Today is Carl Reiner's birthday
Carl Reiner was born March 20, 1922 in The Bronx, New York City.
In 1950, he was cast by Max Leibman in Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," appearing in skits while also working alongside writers such as Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.
Starting in 1960, Reiner teamed up with Mel Brooks as a comedy duo on "The Steve Allen Show"
Their performances on television and stage included Reiner playing the straight man in
"2000 Year Old Man"
Eventually, the routine expanded into a series of 5 comedy albums, with the last album in the series winning a Grammy Award for Spoken Comedy Album.
On "The Dick Van Dyke Show,' he began his directing career.
His first feature film was an adaptation of Joseph Stein's play, "Enter Laughing," (1967), which, in turn, was based on Reiner's semi-autobiographical 1958 novel of the same name.
Balancing directing, producing, writing, and acting, Reiner has worked on a wide range of films and television programs.
Films from his early directing career included "Where's Poppa?" (1970), "Oh God" (1977), and "The Jerk" (1979).
Reiner is the author of several books, including his 2004 memoir "My Anecdotal Life:A Memoir"
and novels, such as his 2006 novel "NNNNN: A Novel" and "American Film."
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