Carl Reiner/Mel Brooks - 2000 Year Old Man Complete History

The 2000 Year Old Man is a persona in a comedy skit, originally created by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner in 1961.

Mel Brooks played the oldest man in the world, interviewed by Carl Reiner in a series of comedy routines that appeared on television, as well as being made into a collection of records. In a Jewish accent, Brooks would ad lib answers to topics such as the earliest known language (\\\"basic Rock\\\"), the creation of the Cross (\\\"it was easier to put together than the Star of David, and Joan of Arc (\\\"Know her? I went with her, dummy, I went with her!\\\").

The inspiration for the skit was a tape-recorded exchange between Brooks and Reiner at a party. The tape recorder was brought into the mix shortly after the opening salvos, as the two comics soon had the party audience in stitches. In 1961, when the duo began doing the skit on television, Brooks had just undergone surgery for gout. Because of his post-surgical discomfort, Brooks quipped, \\\"I feel like a 2000-year-old man,\\\" which led Reiner to begin questioning him about what it\\\'s like to be a 2000-year-old man and to describe history as Brooks saw it.

Disc 1
1. 2000 Year Old Man
2. Fabiola
3. The Astronaught
4. In A Coffee House (The Depressed One, The Actor, The Painter, The Folksinger)
5. The Peruvian
6. The Psychiatrist
7. 2000 And Six Month Man
8. The Tax Expert
9. Two Hour Old Baby
10. The New Technique Psychiatric Society
11. The Third Best Poet

Disc 2
1. The Cannes Film Festival (Adolph Hartler, Frederico Fettucini, Tippy Skittles)
2. Dr. Felix Wheird
3. 2000 And Two Year Old Man
4. The L.M.N.O.P. Ad Agency
5. Intro
6. Will To Live
7. Slow Growth
8. Natural Foods
9. Phil
10. Asparagus
11. Origin Of Words
12. Great Inventions
13. Strawberries
14. Miracle Fruits
15. The Greatest Invention
16. Ancient Poetry
17. The Fig Leaf
18. Paul Revere
19. Ma And Pa
20. Jesus And The Apostles
21. Generals
22. Winston Churchill
23. War Of The Roses
24. Dolly Madison
25. Lord Byron
26. 21,000 Doctors
27. Jolson
28. America\\\'s Economic Plight
29. Hope For Mankind

Disc 3
1. A Re-Pleasure To See You
2. See Moses Run
3. Diseases And The Plagues
4. Pain
5. Wives And Famous Women
6. Parents
7. First Place You Ever Lived
8. Yarmulkes Galore And The Inquisition
9. Computer Sex And Self Help
10. Exercise And Infomercial
11. Music
12. Height And Plastic Surgery
13. Seven Wonders Of The World
14. Famous People
15. Pet Peeves And Words Of Wisdom
16. Ballantine Beer Radio Spots: Dick Cavett Interviews the 2000 Year Old Brewmaster