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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.
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...
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:
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 when...
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.
…a comedy routine called “The 2000 Year Old Man,” in which he interviewed Mel Brooks, who played the title character. The routine was later the basis for a number of successful recordings—one of which, The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 (1997), earned a Grammy Award—as well… Read More.
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. Its influence can’t be understated – their first album’s success was an early breakthrough for Jewish humor in mainstream entertainment, and the skit’s format ...
