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Carl Reiner, a founding father of TV comedy

Carl Reiner, the legendary comedy actor, writer, director and producer, died Monday at the age of 98. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with two of his longtime friends – TV producer Norman Lear, and actor Dick Van Dyke – about Reiner’s extraordinary life and career, from creating classics like “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” to playing second banana to Mel Brooks’ “2000-Year-Old Man.” Source

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The future of fun in a pandemic world

Drive-in concerts? Basketball without fans? From music to movies to sports, correspondent Susan Spencer takes a look at how large-venue events in America are changing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Source

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“Sunday Morning” Full Episode 7/5

Guest host: Lee Cowan. In our cover story, Susan Spencer looks at how changes to large-venue sports and entertainment events are altering the ways we have fun in an age of social distancing. Plus: Tracy Smith talks with comic actor and artist Jim Carrey about his “semi-autobiographical novel,” “Memoirs and Misinformation”; Norman Lear and Dick Van Dyke talk with Mo Rocca about the passing of a comedy giant, Carl Reiner; Ted Koppel reports on how the pandemic could mark the end of a New York City icon – yellow cab drivers; Kristine Johnson chats with Grammy-winner Gary Clark Jr., one of the best guitarists in a generation; Kelefa Sanneh reflects on Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”; and Jim Gaffigan discusses pre-programmed computer alerts reminding him of all the events he would have gone to if COVID hadn’t cancelled them. Source

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