{"id":18251,"date":"2020-06-30T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-comedy-genius-carl-reiners-death-feels-like-a-punch-in-the-gut\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T23:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T20:19:45","slug":"why-comedy-genius-carl-reiners-death-feels-like-a-punch-in-the-gut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-comedy-genius-carl-reiners-death-feels-like-a-punch-in-the-gut\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why comedy genius Carl Reiner\u2019s death feels like a punch in the gut"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Why comedy genius Carl Reiner\u2019s death feels like a punch in the gut<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 30, 2020 | 12:58pm<\/p>\n

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James Garner and Carl Reiner in 1965’s “The Art of Love.”
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Carl Reiner was one of those pop-culture fixtures whose death feels like a punch to the gut a la Joan Rivers or Robin Williams, who were also supposed to live forever.<\/p>\n

Reiner got damn close in that department, passing away peacefully Monday night at age of 98 in his Beverly Hills home. The Bronx-born genius writer\/actor\/director\u2019s long laundry list of iconic comedy credits included early TV\u2019s megahit \u201cYour Show of Shows,\u201d a witty, urbane sketch\/comedy show hosted by Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, \u201cThe 2,000 Year Old Man\u201d with Mel Brooks and \u201cThe Dick Van Dyke Show,\u201d considered by many the best sitcom in TV history. He created the series<\/a> and also played toupeed, egomaniacal producer Alan Brady.<\/p>\n

Later, he moved into semi-retirement but kept busy by writing books, producing and starring in an HBO documentary about nonagenarians called \u201cIf You\u2019re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast\u201d (his motto) and staying active on Twitter<\/a>. His last tweet was posted just hours before he passed.<\/p>\n

I interviewed \u201cMr. Reiner\u201d (as I addressed him \u2014 no \u201cCarl\u201d for such a legend) a handful of times over the past five years and found him always gracious (he often answered his own phone) and eager to reminisce, even on sad occasions. Mr. Reiner took my call when his beloved \u201cDick Van Dyke Show\u201d co-star Mary Tyler Moore died in January 2017 and, through his obvious sadness, he game<\/a>ly recalled how special she was (\u201cShe had an extreme grace,\u201d he said).<\/p>\n

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Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner in 1983\u2019s \u201cThe Main With Two Brains.\u201d\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His fondness for Moore was app<\/a>arent when, in 2018, I called to talk about the now-colorized \u201cDick Van Dyke Show\u201d episode, \u201cNever Bathe on Saturday,\u201d in which Moore\u2019s Laura Petrie got her toe stuck in a hotel bathroom bathtub spigot. That, Mr. Reiner said, was based on a real-life incident with his beloved late wife, Estelle. \u201cShe was playing with the drip\u201d with her toe, he recalled. He was still laughing about it nearly 60 years later. Priceless.<\/p>\n

I always found it touching that he and his comedy partner and best friend, \u201c2,000 Year Old Man\u201d Mel Brooks, who turned 94 on Sunday, were still close to the very end. The lifelong friends met on \u201cYour Show of Shows\u201d in the early \u201950s and got together frequently, usually at Reiner\u2019s home, to kibbitz and have something to eat. I can\u2019t imagine how Brooks is feeling right now.<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not forget Mr. Reiner\u2019s forays into acting and writing; channel-surf enough and you\u2019ll see him in movies including the 1966 comedy \u201cThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming\u201d or \u201cIt\u2019s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World\u201d or as Saul Bloom in George Clooney\u2019s \u201cOceans Twelve\u201d and \u201cOceans Thirteen.\u201d He also directed Steve Martin three times in \u201cThe Jerk,\u201d \u201cAll of Me\u201d (with Lily Tomlin) and noir spoof \u201cDead Men Don\u2019t Wear Plaid.\u201d His talent cannot be measured in words.<\/p>\n

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George Clooney and Carl Reiner in 2007\u2019s \u201cOcean\u2019s Thirteen.\u201d\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When, in 2017, I interviewed Mr. Reiner, then 95, about \u201cIf You\u2019re Not in the Obit Eat Breakfast,\u201d here\u2019s what he told\u00a0me:<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody must read the obits. And I have a little agenda now: I look at the date of people when they passed and say to each on, \u2018I got you. I beat you.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s joined all his friends and family members in Comedy Heaven. That must be a really fun place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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