shmooshy
shmooshy t1_jd8nth6 wrote
Reply to comment by PixelPervert in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Fair enough, so many early TV comedy guys were Jewish (like Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, etc)…somehow you picked the one who was not!
shmooshy t1_jd8lije wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Danny Thomas was a Lebanese Catholic (hence founding a hospital in the name of his favorite saint, St. Jude.) very much NOT Jewish.
shmooshy t1_jd96izu wrote
Reply to comment by PixelPervert in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Just a few days ago I watched a documentary on Amazon about Rose Marie who played Sally—she really wanted the show to have one more season and do it in color. Her husband used to film rehearsals with a color home movie camera, so there is some silent footage of them on set (in casual clothes, hair in curlers, etc). None of the decor is the color you think it is! I highly recommend the Rose Marie documentary—her life is like an encyclopedia of 20th century entertainment.