The 2000 Year Old Man - Created and Performed by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

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  • 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 Reiner and Brooks would fool around and adlib at cocktail parties. Apparently, fellow comic Steve Allen, thought the 2000 year old man was so hilarious, he convinced Reiner and Brooks to try a recording. This was the first sketch of that recording. The first sketches of this character remain a classic today.
    The completed video master of this material is believed to still be under copyright to Capital Records. This segment, which is less than 5 % of the running time of the completed series is being used for educational purposes.
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Komentáře • 203

  • @DaddyTre65
    @DaddyTre65 Před 3 lety +41

    "I have over 42,000 children... and not one comes to visit me!" Hilarious and timeless!

  • @FionaCooperinLewes
    @FionaCooperinLewes Před 4 lety +155

    RIP Carl Reiner - a genius who will be sorely missed.

    • @paulwarner1393
      @paulwarner1393 Před 4 lety +5

      thank you. legend

    • @lololololololololololololol338
      @lololololololololololololol338 Před 4 lety

      He's been retired for ages. I thought he was already dead.

    • @dylansalvador6782
      @dylansalvador6782 Před 3 lety

      dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can watch all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my brother recently xD

    • @aaravbrodie7891
      @aaravbrodie7891 Před 3 lety

      @Dylan Salvador yup, I've been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :D

    • @otisedward3964
      @otisedward3964 Před 3 lety

      @Dylan Salvador yup, have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :D

  • @rickwebb8386
    @rickwebb8386 Před 4 lety +48

    Rest well, Mr. Reiner. We loved you.

  • @YunaYansa
    @YunaYansa Před 4 lety +50

    We had this on vinyl when I was a kid. Loved this routine. RIP Mr Reiner - will never be another just like you.

    • @alisonhalerich
      @alisonhalerich Před 4 lety +4

      Same here! I listened to this LP until I’d memorized it.

    • @amiedevero
      @amiedevero Před 4 lety +4

      @@alisonhalerich I still have the LP (the original)... I think I had the whole thing memorized before I was 10 years old.

  • @videovoidtv
    @videovoidtv Před 4 lety +25

    RIP Carl. You’re a legend and we won’t forget you. Thanks for the laughs.

  • @michaelpaschoal2016
    @michaelpaschoal2016 Před 6 lety +51

    Just watched this with my 23 yr old grandson...He laughed as hard as I did when I first heard this 50 years ago...how can you not love Mel Brooks, he's a genius

    • @jordankeller4253
      @jordankeller4253 Před rokem

      I was 25, maybe 26 when I first heard this. Just a couple years ago! I showed it to my 77 year old grandmother who somehow had never seen or heard this routine! She loved it!

  • @johnpetry5321
    @johnpetry5321 Před 4 lety +11

    One of the greatest has left us. May his name be a blessing

  • @betsylalich4570
    @betsylalich4570 Před 4 lety +11

    These two gentleman are simply the best !

  • @michaelklein5242
    @michaelklein5242 Před 4 lety +51

    I'd love for both of them to reach the age of 2,000. We need laughter more than anything today.

    • @marmac2768
      @marmac2768 Před 4 lety +1

      True, they weren't filthy like so many today are and they didn't have racial or political stuff all the way through like so many today. RIP Carl, you were one of the best!

  • @robertwilson973
    @robertwilson973 Před 5 lety +27

    I recently read an memoir of Carl Reiner. It seems that he and Mel Brooks just improvised their way through all of this. It's a perfect example of what comics call "Yes...and" where the comics just kept feeding off each others answers.

  • @Eematov
    @Eematov Před 4 lety +7

    Thank you Carl Reiner, for decades of timeless and hilarious comedy. RIP, we'll miss your comic genius.

  • @laurafreedman8770
    @laurafreedman8770 Před 4 lety +8

    My people. My humor my best memories. Bless the comedians of my generation

  • @chrismcintyre5668
    @chrismcintyre5668 Před 4 lety +5

    Comedy will never be the same as it ever was... Thank you, gentlemen! 😂😅🤣

  • @voicegirl555
    @voicegirl555 Před 4 lety +7

    I just heard that Carl Reiner has died! He was 98 and had a full rich life. Still it fills me with sadness. Thank You Carl Reiner! You gave joy! So much joy!!! I shall miss you very much!

  • @statman2900
    @statman2900 Před 4 lety +6

    Carl Reiner is on the Mount Rushmore of TV comedy. And great in the Ocean's trilogy. RIP and thanks.

  • @EveryEve65
    @EveryEve65 Před 4 lety +16

    Rest In Peace Carl Reiner 🌹♥️

  • @Spikeelsucko
    @Spikeelsucko Před 3 lety +3

    I'm an '85 millennial and spend a lot of time as a kid listening to these records, timeless stuff

  • @dougrhonable
    @dougrhonable Před 4 lety +7

    All improvised. Pure genius.

