Carl Reiner’s Archives Head to National Comedy Center
by 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 …
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The Paley Center to honor living legends of comedy: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin
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
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”
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
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 …
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In Memoriam: The late Dick Van Patten remembers meeting Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner
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
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 …
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Hasan Minhaj circles the Stand Up Planet and back in TV documentary
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
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)
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 …