The Death Thread

[GalagaGuy]

Confirmation is coming out that it was Rob Reiner and his wife and that they were both stabbed to death.  

[Motor City Sonics]

2 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

Confirmation is coming out that it was Rob Reiner and his wife and that they were both stabbed to death.  

Already wondering if it was a political thing. 

[oblong]

I’ve seen suggestions it was his son. Which makes me think some mental health or drug issues. 
 

[GalagaGuy]

People is reporting it was their son.

https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856

[CMRivdogs]

Was just looking at the volume of Reiner’s work. Hard to imagine when you think back to All in the Family 

 

[oblong]

I feel lucky to have been around the age of the kids when Stand by Me came out. Spinal Tap was so formative to my sense of humor.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Killed by their own son?     Oh, man.  

[Motor City Sonics]

This Is Spinal Tap

The Princess Bride

Stand By Me. 

 

Those are all perfect movies, in my opinion.  They all had the perfect amount of humor and heart and every single joke lands.   And Rob set aside his ego and let improvisers improvise.    Those movies were all perfectly-cast.      When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men..........man, that's a list.  

[Mr.TaterSalad]

All in the Family is my second favorite sitcom of all time. It was ground breaking. It pushed social boundaries and norms by touching topics no one else would touch. It portrayed the American family as an imperfect group of people, where the past conflicts with the present. Rob Reiner's role as Michael Stivic, the educated, liberal meathead to counter balance the old, racist Archie Bunker, was perfect. Reiner and Carol O'Connor were perfect for one another on screen. Together, they produced so many iconic and downright hilarious moments. Rob Reiner, you will certainly be missed. RIP!

[smr-nj]

This is truly horrible.  How awful . 
 

[oblong]

Out of the gate, at age 37, in order:   Spinal Tap, Sure Thing, Stand by me, Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A few good men. 

All movies I have seen a few dozen times each. 

[chasfh]

So glad I had the presence of mind to go see him when he did a theater interview tour in support of the new Spinal Tap back in September. He was a good interview and told a great story about how the zit scene in the original came together.

I was struck by how much he sounded like Seth Rogen when he laughed.

[oblong]

I listened to his appearance on club random last month when driving back from TN.  They were riffing about something and said during filming of The Bucket List Jack told him 3 rules to live by at their age.   Don’t trust a fart, Never pass up a bathroom, never led a hard on to to waste. 

[oblong]

This is Chris Guest’s scene but Reiner is just as funny because he gave him the right space and setups. That’s a skill too. 

[oblong]

Anthony Geary, Luke from General Hosptial died yesterday. 

I always link Luke and Laura’s wedding, Prince Charles and Diana’s wedding, and the launch of the first space shuttle together in my memory bank.  I was 7-8 years old and I vividly remember how big of a deal those were at the time.  All happpend within about 6 months of each other in ‘81. 

[oblong]

People mag says Reiner and his son got into a big fight/argument at a party the night before held at Conan’s house. 

[Motor City Sonics]

On 12/15/2025 at 2:13 PM, oblong said:

Anthony Geary, Luke from General Hosptial died yesterday. 

I always link Luke and Laura’s wedding, Prince Charles and Diana’s wedding, and the launch of the first space shuttle together in my memory bank.  I was 7-8 years old and I vividly remember how big of a deal those were at the time.  All happpend within about 6 months of each other in ‘81. 

I had a roommate named Tony Geary.     He had epilepsy but never told me.   One night we're watching basketball and he has a seizure.  Scared the crap out of me.   One of his friends came over when this was happening and explained it.   Then when Tony got his wits about him he told me a joke that I couldn't repeat here because if it was linked to me I'd probably lose by job - but it was really funny.   

When Tony was in High School he was a really good pitcher.  He was warming up before a game and had a seizure - and obviously didn't pitch that day.  The next time he faced that team a few weeks later the lead off hitter mocked siezure movements when he stepped into the batter's box.  Tony plunked him in the helmet.   The kid's coach told him "you deserved that". 

[Tigermojo]

Gil "Buck Rogers" Gerard has died at age 82 to cancer. I used to love that show as a kid. bidi bidi bidi bidi