Documentary Preview: Ben Stiller, his wife, sister and others remember his parents — “Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost”

Got Apple TV+? This new doc by Ben Stiller is about his parents, one of the great comedy acts of their era, mught be reason enough to subscribe.

Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller were married comic foils playing married comic foils, good actors and funny in their bones, but a couple that had a hard time keeping the work life and home life separate.

God knows their kids (Ben, his sister Amy and his wife Christine Taylor also appear) couldn’t see the boundaries.

April 24, we find out how a tall, barking Irish Catholic and a short braying Brooklyn Jew met in an acting company and partnered for life. At their peak, they were never more than a few days between appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Tonight Show” or wherever.

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