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===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>
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