  • @jackthompson391
    @jackthompson391 Před 4 lety +4

    RIP Carl. Thanks for all the laughs.

  • @dottielovett5526
    @dottielovett5526 Před 9 lety +39

    there is no talent like these two men

  • @a.vestige
    @a.vestige Před 4 lety +3

    RIP Carl Reiner. Thank you for the laughter and your extraordinary zest for life.

  • @MoorePAHireInc
    @MoorePAHireInc Před 4 lety +1

    RIP Mr. Reiner and thank you so much for all your thought and entertainment.

  • @meirwise1107
    @meirwise1107 Před 3 lety +1

    This will never get old even if it lasts for 2,000 years! Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner were comic geniuses.

  • @bbdiva52
    @bbdiva52 Před 4 lety +1

    What a talent! What a life! All the laughter he gave us for so long.

  • @nicholasbrown7000
    @nicholasbrown7000 Před 4 lety +4

    My introduction to Carl Reiner. RIP. One of the greats.

  • @amiedevero
    @amiedevero Před 4 lety +3

    One of the most extraordinary talents of our lifetimes. RIP.

  • @torgman
    @torgman Před 6 lety +73

    These two are still with us. They should do a 2,100 year old man album before it's took late.

    • @panowa8319
      @panowa8319 Před 5 lety +1

      I thought the same thing too.

    • @artsbeatla
      @artsbeatla Před 4 lety +2

      @kevin johnson what are you talking about? They famously hang out together at Reiner's place in Bev Hills every evening for dinner & to watch Jeopardy. Check out recent The Guardian interview.

    • @tazman572
      @tazman572 Před 4 lety +3

      Too late, Carl Reiner passed away today, 30th June, 2020 at the age of 98. RIP

    • @PaulLipman
      @PaulLipman Před 4 lety +2

      RIP Carl

    • @torgman
      @torgman Před 4 lety

      @kevin johnson You're taking your info from a cartoon show?

  • @blairmettam7642
    @blairmettam7642 Před 6 lety +8

    Thank you for uploading this. I have heard about this routine but never heard it before. Absolute classic

  • @imjelo
    @imjelo Před 5 lety +2

    I remember listening to this on a Sabena flight from Brussels to Toronto at the age of 13 in the 80s. Is still classic and funny and then and still is now.

  • @panowa8319
    @panowa8319 Před 4 lety +4

    RIP Carl Reiner! I'll miss you and Mel Brooks Y2K Man skits.

  • @mgconlan
    @mgconlan Před 4 lety +5

    The story I heard from Mel Brooks on the documentary "Make a Noise" was that Carl Reiner and Brooks were so worried about doing the first 2,000-Year-Old Man album that Steve Allen had to make the recording in secret, after hours, and pledge not to release it if Reiner and Brooks didn't like it. Also Allen had to do a lot of heavy editing on the tape because Reiner kept laughing at Brooks' jokes. I love Carl Reiner and thank him for all the fun and laughter he gave us.

  • @Supermassive_Citizen_Erased

    This cuts off at the end 😥
    My father introduced this to me years ago and I've always loved it! My father just passed away in January so listening to this really makes me think of my dad. Thanks

    • @Godfather9814
      @Godfather9814 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah same I grew up with Mel brooks movies and I used to love my grandmas record of this and used to listen to it every time we visited her and my grandfather !

  • @DavidPaulKirkpatrick
    @DavidPaulKirkpatrick  Před 11 lety +11

    A great, fun treat for fathers and sons and daughters on Father's Day!
    The 2000 Year Old Man - Created and Performed by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

  • @elainabensen9533
    @elainabensen9533 Před 5 lety +25

    Never run for a bus there’ll always be another, I just stroll.
    What was the means of transportation back then?
    Mostly, fear.

  • @mohammedcohen
    @mohammedcohen Před 4 lety +3

    ...Robin Hood...he stole from everybody and kept everything...I remember that line from when I was a teenager...

  • @mikem3614
    @mikem3614 Před 4 lety +2

    Two Geniuses

  • @Kabukieman2
    @Kabukieman2 Před 9 lety +19

    very cool. Larry David sent me here, after I noticed him recommending it to Ricky Gervais in "Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David."

  • @suzygroden3996
    @suzygroden3996 Před 4 lety

    They did the first 2000 year old man routine in 1950. Listening to them now, in February, 2020, it feels so good to laugh -- laugh so hard that tears run down my cheeks! I think my personal favorite is Brooks's answer to Reiner's question, "What was the main form of transportation back then?" "Fear." And certainly, comedy -- the ability to make us laugh -- has to be the absolutely best thing human beings have ever discovered -- better and more essential to our survival than the discovery of space or the invention of Saran Wrap.

