Editing Carl Reiner (section)

==Career==
===1950–1959: Collaborations with Sid Caesar ===
Reiner performed in several [[Broadway theatre|Broadway musical]]s (including ''[[Inside U.S.A. (musical)|Inside U.S.A.]]'' and ''[[Alive and Kicking (musical)|Alive and Kicking]]'') and had the lead role in ''[[Call Me Mister]]''.<ref name=Horace>{{citation|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1913|chapter=Carl Reiner (1922–2020)|title=Encyclopedia of Television|editor-first=Horace|editor-last=Newcomb|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|edition=2|isbn=9781135194727|pages=1912–3}}</ref> In 1950, he was cast by Max Leibman as a comic actor on [[Sid Caesar]]'s ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', appearing on air in skits while also contributing ideas to such writers as [[Mel Brooks]] and [[Neil Simon]].<ref name=Horace/> He did not receive credit for his sketch material, but won Emmy Awards in 1955 and 1956 as a supporting actor.<ref name=Horace/> Reiner also wrote for ''[[Caesar's Hour]]'' with Brooks, Simon, [[Woody Allen]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Mel Tolkin]], Mike Stewart, [[Aaron Ruben]], Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://caesarswriters.com/about/|title=A Reunion of the Greatest Comedy Writers|publisher=Caesar's Writers|year=2011|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> He assumed the role of head writer and semi-regular on ''[[The Dinah Shore Chevy Show]]'' during the 1959–60 television season.

In November 1958, Reiner hosted a CBS prime time game show called ''Keep Talking'', when he succeeded original host [[Monty Hall]].  He left the show in July 1959 and was succeeded by [[Vincent Price]].<ref>Schwartz, David, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock.  ''The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows 3rd ed. New York: Checkmark, 1999, p. 119.''</ref>

===1960–1969: ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' and acclaim ===
[[File:Carl Reiner 1962.JPG|thumb|left|Reiner in a 1962 publicity photo for ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'']]
Starting in 1960, Reiner teamed with Brooks as a [[Double act|comedy duo]] on ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]''. Their performances on television and stage included Reiner playing the straight man in ''[[2000 Year Old Man|The 2000 Year Old Man]]''.<ref name=pop>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/119312-the-2000-year-old-man-the-complete-history-2496153798.html|title=The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History|first=Bill|last=Holmes|date=February 3, 2010|access-date=July 1, 2020|work=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> Eventually the routine expanded into a series of five comedy albums and a 1975 animated television special, with the last album in the series winning a [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Comedy Album]].<ref name=pop/><ref>{{cite web|title=41st Annual Grammy Awards winners|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=The+2000+Year+Old+Man&year=1998|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref> The act gave Brooks "an identity as a comic performer for the first time", said Reiner.<ref name=Nachman>Nachman, Gerald. ''Seriously Funny:  The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s'', Knopf Doubleday (2003) p. 474</ref> Brooks's biographer William Holtzman called their 12-minute act "an ingenious jazz improvisation..."<ref name=Nachman/> while [[Gerald Nachman]] described Reiner's part in guiding the act:
{{blockquote|The routine relies totally on the team's mental agility and chemistry. It's almost heresy to imagine Brooks performing it with any other straight man. Reiner was a solid straight man to Caesar, but with Brooks he is the second-banana supreme... guiding his partner's churning comic mind.<ref name=Nachman/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmA81BI6oc|title=2000 Year Old Man Mel Brooks Carl Reiner Hollywood Palace 1966|last=iCandy TV|date=April 24, 2015|via=YouTube}}</ref>}}

[[File:Carl Reiner without toupee 1964.jpg|thumb|upright|Reiner in 1964, one of the few photos taken of him without his [[toupée]].]]
In 1958, he wrote the initial 13 episodes of a television series titled ''Head of the Family'', based on his own personal and professional life. However, the network disliked Reiner in the lead role for unknown reasons.<ref name=Horace/> In 1961, the series was recast and re-titled ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' and became a popular series, making stars of his lead actors [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Mary Tyler Moore]]. In addition to writing many of the episodes, Reiner occasionally appeared as show host Alan Brady.<ref name=Horace/> The series ran from 1961 to 1966 and thereafter entered a long run of syndication.<ref name=Horace/> In 1966, Reiner co-starred in ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1965)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b4c8ff6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015303/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b4c8ff6|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 15, 2017|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref>

From April 5, 1964, to September 9, 1965, Reiner hosted ''[[The Celebrity Game]]'', a CBS prime time game show that was a precursor to the long-running ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''.<ref>Schwartz, David, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock.  ''The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows 3rd ed. New York City: Checkmark Books, 1999, pp. 37-38.''</ref> His first film directorial effort was an adaptation of [[Joseph Stein]]'s play ''[[Enter Laughing]]'' (1967), which, in turn, was based on his semi-autobiographical 1958 novel of the same name.<ref name="nyt 2020"/>

