After passing the written test, I took the driving test. This was always going to be the easiest part. I have driven in multiple countries, have a pretty good understanding of Chinese driving habits, and know the differences between what the law says versus how people actually drive. I'm not at all familiar with the streets of Kaohsiung, but that would never matter if the person administering the test told me where to go.
The real reason it never mattered was because the road test does not take place on the road. To demonstrate your ability to drive safely on the crowded and chaotic streets of Taiwan, you have to perform elementary maneuvers on a closed course with absolutely no other cars, pedestrians or distractions. It was kind of a joke. I could have passed this test during my first week of driver's ed in high school.
To get a license, you have to be able to drive in a straight line; stop at a fake red light; stop at a fake railroad crossing; go up a hill, which is more like a wide speed bump, stop at the top and go down; back up into an unusually large parking spot; parallel park into an even larger parking spot; drive forward on a curved road, and then drive backward on the same road, even though the written test clearly states that driving backward on a curved road is illegal.
It is impossible to turn the wrong way or hit anyone since it is a closed course. There are sensors all over the road. Running over one means losing a few points, as does not stopping at the right places or rolling backward downhill. The “hill” part is for manual transmissions. You have to stop on the hill without stalling or rolling backward downhill. I don't see how anyone can fail that part in a modern automatic.
I took the test in a manual transmission because the license limits the kind of car you can drive based on the kind of car you use on the test. Had I taken it in an automatic, I would only be able to legally drive automatics in Taiwan. Not that it matters. Most newer cars are automatics and I would be surprised if a single rental place in the country has stick shifts. But when I have to renew my international permit, it will be based on my license. If my Taiwan license is limited to automatics, my international permit will be as well. That could affect future driving on future trips out of the country. Assuming the police in those countries care. I prefer sticks, on the rare occasion that is an option, so it made the most sense that I would be licensed to drive them.
The test course looked like it was designed for SUVs. Everything was big and wide; often wider than the actual streets in Taiwan. You can take the test in your own car or you can borrow a 10-year-old Toyota Tercel. In a Tercel, those parking spaces are huge.
After passing the test, easily, they took me to the counter where my passport photo was laminated onto a card right then and there. I thought it was a temporary license until the permanent one could be printed, but that flimsy laminated cardboard is my actual driver's license. If I took it to the United States, every police officer would automatically assume it was a terrible forgery.
Just outside the main building, some people were taking their scooter driving test. So I watched. I thought the driving test for cars was a joke. A trained monkey could pass the scooter test. They had to drive in a relatively straight line, stop at a fake railroad crossing, stop at a fake red light, and make two right turns on the course. That was it. The hardest part for the people I watched was driving in a straight line. Everyone lost points when swerving into the sensors or putting their feet on the ground to stabilize themselves. Whenever anyone hit a sensor, there was a loud alarm that everyone could hear. Knowing how much Chinese people hate to lose face, that must have been the hardest part. But if loud noises are distracting, Taiwan driving is not for you.
I thought the tests were pretty easy, other than the terrible English, but I have heard that the failure rate is pretty high. That must be why there are driving schools all over the country. Apparently, there is at least one school across the street or very near every motor vehicles office. The only purpose of the driving schools is to show you tricks for passing the test. They have nothing to do with learning how to drive. You can even take the test at the school, which the government encourages. I assume to cut down on wait times, but I'm sure it is easier to pay the school a little extra to pass than it would be at the DMV.
Getting a driver's license in Taiwan has been an educational experience. Not because I learned anything about driving. I learned why the drivers of Taiwan are so objectively terrible. No one learns how to drive at any point in their lives. There is no driver's education in high school because you have to be at least 18 to drive here. The driving schools show them how to pass the test and the test has nothing to do with real world road conditions. People pass the test and learn how to drive by following all the mistakes everyone else on the road is making.
