A Carl Reiner Moment

While I knew that Carl Reiner was in his 90s, I didn't realized that he was that far along into the decade.  And yes, there's something wonderful about not only doing anything on your 97th birthday, let alone having a 97th birthday, but tweeting on it.

I remember being at a small Academy screening of Hustle & Flow, the film that won a Best Song Oscar for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp."). When Carl Reiner showed up, the guard checking in guest had to ask his name -- Reiner was incredibly polite, with no petulance at all at not being recognized...however, the few of us in the screening room saw all this and burst into laughter. When Reiner walked in there were a lot of "thumbs up," and he just graciously shrugged. Mainly, I admired that Carl Reiner -- then 83 -- went to Hustle & Flow ​