To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance . But he’s also the son of one of the most beloved comedy duos of the Sixties and Seventies. And he’s honoring his family history with his latest film venture.
On Thursday, Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for Stiller’s new documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost , which explores the lives of his parents together and the history of his family.
Long before he was known as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and she as Steve’s mom on Sex and the City , Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were tossing barbs back and forth as mainstream America’s favorite comedy team. Emerging from the influential Second City comedy troupe, Stiller and Meara were never c