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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. [1] [2] [3] History.
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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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Dec 20, 2006 · The old fellow's genesis (to coin a 2000 year old woid) was at a party where Brooks and Reiner ad libbed some jokes and someone caught it all on tape. During a subsequent TV appearance, Mel, who had recently undergone gout surgery, moaned that he felt 2000 years old.
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Feb 3, 2010 · On the first album, 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, title subject was merely one character among many, although the premise was the same. Reiner played the interviewer,...
Discover 2000 and One Years with Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks by Mel Brooks. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Nov 16, 2009 · “THE 2,000 YEAR OLD MAN” was never intended to last one year, let alone 60. In the early 1950s, friends and fellow comedy writers Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks started doing the routine at...
Nov 21, 1995 · Discover 2000 and One Years With... by Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner released in 1995. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
