Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Talks About the Importance of Laughter and Keeping Busy in an Animated Interview

In a wonderfully animated interview, comedy legend Carl Reiner, clad in a beautiful purple sweater, talked with Topic about the importance of laughter in life, even when things seem terrible. He also explains why, at the age of 97, he keeps taking on new projects.

If you wake up in the morning and have something to do, you’ll live because you gotta finish that. You can’t leave before you finish something you really want to do.

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