Toasting a Legend: The Television Academy Presents "An Evening Honoring Carl Reiner"

Congratulations to Carl Reiner, who will be honored by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood this evening! Panelists paying tribute to the television legend include Mel Brooks, Jon Cryer, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Bonnie Hunt, Rose Marie, Larry Matthews, Bill Persky, Rob Reiner, Paul Reiser, Eva Marie Saint, Garry Shandling, and Dick Van Dyke. The event is sold out, but you can watch the live webcast at 7:30pm PST at emmys.com.

Reiner's career in television began in the 1940s with appearances on The Fashion Story and The Fifty-fourth Street Review, and continues today with a recurring role on Hot in Cleveland. He's won multiple Emmys, and in his Archive Interview, Reiner shares a fun fact about how his then-rules for wearing his toupee complicated his first Emmy win for The Dick Van Dyke Show:

"I didn’t wear my hair because if I had worn my hair and sat in the audience, it would be suggesting that I think I’m gonna win. I remember saying, 'should I put my hair on?' Because my rule of thumb is if it’s national … local shows I never wore it. If I went on an interview show I never wore my hair during the day ... If it’s a national show, I'll wear it. But I decided that night, I said, 'honey, if I put my rug on, people are gonna think I think I’m gonna win.' So I said, 'I’m gonna not wear it. If I win, I’ll go up there.'

In his acceptance speech, Reiner earned a huge laugh with the line, "If I'd known I was going to win, I would have worn my hair."

He's a winner with or without the toupee in our book.

Watch below for more memorable moments from Reiner's career:

On creating The 2000 Year Old Man with Mel Brooks:

On working with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca:

On winning his first Emmy:

On working with the writers of The Dick Van Dyke Show:

Watch Carl Reiner's Full interview online:
http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/carl-reiner