Carl Reiner and the history of comedy in the second half of the 20th Century

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We lost a bit of history with the loss of Carl Reiner. He was a writer, director, performer, and a decent, loving human being. I mourn him. He was in a league with the best of the best humorists of the 20th century.

Carl Reiner worked with Sid Caesar and Imogine Coca as both a performer and writer. And those with whom he worked went on to become some of the greatest comedy writers in the world. Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart and Woody Allen. Imagine being in a room with those guys tossing around ideas, concepts, one-liners, and nailing down the very definition of American humor on TV, stage and film.

If there's any kind of universal intelligence, he/she/it can't but have helped loving and laughing at everything which Carl Reiner wrote, produced, directed and in which he performed. And perhaps a special place has been reserved for Carl for the joy he brought to so many.

Carl Reiner, thank you for having been among us. You'll be remembered, missed and loved.