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Carl Reiner's influence on Mel Brooks

The topic discusses how Carl Reiner influenced Mel Brooks' comic instincts and their work together, including their nightly rituals and the way Reiner's presence made comedy sharper and more human.

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Jan 12, 2026

Has Rob Reiner ever spoken about his relationship with Carl Reiner in interviews or memoirs?

Rob Reiner has repeatedly and publicly discussed his relationship with his father, Carl Reiner, across decades of interviews—recounting admiration, childhood ambivalence about living in his father’s s...

Jan 6, 2026

How did Mel Brooks describe Carl Reiner’s influence on his career in interviews after Reiner’s death?

In interviews after Carl Reiner’s death, Mel Brooks framed Reiner as both an artistic collaborator who shaped Brooks’s comic instincts and as an irreplaceable personal touchstone whose role as straigh...

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