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CARL REINER DEAD AT 98
TMZ ^ | 6/30/2020

Posted on 06/30/2020 1:16:59 PM PDT by Schatze

Dick Van Dyke just paid tribute to Reiner ... calling him his idol. The legendary actor said Reiner had a "deeper understanding of the human condition" in a warm tribute. Carl Reiner, one of the most prolific entertainers in the history of show business has died ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Reiner died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. We're told his family was with him when he passed.

Reiner was a producer. He was also a director. He was also an actor. He was also a Grammy winner. He won 9 Emmys in over 7 decades. He has more than 400 credits.

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


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To: Newbomb Turk

That’ll have a little *wang* to it!


41 posted on 06/30/2020 1:57:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Schatze
His son puts out a ridiculous lie about Trump every day. Such as, "Trump will round up black people and make them slaves."


42 posted on 06/30/2020 1:57:58 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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To: SunkenCiv

Just because he’s dead doesn’t mean he can’t vote for the Democrat. He can mail in a ballot from hell.


43 posted on 06/30/2020 2:04:02 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Dr. Sivana

I had thought Carl Reiner had died YEARS ago.

98? Kinda remarkable, at that.

He did have a bit part on “Two and a Half Men” a few years back, but that is the last I recollect of him in any acting part.


44 posted on 06/30/2020 2:04:40 PM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: Schatze

A comedy genius that, sadly, brought Meathead into the world.


45 posted on 06/30/2020 2:06:50 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Gay State Conservative

Mel Brooks will probably be on TV tonight talking about Carl Reiner. Theirs was an awesome collaboration. Mel is the last surviving member of that Team of Comedy Geniuses.


46 posted on 06/30/2020 2:12:04 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: ifinnegan
I notice Reiner’s stuff was mostly crappy failures except for the DVK Show and his movies with Steve Martin.

The Dick Van Dyke Show was like a perfect storm of everything working. Dick himself would never be as funny again; they had the Human Joke Machine Morey Amsterdam with former child star Rose Marie; Reiner was funny as the egomaniac TV star with his long suffering brother-in-law Mel (Richard Deacon) and Mary Tyler Moore was brilliantly funny (and smokin' hot) as Laura.

47 posted on 06/30/2020 2:13:42 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: Vermont Lt

This coming from you is rich. What an ass


48 posted on 06/30/2020 2:16:52 PM PDT by Dartoid
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To: Vermont Lt

Wait a minute Lieutenant, I posted nothing nasty about Reiner. However I am not Mahatma Gandhi, and I should not be shamed into being nice to every dead person.


49 posted on 06/30/2020 2:18:25 PM PDT by entropy12 (covid-19 separates the fearful from the freedom loving! If I am not afraid, no one should be.)
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To: Vermont Lt

“A bunch of “Christians” with absolutely no sense of kindness, decorum or comedic taste.
You should all be ashamed of yourself.
This guy was just another human, a father, and a person.”
Adolf Hitler was just another human and a person.


50 posted on 06/30/2020 2:23:53 PM PDT by Vehmgericht (12)
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To: Sans-Culotte

You correct on that. None of them really had another like that, although Van Dyke did go to do “Diagnosis Murder” later on. None really had another great comedy show.

For my Money Mel Brooks was the real comic genius and writer, some of this pictures stand the test of time comedy wise.


51 posted on 06/30/2020 2:25:54 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: Schatze

Let’s hope the son didn’t inherit the father’s longevity genes.


52 posted on 06/30/2020 2:29:15 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Vermont Lt

> A bunch of “Christians” with absolutely no sense of kindness, decorum or comedic taste. <

Well said. We on the right criticize - and rightly so - those leftists who want to pull down a statue because the person wasn’t perfect.

But too many conservatives want to do that exact same thing! Carl Reiner brought joy to millions of people. He was also a WW II veteran. I would hope that G-d blesses him. RIP, sir.

But Reiner wasn’t perfect. So many here want to tear him down. Just like those leftists who want to pull down a statue because the person wasn’t perfect.


53 posted on 06/30/2020 2:33:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Vermont Lt

No when the country is at stake.
These people need to be called out in life and death.


54 posted on 06/30/2020 2:35:07 PM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Thank you.


55 posted on 06/30/2020 2:35:23 PM PDT by stormer
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To: Vermont Lt

For the record, most Christians are not unkind, unsympathetic, or without comedic taste.

I’m a Christian and I thought Carl Reiner was a comedic genius too, because talent is talent, no matter what his/her politics are.


56 posted on 06/30/2020 2:35:45 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: Vermont Lt

+1


57 posted on 06/30/2020 2:37:08 PM PDT by stormer
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Actually, MTM had a pretty funny show named after her.


58 posted on 06/30/2020 2:38:27 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: Schatze

I liked “Oh God”, “All of Me”, and “Summer Rental”.


59 posted on 06/30/2020 2:38:49 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Carl Reiner starred as Walt Whitaker in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.” In addition to the Russians, his nemesis was his unimpressed 8-year old son.


60 posted on 06/30/2020 2:45:38 PM PDT by Cecily
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