THAT'S
THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE FOR ANYTIME OF THE YEAR. >> ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S END OUR TOWN HALL ON THIS
FRIDAY WITH SOMETHING TO
CELEBRATE HERE IN WESTERN NEW
YORK, THE NATIONAL COMEDY
CENTER IN JAMES TOWN MAKING A
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, GETTING A LOT
OF EXPOSURE REALLY ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE NEWS DEBUTED ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW THIS MORNING,
MUSEUM WILL HOUSE ARCHIVES FROM
COMEDY LEGEND, CARL RINER WHO
DIED LAST YEAR, TOMORROW WOULD
HAVE BEEN HIS 99th BIRTHDAY.
HIS SON ROB RINER, FRIEND MEL
BROOKS WERE PRAISING THE
NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER THAT IS,
OF COURSE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD
HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
>> SO IT BECAME THE NATIONAL
COMEDY CENTER.
THINK OF IT AS THE COOPERS TOWN
OF COMEDY.
>> IF YOU WANT TO LEARN
ANYTHING ABOUT MEL, MY DAD,
GEORGE CARLIN, RICHIE, ANYBODY,
YOU GO TO THAT MUSEUM, THEY
HAVE THIS INTERACTIVE, IT IS AN
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
>> A FITTING REPOSITORY FOR
RINER'S DECADES OF ACHIEVEMENT.
>> WE'RE GETTING A TON OF STUFF
FROM MY DADS, EMMYS,
MEMORABILIA, WE'RE GIVING TO
THE MUSEUM.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP ON
THAT NOW WITH JOURNEY
GUNDERSON, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE
YOU ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> FIRST OF ALL, CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT WHICH I
KNOW IS SCHEDULED TO DEBUT,
THE CARL RINER EXHIBITION, THE
PUBLICITY YOU GOT ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW, I KNOW THERE IS
PRESS ABOUT THIS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE
THERE ARE FEW COMEDY LEGACIES
YOU CAN PUT IN THE CATEGORY OF
CARL RINER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
80 YEARS IN COMEDY, AN ARCHIVE
THAT SPANS THOSE SAME DECADES,
IT IS REALLY HARD TO OVER STATE
HOW CARL RINER HAS BEEN TO
COMEDY, HE INFLUENCED
GENERATIONS OF COMEDIANS AND
WHAT THIS ARCHIVE INCLUDES GOES
BACK TO THE EARLIEST SKETCHES
HE EVER WROTE WHEN HE FIRST
GRAVITATED TOWARDS WRITING, NOT
JUST ACTING IN COMEDY, WITH SID
CAESAR'S LEGENDARY WRITING ROOM
IN YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS, HIS
SCRIPTS FROM THE DICK VAN DYKE
SHOW, ALL OF HIS SCRIPTS
INCLUDING THE JERK WITH STEVE
MARTIN, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
ARCHIVE, HE IS AN INCREDIBLE
COMEDY LEGACY, ALSO FOUNDING
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER OF THE
ORGANIZATION, AND SO, WE'RE
PLEASED TO BE HONORING HIM BY
NAMING THE NATIONAL COMEDY
CENTER ARCHIVE AND PRESERVATION
DEPARTMENT IN HIS HONOR.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT
JOURNEY HOW CRUCIAL IT WAS TO
HAVE HIM BE PART.
WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT IS THAT
CARL RINER BECAME AN ADVISORY
BOARD MEMBER BEFORE OPENING THE
DOORS, HE BELIEVED IN THE
MISSION OF THE NATIONAL COMEDY
CENTER, UNDERSTOOD THE
IMPORTANCE OF A CULTURAL
INSTITUTION, THERE NEEDED TO BE
AN INSTITUTION TO PRESERVE
COMEDY'S IMPORTANT HERITAGE.
ONE THING ABOUT CARL, THAT
PEOPLE OFTEN SAY HE SHINED A
LIGHT ON EVERYBODY ELSE, I
THINK THAT SPEAKS TO PROBABLY
THE SAME REASON HE WAS
COMPELLED TO THE MISSION OF THE
NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THESE
GREAT TALENTS THAT HE HAD AS
MUCH RESPECT FOR AS PEOPLE HAVE
RESPECT FOR HIM AND HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE THE CRAFT
WEREN'T EITHER.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING
FOR EVERYBODY TO GO AND SEE
THIS EXHIBIT ABOUT HIM,
JOURNEY, I WANT TO END BY
ASKING YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU
GUYS HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS
TO MAKE THE NATIONAL COMEDY
CENTER A SAFE PLACE DURING THE
MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND
ABLE TO BE OPEN RIGHT NOW AND
WELCOME TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE
HAS TO OFTEN.
>> THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT
MASKED IS WE JUST CLOSED FOR
THE DAY, BUT WE HAVE WITHIN
OPEN AND ACTUALLY GARNERED
AWARDS FOR OUR LAST HEALTH AND
SAFETY PROGRAM, HEALTH AND
SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE A
TOUCH FREE, WORRY FREE
EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING, YOU CAN RELAX AND
ONE THING PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN
EVER IN THEIR LIVES IS
LAUGHTER, COME VISIT THE
NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, IF
YOU'D LIKE, CHECK OUT
@COMEDYCENTER.ORG/ARCHIVES, THE
ARCHIVES AND PRESERVATION, IT
IS SUCH A GREAT NOTE TO LEAVE,
JOURNEY GUNDERSON AT THE
NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, THANKS
A LOT FOR BEING HERE HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR
WATCHING ALL THIS WEEK, WE
REALLY DO HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND, YOU CAN INTERACT WITH
SHOW