Reiner

[rahy-ner]

noun

1. Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.

Example Sentences

Perennially quotable, ad-libbed to Brit-accented perfection by co-creators Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer and finessed into an iconic spoof by director Rob Reiner, “Spinal Tap” was born.

From Los Angeles Times

While the hilariously inept "British" band were the brainchild of the American improvisers who play them, along with US director Rob Reiner, such has been their popularity since the first film that they have gone on to perform in real life to fans at Wembley Arena, Glastonbury Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall.

From BBC

And in a few minutes, he’d be driving over to Rob Reiner’s house to shoot an interview about “This Is Spinal Tap.”

From Los Angeles Times

David Kaff, the British actor and musician who played keyboardist Viv Savage in Rob Reiner’s hit 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” died Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times

Reiner’s film, which followed the band’s introduction in a sketch on the 1979 ABC comedy special “The T.V. Show,” expertly parodied the stylistic excesses of heavy metal — one enduring gag had Tufnel demonstrating that the volume knobs on his Marshall amplifier “go to 11” instead of the usual 10 — and became a cult favorite eventually inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.

From Los Angeles Times