Rewind: Rob Reiner remembers being screamed at by Desi Arnaz
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Here's my 1994 interview with actor/filmmaker Rob Reiner. We talked about his early, pre-"All In the Family" TV roles which led to his story about being yelled at by Desi Arnaz. (As a college student, I was pushed by an angry Arnaz at a 1980 TV telethon after his scheduled appearance was cut. Reiner understood my shock.)
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Desi pretty much invented modern television. If he got upset with improvising, I would have listened. Lucy was the same way. No improvising allowed and she would tell you exactly how she felt.
When you are a guest on a show, you do as they ask. It’s their show, their project. Their art.
Desi always gets a bad rep, but he was an amazing man who gave us modern TV.
And he could sing The Straw Hat song better than anybody else on TV.
I agree, Desi was paying for what he wanted-I would have gotten upset too.
Desi was THE MAN! Major respect 🏆
Did more for tv than meathead.
@@barbarafischbach8480 indeed! Even Lucy gives him lots of credit when in interviews the host tell her that SHE was the secret to their success.
Man, I'm 71 and feeling old. I'm glad to find anyone who remembers what I do -- Desi Arnez.
I would say Desi is correct. Rob should have asked if it was okay to Improv.
Moral of the story.....................don't hire a "meat head."🤔🤥
Desi was the boss. If an actor is told to stick to the script, you stick to the script. Especially if a super talented person like Desi tells you to.
Even though I can't stand Rob Reiner as a person, Desi was out of line for getting physical. Trust me, he wouldn't have tried that if he was super fortunate enough to have Marlon Brando improvising on one of his shows (of course Brando wouldn't have done t.v.). He got away with doing this becsuse Rob Reiner was a young wimpy hippie.
Nay! Improve or nothing!
@@johnnybmean74that's 🐃💩. Sorry but an actor doesn't just get to do whatever they want because they're talented or have star power 🙄
First of all, let's get something straight from the start.......Rob Reiner is certainly NO Marlon Brando. He was beyond mediocre & frankly the only reason he made it anywhere in Hollywood was because of his daddy's influence & connections.
Rob Reiner should have been considerate of the others on the set instead of only caring about indulging his own whims.
A good deal of movies/shows let actors improvise - and many others prefer the actors stick to the script. Rod Serling was one who was known to demand that actors stick to exactly what was written in the script.
As was Lucille Ball. And legendary actresses like Joan Crawford & Elizabeth Taylor who guest starred on Lucy's shows went onto say how strict Lucy was about it
Yes, as an actor it's nice to have the freedom to play around & experiment with your part & adlib etc
But you have to respect others too- like the producers/directors who want it a certain way or fellow actors who don't appreciate changes.
Not to mention that Rob Reiner was literally just starting out at the time. So it makes it even worse that he was that arrogant.
@@kleeamd8274 Who compared him to Brando? Not me. My point was that if he was Brando, Desi would not have gotten physical with him. Marlon would've beaten Desi's ass to the ground. As far as actors like Brando having great power to wield, it is well-documented how much power he had on movie sets. 100 Years from now Brando's talents will still be recognized & respected, while people like Crawford, Ball & Taylor will be long forgotten.
@@johnnybmean74 I hate to say this but you DID compare Reiner to Brando. Crawford wasn't that good an actress, nor was Elizabeth Taylor. Lucy however has proven the test of time. As for Reiner himself I wouldn't call him "less than mediocre" but if you are going to say that Crawford and Taylor won't be rememebred then surely Reiner won't be either. Desi and Lucy are though as the comedic duo they have been since I Love Lucy wrapped.
Yup, saw an interview with Keith Thibodeaux who played Little Ricky, they sure didn't like to improvise, you had to know the script by heart. Desi literally read a script once and remembered it. Lucy too, they both worked really hard and built an empire. Great people, loved each other till the day they died.
Yup, it makes sense he wouldn't accept an apology and left. That's the far left for you. His dad was beyond left, and I'm so glad Dick Van Dyke got the job as Rob Petrie. His dad got a smaller part as one of his bosses.
@@ruthrose2555I can tell you where to stick you far right as well 😮. Far ANYBODY has no place in America and its our countries downfall.
@@ruthrose2555 Nonsense. There are stubborn, arrogant a-holes from all walks of life and all political stripes.
@@treeman2660 In general I agree but Rob Reiner is pretty obnoxious, having nothing to do with his political views.
