Jack Black paid tribute to Rob Reiner throughout an look on Late Night time with Seth Meyers on Tuesday evening, crediting the slain actor-director with inspiring two of his best-known tasks.
Earlier than selling his personal new movie Anaconda, Black advised Meyers, “I don’t actually wish to discuss something apart from Rob Reiner as a result of he was such an unbelievable inspiration to me. And in the event you point out Tenacious D, there is no such thing as a Tenacious D with out Spinal Faucet. And anybody out right here, any of the younger millennials that haven’t seen [This Is] Spinal Faucet, do your self a favor. There’s no College of Rock with out Spinal Faucet.”
“I really like so a lot of his films. It’s like an unbelievable oeuvre of movies that he made. What a genius. I simply needed to essentially fast give a shout-out to one of many greatest inspirations of my life and ship like to the universe to one of many greats. He introduced a lot pleasure.”
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The Reiner-directed rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Faucet (considered one of his greatest films) was launched in 1984, a decade earlier than Black fashioned the comedy-rock duo Tenacious D with Kyle Gass. One other decade later, Black starred in 2003’s College of Rock, taking part in a struggling musician who poses as an alternative trainer as he conjures up a bunch of fifth graders to type a rock band.
Tragically, Reiner and his spouse Michele had been slain at their residence in Brentwood, California, over the weekend. Their son Nick Reiner is presently being held on suspicion of homicide.
Watch Jack Black’s look on Late Night time with Seth Meyers beneath.
