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Kalaroga Shark Media. I'm Johnny mac. I'll continue to cover
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this Rob Reiner's story through the lens of comedy. The
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Hollywood Reporter wrote a piece titled ConA O'Brien through a
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Holiday Party to Forget a bad year. Then Nick Reiner arrived.
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As they tell the story, a group of powerful Hollywood
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creatives and executives were at ConA and O'Brien's house on
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Saturday night for a holiday party. They tell us. The
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estate is nestled in a section of the Pacific Palisades
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that was spared by the fires earlier in the year,
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although Conan did have to evacuate, As The Hollywood Reporter
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tells the story, it was a chance to shake off
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the bad mojo of twenty twenty five and look toward
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a happier and more hopeful new year. But as the
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night progressed, a different kind of dark energy filled the room.
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Thhr writes, an erratic male figure wandered around the party
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and interrupted conversations, demanding to know who attendees were and
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if they were quote unquote famous. Many like Jane Fonda
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and Bill Hayter, in fact were. Whispers began to ripple
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the imposing man six foot three approximately two hundred thirty
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pounds had not wandered in off the street, though many
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wondered if he had. The man was the son of
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Rob and Michelle Reiner. Dhr ads. Nick's name was not
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on the invitation, but his parents asked Conan O'Brien if
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he could tag along. His behavior, which had often been
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extreme and stressful, had grown degrees even more concerning in
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recent weeks. They were reluctant to leave him home alone.
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In the guest house of the Brentwood Home, Bill Hayter
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calmly responded to Nick that he was engaged in private conversation.
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According to someone with knowledge of the situation, says Thhr,
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in this version of the story, Nick glared at hater
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for what felt like an uncomfortable amount of time. Later
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in the party, shouts echoed. All conversations stopped and turned
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toward the racket. It was two men arguing, Rob and
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his son. Minutes later, the Reiners, mortified, apologized to Conan
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O'Brien and left the party. Who was not determined if
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Nick left with them at that time, Thhr says the
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conversation did return to the room, but the mood of
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the evening was altered. The Daily Mail reported Bill Hayter
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appeared strained as he was pictured for the first time
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since that conversation. A source told The Daily Mail that
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Hater is horrified and extremely sad over the murders of
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Rob and Michelle, and that Hater doesn't want to be
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connected to the story. Bill doesn't want this tragedy to
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be made about him and any disagreement that he may
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have had with Nick. Bill's refusing to talk about it.
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I was chatting here at the podcasting company with my
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co founder, and we have a podcast called Celebrity Trials,
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and I said, there's a good chance Hater and maybe
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even Conan and whoever else was at this party gets
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dragged into an eventual court case. I imagine that the
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shouting match happening in such close proximity would be of
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interest to the prosecution. I have no legal expertise. That's
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just a guy in a basement with an opinion. But
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I'm not sure Hater is successfully not going to be
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connected to the story on Rob's shooter. Substack and I'll
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just observe. I'm the writer on the Palace Intrigue podcast,
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and that is a source that tends to come up.
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It tends to be a little more gossipy than other sources.
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I'm say saying it's incorrect. It's just a little more gossipy.
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Rob Shooter writes. Conan O'Briens devastated and consumed with guilt
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following the shocking murders. Sources say the Late Night icon
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can't stop replaying the last moments he saw the family together,
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haunted by what he perceives as mister warning signs Shooter.
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Rights insiders tell me that Conan is blaming himself after
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witnessing a heated argument. He keeps thinking what if I
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had stepped in, What if I'd pulled Rob aside or
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shut it down. He feels like maybe he could have
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changed the course of what happened. Friends described Conan as heartbroken.
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Another insider says Conan is replaying every detail in his mind.
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He's wrecked with guilt and keeps wondering if anything he
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did or didn't do could have made a difference. It
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remains to be seen if Conan will talk about this
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on his podcast. Now today being December seventeenth, there's a
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very very likely chance that they have wrap production for
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the year. Several prominent figures and close friends of Rob
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Reiner has released a joint statement. They include Billy Crystal,
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Larry David, and Martin Short. In the statement, friends of
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Rob Reiner said, going to the movies in a dark
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theater filled with strangers having a common experience, laughing, crying,
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screaming in fear, or watching an attense drama unfold is
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still an unforgettable thrill. Tell us the story audiences demanded
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of us. Absorbing all he had learned from his father
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Karl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not only
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was a great comic actor, he became a master storyteller.