@@canalesworks1247His political views are just a side effect of being a gigantic POS.
Desi and Lucy had top notch writers. That’s why he mentioned paying ten grand a script. Desi wanted what he paid for. Read the script. 👍
He was fighting a tight budget at the time. At renewal, the network said yes for same money, no increase. Desi asked the talent to agree to save show, 3/4 did. Roger Corman refused, insisted on a jump, got recast and we lost a funny show. Screwing the other 3 leads.
@@michaelplunkett8059 I didn’t remember corman from their show
@michaelplunkett8059 -- It was Roger C. Carmel, not Roger Corman.
@@JamboVidz thanks
Award Winning Writers..
Seriously..
There would be no "Star Trek" If not for Lucy/Desi....
Or mission: impossible
Lucy was running Desilu at the time and she green lit Mission Impossible and Star Trek.
@@LJ-ht4zs I was going to mention that but you beat me to it. Yes, Lucy had bought Desi out after their divorce for a couple of million dollars. She became the sole head of Desilu.
Should a just told him "sorry boss won't happen again"
Not "this is the way i work" smh
Right?! I mean not excusing Desi behavior but if I was working for one of the creators of television I would shut my mouth and read the script but clearly no respect.
Rob Reiner is clearly a spoiled brat...even aged 65 or whatever he was here. He practically started salivating when he realized he got to tell a story where he gets to play the victim. What a snot. Desi Arnaz was 100% correct in expecting his expensively paid for script to be followed. Who does Rob think he is anyway? What arrogance.
I agree I would’ve said I apologize. I won’t happen again. I just thought Doing a little improv would be OK I just left the car to go a little bit. It won’t happen again but if I didn’t need the money, I would’ve said get somebody else.
Ill bet Nicholson didn't improvise on his movie even by one word!
No. Reiner was hired because he knows what he's doing. I would've walked out
Desi was right. Follow the script. He was the one paying the money to the writers.
He probably backed off because he promised Reiner's dad he'd give his son a job.
@@CoopyKat As I JUST posted, he wasn't right for pushing him. BUT it was totally his right, as his boss (both Producer and Head of the Studio) to say he wanted the script followed. I may be a fan, but I don't blindly like any bad behavior. And he was man enough to apologize & extend an olive branch, but Reiner didn't take it.
Some of us grew up in an era pre HR, and when if you were grabbed, (either sexually or like this), yelled at, or treated in any of the ways where you would be sent to some seminar today.....we simply had to learn to cope with it. Find ways to put people in their place, while still working them. It wasn't easy. It wasn't right. But it was life back then. And this was farther back than my experiences!!!
Sure, but did he have to blow up at him and shove him against a wall? I don't think so. Why not just quietly take him aside and calmly explain they just didn't like to work like that on that show. Kindness goes a long way.
I was screamed at by Rob Reiner. I was a courier at the time and went to the Sony lot to pick up sheet music for a film that he was making. I went and his assistant came over and apologized that it wont be ready for another 20 mins and asked if I’d mind waiting (thats code for please don’t charge me wait time). It was 8 in the morning and they had a huge spread of food on the table so I said “sure, no problem.. do you mind if I have a bagel?” She smiled and said “Oh please, I’ll make one for you.” Reiner stands up screaming “HOLD IT!!” The conductor stops everybody freezes and turns to him. He says, “YOU, THE DAY YOU SIT IN THIS CHAIR THEN YOU CAN ASK FOR A BAGEL. DON’T GIVE HIM ANYTHING!!” I turned to his assistant and said I need to call my dispatch to let them know I’ll be late so they can start the clock.” Btw I’m Latino and most likely he has issues with us as the other drivers had similar stories about him. Most of Hollywood has issues with us.
wtffff???
Yeah, everybody's a great, big racist. Wow. That one just never gets old, does it?
Reiner is a leftist who loves to play the race card against people he disagrees with. He’s worse than his annoying meathead character (who at least had a legitimate argument living with an outspoken bigot),
@@Markham12thcentury
all liberals are. Where have you been
A lot of people say Rob is a asshole.
Who wouldn't scream at Rob Reiner.
I LOVED The Mothers In Law. Eve Arden and Kay Ballard! And that ol' queen Roger C Carmel. I would have shoved Reiner too. Saying to the producer and owner of the studio "this is the way I work!" Its a well known fact that Desi was a perfectionist and always demanded that people stick to the script! So was Lucy.
