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Mel Brooks Remembers His Friend Of 70 Years, Carl Reiner: “Nobody Could Do It Better”

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Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorMel Brooks, whose close friendship with the late Carl Reiner stretched back to the 1950s, has posted a tribute to his old Your Show of Shows costar. “Carl was a giant,” said Brooks on Twitter, “unmatched in his contributions to entertainment.

He created comedy gems.”Brooks recalled meeting Reiner in 1950 on Your Show of Shows and, said Brooks, “We’ve been best friends ever since.” Of his experience doing The 2,000 Year Old Man with Reiner, Brooks remembered, “There was no better straight man in the world.” The bit became a regular thing for the duo, who went on to create hit albums and a book based on it, winning a Grammy in the process.

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