Dyke vs Reiner vs Brooks vs Lear

[dead0man]

4 funny dudes, all over 90 yo.  You may remember...

Dick Van Dyke from the Dick Van Dyke Show, the bad English accent in Mary Poppins and the old security guard in the Night at the Museum movies

Carl Reiner from creating the Dick Van Dyke Show, directing The Jerk, being that old Jew in the Oceans 11 movies and the father of Rob Reiner

Mel Brooks from all those funny movies he directed like History of the World Part 1, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles

Norman Lear from creating all those TV shows in the 70s like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Good Times and The Jeffersons


All 4 have had a huge impact on the culture of comedy in the second half of the 20th century.  It seems Mel was involved in the most good stuff but I might be biased as I like his stuff way more than the others.  His comedy really falls into my wheel house.  (I've always been 12 on the inside)

[DINGO Joe]

Brooks and Lear had the greatest peaks, Reiner had the greatest career.  I'd put Newhart above Van Dyke--although it turns out Newhart is only 89.

Brooks, Reiner, Lear, Van Dyke.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

It's VAN Dyke - please! Do you just say Gogh? Do you call the band Halen? What about Moscow, Russia 1958 - the greatest champion perhaps in the history of champions? Is that man just Cliburn to you? Please. You can't ignore half of a man's name.