Just like China, there is no police presence on the road to discourage illegal behavior. No one in Taiwan or China knows that feeling of seeing flashing lights in their rear view mirror. There are cameras to send out fines to people who run select red lights or exceed the speed limit in the wrong place, which is odd since there are warning signs before every camera. It makes sense that they warn people to follow the law, but telling everyone where the cameras are only tells them where they have to behave. If there is no warning sign, you can run the right lights to your heart's content. You can drive on the wrong side of the road at night without any headlights and the police will never know. Until they are called after a collision. There are consequences to driving like a blind jackrabbit if someone gets injured, but if you make it home in one piece, you can do absolutely anything you want on the roads of Taiwan. And many people do.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
New Driver's License part 1
Sooner or later, you have to get a driver's license. I had one when I lived in Hong Kong, even though I rarely drove in Hong Kong. I think I drove in Mainland China more than I drove in Hong Kong. But on either side of the border, you need a license. I also try to drive as much as I can whenever I go to other countries. An international permit only works in conjunction with a valid license, and I let my Minnesota license expire a long time ago. Having a Hong Kong license was the only option that made any sense. So even though I had no car and no real need for a license in Hong Kong, I got one. It was pretty easy.
I have no need for a driver's license in Kaohsiung. I have no car and have yet to drive at all in this city. I could rent a car with my Hong Kong license and international permit, though that would likely confuse the people at the rental counter. I can show a license and ID from Hong Kong, but if they want to see my passport, that would bring a third country into the mix. If I really wanted to confuse them I could show my Taiwan ID. But if I have a Taiwan ID, I should not be using an international permit and license from some other country. Hence my new driver's license.
The procedure for getting a driver's license in Taiwan is pretty similar to Hong Kong. You take a written test, you take a driving test and they put your picture on a card. The practice is wildly different.
In Hong Kong, I took the written test in English. I figured, since it was offered, why not. I know English. It was easy. If you know basic rules of the road and a few China specifics, you can pass the written test. Just keep in mind that left and right are reversed in Hong Kong. That part is easier for people from the United Kingdom of South India and Australia Africa.
The driving test was pretty much like the driving test in Minnesota. You drive around, go where the guy tells you to go and don't hit anything. But the roads of Hong Kong are infinitely more dangerous than the roads of Minnesota. Being a good driver in Minnesota is nothing like being a good driver in Hong Kong. In China, defensive driving is not a suggestion. It is an absolute requirement if you want to live. Sooner than later, someone else on the road will go out of their way to kill you. You can practically fall asleep while driving in Minnesota, as long as you know what is in front of you. If you are not fully aware of everyone from every direction at all times in China, you will die.
In Taiwan, I started to take the written test in English. I figured, since it was offered, why not. I quickly realized why not. It is a computer test, so you don't see the next question until you have answered the last question. That was why it took me a while to figure out how messed up the test was going to be. Knowing the basic rules of the road was not an issue. The problem was whoever translated the questions into English does not know English.
The following are actual questions on the test.
True or false:
I make discover from two passenger whisper conversation are the drug dealer, to helping my country I must take at police stations therefor not allow them escape.
If true, it is my legal responsibility to detain dangerous criminals. I never signed up for that.
When green light say pass driver should attention of car and pedestrian illegal going in red light easily cause accidence.
This might seem like an easy one, but the correct answer is false. Drivers should not pay attention to anyone running the red light, according to the driving test. Maybe this explains why no one does.
Multiple choice:
If car driver is found snack on road will punished (1) find number plate will detaine 3 month (2) find roadway safety lecture (3) find roadway safety lecture number plate will detaine 3 month.
This could be interpreted as saying that eating while driving is illegal, but I looked it up and it is not. Holding your phone while driving is illegal. Eating is perfectly acceptable. But apparently, it is illegal to find a snack on the road.
If driver wish uphold national honor, promote social state ability, family happiness (1) say no on them (2) drive after serious accidence with car (3) double passenger fee.
What? I like to think I am pretty good at translating Chinglish into something legible, but I have no idea what this means.
I stopped taking the test after the national honor question and asked the clerk if I could start over again in Chinese. She was surprised that I did not understand the English, but agreed that it would be better to start over than to fail and have to wait a week to take the test again.
