Mike Gracia

Actor, comedian, director, and producer Carl Reiner has won nine Emmy
Awards and one Grammy during his career. He partnered with Mel Brooks
as a writer and comedian starting in 1950 with Sid Caesar’s Your Show of
Shows on NBC. Before fame, Reiner worked as a machinist  fixing sewing
machines before his older brother encouraged him to switch careers. Carl
is the father of director Rob Reiner.

NBC Television Theatre was the home of Sid Caesar’s Your Show of
Shows.

 
        
          David Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014)

(AP) – David Brenner, the gangly, toothy-grinned "Tonight Show" favorite
whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standup
comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser, died Saturday.

Brenner, who had been fighting cancer, died peacefully at his home in New
York City with his family at his side, according to Jeff Abraham, his friend
and publicist.

                                         
                                        Mike Gracia