Talk:Rob Reiner
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Just wanted to drop a note that in Rob Reiner's TV history he played the part of Sheldn (that's right without an o) in the TV series"The Odd Couple" who was Myrna Turner's boyfriend. I didn't place it in that section because I wasn't quite sure of the dates. Jdep3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdep3 (talk • contribs) 02:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Fatass
Just thought someone might want to know, "Fatass" redirects to this article.Joe routt 08:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I deleted "ironically, he is extremely overweight, as pointed out by Trey Parker and Matt Stone in an episode of South Park" after the comment about Reiner not putting smoking in his movies; one, this isn't irony, and two, I doubt Parker and Stone were the first to point out that Reiner was overweight, something obviously visible to the public. I think the info about Parker and Stone's parody is perfectly placed under the section of parody, and should be listed there alone. Otherwise, we might as well head to every other subject and person that South Park has parodied and place their commentary alongside the opinions or facts of that subject or person.
In other words, a South Park parody is notable but doesn't warrant being placed in the meat of Reiner's article as running commentary.
After another editor pointed out one film in which there is a smoking character, it became apparent that a number of movies have smoking characters which Reiner has directed or produced (Stand By Me immediately stuck out). So I found a page with a quote from him that talks about limiting smoking in films, essentially, and changed his article accordingly. If someone can find a factual source for if and when Reiner decided completely to stop putting smoking in his films, then we could put the original sentiment back in (with the citation, of course).
- Paul Sheldon smoked, but that was a big plot point. --MasterA113 20:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Comments critical of Mel Gibson as being anti-semetic, come across as being judgemental and pompous.
His comments about Mel Gibson sound like he a bigot who is anti christian.--84.65.223.61 04:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reiner, the REAL hero
I watched this episode and was beyond stunned that was even allowed to air without a smoking warning. They portrayed the tobacco companies as benevolent and looking to give people "pleasure" and anti-smoking activists as lying autocrats trying to "impose their will on others". Libertarian tripe, if you ask me, just like most South Park epidsodes, even though they are hilarious. I make no secret about this, I feel the REAL hero of the episode was Rob Reiner, and I agree that only "hick states" allow such a haphazard method of determining where you can and cannot smoke. This episode was a great disservice to any who has been harmed by Second hand smoke. (EnglishEfternamn 21:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC))
- Well said. But talk pages are only for discussing the editing of the article, not the subject itself. :) ---SilentRAGE! 02:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Reiner is a self-righteous, hypocritical hippopotamus and the SP commentary was spot-on.
Absolutely agreed with the person who wrote the above, how can he complain about others portraying a bad example to siblings- creating a bad environment in which children have to be around when he himself is "fat slob" and does not have time to shave.
Please try to use the talk page for discussing the content of the article, and not The TruthTM. What is relevant to this article about the South Park episode is that it is a culturally significant satire of Reiner's anti-smoking activism. I have tried to rewrite the section so that it frames the satire in terms of South Park's referenced and generally accepted libertarian view point. My hope is that this will further NPOV in that it allows the reader to see who made the satire as well as what they believe. But please do not use this page as a forum for your views. -- J Riddy (Talk || Contributions) 20:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Dates for Personal Info Wrong?
The date of birth for Rob Reiner is wrong, I believe, but there are too many conflicting sources. Apparently, Rob Reiner was born in 1945 (not 1947, as had previously been listed). Check out http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Rob_Reiner/195555#fullBio and the info on Carl Reiner's bio: http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=7ef7edbc-4d0e-4c5d-9288-68a7f6dd9c93. Even IMDB had the information wrong, and now they're checking it out, too.Nbirnbach 21:41, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
The article says that Reiner and Penny Marshall were married from 1971 to 1981, then in the very next sentence says they were divorced in 1979. Is this another thing with conflicting sources?--Turmarion, 13:45 EDT, 19 September 2007
[edit] Once upon a time Rob Reiner went to a funeral. . .
| “ | In 2001, Reiner attended the funeral of Carroll O'Connor, along with Sally Struthers and Danielle Brisebois. Actress Jean Stapleton didn't attend the service, due to other commitments, but has heard of O'Connor's death (Stapleton had been a close friend of O'Connor's, since the early 1960s). | ” |
This is funny stuff. Please don't reinset it though. We are not here do document every event that Reiner has been to. It is a biography not a personal diary. The mind simply boggles "Jean Stapleton has heard that O'Connor is dead", my oh my. Lobojo (talk) 01:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
The grammar in this article is pretty messy, I tried to clean it up a little. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.29.237 (talk) 01:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