The Chinese version was straightforward. Anyone who knows basic rules of the road and a few Taiwan specifics can pass the test. And none of the questions on the Chinese version mentioned snacks.
I have no need for a driver's license in Kaohsiung. I have no car and have yet to drive at all in this city. I could rent a car with my Hong Kong license and international permit, though that would likely confuse the people at the rental counter. I can show a license and ID from Hong Kong, but if they want to see my passport, that would bring a third country into the mix. If I really wanted to confuse them I could show my Taiwan ID. But if I have a Taiwan ID, I should not be using an international permit and license from some other country. Hence my new driver's license.
The procedure for getting a driver's license in Taiwan is pretty similar to Hong Kong. You take a written test, you take a driving test and they put your picture on a card. The practice is wildly different.
In Hong Kong, I took the written test in English. I figured, since it was offered, why not. I know English. It was easy. If you know basic rules of the road and a few China specifics, you can pass the written test. Just keep in mind that left and right are reversed in Hong Kong. That part is easier for people from the United Kingdom of South India and Australia Africa.
The driving test was pretty much like the driving test in Minnesota. You drive around, go where the guy tells you to go and don't hit anything. But the roads of Hong Kong are infinitely more dangerous than the roads of Minnesota. Being a good driver in Minnesota is nothing like being a good driver in Hong Kong. In China, defensive driving is not a suggestion. It is an absolute requirement if you want to live. Sooner than later, someone else on the road will go out of their way to kill you. You can practically fall asleep while driving in Minnesota, as long as you know what is in front of you. If you are not fully aware of everyone from every direction at all times in China, you will die.
In Taiwan, I started to take the written test in English. I figured, since it was offered, why not. I quickly realized why not. It is a computer test, so you don't see the next question until you have answered the last question. That was why it took me a while to figure out how messed up the test was going to be. Knowing the basic rules of the road was not an issue. The problem was whoever translated the questions into English does not know English.
The following are actual questions on the test.
True or false:
I make discover from two passenger whisper conversation are the drug dealer, to helping my country I must take at police stations therefor not allow them escape.
If true, it is my legal responsibility to detain dangerous criminals. I never signed up for that.
When green light say pass driver should attention of car and pedestrian illegal going in red light easily cause accidence.
This might seem like an easy one, but the correct answer is false. Drivers should not pay attention to anyone running the red light, according to the driving test. Maybe this explains why no one does.
Multiple choice:
If car driver is found snack on road will punished (1) find number plate will detaine 3 month (2) find roadway safety lecture (3) find roadway safety lecture number plate will detaine 3 month.
This could be interpreted as saying that eating while driving is illegal, but I looked it up and it is not. Holding your phone while driving is illegal. Eating is perfectly acceptable. But apparently, it is illegal to find a snack on the road.
If driver wish uphold national honor, promote social state ability, family happiness (1) say no on them (2) drive after serious accidence with car (3) double passenger fee.
What? I like to think I am pretty good at translating Chinglish into something legible, but I have no idea what this means.
I stopped taking the test after the national honor question and asked the clerk if I could start over again in Chinese. She was surprised that I did not understand the English, but agreed that it would be better to start over than to fail and have to wait a week to take the test again.
The Chinese version was straightforward. Anyone who knows basic rules of the road and a few Taiwan specifics can pass the test. And none of the questions on the Chinese version mentioned snacks.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Carl Reiner
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner were friends since their Sid Caesar days. Oddly enough, they rarely worked together. Reiner was in the Dick Van Dyke then Steve Martin crowd, while Brooks led the Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman brigade. Brooks never directed Dick Van Dyke or Steve Martin. Reiner, somehow, never directed Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn or Cloris Leachman. Dom DeLuise was their common denominator. They both liked to cast Sid Caesar actors in smaller roles, including Caesar himself.