  • @LAMBOURGHINI777
    @LAMBOURGHINI777 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the laughs!🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @tomjeffries58
    @tomjeffries58 Před 3 lety +1

    I have the original album. I grew up laughing my ___ off to this. As a kid I knew entire dialogs and I'd perform them for my friends.

  • @pmelvoin
    @pmelvoin Před 10 lety +4

    Brilliant!

  • @michaelsnyder657
    @michaelsnyder657 Před 9 lety +20

    Its a pity brooks never made a movie about this character it would have been a blast. Instead of the cartoon from 1975

  • @harveygrodensky82
    @harveygrodensky82 Před 2 měsíci

    best album ever

  • @kevingallagher4673
    @kevingallagher4673 Před 6 lety

    Brilliant , hearing this for the first time ........

  • @irashorr1
    @irashorr1 Před 5 lety

    One of my favorites! The 20013 Year Old Man is even better.

  • @artmeatj6620
    @artmeatj6620 Před 5 lety

    For a nearly 70 year old skit, this kicks ass

  • @auzziebri
    @auzziebri Před 7 lety +2

    Legends
    Watching from Australia

  • @sanford943
    @sanford943 Před 2 lety

    I have not heard this in years. We had the album at home. I think my brother has all our parents records. I don't if the album is among them. Just genius to come up with this.

  • @donkorytowski7877
    @donkorytowski7877 Před 4 lety +1

    Masters of comedy

  • @tomfinley4203
    @tomfinley4203 Před 2 lety

    I think of R 'n B whenever I put leftovers in the fridge. A great pair.

  • @FrancisLaLonde
    @FrancisLaLonde Před 8 lety +2

    Perfection...!!!

  • @brittzkrieg
    @brittzkrieg Před 4 lety +2

    We'll miss you, Carl.

  • @BetterqQoL
    @BetterqQoL Před 5 měsíci

    Its sad and disappointing that Blazing Saddles is being demonized by the Ban The Books People and individual teachers who refuse to teach their students about the historical value of this movie. RIP and Thank You Carl Reiner

  • @imisstoronto3121
    @imisstoronto3121 Před 7 lety +34

    ..and not one comes to visit me! ROTFLMAO

  • @Robert-hz9bj
    @Robert-hz9bj Před rokem

    The "nectarine bit" was amazing ^_^

  • @andrewaevaliotis8769
    @andrewaevaliotis8769 Před 4 lety +1

    "I have 42,000 children.....and not ONE of them comes to visit!!....." 😆

  • @HRW653
    @HRW653 Před 8 lety +18

    Mans discovery of space? That was good, that was good. But it completely ruined the looking up in the sky sector, huge layoffs

  • @techotopo
    @techotopo Před 6 lety +1

    for some reason the audio alone is funnier than when accompanied by the cartoon.

  • @panowa8319
    @panowa8319 Před 5 lety +1

    Some studio should come up an animated feature film and use the same character designs from the 1975 animated special with these two voicing their respectively.

  • @paulkohlmiller4323
    @paulkohlmiller4323 Před 4 lety

    Carl Reiner - the best straight man of all time. Missing him already.

  • @jamesloring7186
    @jamesloring7186 Před 4 lety +1

    I love the part "not in this clip" where he asks if he knew Jesus, oh yes nice young man always came into the shop never bought anything though only wanted water

  • @phousefilms
    @phousefilms Před 4 lety +14

    Brought here by "the Simpsons".

  • @HarrisonStaab
    @HarrisonStaab Před rokem

    "We didn't know who was ladies and who was fellas." Ya don't say.

  • @scurvyswine
    @scurvyswine Před 3 lety

    He's right about nectarines, they're the best.

  • @myron746
    @myron746 Před 7 lety

    Fantastic----------------------

  • @lukevaughan7706
    @lukevaughan7706 Před 5 lety +1

    CLASSIC !

  • @triple7marc
    @triple7marc Před 4 lety +1

    0:42 I have the same birthday as the 2000 Year Old Man!!!

  • @timothylevin2661
    @timothylevin2661 Před 10 dny

    Classically funny

  • @aut1976
    @aut1976 Před 7 lety

    Wonderful extremely funny!

  • @edwardjnarrojr3135
    @edwardjnarrojr3135 Před rokem

    Absolute Genius

  • @orvillemeadows9923
    @orvillemeadows9923 Před 6 lety

    This is so brilliant

  • @interfaithjusticeleague7891

    R.I.P. Carl Reiner

  • @marjorie1751
    @marjorie1751 Před 10 lety

    This is an awesome TBT !

  • @ed32bj
    @ed32bj Před 4 lety +1

    Rest in Peace Carl Reiner
    Loved the Jerk!

