The Thursday evening event was hosted by journalist Pete Hammond who wrote about it here. Hammond did a good job with a difficult job, hustling (probably) too many guests on and off the stage.
Given his account and the fact that you can watch the whole thing online, I don't have a lot to add. The audience was most appreciative of the folks on stage…and, I suspect, pretty well informed. Mr. Reiner told the stories about how he got the idea for The Dick Van Dyke Show, how they cast Rose Marie, how she recommended Morey Amsterdam, how they found Mary Tyler Moore, etc. They're all good stories but I'll bet 90% of those in the house knew them, if not because they were all told by Carl at the Egyptian Theater event two weeks earlier than because he's told them on so many other occasions.
On the other hand, when you're covering a topic as vast as Carl Reiner's career, it's hard to get past the obvious, perhaps necessary questions to get to the uncommon ones. I couldn't help but think how many things Mr. Reiner has done in television that were not mentioned or were only mentioned in passing. (I don't think there was anything about The New Dick Van Dyke Show and just scant references to The Celebrity Game, Good Heavens and dozens of others.
And it probably didn't matter because this wasn't a history so much as a chance for a lot of people to just love Carl Reiner in a public place. That part came off without a hitch. Great evening.