…tragedy that just occurred where Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered and I did what probably everyone did which was look up who's Nick Reiner and and I'm looking for any information about him and I see oh my god he's was a guest on this podcast and…

…with the Howard Stern show and I was I was in my kitchen listening to Howard Stern show smoking cigarettes out the window and Nick Reiner was on with Rob Reiner talking about being Charlie and And I love Rob Reiner. I'm a New York City Jew. I fucking…

…the Family. I lived for Stand By Me. I was 12 when Stand By Me came out, about 12-year-olds. And when I heard Nick Reiner on with Rob Reiner talking about his intense addiction and his film and his journey towards recovery, Nick reminded me a lot of…

…character. So ultimately, every character is creepy and unsympathetic. The father character is creepy and unsympathetic. The Nick Reiner character is creepy and unsympathetic. The whole thing is extremely unpleasant to watch. Palpably unpleasant. Watching them…

…of course from Rob Reiner's perspective not an insult but an accurate description but you can almost feel this um embarrassment from Nick Reiner and the entire thing almost is like torturous to look at so you make me not really want to watch this movie…

…louder it got. I was part of the noise, wasn't I? I mean, the story has a happy ending, which is that the Nick Reiner character becomes a stand-up comedian. Was that something that he was doing? No. No. But he did talk about... doing press for being…

…a horrifying thing and i I'm sure you've encountered quite a few of these sorts of people. I've known a lot of them. This Nick Reiner dynamic is not unusual. I had a roommate for years who kicked out of the house when he was 14, lived on the street,…

…with them and learn something and try to understand what the hell they're talking about. I do not think I had... I think Nick Reiner could have... This didn't have... I mean, it had to happen because it happened, but... You know you do things a little…

…clear and happy. So to bring you guys a special, special Christmas message, I've brought in the great, the one and the only, Nick Reiner. Welcome back to the show. This is Nick Reiner, and I want to wish the Dopey Nation a Merry Christmas and a Happy…

…special Christmas message, I've brought in the great, the one and the only, Nick Reiner. Welcome back to the show. This is Nick Reiner, and I want to wish the Dopey Nation a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And, uh... Yeah, what else? What's…

…out of this? I sent you a gift. It's a hat. Half the dopey nation is begging for a free hat. I send you, Nick Reiner, a free one, and you're ungrateful. Hello? Okay. All right, Nick. Great to hear from you. Have a very Merry Christmas, my love. How's…

…what she just said. What the fuck is going on? Everybody's just realizing, you know, never mind. Well, there he is, Nick Reiner, ladies and gentlemen. Why don't you say another Merry Christmas to make this end better? Merry Christmas. And Happy New Year.…

…All right, bud. Thank you for calling in. I love you. All right. Later. Much love. Yes. All right. So that was the great Nick Reiner. And I don't know what happened. You know, I know that we and him never spoke again. And I think me and him never…

…you got into heroin or whatever. So I think that there's a very psychologically complex dynamic at play in these Nick Reiner type people that is then further exacerbated by the fact that you're a completely unsympathetic character. Everybody hates you.…

…pressure cooker this terrible storm it's so scary to even think about like I don't know I I fucking posted the emergency Nick Reiner episode and two people commented You shouldn't do that, Dave. And I got very upset that anybody would question anything I…

…interviews because I think people are now kind of re-editing some of the promotional material from the Being Charlie press junket and Nick Reiner says something along the lines of you don't want to make me mad or something like that he makes some kind of…

…identify with them in a normal way. I think Rob Reiner wanted to connect with his kid and he wanted to help his kid. And Nick Reiner wanted to write a great movie and prove to the world and to his father that he was worth something. I think that was…

…prove to the world and to his father that he was worth something. I think that was the bones of this thing. And Nick Reiner is worth something. He didn't need this to prove that he was worth something, but that's one of the big questions that people…