Especially because Rob was a cocky kid. On one hand, it took balls to stand up to Desi but he was working for him. Desi was paying the bills.
Rob once pinched Mary Tyler Moore ass. Both Reiner men abit aloof i think.
@@gregwatson8219 I never heard THAT one!
@@retroguy9494 True story by MTM herself
@@gregwatson8219 Oh, I BELIEVE you dude. It's just that I never heard it before!
I remember Lucy saying that EVERYTHING on I Love Lucy was scripted. And while he shouldn't have pushed, he was the BOSS, both the producer & studio head. He had every right to wanted it done the way he believed was best. Desi extended an olive branch. Kinda sad Reiner didn't take it. PS if Desi was crazy, he was crazy like a fox!!!
Director Jay Sandrich told it the same way. He said Desi was volatile and would blow up but then he would put his arm around you and apologize. He said Lucy would go to extreme lengths to plan everything in a scene meticulously and would tolerate no deviation from it. Sandrich didn't say that in a derogatory way.
Desi was old school. His era was the 1950s. Time had moved on but he hadn’t.
Good point, and even mighta been some 'cultural' differences.... aka, Cubano vs Bronx Jewish.
Time moved on too much sometimes.
Cuban tempers are like Italian tempers-it’s cultural and it means something different from a Waspy type truly toxic temper. It’s just passion. Desi Arnaz had one of the best reputations, professionally, in Hollywood. Everyone who worked for him was loyal, he let people do their jobs, and was the best boss ever. He knew what he wanted. After he divorced Lucy, she had to turn into the hard producer, running everything, and sadly, it kind of ruined her great child like talent. Before the divorce, she came to the set to play and rehearse and create. After the divorce it was work work work, and she really missed having her producer/protector. Well actually, he continued to produce the great Lucy Show for the first few seasons, then stopped due to his alcoholism disease. Lucille Ball 1951-1966 was the greatest comedian on TV, who ever lived. After 1966, she just turned hard. Some good moments, but the classic Lucy was gone. Anyway… Oh how I loved Desi Arnaz and everything he represented about the classic immigrant/America/Hard work/ joi de vivre… He was just beloved. So don’t let this make you feel differently about him. Carl Reiner (Rob’s father) worshipped Desi. All Hollywood knew how great he was. He built the sitcom industrial complex in Hollywood. Just an Amazing American story.
Actually, I keep hearing that Desi's womanizing was part of the Latin culture - he was an addict: sex, booze, and gambling. All his life and the more he drank the worse he got, in terms of making bad decisions and letting his temper really rip. Got arrested a few times for such behavior after his divorce. This is not being Cuban or Latin, his "stuff" was addictions.
Sound like Rob was spoiled being Carl Reiners son. But Desi put him in his place. May be he should not have been too hard, but he did apologize. And yes, Lucy was the exact same way
Exactly and he's easily ofeeeeeended. He wasn't acting when he played meathead on All In The Family.
He played himself
Rob didnt have work hard as young actor. Good for Desi
@@747heavyboeing3 I've always thought that too
If I'm paying 10k for someone to do a script I will be angry for some crazy hippi to just ignore the 10k script. It comes off as unprofessional
Wow, a lot of sour grapes coming from angry jealous keyboarders.
Reiner has always been overbearing and annoying, I’m glad someone put him in his place, at least for a few minutes.
Yes me to, he thinks he knows it all😂
Reiner's hit movies rely on improvisation, proving he knew what he was doing. But there was a "generation gap," with both men used to working a certain way. And Desi always had money worries. He guest-starred on "The Mothers-in-Law" so he could pay himself!
He's still an asshole know-it-all.
"overbearing and annoying"
And don't forget whinny or is that classified as annoying. Either way...
@@chickey333all of that, plus a sense of entitlement. A part of me admires his self confidence, bc it’s not a lot to work with. But no humility at all. It must be strange living in that self praising bubble. A guaranteed lifelong meathead for sure.
Desi was a frickin genius so if he wanted to push me I would have said more. He was so underrated as a producer and comedic actor.
Totally agree 💯 percent !!! Desi = Artistic Genius ❤️
I saw Kirk Douglas and Sonny Bono jogging together on a beach in Acapulco when I was 15. They were so kind and friendly to me. My dad refused to believe me saying a man like Kirk Douglas would never be seen with someone like Sonny Bono.
When you are producing a show you are not just paying for the expensive script but the talent, the production crew, etc…There is just so much invested that you need it done the way you envision it, and that’s the way it should be done. You can improvise all you want when you are paying or at the very least after the required take is in the can.