===1970–1989: Transition to directing ===
[[File:Goldie Hawn Carl Reiner Laugh In 1970.JPG|thumb|upright|Reiner with [[Goldie Hawn]] on the set of ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' on January 16, 1970]]
Balancing directing, producing, writing, and acting, he worked on a wide range of films and television programs. Films from his early directing career include ''[[Where's Poppa?]]'' (1970), ''[[Oh, God! (film)|Oh, God!]]'' (1977), and ''[[The Jerk]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|title=Where's Poppa? (1970)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba9bf12|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oh, God! (1977)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bed114b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230013529/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bed114b|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Jerk (1979)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be21032|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507094250/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be21032|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref> In ''My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir'' (2003), he wrote, "Of all the films I have directed, only ''Where's Poppa?'' is universally acknowledged as a cult classic. A cult classic, as you may know, is a film that was seen by a small minority of the world's film goers, who insist it is one of the greatest, most daring, and innovative moving pictures ever made. Whenever two or more cult members meet, they will quote dialogue from the classic and agree that "the film was ahead of its time". To be designated a genuine cult classic, it is of primary importance that the film fail to earn back the cost of making, marketing, and distributing it. ''Where's Poppa?'' was made in 1969 for a little over $1 million. According to the last distribution statements I saw, it will not break even until it earns another $650,000."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ1nO61pKf4C|title=My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir|first=Carl|last=Reiner|year=2003|publisher=Thorndike Press|isbn=978-0-786-25590-0|pages=232–3}}</ref>

In 1977, Reiner directed and appeared in ''[[Oh, God! (film)|Oh, God!]]'' starring [[George Burns]], [[John Denver]], and [[Teri Garr]]. The film was a financial success making it the [[1977 in film|sixth highest-grossing film of 1977]]. The film was also a critical success with [[Roger Ebert]] giving the film a positive review writing, "Carl Reiner's ''Oh, God!'' is a treasure of a movie: A sly, civilized, quietly funny speculation on what might happen if God endeavored to present himself in the flesh yet once again to forgetful Man."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oh-god-1977|title= Oh, God!|website= Rogerebert.com|access-date= December 2, 2020}}</ref>

His follow up film ''[[The One and Only (1978 film)|The One and Only]]'' (1978) was not as successful, receiving a mixed reception from film critics. The film starred [[Henry Winkler]], [[Kim Darby]], and [[Gene Saks]]. Throughout the 1970s, Reiner made appearances on multiple television shows, including ''[[Night Gallery]]'' in the segment "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" in 1971, and as various characters in the variety sketch show ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (1974). Reiner also returned to writing television by creating ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (1971–1974), which ran for three seasons and starred [[Dick Van Dyke]].

Reiner played a large role in the early career of [[Steve Martin]] by directing his first film ''[[The Jerk]]'' (1979) and directing and co-writing with the comedian in ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'' (1982), ''[[The Man with Two Brains]]'' (1983), and ''[[All of Me (1984 film)|All of Me]]'' (1984).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/enter-laughing-carl-reiner-1922-2020|title=Enter Laughing: Carl Reiner, 1922–2020|first=Nell|last=Minow|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|work=rogerebert.com}}</ref> Reiner also appeared in both ''The Jerk'', playing a version of himself, and ''Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid''. In 1989, he directed ''[[Bert Rigby, You're a Fool]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79c9068e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112191627/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79c9068e|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref>

===1990–2020: Voice work and final roles ===
[[File:Carl Reiner with Dick Van Dyke.jpg|thumb|right|Reiner with [[Dick Van Dyke]] in 2000]]
In 2000, Reiner was honored with the [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]] at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]],<ref name="nyt 2020" /> where he was honored by fellow friends and comedians [[Mel Brooks]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Mary Tyler Moore]], [[Steve Martin]], [[Rob Reiner]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Ray Romano]], and [[Joy Behar]]. A year later, he portrayed Saul Bloom in ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]'' ([[Steven Soderbergh]]'s remake of 1960's ''[[Ocean's 11]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean's Eleven (2001)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8616ba5b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307105605/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8616ba5b|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref> and reprised his role in ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' (2004) and ''[[Ocean's Thirteen]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean's Twelve (2004)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a8c877f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316055923/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a8c877f|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean's Thirteen (2007)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c0d9582|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316060659/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c0d9582|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=[[British Film Institute]]|language=en}}</ref> From 2004 to 2005, Reiner voiced Sarmoti in ''[[Father of the Pride]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA337|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|edition=2nd|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|year=2014|publisher=McFarland|page=337|isbn=978-0-786-48641-0}}</ref> He claimed he knew how to play the role; in a teleconference, he said, "I spent my youth, from the time I was 6 to 18, living next to the Bronx Zoo. I knew the lions intimately. I watched them pace. They talked to me and I talked back to them. I learned that they have the worst breath of any animal in the world. I got my roar from the lions in person." He continued, "The writing on this show is extraordinarily good. It's a pleasure to come to work because you know you're going to say something funny." Of his character of Sarmoti, Reiner stated that "curmudgeons always get the good lines".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/mane-man/article_6f5abc88-2bb1-5b03-add0-d136fd2efbea.html |title=Mane man |first=Rita |last=Sherrow  |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |date=August 28, 2004}}</ref>

