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Tag: Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner’s Archives Head to National Comedy Center
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Carl Reiner’s Archives Head to National Comedy Center

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021

The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, continues to grow even more into its name. Today the center announced the family of the late great …

The Paley Center to honor living legends of comedy: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin
News

The Paley Center to honor living legends of comedy: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 15, 2019August 15, 2019

The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends. is happening Nov. 21, 2019, in Beverly Hills. And legends they are, assembling for one night only: …

On 97th birthday, Carl Reiner announces “Dick Van Dyke Show” archival donation to National Comedy Center
News / TV

On 97th birthday, Carl Reiner announces “Dick Van Dyke Show” archival donation to National Comedy Center

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 21, 2019March 21, 2019

Carl Reiner turned 97 yesterday. To celebrate, the living comedy legend announced plans to digitally preserve his personal collection of scripts from The Dick Van …

Highlights from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner”
News / TV

Highlights from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 30, 2017May 1, 2017

Whether this becomes a new annual ritual or not, Samantha Bee and her Full Frontal team from TBS put on a heckuva show Saturday night …

Review: “The Last Laugh” documentary explores humor, the Holocaust and taboos
Movies / Reviews

Review: “The Last Laugh” documentary explores humor, the Holocaust and taboos

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 17, 2017March 17, 2017

The Last Laugh opens with a quote onscreen from the noted non-comedian, German novelist Heinrich Mann, who wrote: “Whoever has cried enough, laughs.” Mann fled Nazi …

In Memoriam: The late Dick Van Patten remembers meeting Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner
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In Memoriam: The late Dick Van Patten remembers meeting Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 24, 2015

Dick Van Patten, famously known as the TV dad on Eight is Enough in the late 1970s, died on Tuesday. Van Patten was 86. Van …

Carl Reiner reads his 70-year-old poem, “Ode To the Buttocks Bountiful,” on The Arsenio Hall Show
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Carl Reiner reads his 70-year-old poem, “Ode To the Buttocks Bountiful,” on The Arsenio Hall Show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2014May 14, 20141

Carl Reiner appeared as a guest Tuesday night on Arsenio, and when he saw Arsenio Hall welcome a spoken-word act to the program, Reiner wanted …

Hasan Minhaj circles the Stand Up Planet and back in TV documentary
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Hasan Minhaj circles the Stand Up Planet and back in TV documentary

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2014May 14, 2014

Eddie Izzard’s “Force Majeure” global tour kicked off the first of five nights in New York City on Tuesday, with Izzard performing in French, German, …

Watch Drew Carey host The Late Late Show, with guest Carl Reiner
TV / Uncategorized

Watch Drew Carey host The Late Late Show, with guest Carl Reiner

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 1, 20141

For April Fools, it’s not so much a prank as much as ’twas fooling around by longtime comedy pals Craig Ferguson and Drew Carey in …

RIP Sid Caesar (1922-2014)
TV / Uncategorized

RIP Sid Caesar (1922-2014)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 13, 2014February 13, 20141

Sid Caesar, TV’s sketch comedy pioneer, died on Wednesday in his Beverly Hills home. He was 91. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Caesar began to make …

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