Carl Reiner News

Back home from Florida - its a 60 degree temperature swing from Fort Lauderdale to NYC - and I suddenly realize that I have some shopping to do.

For December, Numerology presents a holiday romp through foodservice, pop culture and Norwegian agriculture.

Here's a list of some new CD releases for the week of Dec. 1: The Bravery - "Stir the Blood" Celine Dion - "D'eux" Il Divo - "An Evening with Il Divo - Live in Barcelona" Allison Iraheta - "Just Like You" Jacksoul - "SOULmate" Juvenile - "Cocky and Confident" R. Kelly - "Untitled" k-os - "The Trill: A Journey So Far" Maria Mai - "Inoxydable" Owl ...

It was in 1968 that Mel Brooks' first movie, "The Producers," was released. When I came across newspaper ads for the film and his name was listed as writer-director, I was quite excited to see it.

So you show up at this party, and instead of the usual mingling and schmoozing, everyone is clustered around these two guys, best buddies deep into some zany routine that they're making up on the spot.

The Criterion Collection, $49.95 You know this new box set will be steeped in nostalgia it's right there in the title, taken from a 1981 PBS series that rebroadcast these classic teleplays for the first time since their original Fifties broadcasts.

Ask Mel Brooks about his enormously productive career in comedy and the 83-year-old performer defers to a relative in Brooklyn.

Mel Brooks regularly gets letters from high school students. They're not asking questions about the 83-year-old director's classic comedy movies such as "Blazing Saddles," "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein." What's caught their attention is a comedy routine Brooks and Carl Reiner have performed for 50 years: "The 2000 Year Old Man." The young ...

"The 2,000 Year Old Man" is one of those acts that have influenced a whole generation of comedians, whether they know it or not.

A Shtick With a Thousand Lives MEL BROOKS and Carl Reiner have been cracking each other up for nearly 60 years.

Okay, this isn't strictly speaking movie-related, but if there's a more important cultural artifact about to be released this season I haven't heard about it.

Like relics from a simpler time, two new comedy albums showed up on my desk this week: Artie Lange's Jack and Coke , a switchblade-vicious assault from Howard Stern's sidekick; and The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History , a deluxe packaging of Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks' classic bit.

The writings of a comic genius are back in book form By KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent Ask anyone who has ever been involved in the comedy world -- from Mel Brooks to Steve Martin to George Clooney -- and they'll tell you that Carl Reiner has one of the best comedic minds of all time.

A host of veteran comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Carl Reiner, Sinbad, and Dick Gregory, paid tribute to Bill Cosby as he received the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington Monday night.

Carl Reiner, the famed writer, producer, and actor, has recently released two books, a children's story and a novel.

If it wasn't for Carl Reiner's older brother Charlie, "Your Show of Shows" would have been missing one of its funniest regulars, there would be no "2,000 Year-Old Man" routines with Mel Brooks, and no classic sitcom series "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Seventy-one years ago, Reiner was working for $10 a week as a shipping clerk in the garment industry ...

Choosing America's Funniest Joke : In a noisy, cramped back room at Factor's Deli in Los Angeles, eight comedy legends put down their pastrami sandwiches long enough to help Reader's Digest choose America's 10 funniest jokes.

Before Carl Reiner had written a single word of his latest work of adult fiction - before he even had an idea for it - he called his friend, writer Larry Gelbart, and asked for a blurb.

With as many credits and accomplishments as Carl Reiner has, one might think his 87-year-old brain would be ready for an extended sabbatical on some beach in Florida.

Superdeluxe remake of a Rat Pack lark of 1960: a happy-go-lucky, jolly-good-fellows, high-tech, clean-as-a-whistle casino heist, with a star-studded cast .