LAPD Chief of Detectives Alan Hamilton at a news conference Sunday night in Brentwood section of LA. Getty // Ethan Swope
Q1. On Sunday, Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner, and his wife of thirty-six years, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead of multiple stab wounds at their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reported that the couple's daughter Romy, who had found the bodies, told police that her 32-yr-old brother Nick "should be a suspect" and he is "dangerous." On Monday, the LAPD announced their investigation concluded that Nick was "responsible" for the murders and he was taken into custody. It is expected Nick will be charged by the district attorney later today.
Nick has spoken in the past about his issues battling drug addiction and homelessness, and his struggles were the basis for Rob Reiner’s semi-autobiographical 2015 film “Being Charlie,” which Nick co-wrote.
If you believed an immediate family member was a danger to others, could you see yourself taking the steps to have them involuntarily committed? (The steps typically include a court proceeding where the person has a right to legal representation and cross examination).
TMZ reported that the couple's daughter Romy, who had found the bodies, told police that her 32-yr-old brother Nick "should be a suspect" and he is "dangerous." On Monday, the LAPD announced their investigation concluded that Nick was "responsible" for the murders and he was taken into custody. It is expected Nick will be charged by the district attorney later today.
Nick has spoken in the past about his issues battling drug addiction and homelessness, and his struggles were the basis for Rob Reiner’s semi-autobiographical 2015 film “Being Charlie,” which Nick co-wrote.
If you believed an immediate family member was a danger to others, could you see yourself taking the steps to have them involuntarily committed? (The steps typically include a court proceeding where the person has a right to legal representation and cross examination).
(Image: The Reiners with their children Jake, Romy, and Nick in 2014)
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female
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18-29
30-44
45-64
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Definitely
55%
56%
54%
64%
47%
50%
40%
52%
61%
59%
55%
Probably
36%
37%
36%
29%
40%
42%
43%
42%
31%
35%
36%
Probably not
2%
2%
2%
2%
5%
2%
3%
0%
3%
3%
2%
Definitely not
0%
1%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Not sure
5%
4%
7%
4%
7%
6%
13%
6%
4%
3%
5%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. From 1972 to 1979, Rob Reiner played Archie Bunker's son-in-law Michael Stivic (aka Meathead) in the TV sitcom All in the Family (AITF). The show revolved around longshoreman Archie, his wife Edith, daughter Gloria, and son-in-law Michael living together in Archie and Edith's house in Astoria, Queens. The two couples represented the clash of values, cultures, and political views between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers.
The show broke ground introducing challenging issues into network TV comedy: racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriage, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, divorce, and impotence.
AITF ranks as TV Guide's fourth best TV show of all time, and is one of three TV shows (along with The Cosby Show and American Idol) to have been #1 in Nielsen ratings for five consecutive seasons.
Do you think AITF fairly illustrated both sides of the political debate, and if a show did that today would it be popular with both sides?
The show broke ground introducing challenging issues into network TV comedy: racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriage, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, divorce, and impotence.
AITF ranks as TV Guide's fourth best TV show of all time, and is one of three TV shows (along with The Cosby Show and American Idol) to have been #1 in Nielsen ratings for five consecutive seasons.
Do you think AITF fairly illustrated both sides of the political debate, and if a show did that today would it be popular with both sides?
(Image: Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor in AITF, 1978. Getty)
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female
rep
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18-29
30-44
45-64
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Don't care
1%
1%
0%
0%
6%
0%
2%
1%
1%
1%
Q3. After AITF, Reiner directed a string of popular and critically acclaimed movies across a range of genres, including "This is Spinal Tap" (1984), "Stand by Me" (1986), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "Misery" (1990), and "A Few Good Men" (1992).
Which of these movies, judged by the LA Times as Reiner's ten best, do you like the most?
Which of these movies, judged by the LA Times as Reiner's ten best, do you like the most?
(Image: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell, and Corey Feldman in “Stand by Me” via Columbia Pictures)
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65+
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
2%
3%
1%
1%
2%
3%
0%
2%
3%
2%
2%
The Sure Thing (1985)
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
Stand by Me (1986)
13%
12%
15%
10%
17%
15%
2%
6%
22%
14%
13%
The Princess Bride (1987)
35%
38%
33%
34%
37%
35%
45%
49%
29%
22%
35%
When Harry Met Sally...(1989)
12%
8%
16%
11%
8%
14%
9%
2%
14%
22%
12%
Misery (1990)
6%
5%
7%
9%
5%
4%
0%
5%
9%
6%
6%
A Few Good Men (1992)
16%
20%
12%
19%
14%
15%
0%
22%
17%
19%
16%
The American President (1995)
3%
2%
4%
1%
3%
5%
0%
0%
4%
6%
3%
Rumor Has It (2005)
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Didn't like any of these
4%
1%
6%
2%
1%
6%
10%
6%
1%
2%
4%
Don't care
8%
11%
6%
14%
11%
2%
34%
9%
5%
8%
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