The One Heartbreaking Time Carl and Rob Reiner Worked Together

Though they were both among the biggest comedy icons of their respective generations, father and son Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner were rarely creative collaborators; in a 1987 interview withThe Kalamazoo Gazette, Rob said that when it came to work, Carl was “proud of me, but we lead totally separate lives.” However, just days before the elder Reiner’s 2020 death, the pair worked together to honor Rob’s work, in an appearance re-enacting the final scene of The Princess Bride that fans on Reddit say is “actually making me cry.”