Carl Reiner (son of a watchmaker) passed away at 96

Jul 01, 2020,08:28 AM
 

From the WSJ obituary>

“Carl Reiner was born in the Bronx to Jew­ish im­migrant par­ents on March 20, 1922. That year, his fa­ther, a watch­maker, as­sem­bled the fam­i­ly’s first ra­dio. Mr. Reiner grew up lis­ten­ing to it. In fam­ily trips to the movies every Sun­day—with tick­ets his fa­ther some­times bartered for with watch re­pairs—he lapped up com­edy lessons from leg­ends like the Marx Broth­ers and Char­lie Chap­lin.”





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RIP. [nt]

 
 By: amanico : July 1st, 2020-08:28

You knew . . .

 
 By: Dr No : July 1st, 2020-11:16
. . . this was coming. Art

I never found him to be very funny at all, but...

 
 By: mdg : July 1st, 2020-11:55
...did appreciate his writing.

A very very clever man

 
 By: nacelle : July 1st, 2020-22:11
Wrote some great television scripts.... nice long life.