Carl Reiner, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-312-31104-9
Reiner (Enter Laughing), creator and co-star of the Dick Van Dyke Show
as well as the director of many film comedies, has collected here some memories of his long career. In short takes, he revisits his first jobs running entertainment programs at...
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Carl Reiner, Author . Simon & Schuster $21 (205p) ISBN 978-0-7432-8669-5
The grand poobah of American comedy has authored the memoir My Anecdotal Life
, several children's books and the autobiographical novels Enter Laughing
(1958) and Continue Laughing
(1996); here he checks in with a midlife crisis–fueled...
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Carl Reiner, Author Phoenix Books $14.95 (136p) ISBN 978-1-59777-627-1
In Reiner's dreadful newest, novelist Nat Noland embarks on an unfunny midlife misadventure that begins with his attempt to write a novel (working title: Blurbs) and ends with him addressing the United Nations. Seeking input on some ideas, Nat...
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Carl Reiner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $18.95 (219p) ISBN 978-1-55972-163-9
Reiner is nothing if not protean; from Your Show of Shows through dozens of films to this, his second novel (after Enter Laughing ) he has shown a delightfully wry sense of humor. All Kinds is an amusing attempt at pure farce, a difficult genre to...
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Carl Reiner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $19.95 (257p) ISBN 978-1-55972-273-5
At its best, this wisecracking coming-of-age novel, a sequel to Enter Laughing, sparkles with the outrageous comedy and touching charm of the movies Reiner has directed (The Jerk; Where's Poppa? et al.). Cagey, raw, 19-year-old aspiring actor David...
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Carl Reiner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $20 (196p) ISBN 978-0-06-019451-2
Veteran funnyman Reiner, best known for his role as Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show and for directing such classic comic films as The Jerk and Oh, God!, more recently scored (with Mel Brooks) a Grammy Award for his comedy album The 2000 Year...
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Carl Reiner, Author, James Bennett, Illustrator , illus. by James Bennett. Little, Brown/Preiss $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-83329-5
A boy sneaks into his neighbor's basement and comes face-to-face with a red-eyed ghoul. "I can't describe this awful monster except to say that it looked exactly like—like the picture on the next page!" gasps comedian Reiner,...
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Carl Reiner, Author, Carl Reiner, Read by , read by the author. Random House Audio $27.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-2382-3
Reiner is up to his usual witty tricks with his character Nat Noland, a California writer, deep into his fifth novel, an account of Genesis focusing on Cain and Abel. Nat's wife, Glennie, overhears his voice in conversations with himself and...
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Carl Reiner, Author, Carl Reiner, Read by Audio Literature $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7871-2261-4
Film comedy director Reiner (The Jerk, etc.) reveals his vaudevillian side in this collection of short humor pieces. Each plays like a skit, the characters established quickly through dialogue-driven vignettes. The stories often build to punch line...
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