Blog Post Carl Reiner Makes an Historic Appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Conan O'Brien" Carl Reiner was Conan O'Brien's guest on The Tonight Show yesterday and as he was introduced Conan noted that Reiner had been on all the major versions of The Tonight Show with previous hosts Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno. Find a link to Carl Reiner's appearance with Conan on...
Blog Post He's Catching Up to the 2000 Year-Old Man: Carl Reiner Turns 96! Happy 96th birthday, Carl Reiner!
Blog Post Singer/ Actress Estelle Reiner Has Died Estelle Reiner grew up in the Bronx and had a career on radio as a singer. She was a respected Jazz singer until her death. Estelle was married to comedic legend (and Archive interviewee) Carl Reiner in 1943 and had 3 children. In 1989 she appeared in son Rob Reiner's film "When Harry Met Sally"...
Blog Post "Hot In Cleveland" comes to the TV Academy Betty White and the entire cast of TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" will appear on a panel Wednesday, March 30 at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, Ca. The event will be moderated by Larry King and special guests include Carl Reiner and Jon Lovitz. Betty sat for an...
Interview Sheldon Leonard In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Sheldon Leonard (1907-1997) shares his fondest memories about the pioneering programs he produced such as The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and I Spy . He also speaks highly of the talented group of people he worked with,...
Show Caesar's Hour From Wikipedia : Caesar's Hour was a television program that aired on NBC from 1954 until 1957. The program starred, among others, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, and Milt Kamen, and featured a number of cameo roles by famous entertainers such as Joan Crawford and Peggy Lee. Widely...
Blog Post Remembering Morrie Gelman The journalist who conducted many of our early interviews passes away at age 90.
Interview Mel Tolkin In his four-hour interview, Mel Tolkin (1913-2007) talks about his early years writing for Camp Tamiment, where he was discovered by producer Max Liebman, and his writing partnership with Lucille Kallen. He discusses writing for such shows as Admiral Broadway Revue , Your Show of Shows , Caesar's...
Show Fashion Story, The This short-lived series ran from Novemeber 4, 1948 to March 1, 1949 on ABC and featured Marilyn Day and Carl Reiner as stars. The series featured the clothing of sponsors and the storyline was slight— Day was a model/aspiring singer and Reiner a comic photographer. Variety said of the show's...
Blog Post "Your Show of Shows" 60th Anniversary Sixty years ago today Your Show of Shows debuted, creating a blueprint for American TV sketch comedy to come. The forerunner of such shows as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live , Your Show of Shows is a touchstone of the kind of programming for which the Golden Age of Television is...