Carl Reiner was married to Estelle Reiner for 65 years. Mel Brooks was married to Anne Bancroft for 40 years. After their wives died in 2008 and 2005, they were thick as thieves, reportedly seeing each other every day. Now I'm worried about Mel Brooks. He is 94 years old, lost his wife 15 years ago and just lost his best friend. Carl Reiner once said the world would be too bleak without Mel Brooks. He will never have to face that world, but the rest of us will, entirely too soon.
Your Show of Shows
Written by Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Carl Reiner, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Michael Stewart, Tony Webster
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, Ed Herlihy
Caesar's Hour
Written by Mel Tolkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Carl Reiner, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, Gary Belkin, Michael Stewart
Starring Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Milt Kamen, Ellen Parker, Sandra Deel
Sid Caesar Invites You
Written by Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Mel Tolkin, Larry Gelbart, Michael Stewart
Directed by Frank Bunetta
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Milt Kamen
The Sid Caesar Show
Written by Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Art Carney, Jeanne Bal
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Carl Reiner
Happy Anniversary
Directed by David Miller
Starring David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Monique Van Vooren, Elizabeth Wilson, Patty Duke
The Gazebo
Directed by George Marshall
Written by George Wells
Starring Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Mabel Albertson, Bert Freed, Martin Landau, ZaSu Pitts
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen
Starring Deborah Walley, James Darren, Michael Callan, Carl Reiner, Jeff Donnell, Peggy Cass, Eddie Foy Jr
The Thrill of It All
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Carl Reiner & Larry Gelbart
Starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, ZaSu Pitts, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Carl Reiner
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed & produced by Stanley Kramer
Written by William Rose & Tania Rose
Starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie Anderson, Jim Backus, Joe E Brown, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Jimmy Durante, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Leo Gorcey, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Marvin Kaplan, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, ZaSu Pitts, Carl Reiner, Arnold Stang, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita, Jesse White, Jack Benny, John Clarke, Minta Durfee, Tom Kennedy, Bobo Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Barbara Pepper, Ben Blue, Doodles Weaver, Lennie Weinrib
The Art of Love
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Richard Alan Simmons & Carl Reiner
Starring James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Miiko Taka
Enter Laughing
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Joseph Stein
Based on the novel by Carl Reiner
Music by Quincy Jones
Starring Jose Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford, Janet Margolin, Don Rickles, Michael J Pollard, Rob Reiner, Milton Frome, Reni Santoni
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Directed by Gene Deitch
Starring Norma MacMillan, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Allen Swift
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Directed by Harmon Jones
Written by Morey Amsterdam & George Schenck
Produced by Morey Amsterdam
Starring Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, Joey Adams, Henry Corden, January Jones, Moe Howard, Carl Reiner
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Directed & produced by Norman Jewison
Written by William Rose
Edited by Hal Ashby
Music by Johnny Mandel
Starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel, Don Keefer, Richard Schaal, Ben Blue, Michael J Pollard
A Guide for the Married Man
Directed by Gene Kelly
Written by Frank Tarloff
Edited by Dorothy Spencer
Music by John Williams
Starring Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Robert Morse, Jackie Joseph, Majel Barrett, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Polly Bergen, Joey Bishop, Ben Blue, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Wally Cox, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Jeffrey Hunter, Marty Ingels, Sam Jaffe, Jayne Mansfield, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas
The Comic
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Aaron Ruben
Edited by Adrienne Fazan
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Carl Reiner, Pert Kelton, Steve Allen, Gavin MacLeod, Fritz Feld, Isabel Sanford
Generation
Directed by George Schaefer
Music by Dave Grusin
Starring David Janssen, Kim Darby, Carl Reiner, James Coco, Sam Waterston
Where's Poppa?
