Remembering Carl Reiner

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Today, we're looking back on the life of the great Carl Reiner. He died earlier this Summer. Carl's career in comedy spanned seven decades. He got his start during World War II. Carl did it all – he went on to perform on stage, radio, TV and movies. Alongside Sid Caesar, he performed on the pioneering Your Show of Shows. Carl created the Dick Van Dyke Show, one of the greatest TV shows of all time. He co-wrote and directed Steve Martin's The Jerk.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:10.0	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:22.0	Carl Reiner died earlier this summer, who was 98.
0:25.6	In a world where the word legend can get overused, let's be clear.
0:30.6	Carl Reiner was a legend.
0:32.6	He started in comedy during World War II.
0:35.6	He performed on stage, on the radio, on TV, in movies.
0:39.7	He did it all.
0:40.7	He was on TV at a time when TV was this weird new thing that nobody was really sure what
0:46.4	to do with.
0:48.2	All that's pretty amazing.
0:49.8	The important thing is though that the stuff that Carl worked on, it's really funny.
0:55.5	Still, he created the Dick Van Dyke show, one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
1:00.5	He co-wrote and directed Steve Martin's The Jerk.
1:04.5	His best buddy was Mel Brooks, best buddy and collaborator.
1:09.3	The two of them hung out together pretty much every day.
1:12.8	Carl Reiner kept working right up until the end, too.
1:16.2	One of my favorite recent things he did was on the television show Parks and Recreation.
1:20.6	He played Ned Jones, the president of Pawnee Seniors United.
1:25.1	You know, you remind me of my brother.
1:28.6	He had the same name, Leslie.
1:30.9	He lost a third of his body and a motorcycle accident.
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