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Mar 20, 2014 · Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner perform a classic 2000 Year Old Man routine. This originally aired on the Colgate Comedy Hour in 1967. You can find this video and...
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- The Official MEL BROOKS Channel
The 2000 Year Old Man is a comedy sketch created by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks in the 1950s and first publicly performed in the 1960s. Brooks plays a 2000-year-old man, interviewed by Reiner in a series of comedy routines that were turned into a collection of records and also performed on television.
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The 2000 Year Old Man is a character created by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. According to Carl Reiner's son , Rob Reiner, in a 2008 interview, the characcter was originally established...
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- David Paul Kirkpatrick
Jun 30, 2020 · An excerpt from Carl Reiner’s 2003 memoir ‘My Anecdotal Life’ on the origins of the 2000 Year Old Man, Mel Brooks, Jewish humor, and more.
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One wonders what the 2000-Year-Old Man—who as a caveman had trouble determining “who was a lady”—would have had to say about the movements for Trans Equality, #MeToo, and Black Lives Matter. A quote on Brooks’ website may provide a hint:
Mar 20, 2014 · Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner perform a classic 2000 Year Old Man routine. This originally aired on the Colgate Comedy Hour in 1967. You can find this video and...
The 2000 Year Old Man became a mainstay throughout Reiner and Brooks’ careers, generating over 5 albums, dozens of TV appearances, and even an animated TV special in 1975.
