Carl Reiner

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

Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. In the 1960s, Reiner created The Dick Van Dyke Show, which he also wrote and produced with others. His son Rob Reiner had a similar career path.

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 (September 23, 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 (June 30, 2020)

External links

• Carl Reiner at IMDb
• Carl Reiner on His New Memoir "I Remember Me" (2013)