks's

movies or Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner and the 2000 year old man, but there, there's a Jewish

richness to this whole adventure that is very familiar with it to me. You know, I drove

to Carl's house in Beverly Hills. I got out of the car and it was a, it was a home, you

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