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Robert Klane
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere, Rae Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Garrett Morris, Rob Reiner, Paul Sorvino
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub, Elias Davis, David Pollock
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Hope Lange, Marty Brill, Fannie Flagg, Nancy Dussault, Dick Van Patten
Lotsa Luck
Created & written by Carl Reiner, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
Directed by Alan Rafkin, Bill Persky
Starring Dom DeLuise, Kathleen Freeman, Wynn Irwin, Beverly Sander, Jack Knight
Free to Be... You and Me
Written by Marlo Thomas, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger, Carl Reiner, Shel Silverstein
Produced by Marlo Thomas, Carole Hart
Starring Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Tommy Smothers, Cicely Tyson, Rosey Grier, Kris Kristofferson, Mel Brooks, Carol Channing, Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson, Stuart Pankin
Oh, God
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Larry Gelbart
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels, Barnard Hughes, Paul Sorvino, Dinah Shore, Carl Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Moosie Drier, Jerry Dunphy, Murphy Dunne
The One and Only
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Gordon
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Hervé Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr
The End
Directed by Burt Reynolds
Written by Jerry Belson
Music by Paul Williams
Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Carl Reiner, James Best
The Jerk
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb
Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dick O'Neill, Mabel King, Bill Macy, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, Carl Gottlieb, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner
History of the World, Part I
Directed, written & produced by Mel Brooks
Music by John Morris
Starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Mary-Margaret Humes, Orson Welles, Bea Arthur, Ron Carey, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Spike Milligan, Carl Reiner, John Hurt, Charlie Callas, Paul Mazursky, Henny Youngman, Barry Levinson
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, George Gaynes, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price
The Man with Two Brains
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, James Cromwell, Francis X McCarthy, Estelle Reiner, Merv Griffin
All of Me
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Jason Bernard, Selma Diamond, Peggy Feury
Summer Rental
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, John Larroquette, Richard Herd, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni
Summer School
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Jeff Franklin
Edited by Bud Molin
Music by Danny Elfman
Starring Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Shawnee Smith, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Directed & written by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Cathryn Bradshaw, Anne Bancroft, Corbin Bernsen, Bruno Kirby
Sibling Rivalry
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Martha Goldhirsh
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Kirstie Alley, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Ed O'Neill, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Sam Elliott
The Spirit of '76
Directed by Lucas Reiner
Written by Lucas Reiner & Roman Coppola
Produced by Roman Coppola
Starring Mark Mothersbaugh, Carl Reiner, David Cassidy, Olivia d'Abo, Leif Garrett, Moon Unit Zappa, Tommy Chong, Julie Brown, Rob Reiner, Barbara Bain, Don Novello, Lucas Reiner, Sofia Coppola
Fatal Instinct
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, John Witherspoon, Eartha Kitt, Tony Randall, Bill Cobbs, Carl Reiner
That Old Feeling
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Leslie Dixon
Starring Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady
Slums of Beverly Hills
Directed & written by Tamara Jenkins
Starring Alan Arkin, Natasha Lyonne, Kevin Corrigan, Jessica Walter, Rita Moreno, David Krumholtz, Carl Reiner, Marisa Tomei
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Directed by Des McAnuff
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Starring June Foray, Keith Scott, Piper Perabo, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, Robert De Niro, Randy Quaid, Paget Brewster, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman, Kenan Thompson, James Rebhorn, David Alan Grier, Don Novello, Drena De Niro, Max Grodénchik, Taraji P Henson, Norman Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal
Ocean's Eleven
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Ted Griffin
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Angie Dickinson, Henry Silva
Ocean's Twelve
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by George Nolfi
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Albert Finney, Cherry Jones, Eddie Izzard, Robbie Coltrane
Ocean's Thirteen
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Vincent Cassel, David Paymer
Dumbbells
Directed by Christopher Livingston
Written & produced by Brian Drolet & Hoyt Richards
Starring Brian Drolet, Hoyt Richards, Jaleel White, Mircea Monroe, Carl Reiner, Nancy Olson, Tom Arnold
Duck Duck Goose
Directed by Chris Jenkins
Starring Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Natasha Leggero, Stephen Fry, Craig Ferguson, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey, Diedrich Bader
Toy Story 4
Directed by Josh Cooley
Music by Randy Newman
Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, Laurie Metcalf, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Patricia Arquette, Bill Hader, Melissa Villaseñor
Carl Reiner was married to Estelle Reiner for 65 years. Mel Brooks was married to Anne Bancroft for 40 years. After their wives died in 2008 and 2005, they were thick as thieves, reportedly seeing each other every day. Now I'm worried about Mel Brooks. He is 94 years old, lost his wife 15 years ago and just lost his best friend. Carl Reiner once said the world would be too bleak without Mel Brooks. He will never have to face that world, but the rest of us will, entirely too soon.
