Carl Reiner and Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy

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Carl Reiner on His Time in The Army, His Relationship with Mel Brooks, And on His MemoirComedy legend Carl Reiner has been doing comedy since World War II. He’s the creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Carl also co-wrote and directed one of Steve Martin’s most successful shows, The Jerk. And as expected, his best friend is no one other than Mel Brooks. Get this: they watch Wheel of Fortune when they hang out.

Carl is also a prolific writer with nearly 20 book titles to his name. Still writing at the age of 95, he recently released a memoir, Too Busy to Die, about his journey to who he is today.

Carl invited Jesse to his home to talk about his time in the army and his memoir.

You can find Carl Reiner’s memoir on Random Content.

And you can check out Carl’s screen credits on IMDb.

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Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/Getty ImagesThe Mulleavy Sisters on Their Fashion Company, Rodarte, and Their New Venture into FilmmakingKate and Laura Mulleavy are fashion designers who grew up in Northern California and graduated from UC Berkeley. Kate and Laura blew up after they designed just ten pieces in their parent’s kitchen. They made the cover of Women’s Wear Daily, and they got a face to face meeting with Anna Wintour.

In 2005 they founded Rodarte, their clothing brand. Acclaim has followed since. Kate and Laura won the CFDA award for womenswear designers of the year. And they even helped design costumes for the movie Black Swan.

Now, Kate and Laura have directed their first-ever movie, Woodshock, starring Kirsten Dunst.

The sisters join Jesse to talk about directing a movie and running a fashion company.

You can keep up with Kate and Laura’s fashion company on their website.

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Photo by Matthew Eisman/Getty ImagesThe Outshot: Dead Prez’s Hip-HopIn this week’s Outshot, Jesse talks about how Dead Prez created the most urgent sound hip-hop ever produced.

Click here to listen to Jesse’s Outshot on Dead Prez’s hit song, “Hip-Hop”/!