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NotsoNewtoGermany t1_jd8jn6v wrote
Reply to comment by Knute5 in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
More than that. Reiner and Mel brooks watched a movie together every night until Reiner died.
There's a great interview with one of the writers on the Dick Van Dyke Show— of which there were three.
I'll link it if someone promises to watch it. It's fantastic, really some great stories about Reiner in there.
The one that comes to mind is one day a new studio executive came into the office, and he had been making waves firing staff, reworking complete teams— he was productions Voldemort— he came into the studio, put his legs up on the table and said
"Let me tell you what comedy means to me..."
And Reiner sat down next to him and put on an expression of deep listening, understanding, and reverence— this was all an act of course, then he got up, took the loafer off of the Executives foot and threw it out of the window; turned to the man and said— That's what comedy means to me.
That executive never came around ever again.
Absolutely hilarious.
Reiner is my favorite character in the Dick Van Dyke show.
Note: Ignore the intro, and the hosts:
NotsoNewtoGermany t1_iuqa8ly wrote
Reply to comment by SuperMazziveH3r0 in Snap, Meta shares pop after FCC commissioner says U.S. should ban TikTok by cnbc_official
Bubble wrap popping.
NotsoNewtoGermany t1_iugr8mx wrote
Reply to comment by MogMcKupo in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
Those rules were pretty good. I enjoyed them.
NotsoNewtoGermany t1_jdhjnrx wrote
Reply to comment by Latter_Feeling2656 in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Not exactly, from what I understand there were people they accepted scripts from, but we're not employed by the show.