{"id":522,"date":"2016-05-16T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T04:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=522"},"modified":"2016-11-09T04:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T09:45:50","slug":"department-of-tangents-minicast-ep5-interview-flashback-with-carl-reiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/05\/16\/department-of-tangents-minicast-ep5-interview-flashback-with-carl-reiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Tangents Minicast Ep5: Interview Flashback with Carl Reiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was one of my favorite interviews for the Globe<\/em>, not only because Carl Reiner<\/a> had so much to say, but because he and his crew were such warm and gracious people. I sat for a couple of hours in Carl Reiner\u2019s living room, asking questions about every aspect of his career, from Sid Caesar\u2019s Caesar\u2019s Hour<\/em> and Your Show of Shows<\/em> to creating The Dick Van Dyke Show<\/em> to directing The Jerk<\/em> and The Man with Two Brains<\/em>, on up to his current streak of memoirs with his publishing imprint Random Content<\/a>. In this bit, we talk about two sketches in particular \u2013 \u201cThe Three Haircuts\u201d and \u201cThe Clock\u201d \u2013 which are essentially viewing for anyone who loves or works with the format. We moved around the map a bit, also talking about Billy Crystal, Bob Fosse, and why Reiner never used slang on The Dick Van Dyke Show<\/em>. The other voices you hear are Lawrence O\u2019Flahaven of Random Content and legendary manager George Shapiro. <\/p>\n