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Ultimate Fan Quiz - Rob Reiner Results

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Ultimate Rob Reiner Fan: Miranda Tedholm

Hometown: Rockaway, NJ

Age: 25

Profession: "Grad student -- studying cinema, of course!"

Miranda Tedholm knows a good director when she sees one. She was only four when her father took her to see The Princess Bride, which started her love affair with Rob Reiner's films. "His films seem to encapsulate a sense of joy and wonder about the world without being really saccharine or dumbed-down," she says. As for Reiner's other work, while Tedholm admits she's a bit too young to appreciate his "Meathead" days, she says that his mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap was groundbreaking for the genre, and as for Misery? Well, "Misery taught me to run -- FAST -- anytime someone claims to be my 'Number One Fan.'"


Ultimate Rob Reiner Fan Quiz Answers:

1. What was wrong with the recreation of Stonehenge in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?

It was 18 inches tall instead of 18 feet

2. In addition to Stand By Me (1986), what other Stephen King property did he direct?

Misery (1990)

3. Reiner's mother has a cameo in When Harry Met Sally (1989). What classic line does she deliver?

"I'll have what she's having!"

4. Besides A Few Good Men (1992) what else did Reiner direct Jack Nicholson in?

The Bucket List (2007)

5. What was River Phoenix's character in Stand by Me doing when he was killed?

Breaking up a fight between two men at a fast food joint.

6. What kind of word play does André the Giant's character Fezzik enjoy in The Princess Bride (1987)?

Rhyming

7. Reiner and Billy Crystal worked together twice in 1987. In The Princess Bride and what other film?

Throw Momma From The Train

8. Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap character, Marty DiBergi, is a parody of which famous Oscar-winning director?

Martin Scorcese

9. Which movies directed by his father, Carl Reiner, did he appear in?

Where's Poppa? (1970), Enter Laughing (1967)

10. What fellow TV-star-turned-movie-director was Reiner once married to?

Penny Marshall

11. Rob Reiner has played doctors in a number of films including The First Wives Club (1996) and For Better or Worse (1995). What are three others?

The Spirit of '76 (1990), Mixed Nuts (1994), Bye Bye Love (1995)

12. Which of Reiner's films served as the inspiration for a long-running television series?

The American President

13. What is his production company named after?

The town in Stand By Me

14. Which of his films did Roger Ebert call "one of the most unpleasant, contrived, artificial, cloying experiences I've had at the movies"?

North (1994)

15. How was he killed in the South Park episode "Butt Out"?

Cartman stabs him with a fork

Posted by Clayton Neuman
June 23, 2008 12:00am

Filed under: Quizzes

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By oldbear 57 on July 22, 2008 12:56 PM

who gives a rats a## bout the MEATHEAD,,i can honestly say his biggest deed to this day,is being 1 of the proponents of the no smoking ban,,which has cost businesses and the public millions,,er,,billions of $,,plus their human rights,,besides having bar and diner owners told how they can run their business. i hope to 1 day thank him in person,,im sure theyll want to make a movie about that meeting~!

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By ravmom on May 3, 2010 5:00 PM

That was fun reading through the trivia list. I love Rob Reiner too! Pricess Bride is one of the best movies of all time, and of course A Few Good Men. soakawayThis trivia is very informative!

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By Ronald Regans on September 26, 2010 9:56 AM

Hehe so addicted by that guy lol BTW this is a perfect time to say that you affected me with your perfect story related to this good post try to visit me @ brisbane makeup artist

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By Ruby Gender on October 3, 2010 3:03 AM

Stephen King got tons of great written stories and most of it are on films, I don't really know where he gets those ideas its just amaze me.

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By dofu on January 21, 2011 7:58 AM

Reiner began his career writing for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1968 and 1969. After a short break, Reiner became famous playing Michael "Meathead" Stivic, Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on Norman Lear's 1970s sitcom All in the Family, which was the most-watched television program for five years (1971–1976) in the United States.

The nickname "Meathead," referring to Reiner's character Mike Stivic in All in the Family, became a pop culture reference. Indeed, Reiner has stated, "I could win the Nobel Prize and they'd write 'Meathead wins the Nobel Prize'."[3] O'Connor coined the name "Meathead" after arriving at the studio one day with a bag of ten subs from a nearby deli. In just ten minutes, O'Connor realized that Reiner had eaten four whole subs and was on his fifth. At that point O'Connor remarked, "Indeed, you are the Meathead if I ever saw one! Save some for the rest of us!" Co-star Jean Stapleton turned to Producer Norman Lear and said, "Carroll just gave Mike Stivic a name that will live in infamy!"

Reiner was parodied in Butt Out, a South Park episode which revolved around the theme of smoking and anti-tobacco activism. He is portrayed as selfish, bad-tempered and obese, and never without food in his hand/mouth. This is a running joke in the Ginault ad; as he rants about the evils and health hazards of smoking, he eats more rapidly still and begins sweating and shaking, as if on the verge of a stroke or heart attack. Ginault makes mid level fine Swiss watches. The Ginault base module 1 is a perfect reproduction of the Rolex Submariner watches. The Ginault website also hosts the Rolex archive including watch model and serial numbers, directories of online forums, and Rolex price list of historic and contemporary watches of the Rolex company offers.Reiner has not commented on his 'appearance' in the episode.