Desi Arnaz was a genius in television - I'd be proud if he pushed me around!
Lol Same
Ditto
When he played Meat Head, he wasn't acting, he really is dead from the neck up.
Desi was right! Archie was also right!
Archie sucked.
Amen
I have always had respect for Desi Arnaz
Why?
@@bartmix8994
Because he invented modern television
With the re run and filming in actual film
Not kineticscope
@@ralphabreu5022 Wow, you act like Desi Arnez invented 16mm film and movie projectors.
He got the "Cuban" arm after the "blow UP" Amigo! Desi was charming as well. While considered brilliant, Jackie Gleason didn't rehearse because he didn't want to go "stale" but, often forgot his lines & had a temper as well.
Dean Martin also did not like to rehearse.
As an avid Andy Griffith Show watcher, Rob Reiner's contribution to the 2 seconds of screen time he got on the show meant absolutely nothing then, and means even less now.
Surprising since the DVD show , of which his father was one of the owners , was in a close professional association with Desilu .
Being The Ricardos brought me here. Great story and his Desi accent was hilarious.
im cuban and that impression is pretty spot on lol
Bad movie but good accent
@@videovoidtv that's spot on?? it sounded more like an impression of a middle easterner. Get a hearing aid
@@kleeamd8274 LOL!
@@kleeamd8274 Sounds like eastern Europe, maybe? Certainly not Cuban.😅
Well done Dezi:
The Meathead had it coming..
Desi should have turned meathead into a meatball!
2:20 something tells me it went more like Rob saying “I’m gonna call me daddy”!
You're probably right. I can easily picture him as Francis from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
This guy, YT gets mad when I post mean things about people on the left even though they're true so I just won't post anything about this guy.
Yeah, I have to really work hard to make my comments stick. YT censors a ton!
When all else fails, stick to the script.
Indeed. That's what an actor is getting paid to do. Read the line written in the script.
@@jubalcalif9100 Tell that to Brando.
A young hippie improvising without authorization
I remember when All in the Family first hit, there was a big publicity article in Life Magazine, and Norman Lear claimed to have picked up Rob Reiner hitchhiking in New York, not knowing who he was, drove him to LA, and was so taken with him that he cast him as "Mike."
Once a hippie always a hippie. Him and his freaked out liberal ideas
Rob Rob Rob he was the boss you are supposed to do as the boss asks you to do it not as you want unless they say do it however you want and talk about doing a stereotype voice 😡
Rob Reiner is relaxed, here, and enjoyable too watch. What happened to him? So blessed, is he. With Pops, yu get to do a lot of things, others could only dream, about! Yet he is, so very talented!
I thoroughly enjoy the movies he directed - ones that the whole family can watch.
Funny, l remember Rob Reiner mentioning Desi Arnaz's name on ALL in THE FAMILY as he was arguing with "Archie".
Archie Bunker was right Rob Reiner will always be a Meathead.
Something tells me Norman Lear wouldn't let him improv with his even more expensive scripts. Reiner was a greenie then and should just admit Desi was right.
Back in the 70's I looked so much like him on All in the family that everyone was calling me "Meathead", and today I look nothing like him at all. 🤣😂🤣
I can vouch for this. This reminded me of the time I worked for an old school Cuban who must've been in his 60s in Jersey back in the day when I was a teenager and boy did he have a temper...his bark was worse than his bite though.
Deep inside he was a decent, humble, sociable nice man when he was in a good mood...just don't piss him off lol
I’ve met maybe 3 Cubans (all men) and they were all really loud and aggressive. One was just about 5 days ago.
I remember when they broke up, it was very sad. They still loved each other.
Bottom line, Rob shows no respect. He may have talent, but it does not out weigh his big mouth..ugh.
I love Reiner's impersonation of Desi's accent: part Cuban, part Yiddish 😄
Rob Reiner was the son of a famous Director actor writer. So he probably felt he could say that! He certainly wasn’t going to be out on the street like most actors if he lost the job.
Rob was a member of “ The committee “, which was an improv group. It was the predecessor of the more famous “Groundlings “.
Many actors who started in live theatre might have liked to ad lib or try a different take. Desi was a musician first.
He looked so tall next to Carroll O'Connor. I bumped into him while he was rushing out of the Carnegie Deli while jamming a sandwich into his mouth and not looking where he was going. I would guess he was 5'11", tops. And he was wearing a green and white leisure suit.