Your Show of Shows
Written by Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Carl Reiner, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Michael Stewart, Tony Webster
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, Ed Herlihy
Caesar's Hour
Written by Mel Tolkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Carl Reiner, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, Gary Belkin, Michael Stewart
Starring Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Milt Kamen, Ellen Parker, Sandra Deel
Sid Caesar Invites You
Written by Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Mel Tolkin, Larry Gelbart, Michael Stewart
Directed by Frank Bunetta
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Milt Kamen
The Sid Caesar Show
Written by Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Art Carney, Jeanne Bal
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Carl Reiner
Happy Anniversary
Directed by David Miller
Starring David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Monique Van Vooren, Elizabeth Wilson, Patty Duke
The Gazebo
Directed by George Marshall
Written by George Wells
Starring Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Mabel Albertson, Bert Freed, Martin Landau, ZaSu Pitts
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen
Starring Deborah Walley, James Darren, Michael Callan, Carl Reiner, Jeff Donnell, Peggy Cass, Eddie Foy Jr
The Thrill of It All
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Carl Reiner & Larry Gelbart
Starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, ZaSu Pitts, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Carl Reiner
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed & produced by Stanley Kramer
Written by William Rose & Tania Rose
Starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie Anderson, Jim Backus, Joe E Brown, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Jimmy Durante, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Leo Gorcey, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Marvin Kaplan, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, ZaSu Pitts, Carl Reiner, Arnold Stang, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita, Jesse White, Jack Benny, John Clarke, Minta Durfee, Tom Kennedy, Bobo Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Barbara Pepper, Ben Blue, Doodles Weaver, Lennie Weinrib
The Art of Love
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Richard Alan Simmons & Carl Reiner
Starring James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Miiko Taka
Enter Laughing
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Joseph Stein
Based on the novel by Carl Reiner
Music by Quincy Jones
Starring Jose Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford, Janet Margolin, Don Rickles, Michael J Pollard, Rob Reiner, Milton Frome, Reni Santoni
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Directed by Gene Deitch
Starring Norma MacMillan, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Allen Swift
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Directed by Harmon Jones
Written by Morey Amsterdam & George Schenck
Produced by Morey Amsterdam
Starring Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, Joey Adams, Henry Corden, January Jones, Moe Howard, Carl Reiner
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Directed & produced by Norman Jewison
Written by William Rose
Edited by Hal Ashby
Music by Johnny Mandel
Starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel, Don Keefer, Richard Schaal, Ben Blue, Michael J Pollard
A Guide for the Married Man
Directed by Gene Kelly
Written by Frank Tarloff
Edited by Dorothy Spencer
Music by John Williams
Starring Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Robert Morse, Jackie Joseph, Majel Barrett, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Polly Bergen, Joey Bishop, Ben Blue, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Wally Cox, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Jeffrey Hunter, Marty Ingels, Sam Jaffe, Jayne Mansfield, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas
The Comic
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Aaron Ruben
Edited by Adrienne Fazan
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Carl Reiner, Pert Kelton, Steve Allen, Gavin MacLeod, Fritz Feld, Isabel Sanford
Generation
Directed by George Schaefer
Music by Dave Grusin
Starring David Janssen, Kim Darby, Carl Reiner, James Coco, Sam Waterston
Where's Poppa?
