Rob Reiner’s Early Career in Comedy Stretched From San Francisco Improv to ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ to Norman Lear’s Universe of Shows

Rob Reiner has been showered with accolades for his work in film and TV in the days since he and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found brutally slain in their Brentwood home.

Rob Reiner had a knack for intersecting with cutting-edge comedy forces just as they were on the cusp of breaking big. Reiner was born into a pedigreed showbiz family as the son of Carl Reiner, a pioneering star of “Your Show of Shows,” and singer Estelle Reiner. Rob Reiner grew up around Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Neil Simon and a slew of comedy legends who were close to his father.

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