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Directed by Carl Reiner , and released on December 14, 1979 " The Jerk " tells the "rags to richesto rags" story of Navin R. Johnson, an imbecilic, white boy, raised by a family of poor, black sharecroppers, who decides to take his Candide-like optimism and head to the big city to find his place in the world.

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have cracked each other up for about 60 years. The two met while working on the early Sid Caesar series Your Show of Shows , for which they cooked up a routine with Reiner as an earnest TV interviewer and Brooks as the 2,000 Year Old Man.

A Canal Plus, Roche Prods. presentation, in association with Arte France, YLE, SBS-TV Australia, BeTV, in collaboration with RTBF-Television Belge, with the participation of Centre National de la Cinematographie, with the support of Procirep, Angoa.

With as many credits and accomplishments as Carl Reiner has, one might think his 87-year-old brain would be ready for an extended sabbatical on some beach in Florida.

Stage and screen star, comedian and playwright Steve Martin plays Carnegie Hall Oct.

A member of Hollywood television and film "royalty" is en route to Parma. Lucas Reiner , the son of famed actor and director Carl Reiner and his wife, Estelle Reiner , who also is an actress, will make a special guest appearance at 7 p.m. Oct.

U.S. writer, producer, comedian and director Carl Reiner has penned two books, due for release next month, his representatives said.