Great Rob Reiner tweet about his dad and Spanky

[red dog 1]

Twitter
March 20, 2019

Rob Reiner
@robreiner

"97 years ago today my father was born..He served in WW2..He was on TV before we owned a TV..He's won 12 Emmys..He loved my mother for 65 years..He has 3 kids & 5 grandkids that he loves..He is my hero..I love him.
The best gift he could get would be the removal of the WH cancer"
https://twitter.com/robreiner

[tymorial]

1. Gods, I wish we could give him that gift

[leftieNanner]

2. We will do our darndest in 2020!!!

[smirkymonkey]

3. K&R

We'll try our best for you, Carl! Happy Birthday!

[Honeycombe8]

4. A touching beautiful tribute. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. His dad is a great person...

and his mother, from my understanding.

[LisaM]

7. I was just thinking of Carl Reiner today, years ago on Johnny Carson

he made me laugh so hard I cried. He was talking about doing the popular (at the time) Canadian Air Force exercises and mis-read the instructions for one - he somehow thought you had to do these leg exchange things in the air, instead of just on the ground, because the drawing didn't show a floor.

He was relating how he was talking to someone else about it, and how they were so hard to do, and puzzlement and then hilarity ensued, and he actually got up and showed how he could do about two of how he envisioned them from the picture. I think I was rolling around and clutching myself with laughter, of course he had perfect comedic timing telling the story, too. Everyone was howling.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. Happy Birthday Carl Reiner! Hope we can make all birthday wishes come true!

[mountain grammy]

6. Happy Birthday Carl Reiner!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. K & R. Had the pleasure of meeting him at a booksigning years ago.

When he signed my friend's copy of his book, he asked what name she wanted him to sign it too and she gave her full name. Her middle name is the name of an old, old song, and he started signing it to her! We've both never forgotten that.

[Different Drummer]

9. K&R! n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Carl Reiner is a National Treasure.

I grew up in an era that marked the beginning of color television. Carl Reiner gave us an alternative to Dragnet and Bonanza. I was amused.

Happy Birthday.

[calimary]

11. I once shared spit with Carl Reiner.

I posted about it here, one of the coolest memories I have of that crazy job I once had, covering entertainment.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211345663#post12