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There is no other director with his range from comedy
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to drama to documentary. He was always at the top
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of his game. He charmed audiences. They trusted him, they
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lined up to see his films. His comedic touch was
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beyond compare his love of getting the music of the
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dialogue just right, and his sharpening of the edge of
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drama was simply elegant. For the actors he loved them,
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for the writers who made them better. His greatest gift freedom.
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If he had an idea, he listened. He brought you
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into the process. They always felt like they were working
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as a team. To be in his hands as a
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filmmaker was a privilege. That's only part of his legacy.
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Rob was also a passionate, brave citizen who not only
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cared for the country he loved, he did everything he
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could to make it better. And with his loving wife, Michelle,
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he had the perfect partner. Strong and determined. Michelle and
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Rob Reiner devoted a great deal of their life lives
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for the betterment of our fellow citizens. They were special
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force together, dynamic, on selfish and inspiring. We were their
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friends and we will miss them forever. There's a line
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from one of Rob's favorite films, It's a wonderful life.
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Each man's life touches so many other lives, and when
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he isn't around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
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You have no idea. Indie rock band Jola Tengo paid
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tribute to Rob Reiner by doing a spinal Tap cover
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during their annual Hankkah show at the Bowery Ballroom on
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Monday night. Frontman Ira Kamplan said, we're going to salute
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a Jewish songwriter. We were not expecting to be saluting
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this Sonica and We certainly weren't expecting to be memorializing him,
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so we're going to try and do a song and
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see how this goes. They then played give Me Some
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Money from nineteen eighty four's This Is Spinal Tap. The
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release of Rob Reiner's final film, a concert film called
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Spinal Tap at Stonehenge the Final Finale, has been delayed.
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Variety reports that the distributor's Bleaker Street, said a projected
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release in twenty twenty six will be delayed until quote
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the best path forward is decided with those closest to
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Rob and his family. The film is live concert for
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footage featuring Spinal Tap performing near Stonehenge. The filmmakers were
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spotted there in August. English Heritage confirmed at the time
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that the site had been hired, but did not reveal
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further details. A statement in October said that Eric Clapton,
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Shania Twain, and Josh Groben were guest musicians at the concert.
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None of that footage was used in the recently released
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Spinal Tap two, which I had noticed. Now was it
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Saturday night? I guess. I went on HBO and they
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were highlighting both Spinal Tap and Spinal Tap two as
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big ads. When I was on there the other night.
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They had probably wisely kind of dialed that down a
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little bit. Otherwise it might be misconstrued that they were like, oh,
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Rob runderdot, let's promote his movies, and they had been
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promoting it anyway. Coincidentally, on Instagram, Harry Shearer, who you
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may know as Bassis Derek Small's from spinal Tap wrote
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Rob was a friend and collaborator through much of my life.
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He was funny, he was smart, He was a mensch.
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When he came to see the comedy act I was
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in and later the musical comedy had co written, his
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laugh was uproarious and audible around the block. He was
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a great collaborator, and when the four of us proposed
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ideas for the films, he was the one who wrote
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them on three by five cards and organized them into
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a movie. And Michelle was a very good friend of
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my wife, Judith. This is unspeakable, the stuff of Greek tragedy.
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Rob Schneider weighed in on the President of the United
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States comments about Rob Reiner. Schneider said, America has such
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a unique experiment in freedom. We were allowed to have
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these conversations. We're allowed to disagree with the president and
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even say there where he just thinks he said. I
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don't want to repeat them, but I think that the president,
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I think he must rise above it. I think he
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seems incapable of rising above the situation and being the
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president of US all and just saying what it was.
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Schneider suggested Trump move away from the rhetoric of anger
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and proposed, you know phrasing. Maybe he wasn't a fan
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of mine, but I was a fan of his. He
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made great films, he was a great artist. To leave
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it at that, I think we must move away from
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the rhetoric of anger and hostility and not take everything personally.
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It was a regular episode in the feed earlier today
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and I'll see you tomorrow.