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Until Reiner came along, nobody outside the business knew about the writers room; today we all do.
Social media, where dunking on people is a pastime, constitutes one giant, worldwide amateur writers room.
But his greatness hardly stops there.
(He was, as a public figure, the antiLarry David.)
And when he did step into the comics role, he killed.
As for that other great creation, Reiner rather than Brooks was the man who got it started.
Heres a man who was at the scene of the Crucifixion 2000 years ago.
was the question he idly proposed one afternoon, turning to Mel Brooks for an answer.
Reiner had cast himself a little bit against pop in, and reveled in it.
Maybe that was because Reiner had a good family life of his own.
Mel Brooks, when he tweets.
Rob Reiner, of course.
