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Life scripted a fun-filled scenario for long-married laugh-provokers Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Comedians Stiller and Meara still laughing and loving. The comedic couple enjoys an enviable relationship both on and off the public stage, where their haimish sense of humor has been at home for over 40 years. Both members of this talented team -- which performed more than 30 times on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and created many award-winning commercials, including one for Blue Nun wine -- are dynamos in their own right, with independent projects proving that, when it comes to punch lines, these two are separate but equal. Though she first found fame with Stiller on "The Ed Sullivan Show," Meara is still recognized by many for her solo work in TV's "Archie Bunker's Place." The four-time Emmy Award nominee also gives it her all in the TV soap "All My Children." All her children are proud of her. Daughter Amy is a stand-up comedian and actress. Director/actor son Ben cast his mom in his 1994 film, "Reality Bites." Jerry Stiller is at home on Nantucket, that perfect, placid Massachusetts island where TV's gruff and grouchy "Mr. Costanza" would probably feel out of place. But Stiller feels -- and is -- right at home here. His voice is soothing and calm, quite different from his TV character's staccato scream. The entertainer's resume spans Broadway ("Hurlyburly"; "The Ritz"; "Three Men on a Horse"), film ("The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three"; "Nadine") and TV (PBS' "Great Performances: `Seize the Day'"; "Tales From the Dark Side").
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