Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner (20 March 1922 – 29 June 2020) was an American comedian, actor, director, screenwriter, and publisher whose career spanned seven decades. In the 1960s, Reiner was most famous as the creator, producer, writer, and actor on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Those people with a sense of humor get by more comfortably than those who don’t.

Quotes

• Those people with a sense of humor get by more comfortably than those who don’t.
  • Interviewed in "Carl Reiner on being a comedian and Mel Brooks’ best friend", PBS News Hour (23 September 2016)

• Every morning I pick up my newspaper, get the obituary section, see if I'm listed, and if not, I have my breakfast.
  • Variant of a long running joke, as quoted in "Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies", CBS News (30 June 2020)

External links

• Carl Reiner at IMDb
• Carl Reiner on His New Memoir "I Remember Me" (2013)
• "The 2000 Year Old Man – Created and Performed by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner"
• "Dispatches From Quarantine - Episode 3 - Carl Reiner" (22 June 2020)
• "Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies", CBS News (30 June 2020)