Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Twitter Thread: Awesome Story About Carl Reiner


Someone's cutting onions in here. Rest in peace, Carl Reiner!

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @AshcanPress HERER I have a Carl Reiner story that I hold very dear to me. I figured l'd share it today, on the day of his passing, because I hope it will bring some other people some joy the way it does me. >

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As... · 3 Std. Antwort an @AshcanPress Growing up my dad and his twin brother fel| in love with Sid Caeser's Your Show Of Shows. It is the show that made my dad fall in love with storytelling and comedy. They worshipped Caeser along with castmember/writer Carl Reiner. 16 27 149 3.964 Matthew Rosenberg @As. · 3 Std. Caeser, Reiner, and the other writers on their show, including Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, and Woody Allen, all made my dad and uncle want to be

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. Growing up my dad's choice of dinner on every birthday was Beef Stroganoff. Why did he eat Beef Stroganoff on every birthday for his whole life? Because of a joke on Your Show of Shows. 3 27 124 3.808 Matthew Rosenberg @As. · 3 Std. When Charlton Heston was a guest on the show they did a cold war spy sketch where Reiner was told to go to a restaurant and "ask for Beef Stroganoff." He sits down and the waitress comes over. Reiner says "I'm here for Beef St

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As.. · 3 Std. She leaves and a short while later Heston HERE walks over to the table and asks Reiner "can I help you?" Reiner responds "I asked for Beef Stroganoff," and Heston pauses and then in his deep voice deadpans "I am Beef Stroganoff." The joke made my dad laugh his whole life. 17 27 160 5.314

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Text - @As. · 3 Std. Around 20 years ago my dad had his yearly birthday call with his brother (they're twins). My dad mentioned having Beef Stroganoff and my uncle asked why he always had that on his birthday. Confused my dad just said Matthew Rosenberg "because of the sketch." 4 27 112 3.781 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. My uncle had no idea what he was talking about. It turns out he remembered the sketch clearly but was convinced Heston's name in it was "Sauerbraten" not "Beef Stroganoff."

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. HERER My dad bought every DVD and VHS of Your Show of Shows he could find. He watched every clip online and every documentary, but there didn't seem to be any surviving tape of the sketch. 2 27 100 3.694

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As.. · 3 Std. Jump ahead 10 years and Carl Reiner writes a new book. He announces he will be signing and giving a talk in NY at the 92nd Street Y. My dad sees his chance. He buys HEREP tickets as fast as he can. 3 27 107 4.252 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. My dad was desperate to ask him about the sketch in person. But knowing that he may not get the chance, he also wrote up a letter HEREP to hand to Reiner in case there was no time to ask.

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. HERER When it came time for the signing my dad waited in line and when he got in front of Reiner he told the story of how his whole life he'd loved the show, and the sketch, and Beef Stroganoff, but then he got in the fight with his brother. Carl listened. 5 27 102 3.936

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Text - Mattnew Rosenberg @AS... 3 Sta. When he got to the part about how they couldn't remember whether it was Beef Stroganoff or Sauerbraten he asked Carl point blank- which was it? Carl Reiner stared at my dad, laughed, and simply said "That was a long time ago." 2 27 106 4.440 @As... · 3 Std. HERE My dad thanked him anyway, got his book signed, and then decided to hand him the letter he'd written too, just because he had said some nice things in it about how much he appreciated Reiner's work

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As.. · 3 Std. HERER Two months later. My dad is out for a bike ride. The phone rings. My mom answers. A man asks to speak to my father. She tells him that he's out. The man says he'll try back another time. She asks who it is and he says "Carl Reiner" and hangs up. No number. No caller id.

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Text - ELACE Matthew Rosenberg @A. · 3 Std. Obviously we are all in awe that he called and we wait for him to call back. And we wait. And we wait. Finally a week goes by and the phone rings. My dad answers it excitedly, like he'd answered every call the past week. But this time it's Carl Reiner again. 3 27 108 4.435 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. He says he read the letter my dad gave him at the signing and he found it so touching HERE that he wanted to share it "with the others." Then he put

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. They are calling my dad to answer his question about a sketch from 50 years ago. They all make some jokes and then admit they have no idea whether Charlton Heston was named Beef Stroganoff or Sauerbraten in the sketch. HER 4 27 132 5.746 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 3 Std. But they all agree Beef Stroganoff is funnier, so they give the victory to my dad over my HER uncle. 18 27 149 8.282 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 2 Std. This was literally one of the best d

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 2 Std. HERER As a sidenote a few years later my dad went to the Museum of Television in New York HAT and decided to watch some stuff from the archives. There they had some episodes of Your Show of Shows that aren't available anywhere else. My dad sat down and watched them all. 7 27 117 5.037 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 2 Std. On the very last episode they announced a special guest- Charlton Heston. My dad held his breath. The sketch begins just as my dad remember

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Text - Matthew Rosenberg O @As..· 2 Std. So even your heroes get it wrong sometimes. But I love that my dad made the joke funnier. Thanks Carl for inspiring my dad to be a writer. And thanks for being so kind, generous and warm. He tried to follow in your footsteps in all of those things and I'm trying to follow in his. 13.346 392 27 296 Matthew Rosenberg O @As. · 2 Std. HERE Carl Reiner, his daughter Annie, and Mel Brooks 2 days ago for Mel's birthday. LAK JES VER VES HAITER BLACK IVES ATATTER

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Font - Matthew Rosenberg O HERER My brother just sent me this photo of my dad getting his book signed by Carl. @As.. · 8 Min. O 13 27 5 387

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