Jerry Seinfeld Honors Rob Reiner: "[He] Had the Biggest Influence on My Career"

"[ Seinfeld] would have never happened without him. He saw something no one else could. When nobody at the network liked the early episodes, he saved us from cancellation,"

"That I was working with Carl Reiner's son, who happened to be one of the kindest people in show business, seemed unreal. I was naive at the time to how much his passion for us meant,"

"became an imprint for me of how it's supposed to work, each one broadening the other. Their death, together, is impossibly sad."

Rob Reiner died on Sunday. Rob Reiner personally vouched for the sitcom Seinfeld to NBC executives and intervened when network executives disliked the early episodes, preventing cancellation. The sitcom’s later success is attributed to Reiner’s confidence and advocacy during those critical early days. Rob Reiner was the son of Carl Reiner and was regarded as one of the kindest figures in show business; his passion for the project had a powerful impact. His marriage to Michele Singer served as a model of mutual support, and the fact that they died together is described as impossibly sad.

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