CA - Murder victims Identified as Rob Reiner and wife Michele - LA Dec 14 2025

[katydid23]

Carl was married with three children, two boys and a girl.

Carl Reiner wrote that pilot in 1957. His oldest child, Rob, was 9 years old. His next son came along 12 years later.

So when he wrote this pilot, his family experience was having a wife and one son and a daughter.

I just can't see how a single episode can be said to reflect what was happening in the Reiner household.

I can try and explain why one episode would reflect what was happening in the Reiner household.

First, it was the PILOT. A pilot encompasses the rest of the upcoming shows. It is written to preview or highlight what the entire series will entail. And the main focus of this pilot was about his son feeling his father was not there for him, but it ended on a good note, when his son loved his writing a funny poem. So the entire series was revolving around his family life and his role as a husband and father, while being a famous comedy writer.

WHICH MIRRORED HIS REAL LIFE.

And we also know, from historical record and from interviews with Carl, Rob and family members, that this pilot did describe some important family issues that played out in real life.

As I said earlier, comedy writers write about things they know about personally. Look at any successful stand up comic--they are talking about their own lives.

Carl Reiner was obviously writing about his own life because he did not change many circumstances in the pilot---he wrote about a comedy writer, of a tv show, in NY, who was married and had a son, and about the life circumstances surrounding that life. His life.
IMO

 

[LadyL]

didn't most 15 year olds think they hated their parents?

 

[MistyWaters]

Carl Reiner wrote that pilot in 1957. His oldest child, Rob, was 9 years old. His next son came along 12 years later.

So when he wrote this pilot, his family experience was having a wife and one son and a daughter.


I can try and explain why one episode would reflect what was happening in the Reiner household.

First, it was the PILOT. A pilot encompasses the rest of the upcoming shows. It is written to preview or highlight what the entire series will entail. And the main focus of this pilot was about his son feeling his father was not there for him, but it ended on a good note, when his son loved his writing a funny poem. So the entire series was revolving around his family life and his role as a husband and father, while being a famous comedy writer.

WHICH MIRRORED HIS REAL LIFE.

And we also know, from historical record and from interviews with Carl, Rob and family members, that this pilot did describe some important family issues that played out in real life.

As I said earlier, comedy writers write about things they know about personally. Look at any successful stand up comic--they are talking about their own lives.

Carl Reiner was obviously writing about his own life because he did not change many circumstances in the pilot---he wrote about a comedy writer, of a tv show, in NY, who was married and had a son, and about the life circumstances surrounding that life. His life.
IMO

From your earlier post:
“In the pilot, young Rob had emotional issues around his feelings about his father, the famous comedy writer. Young Rob was upset that his father never threw the ball with him like other friend's dads, and he never went to see his little league games on Sundays. His father Carl said " I can't--my show is filmed every Sunday."

Rob Reiner Says Dad Carl Reiner Taught Him and Son Jake to Love Baseball: 'Passing the Game Down' (Exclusive)

Rob Reiner and his son Jake tell PEOPLE about how patriarch Carl Reiner taught them to love baseball

people.com

“Rob says he fell in love with baseball on that day in 1951, even though his father Carl worried he'd get "bored" during the nine innings. "I was four years old and I stayed through both games. I was fascinated. I was hooked at that point."

I don’t think the plot was intended to represent an autobiography. In real life Carl and Rob shared a very deep bond over baseball, not a resentment.
JMO

 

[freudianslip]

From your earlier post:
“In the pilot, young Rob had emotional issues around his feelings about his father, the famous comedy writer. Young Rob was upset that his father never threw the ball with him like other friend's dads, and he never went to see his little league games on Sundays. His father Carl said " I can't--my show is filmed every Sunday."

Rob Reiner Says Dad Carl Reiner Taught Him and Son Jake to Love Baseball: 'Passing the Game Down' (Exclusive)

Rob Reiner and his son Jake tell PEOPLE about how patriarch Carl Reiner taught them to love baseball

people.com

“Rob says he fell in love with baseball on that day in 1951, even though his father Carl worried he'd get "bored" during the nine innings. "I was four years old and I stayed through both games. I was fascinated. I was hooked at that point."

I don’t think the plot was intended to represent an autobiography. In real life Carl and Rob shared a very deep bond over baseball, not a resentment.
JMO

Strange though that NR would bring this exact thing up when trying to convey how the making of Being Charlie made him feel closer to his dad : "We didn't bond a lot as a kid, like, he really liked baseball, I liked basketball. He could watch that with my brother but, baseball..."