tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post1352312347535179489..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: façade: Carl Reinerjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-12915856965852096122017-11-28T19:29:17.696-05:002017-11-28T19:29:17.696-05:00This column is so complete, considering Reiner is ...This column is so complete, considering Reiner is 95. He and, mostly, his son, are on the Bill Maher show a lot.<br />I first saw him in the ensemble pieces on Saturday night 9PM (late for me at the time) - "The Sid Caesar Show" with Imogene Coca, Caesar and Howie Morris. Great comedy. But, again, you bring up movies I've never heard of. "Where's Poppa?" I was traveling a lot in the 70s/80s. But unlike Harold and Maude which I saw over and over, "Poppa" is a blank. "Enter Laughing." Also a blank. And Henry Winkler directing a movies! Blanks. Last I saw of him was in a hotel TV in San Antonio where he was flogging reverse mortgages. But you gave credit where credit was due - and for such a LONG time. Chapeaux (as we say.)! k.<br />Kikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-25202730288600736092017-11-27T21:25:17.955-05:002017-11-27T21:25:17.955-05:00Did you see that documentary, If you awake in the ...Did you see that documentary, If you awake in the morning, eat breakfast? Or something like that. It’s about Reiner, Van Dyke et al who are still leading active and happy lives well into their 90s and beyond.Jane B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-30936298909030236222017-11-27T20:08:54.792-05:002017-11-27T20:08:54.792-05:00Yes, "The Art of Love," an evil, subvers...Yes, "The Art of Love," an evil, subversive little comedy. I'm not sure it works but it definitely shows a different side of Reiner.Brian Lucasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-77737048819419134632017-11-27T17:26:59.956-05:002017-11-27T17:26:59.956-05:00I saw Alan Arkin on B'way in "Enter Laugh...I saw Alan Arkin on B'way in "Enter Laughing" and I've always thought that his role in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" (which, I believe, was his movie debut)was due to Carl Reiner's influence with the director, Norman Jewison.Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-3412702392808112562017-11-27T13:02:45.830-05:002017-11-27T13:02:45.830-05:00Thank you for the hat-tip. Having interviewed Carl...Thank you for the hat-tip. Having interviewed Carl on a number of occasions (one of them immortalized in the HBO documentary, "If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast"), I can attest to what a wonderful fella he is. I've often said that the greatest TV show ever ("Dick Van Dyke") and the greatest movie ever ("Mad Mad World") have only one man in common, and it's Carl. It's a shame he's never won an honorary Oscar, or worse, not received a Kennedy Center honor (especially as Mel got his ages ago). If there is anything like a true Renaissance Man, he is surely that man.<br /><br />P.S.: If "Russians" is forgotten, it's not the film's fault. Carl appeared with it at the Aero a couple of years ago, and it holds up wonderfully (our current situation notwithstanding).mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-73919961080631143192017-11-27T12:38:21.772-05:002017-11-27T12:38:21.772-05:00Thanks, Joe, for this necessary tribute to a funny...Thanks, Joe, for this necessary tribute to a funny man and, more importantly, a nice man. It's difficult to believe that Reiner directed the edgy "Where's Poppa?" and equally difficult to believe that it is now a forgotten movie.Shawnnoreply@blogger.com