Carl Reiner & Kate and Laura Mulleavy

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week's Bullseye takes you inside the home of the one and only Carl Reiner. A true legend in comedy - Reiner's been in the game since World War Two. Alongside Sid Caesar, he performed on the pioneering Your Show of Shows. He's best friends with Mel Brooks. Reiner also created the Dick Van Dyke Show, wrote Steve Martin's The Jerk and much more. Now, at 95, he's published his 18th book: it's called "Too Busy to Die." Indeed! Then, Kate and Laura Mulleavy. If you don't know them by name, you've seen their work: the two co-founded Rodarte, one of the most innovative and desirable clothing labels out there. The Mulleavy sisters aren't content to stay put in fashion, though - they just wrote and directed Woodshock, a heady, awe-inspiring film starring Kirsten Dunst.

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0:00.0	I'm Linda Holms and I'm Stephen Thompson. There's more stuff to watch and read these days than any one person can get to.
0:07.0	That's why we make pop culture happy hour.
0:10.0	Twice a week we sort through the nonsense, share reactions and give you the lowdown on what's worth your precious time and what's not.
0:16.0	Find pop culture happy hour on the NPR1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:28.0	I'm Jesse Thorn. If you're feeling a little blue and I mean who isn't every now and then, right? I want you to close your eyes, take a deep breath and think about what I'm about to say. I promise it will cheer you up.
0:33.0	Every weeknight.
0:35.0	Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks hang out at Carl Reiner's house. Two 90 plus year old comedians. Best friends forever.
0:42.0	Genuine legends who made some of the most influential comments on the internet.
0:47.0	What do they do when they hang out? They watch the wheel. And what do they talk about? Well, here's Carl.
0:54.0	How many steps Vanna White will take before she, before they cut back to W.
1:00.0	And what do they do when they hang out? Well, here's Carl.
1:05.0	How many steps Vanna White will take before she, before they cut back to W.
1:09.0	And what do they do when they hang out?
1:11.0	Here's Carl. How many steps Vanna White will take before she, before they cut back to W.
1:18.0	That's a joke. You got money on that or? No, no, we just say it's usually, it's usually six or seven really eight but never nine.
1:26.0	It's Bullseye.
1:28.0	Coming up, the one and only Carl Reiner. Your show of shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show, a bunch of movies, literally dozens of books.
1:43.0	He is 95 and a half years old, still going strong. Just put out another new book.
1:50.0	Took us upstairs after the interview to show us two new books he's working on.
1:54.0	He'll tell me about one of his first gigs ever back when he was in the service in World War II.
1:59.0	He hosted variety shows for GIs and he would walk out on stage holding a dog leash and an empty dog collar.
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