I've heard that during All in the Family Reiner and Carrol O'Connor were taping a scene. Àrchie says something stupid and Mike droops his head in exasperation. O'Connor improvised "what's wrong? Is my fly down?" Reiner somehow kept it together.
Rob Reiner wasn't an actor
He was the spoiled talentless son of Carl Reiner
Sure sure but he did go on to make some of my favorite movies. I love Misery, A Few Good Men, Stand by Me and my very favorite, The Princess Bride. So perhaps he has a bit of talent somewhere.
He's been a very successful director....what the hell have you done?
@@rustybear5125 It's always cute when dissenting commenters compare the OP with the subject. "Oh, you don't like Hitler. Let's see YOU invade Poland!"
@@akrenwinkle Not quite the same thing. Rob Reiner was good in Wolf of Wall Street, but he is a much better director than actor.
After hearing that I like Desi way more. 😎
At one time, Desi saved CBS a million dollars. I wish that million was given to Judy Garland when she started her TV show, whether the program was popular or not.
When Jackie Gleason started on CBS, he was given 11 million right away; how did they know the Honeymooners would be popular or not ? 😮
Watching 'I Love Lucy' as a kid, it made my skin crawl to watch Lucy constantly do selfish, idiotic things and poor Ricky would come home to a new nightmare everyday. I didn't realize at the time that it was just teaching me what to expect, if you have a bored woman at home. I vowed to marry a woman that works and knows what accountability is and I fulfilled that promise to myself. Thank you Desi, for that life lesson.
Rob does a really inspired and accurate Desi impression.
It really was. I was amazed.
Are you serious?? His impression sounds more middle eastern than Cuban😂😂😂😂😂
He did not Cuban, he sounded Jewish 😂
I don’t agree
Desi Arnaz made Lucy great. He was the funny one, watching him reacting to Lucy. Without Desi, Lucy was coasting. the Lucy show was nothing compared to I Love Lucy.
Sounds unrealistic that he, a small-part actor, would tell Desi, "Hey that's how I work. Find someone else." But his dad was big time.
Dezi had a quick temper...
A tv mogul does not get there while being Mr polite
It’s Desi, a TV genius.
Bottom line Desi was an addict: women, booze and gambling, before he met Lucy, during the marriage and after wards. His 2nd wife almost divorced him for the same reasons. I do not agree that his extreme womanizing and raging temper was being Latin - he was an addict and even people who cared for him said that he was like Jekyll and Hyde when drinking hard. From warm, loving, personable he could turn into a raging nut job. When he was in his 40's he looked like 60, bloated and very lined due to his alcoholism.
@@barbarafischbach8480 The pessimist would say Desi's name was misspelled half the time. But the optimist would say Desi's name was correctly spelled half the time.
Hardly surprising as Desi was a small guy and Reiner was not. He had the power so Reiner was wise to walk.
Desi was Very Insistence...many Stories...Read his book..
Desi Arnaz was a genius and Rob Reiner is a hack.
Spinal Tap, Princess Bride. Great for a hack.
Rockford Files was also a classic.
And don't forget "My Mother the Car", starring Jerry Van Dyke & the voice of Ann Sothern !
Rob does a good Desi impersonation.
No he doesn't. His impression sounds more like a middle easterner. People have such low standards for
quality/talent these days
Hahaahah
You are right. At moments I thought I was hearing Desi speak.
@@inkyguy then you have poor hearing. Desi doesn't sound likes from Pakistan
@@kleeamd8274, or you do.
Dezi knew a meathead when he saw one.
Amazing how much Desi Arnaz sounded like Mel Brooks -- who knew?
He forgot the Odd Couple!!! lol he was hilarious!!!
He left out that he was also in the Odd Couple.
Rob Reiner was married to Penny Marshall, who played Myrna on The Odd Couple and Laverne on Laverne & Shirley.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hcHe was Sheldn on the Odd Couple!
@@eugeniaruggiero5451 Sheldon was Myrna 's boyfriend.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Yes, Rob Reiner played Myrna's boyfriend on the Odd couple. It wasn't Sheldon, it was Sheldn. Myrna explains it.
@@eugeniaruggiero5451 Good night 🌃 and pleasant dreams.
Considering Rob probably wasn't really trying, he really did conjure up Desi.
I’d love to see the Johnny Carson interview with Audrey Hepburn. Haven’t found it anywhere. It’s the only celebrity that Carson said made him sweat, jumble over his words and not know how to act.
