Newly remastered for the 50th anniversary of the birth of The 2000 Year Old Man, The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History is a 3-CD / 1-DVD box set containing all five comedy albums released by Carl Reiner and Mel Brook... more »s, including The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, for which they received a Grammy® Award in 1998. The other albums included are 2000 Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, 2000 And One Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival, and Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks: 2000 And Thirteen. The DVD features a brand-new exclusive interview with Reiner and Brooks discussing the history of the routine, the 1975 animated 2000 Year Old Man TV special, and vintage clips of the two appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The New Steve Allen Show. The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History also includes extensive liner notes, rare photos and tributes from some of the biggest names in comedy. Contains all five 2000 Year Old Man albums on three CDs as well as a 32-page book with rare photos and new essays by Dick Cavett and comedy historian Gerald Nachman.« less
Newly remastered for the 50th anniversary of the birth of The 2000 Year Old Man, The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History is a 3-CD / 1-DVD box set containing all five comedy albums released by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, including The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, for which they received a Grammy® Award in 1998. The other albums included are 2000 Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, 2000 And One Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival, and Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks: 2000 And Thirteen. The DVD features a brand-new exclusive interview with Reiner and Brooks discussing the history of the routine, the 1975 animated 2000 Year Old Man TV special, and vintage clips of the two appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The New Steve Allen Show. The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History also includes extensive liner notes, rare photos and tributes from some of the biggest names in comedy. Contains all five 2000 Year Old Man albums on three CDs as well as a 32-page book with rare photos and new essays by Dick Cavett and comedy historian Gerald Nachman.
"Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner will never wear out their welcome as long as they keep updating and improving their "2000 Year Old Man" routine, as evidenced by "The 2000 Year Old Man In the Year 2000." Mel Brooks is one of the funniest people on the planet and Carl Reiner is perfectly restrained in his role as interviewer. If this CD doesn't make you laugh out loud throughout, then your sense of humor has been destroyed by decades of watching lame sitcoms such as "Three's Company" and "Full House." Long live Mel and Carl!"
Perhaps the funniest 40 minutes on CD
C. Bedford Crenshaw | Indiana | 09/09/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I a fair amount of comedy CDs, and this is easily the best. Mel Brooks is at his funniest, pretending to be a 2000+ year old man, even trhough parts of it would make you think he is actually 3000+ years old.It does get a little bawdier at the end, with the f-word used a bit in the end, but its nothing worse tha the bulk of public TV nowadays.Enjoy it; you will if you listen to it."
Still Making me Howl with Laughter
Jude Gerstein | Ontario, Canada | 12/26/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'm thrilled to know the 2000 Year Old Man is alive, well, and still kicking. I found this CD while looking for The Complete 2000 Year Old Man CD collection. Sadly, the collection is no longer offered by the manufacturer. But I HAD to have this one. It did not disappoint. I could picture everything in my mind as he spoke of times gone by. The humour is as fresh on this performance as on the originals.
The one problem is that you'll be using catch words and phrases and only another member of the 2000 Year Old Man fan club will understand.
Please, please, re-issue the complete collection!!! Let's start a petition. And eat a nectarine it's a heck of fruit."
Awesome 2000 Year Old Man
Stephen Babbitt | 02/20/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have always had fond memories of the wit both Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks have exhibited. This Album certainly lives up to their reputation. When replays of the album segments still generate laughs, that tells you this is a winner."
These Guys Are Still Funny
John E. Schlenz | Redding, CA USA | 05/07/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This album is a useful part of anyone's repertoire if you just want a good laugh provided by two old pros in the comedy business. There's nothing complicated; just good fun."