From 1967 to 2000, Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He also guest starred in several television series from the 1950s until his death in 2020.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} In May 2009, he guest starred as a clinic patient in "[[Both Sides Now (House)|Both Sides Now]]," the season five finale of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2009/05/carl_reiners_visit_to_house_fi.html|title=Carl Reiner's visit to 'House' finale puts TV history in spotlight|date=May 8, 2009|access-date=July 1, 2020|first= Mark|last= Dawidziak|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref> He also voiced [[Santa Claus|Santa]] in ''[[Merry Madagascar]]'' (2009)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSuXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA283|title=The Christmas Encyclopedia|edition=3rd|first=William D.|last=Crump|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-476-60573-9|page=283}}</ref> and reprised his role in the 2010 ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar|Penguins of Madagascar]]'' episode "The All Nighter Before Christmas".<ref>Crump (2013), p. 11.</ref> In season 7 (December 2009) of ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', he guest-starred as television producer Marty Pepper.<ref name=dead/> In 2010, he guest starred in three of the first-season episodes of ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'' as Elka Ostrovsky's ([[Betty White]]) date and reprised his role in February 2011.<ref name=returns>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2011/02/carl_reiner_returns_as_max_on_next_hot_in_cleveland.html|title=Carl Reiner returns as Max on next 'Hot in Cleveland'|date=February 2, 2011|access-date=July 1, 2010|work=The Plain Dealer}}</ref> He also made appearances in ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' as Murray<ref name=animated>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4C6NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|title=Happy Holidays—Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film|first=William D.|last=Crump|year=2019|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476636467|page=73}}</ref> and wrote the story for the episode "[[Your Show of Shows (The Cleveland Show)|Your Show of Shows]]", named after the program that started his career. Reiner reprised his role on ''Two and a Half Men'' in seasons 8 (October 2013) and 11 (January 2014).<ref name=dead>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/chuck-lorre-two-and-a-half-men-cast-tribute-carl-reiner-holland-taylor-amber-tamblyn-jon-cryer-1202974218/|title=Chuck Lorre & 'Two and a Half Men' Cast Pay Tribute To Carl Reiner|first=Nellie|last= Andreeva|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

[[File:CarlReinerApr10.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Reiner in April 2011]]
Reiner lent his voice to numerous films and animated films.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He narrated the Bernard Rogers children's piece “The Musicians of Bremen” on a Delos compact disc release. He also read for books on tape, among them ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' and ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' (Running Press, 1994), as well as [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'', ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'', and ''[[Letters from the Earth]]'' (New Millenium, 2001).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2012, he appeared as a guest on [[Jerry Seinfeld]]'s series ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''. They talked at a diner about his comedy career and Reiner invited Seinfeld to come and have dinner with [[Mel Brooks]] and himself. Reiner reported that every night, Brooks headed to his house to eat, watch ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (he taped it), and watch movies. He went on to offer the one rule for movies was that it had to be one where "somebody says, 'Secure the perimeter!' or 'Get some rest.'" Reiner stated that Brooks "falls asleep with his mouth open" every time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/comedians-cars-getting-coffee-top-902948/item/trevor-noah-explains-apartheid-a-903345|title=Trevor Noah Explains Apartheid to a Baffled Seinfeld – 7 Most Revealing Moments From Jerry Seinfeld's 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 16, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref>

Reiner's final role was in ''[[Home Movie: The Princess Bride]]'', a project that [[Jason Reitman]] had envisioned to engage his celebrity friends to help raise money for charity during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with actors filming their own takes on scenes from ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' at their own homes. Reiner appeared along with Rob Reiner (who directed the original film) in the final scene as the Grandfather and Grandson, which Rob said had been shot three days before Reiner's death. His final line on camera is, "As you wish," which in the film it is based on means, "I love you." After hearing of his death, Reitman asked the Reiner family if they should swap out the scene, but the family gave him their blessing to use the scene.<ref name="Breznican">{{cite magazine|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|title=Carl Reiner's Final Performance Is a Fairy-Tale Ending|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/carl-reiner-final-performance-the-princess-bride|access-date=2020-07-11|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July 9, 2020|language=en-us}}</ref>