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I’ve often said, you know, no matter what happens to me, I’ll always be, you know, I could win the Nobel Prize. I’ll say Meathead wins Nobel. Rob Reiner needn’t have worried. Yes, he was known for playing Meathead on All in the Family, but his career had *** remarkable second act as *** successful and versatile film director. From the mid 80s to the early 90s, Reiner had *** phenomenal run directing *** diverse range of films. He practically invented the mockumentary with his musical comedy, This Is Spinal Tap. You can see, yeah, the numbers all go to 11. There was the Stephen King coming of age story Stand By Me and the modern fairy tale The Princess Bride. My name is Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. And the classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, yes, yes, which had that famous line delivered by his mom Estelle, I’ll have what she’s having. Another Stephen King adaptation. Misery earned an Oscar for leading lady Kathy Bates. It’s for the best while his military courtroom drama *** Few Good Men had this famous exchange between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. I want the truth. You can’t handle the truth. Rob, son of TV comedy pioneer Carl Reiner, found it *** challenge to step out from his father’s shadow. Getting in the door is important, but having staying power and being able to sustain *** career. At least on the level of or exceed your, your famous, you know, father or mother is very, very difficult. I mean, you’re under an enormous pressure and scrutiny. He first earned fame in his own right as the liberal Mike Stivvik on the groundbreaking 1970s TV sitcom All in the Family. They just don’t like the idea of America. Fighting an illegal and immoral war. Well, if they don’t like it, they can lump it. Stivvik’s arguments with his conservative bigoted father-in-law Archie Bunker were *** hallmark of the show as they debated politics, social and cultural issues through comedy. The show earned Reiner two Emmy Awards. The subjects you took on and the way that you approached them, and we’re. Back in the 70s were unheard of in television at the time. How much resistance did you all get from CBS? Tremendous resistance. At first, when the first, the show first came on, they had *** huge disclaimer, uh, that preceded the show. It was basically, the show doesn’t reflect the views of the network, blah, blah. Basically, it was saying, We don’t know how this show got on. Like his All in the Family character, Reiner was passionate about progressive candidates and causes. He supported Democratic presidential candidates and was an advocate for free preschool education. Reiner would occasionally step back in front of the camera for small roles in films like Sleepless in Seattle, Tiramisu. What is tiramisu? He’ll find out. Rob Reiner was *** character in his own right with an enduring body of work that reflects his generation’s humor and passion.
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Rob Reiner’s son described his parents’ deaths as a ‘living nightmare’ in a heartbreaking essay
Jake Reiner, the son of the late Rob and Michele Reiner, is speaking out on his parents’ deaths, saying “I still wake up every morning having to convince myself that, no, it’s not a dream.”The 34-year-old Jake Reiner released a raw and personal essay on Substack Friday, reflecting on the sudden loss of his parents in December.Above video: Remembering the life of Rob ReinerJake Reiner, the eldest of the pair’s four children, said he was at a celebration of life for one of his best friends when he got the call that changed his life forever.“My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was in a trance. The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home. I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened,” he wrote.Rob Reiner, a beloved actor-director, and Michele Reiner, a photographer and producer, were found dead on Dec. 14 at their home in the upscale Brentwood section of Los Angeles.The pair died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” the LA County Medical Examiner said in initial findings.Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of the pair, was arrested in their killings. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, denying that he fatally stabbed his parents.In his essay, Jake Reiner does not mention his brother by name, but expressed deep anguish at “having your brother at the center of it.”“I was robbed of so many things that day. My parents won’t be at my wedding, they won’t get to hold their future grandchild, and they won’t get to see me have the successful career I’m still seeking. It simultaneously breaks my heart and enrages me,” Jake Reiner said. Jake Reiner said he wrote the essay not for sympathy, but for others to see his parents the way he saw them — as loving and compassionate parents who were the center of his life.Rob Reiner was a prolific director whose work included some of the most memorable and endlessly watchable movies of the 1980s and ’90s. His credits included “This is Spinal Tap,” “Stand By Me,” “A Few Good Men,” and “When Harry Met Sally… ,” during whose production he met photographer Michele Singer and married her soon after.
Jake Reiner, the son of the late Rob and Michele Reiner, is speaking out on his parents’ deaths, saying “I still wake up every morning having to convince myself that, no, it’s not a dream.”
The 34-year-old Jake Reiner released a raw and personal essay on Substack Friday, reflecting on the sudden loss of his parents in December.
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Above video: Remembering the life of Rob Reiner
Jake Reiner, the eldest of the pair’s four children, said he was at a celebration of life for one of his best friends when he got the call that changed his life forever.
“My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was in a trance. The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home. I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened,” he wrote.
Rob Reiner, a beloved actor-director, and Michele Reiner, a photographer and producer, were found dead on Dec. 14 at their home in the upscale Brentwood section of Los Angeles.
The pair died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” the LA County Medical Examiner said in initial findings.
Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of the pair, was arrested in their killings. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, denying that he fatally stabbed his parents.
In his essay, Jake Reiner does not mention his brother by name, but expressed deep anguish at “having your brother at the center of it.”
“I was robbed of so many things that day. My parents won’t be at my wedding, they won’t get to hold their future grandchild, and they won’t get to see me have the successful career I’m still seeking. It simultaneously breaks my heart and enrages me,” Jake Reiner said.
Jake Reiner said he wrote the essay not for sympathy, but for others to see his parents the way he saw them — as loving and compassionate parents who were the center of his life.
Rob Reiner was a prolific director whose work included some of the most memorable and endlessly watchable movies of the 1980s and ’90s. His credits included “This is Spinal Tap,” “Stand By Me,” “A Few Good Men,” and “When Harry Met Sally… ,” during whose production he met photographer Michele Singer and married her soon after.
