For Ben, it’s a family affair

Ben Stiller’s knocked off a terrific documentary about his now-gone fabulous parents Stiller & Meara . Ben Stiller’s a star. We know him. His parents were stars. Today, not all knew them. Me, I knew them.

I knew Jerry Stiller fell for Anne Meara light-years ago. He told me: “It was when I saw her steal some restaurant silverware. I knew right away that she was for me.”

It was a long marriage. Said Anne: “Our marriage license was on a stone tablet.”

There was the Christmas their secretary died. So I asked, “How’s the new secretary?” One of them answered: “Who knows? The new secretary already quit.”

Before becoming big A-1 comedy stars they weren’t rich but had enough money to put two bagels together and owned a nice West Side apartment. When they went to

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