In a millennial update of the comedy classic, the legendary team of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner revive the 2000-Year-Old Man, who is raring to give his take on the issues of our time. "Among the true classics of modern comedy."--Steve Allen.
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In 1960, two young, little-known comedians released an album of largely improvised sketches in which a journalist interviews a 2,000-year-old man. The journalist was Carl Reiner; the crotchety Jewish Methuselah was Mel Brooks. The album was a hit, giving a huge boost to both of their careers. It was followed by three more records over the next 13 years, as well as numerous "2,000-year-old man" TV appearances by the pair. Now, after a 24-year hiatus, Brooks and Reiner have revived the 2,000-year-old man in honor of the millennium, soliciting his views on everything from voice-mail trees to rap music--from the Mars landing to infomercials. While the format doesn't have the breakthrough freshness it did in 1960--and while jokes about being old may have a more poignant edge now coming from these two--Brooks and Reiner are still very funny men, and The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 is a welcome visit with them.
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The team that created the 2000-year-old man revive him for the millennium.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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It's thin.I laughed. Call me a schlemiehl!,
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True, it's about a two hour read for most -- five for me but I tracethe words with my finger as I read. On the plane, I laughedaloud. There was some whispering and the woman next to me changed her seat. Some of it may be recycled shtick but it still seems fresh. Most I've never seen/heard and I have listened to the Old Man CDs. I'd say there's fifty belly laughs, ten chortles, one guffaw, three titters and a smile. It will give you a few hours of delightfully outrageous grumpy old Jewish man humor. I should know. Buy it. Read it. Laugh. Eat your oatmeal and let me alone already. END
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Some things are just funnier when you hear them.,
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Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have collected many of this character's "greatest hits" and put them in book form. Buy the audio tape. This is just one of those examples of a performance that doesn't translate well to the written word. Brooks and Reiner are very funny men but this is not a funny book. Trying to imagine inflection and timing is not a fun thing while you're trying to read.
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The FUNNIEST book I have ever read!!!!!,
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The first time I read this book I was on a plane and everyone was staring at me because I could not stop laughing. You can try not to, but you just have to laugh. Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have not lost their flair for funny.
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