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CARL REINER + MEL BROOKS Image

8 p.m., La-Z-Boys in position? CHECK. Image

TV trays? CHECK. Image

What’s for dinner? Whaddya think? Chicken? Roast Beef? I don’t know, maybe chicken, maybe roast beef. CHECK. CHECK. ImageImage

JEOPARDY!? JEOPARDY! CHECK. CHECK. CHECK. ImageImageImage

Unless you want a movie. You want a movie? Mmmhh, tell me about it. Well, it’s got the following lines: “Lock all the doors,” “Secure the perimeter,” “Let nobody in and out,” and “Get some rest.” Sounds perfect. For more than 60 years, until Reiner’s death at age 98 in July 2020, these two menschiest of mensches were by each other’s side. And as Carl Reiner proudly told Judy Woodruff, his life is fuller because of it. Ours too.