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Reply to TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Reiner worked with Mel Brooks and a writers room full of future legends, including Neil Simon, on "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca which ran from 1950-54.
Yeah, Dick Van Dyke was more of an acceptable leading man at the time and Reiner wrote himself as the Sid Caesar character, Alan Brady.
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What about the way the vaccine was administered? Aspiration supposedly prevents the rare vascular complications that can lead to myocarditis, among other issues.
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Norman Cousins was saying as much decades ago.
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Makes me want to watch Rock and Roll High School again...
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By God that's a beautiful machine.
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Reply to comment by NotsoNewtoGermany in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
I went to an honoring event for Mel Brooks at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles a few years back, and Reiner was hovering around at the reception. Then in the theatre he lovingly heckled Mel from the back of the room. You could tell just how close they were.
Back when the Friar's Club was still open on the West Coast, the old legends used to hang out including Sid Caesar and Milton Berle who'd show up now and then. I was a young nobody who snuck out of work to grab Thursday lunches and was grateful to catch a glimpse of these guys before they passed away. Caesar in particular was very gracious, always eager to impart some wisdom (usually about diet and exercise) to us young punks.