I just watched the CBS Rob Reiner documentary. Someone — probably many someones — did an extraordinary job putting it together in not enough time. They not only got access to a lot of Reiner's closest friends but they got them to share very personal, unique insights to the man. Having been to way too many memorial services — and even officiating at a few — I know how easy it is to lapse into clichés and say generic things about how wonderful the deceased was, how the world will never be the same, etc.
This was not that. It was a portrait of a real person painted by people know knew that real person and who said things specific to that real person. And I wondered if it was available online so I could share it with readers of this blog who might have missed it. Well, it is and i can…