  • @FreeKentHovind
    @FreeKentHovind Před 6 lety +6

    Harold Ramis brought me here... ;-)

  • @chuckjay2000
    @chuckjay2000 Před 4 lety +1

    Reiner could play slapstick or, with Mel, straight man perfectly

  • @Fibonaccisghost
    @Fibonaccisghost Před 2 lety

    “Hey there’s ladies here…” Props to Bernie.

  • @joelaichner3025
    @joelaichner3025 Před 4 měsíci

    Quality

  • @danieldougan8613
    @danieldougan8613 Před 6 lety

    That was brilliant.

  • @indyhotdog7652
    @indyhotdog7652 Před 5 lety +14

    Norm MacDonald sent me here

    • @JeevesReturns
      @JeevesReturns Před 4 lety +1

      He gave you bad directions. You should have made a right two blocks back and then a U-turn.

  • @lindagrant2135
    @lindagrant2135 Před rokem

    42,000 children and none of them come to visit. lol

  • @oliviacraft400
    @oliviacraft400 Před 9 lety +6

    i bought the animated version on VHS for me and my daughter to watch,we hated it so much that it became a joke.we have passed it off on each other as gifts.i started this tradition by including it in her Christmas gifts, birthday, graduation.etc.we enjoy it more this way.

  • @lololololololololololololol338

    He nearly lived 2000 years! 😀

  • @stephenlf706
    @stephenlf706 Před 2 lety

    I love the Adolph Hartler sketch

  • @abbaniv3759
    @abbaniv3759 Před 10 lety

    I remember that Pul revere was mentioned and the entire story was on a half hour or hour program!

  • @lololololololololololololol338

    Enter Laughing. Exit Laughing 😄

  • @robertbruce2128
    @robertbruce2128 Před 5 měsíci

    Funny, he was always just “sir.” He never had a name. And they cut off the end.

  • @WillScarlet16
    @WillScarlet16 Před rokem

    "This is very personal sir, but at your age are you still able to produce semen?"
    "I got two boys in the Navy."

  • @lukevaughan7706
    @lukevaughan7706 Před 8 lety +4

    Good for Bernie !

  • @irispell7938
    @irispell7938 Před 4 lety

    The video cuts out before the greatest part - the ending! Who would do this?

  • @MrMTraum
    @MrMTraum Před 4 lety

    RIP Mr. Reiner!

  • @I.am.Sarah.
    @I.am.Sarah. Před 4 lety +1

    You knew Joan of Ark?
    I WENT with her, dummy! lmao

  • @80srama1
    @80srama1 Před 8 lety +4

    It's dated a bit. Some jokes I think were more ground breaking in 1960, when audiences were far more conservative than nowadays, but don't get me wrong. Mel Brooks still puts a smile on my face if only for that wonderful Yiddish accent of his, and I still chuckle over the Saran Wrap line.

    • @jasobres
      @jasobres Před 8 lety +5

      Yeah, at the beginning of the sketch, Carl Reiner mentions Idlewild Airport, which is now more well known as JFK.

    • @imjelo
      @imjelo Před 5 lety

      @@jasobres oh, so that is Idlewild. Thanks.

  • @TAMINABELLYDANCER
    @TAMINABELLYDANCER Před 10 lety

    Brilliant, thnx for posting. They should get together again & do another one, lol! I would love to see that :)

    • @michaelclapoff9520
      @michaelclapoff9520 Před 10 lety +1

      i don't think Mel could at his age

    • @TAMINABELLYDANCER
      @TAMINABELLYDANCER Před 10 lety +3

      Hi Michael, u might be right of course, I don't know about his health issues but just to say that being elderly doesn't preclude u from anything ( we have an 87 year old in our over 50's badminton club :p ) & Just cos Mr Brooks is older, it doesn't mean he isn't the same incredible comedy genius - greatest of our time in my opinion!
      I bet he could still make me laugh anyway without even saying anything, lol!
      This pic is from 2013 & he appears to still be going strong.
      filmmakeriq.com/images/mel-brooks-carl-reiner/

    • @allancarr6181
      @allancarr6181 Před 7 lety

      HAYLEY GREEN l

  • @ianriley4167
    @ianriley4167 Před 3 lety

    A public comment is the utube is priceless. Thank you.

  • @earltrombley7646
    @earltrombley7646 Před 9 lety +10

    Still funny.

  • @jc2333
    @jc2333 Před 4 lety +1

    The 2,000 year old man doesn’t eat fried food.

  • @yosefdemby8792
    @yosefdemby8792 Před 4 lety

    RIP Carl Reiner

  • @SpooksMcGhie
    @SpooksMcGhie Před 4 lety +8

    Bernie Sanders discoverer of women

  • @amahra100
    @amahra100 Před 4 lety +3

    Why post it and cut off the ending?