Carl Reiner
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The Devils Legacy is about how evil finds a way into the soul of some people perpetuating generations of more evil. Adolf Meistermanns evil burns the very life out of his employees, wife and most of his children yet he is powerless, seemingly, to stop it. Evil kills in many ways as we find out in The Devils Legacy. Can it, will it stop with the next generation? Peggy Cramers novella manuscript, The Devils Legacy, was picked from over 1000 participants...
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One of America's funniest comedians, Carl Reiner, tells of a young man's frustrations as a machinist's helper who tries to break into show business. The semi-autobiographical novel details the bumpy journey as the aspiring actor tries to extricate himself from his overly protective parents - and his two girlfriends. Enter Laughing is a heart-warming, laugh-out-loud, and relatable story of a young man with love in his heart and greasepaint on his face...
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This is the story of Bronx-born David Kokolovitz and his hilarious experiences with sex, Shakespeare, and the South Pacific. In search of an acting career, New Yorker David ends up living in the Deep South where he lands his first job at a southern Shakespeare repertory company. Just as the hazards of too-tight tights and too-long soliloquies become too much for him, World War II conveniently breaks out and he moves on to entertain the troops. It...
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Eleven-time Emmy Award winner and icon of American comedy, Carl Reiner, performs a sweet, wry, and whimsical collection of two dozen multi-dimensional short stories, some true and others merely tales. Included in this collection are stories about a man too handsome for his personality, a lifetime bond that is created by a football accident, and a widower's nostalgic trip to the live chicken market. Together they represent the poignant, nostalgic,...
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Meet the Silly family-Willie, Millie, Lilly, and Billy-and their silly neighbors, relatives, and friends in this lyrical romp of storytelling. Inspired by his grandson, Hollywood legend and award-winning director and comedy writer Carl Reiner weaves a whimsical tale of family fun. Read by the author, this recording highlights fun rhymes, tongue-twisting tales, and hilarious characters that will make children everywhere giggle with delight.
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More than once, friends of Carl Reiner said, "You ought to write those things down." And at the age of eighty, Carl finally did. In this funny and engaging memoir, Reiner recounts his show business life in short comic takes. After answering an ad for free acting classes, he forsook a budding vocation as a machinist for an acting career. Reiner recalls the highlights of the succeeding decades: his first sweaty audition - impersonating a dog impersonating...
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In this much-anticipated sequel to “Tell Me a Scary Story”, Carl Reiner's first children's book-odd beams of light come from nowhere, along with oodles of goopy goo, memorable characters, and mysteries for kids to solve. As the story becomes scarier, Reiner pauses to ask if he should proceed, "Or is it too scary?" That's for kids to decide! Here's a fun story with delicious thrills and scary stuff that children will ask for again, and again.
11) The jerk
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A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
13) Oh, God!
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God, personified by George Burns, picks a supermarket manager to carry His message to all mankind.
19) Ocean's eleven
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Danny Ocean like his chances. All he asks is that his handpicked squad of 10 grifters and cons play the game like they have nothing to lose. If all goes right, the payoff will be a fat $150 million. All the gang of associates needs to do is stage heists at three major Las Vegas casinos - Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand - simultaneously during a popular boxing event. The payoff, divided by 11, you do the math.
20) Summer school
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Freddy Shoop is a high school gym teacher who has big plans for the summer. He is forced to cancel them to teach a summer remedial English class to a bunch of misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching and fun field trips begins to connect with them. Even inspiring ardor in some.