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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.

User Reviews about The 2000 Year Old Man:The Complete History

If you never heard the 2000 year old man, you missed a lot of great comedy.

The 2009 Kennedy Center Honoree Mel Brooks and Mark Twain Winner Carl Reiner pokes fun at history, legends (Robin Hood. Paul Revere) as well as life itself. It is funny look at history that will make you smile as they poke fun in the eyes of history. Reiner plays straight man to Brooks's peppered and sagely sage...and its works so well.

This three disc set includes all five albums that the 2000 year man appeared. This included the Grammy winning comedy album, The 2000 Year old man in the year 2000. These comedy sketches that Brooks and Reiner do in tandem almost never seem to date themselves. You will gag with whimsy until you are hurting from the belly laughing.

The fourth disk is a DVD. One of the highlights is an animated short of the 2000 year old man which appeared on TV in 1975. There are other TV appearances and a 2009 interview with Reiner and Brooks discussing the origins of the 2000 year old man.

I just they do another 2000 Year old man for the year 2010. So If you want to laugh and laugh a lot, buy this box set.

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD -- Poking Fun at History

We enjoyed this, and you may, too if you're a fan of these two classic comedians. The schtick can be a little repetitive in places, but if you like to laugh in your car as you drive along, this is great. The DVD was not as effective as the CDs. -- Fun!

It's as funny now as it was when first created! Delightful to hear the clever humor of Reiner and Brooks, which hasn't lost anything over the years. -- Two Thousand Year Old Man dvd

I gave this CD box set to my father for Xmas and he LOVES it. He is a HUGE fan of Mel Brooks and was overjoyed to receive this gift. In May of 2009 my father had a stroke so choosing a gift is rather tricky. He can't read yet but he can listen to CD books and other material so I thought this would be a great gift for him and indeed it was. -- Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner the 2000 Year-old Man