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Robert Klane
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere, Rae Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Garrett Morris, Rob Reiner, Paul Sorvino
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub, Elias Davis, David Pollock
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Hope Lange, Marty Brill, Fannie Flagg, Nancy Dussault, Dick Van Patten
Lotsa Luck
Created & written by Carl Reiner, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
Directed by Alan Rafkin, Bill Persky
Starring Dom DeLuise, Kathleen Freeman, Wynn Irwin, Beverly Sander, Jack Knight
Free to Be... You and Me
Written by Marlo Thomas, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger, Carl Reiner, Shel Silverstein
Produced by Marlo Thomas, Carole Hart
Starring Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Tommy Smothers, Cicely Tyson, Rosey Grier, Kris Kristofferson, Mel Brooks, Carol Channing, Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson, Stuart Pankin
Oh, God
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Larry Gelbart
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels, Barnard Hughes, Paul Sorvino, Dinah Shore, Carl Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Moosie Drier, Jerry Dunphy, Murphy Dunne
The One and Only
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Gordon
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Hervé Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr
The End
Directed by Burt Reynolds
Written by Jerry Belson
Music by Paul Williams
Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Carl Reiner, James Best
The Jerk
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb
Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dick O'Neill, Mabel King, Bill Macy, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, Carl Gottlieb, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner
History of the World, Part I
Directed, written & produced by Mel Brooks
Music by John Morris
Starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Mary-Margaret Humes, Orson Welles, Bea Arthur, Ron Carey, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Spike Milligan, Carl Reiner, John Hurt, Charlie Callas, Paul Mazursky, Henny Youngman, Barry Levinson
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, George Gaynes, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price
The Man with Two Brains
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, James Cromwell, Francis X McCarthy, Estelle Reiner, Merv Griffin
All of Me
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Jason Bernard, Selma Diamond, Peggy Feury
Summer Rental
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, John Larroquette, Richard Herd, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni
Summer School
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Jeff Franklin
Edited by Bud Molin
Music by Danny Elfman
Starring Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Shawnee Smith, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Directed & written by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Cathryn Bradshaw, Anne Bancroft, Corbin Bernsen, Bruno Kirby
Sibling Rivalry
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Martha Goldhirsh
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Kirstie Alley, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Ed O'Neill, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Sam Elliott
The Spirit of '76
Directed by Lucas Reiner
Written by Lucas Reiner & Roman Coppola
Produced by Roman Coppola
Starring Mark Mothersbaugh, Carl Reiner, David Cassidy, Olivia d'Abo, Leif Garrett, Moon Unit Zappa, Tommy Chong, Julie Brown, Rob Reiner, Barbara Bain, Don Novello, Lucas Reiner, Sofia Coppola
Fatal Instinct
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, John Witherspoon, Eartha Kitt, Tony Randall, Bill Cobbs, Carl Reiner
That Old Feeling
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Leslie Dixon
Starring Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady
Slums of Beverly Hills
Directed & written by Tamara Jenkins
Starring Alan Arkin, Natasha Lyonne, Kevin Corrigan, Jessica Walter, Rita Moreno, David Krumholtz, Carl Reiner, Marisa Tomei
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Directed by Des McAnuff
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Starring June Foray, Keith Scott, Piper Perabo, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, Robert De Niro, Randy Quaid, Paget Brewster, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman, Kenan Thompson, James Rebhorn, David Alan Grier, Don Novello, Drena De Niro, Max Grodénchik, Taraji P Henson, Norman Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal
Ocean's Eleven
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Ted Griffin
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Angie Dickinson, Henry Silva
Ocean's Twelve
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by George Nolfi
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Albert Finney, Cherry Jones, Eddie Izzard, Robbie Coltrane
Ocean's Thirteen
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Vincent Cassel, David Paymer
Dumbbells
Directed by Christopher Livingston
Written & produced by Brian Drolet & Hoyt Richards
Starring Brian Drolet, Hoyt Richards, Jaleel White, Mircea Monroe, Carl Reiner, Nancy Olson, Tom Arnold
Duck Duck Goose
Directed by Chris Jenkins
Starring Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Natasha Leggero, Stephen Fry, Craig Ferguson, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey, Diedrich Bader
Toy Story 4
Directed by Josh Cooley
Music by Randy Newman
Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, Laurie Metcalf, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Patricia Arquette, Bill Hader, Melissa Villaseñor
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