Carl Reiner

Mel Brooks and ‘The 2000 Year Old Man’

September 5, 2018Inside the National Recording Registry

How a 1961 comedy routine still holds up today.

The 2,000 Year Old Man

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Television comedy legends Sid Caesar (L) and Carl Reiner are greeted by the audience September 10 at the 47th Annual Emmy Award s held in Pasadena

Remembering Sid Caesar, the master of double talk

February 13, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

The 2,000 Year Old Man

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Mel Brooks and The Comedy of Humanity

August 14, 2013Lifestyle & Belief

The 2,000 Year-Old Man

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Every year the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings to be preserved for all time. One of this year’s selections is the famous 1961 comedy routine by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner about a man so old, he once knew Jesus – personally – and dated Joan of Arc. Billy […]