Sadly most likely if that interview occurred during the first 10 years of the Tonight Show the video tape was erased by NBC. Less than 35 episodes are all that exist from Carson's first 10 years.
@@frackstonwilson685 I didn’t know that! I bet someone has it recorded off tv on a vhs somewhere
@@ELl_e..3 Sadly no on that since the first 10 years of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson started in October of 1962 and home video recording did not take of until after 1975.
@@ELl_e..3 A couple years after your post, but it's on youtube now if you're still curious
Desi and Luci were geniuses, but there’s no doubt that Desi was a hothead and a terrible alcoholic for many years.
...so traumatizing that it turned him into a meathead...
He should remember how many people think he’s an idiot.
Rob also memorably guest-appeared in "Where's Poppa" (w/Ruth Gordon, George Segal & Bernard Hughes).
The ultimate moonbat!
Ha ha I would have screamed at Meathead too.
I'd only yell at him to _get outta my chair!_ lol
Lmfaooo
I liked "Hey Landlord."
I always enjoyed Rob Reiners work. I am glad that he is not anymore, a heavy political activist. He is free to decide where he stands but it makes it very difficult to watch his work. he is an excellent Director.
Thanks Rob.
Wasn’t Dick Van Dyke made by Desi as well?
No. His Father Carl Reiner. Rob Petrie was named after Rob Reiner.
@@juanmonge8 yeah but didn’t Desilu make it
@@Sean-wt7sz I think that Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas were involved. Don’t quote me on that.
It was produced at the Desilu studios, that's the connection you are making. Mary Tyler Moore has said that sometimes Lucy would be up on the catwalk and watch the cast rehearsing and they would hear her distinctive rough voice laughing.
It was filmed at desilu studios
I can't stand Rob Reiner. If Desi yelled at him, I'm SURE he had it coming
I don't think he was upset about the yelling - Yes, Desi was the boss and was calling the shots. It was the pushing and shoving which definitely was not called for. He once beat his son's tutor up, because the tutor said his son was lazy. B/t/w Desi jr was probably lazy, but the tutor was trying, it seems, to engage the father to encourage the son to get to business. Desi escaped a lot of serious law suits.
According to Rob, sounds like Desi had a Yiddish accent! lol
I do know that Lucille Ball was not a fan of All in the family. I don't know about Desi.
When you are PAID to do something, you are required to do as they ask.
If you are unwilling or unable, YOU leave. How convenient of rob reiner
to slam someone, long after they are gone............. SHAME ON YOU.
Seems dezi had good instincts
Desi was the first to coin the name Meathead for Reiner ....
Definitely Meathead retelling the story. Too bad we can't hear Desi's version. I find it hard to believe early in his career he would have told Desi Arnaz to find another actor. I also wonder how many times Desi told him "Stay with the script". Rob Reiner's career begets a belief in his own hype.
Yeah. His career went nowhere after the way he treated poor Desi./s
Good !
Rob Reiner has a bad reputation!
Love rob, my dad loved him too 😍🥰
Desi was the man!
Love love ur channel
Well, whatever else Rob was at the time of his confrontation with Desi, he was no starving actor. "This is the way I work" . . . (and I can't work differently, at least for you, or for only this much compensation). I wonder, what is the average age at which people decide they are too old to learn something new?
Rob deserved to be yelled at? Who does he think he is?
In what world do actors get to set the director straight on how they do their job? Sounds like he insisted that Dezi allow him to make up his own lines. I guess if you hired a coked-up Robin Williams you might have to expect some improv, but most actors have zero dialogue options.
Maybe the improv wasn't funny. But then, by many accounts, Desi Arnaz ran hot and cold, exploding with anger and then getting over it. It annoyed him that his pioneering of television went unnoticed and he was just thought of as Ricky Ricardo and you-know-who's husband (even when he wasn't anymore).
lol That was a pretty good impression of him.
There is a long list of people who would like to physically confront Reiner. Desi just got there first‼️
Rob is a WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENY
I’m surprised at how many people are defending Desi. If he wanted his actors to stick to the scripts verbatim, that’s fine, but it sounds like he went 0 to 100 at the first instance of ad-libbing. Why not ask Rob to stop politely once before flying off the handle?
Rob also appeared in an episode of Batman. He played a a room service guy for the Penguin in his hotel room.
He was on the Odd Couple too. Sheldn his parents forgot the o.