Editing 2000 Year Old Man (section)

==Recordings and performances==
Their first television appearances performing the sketch were on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in February 1961 and then on ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' eight months later.<ref name="holmes" />

Reiner and Brooks released five comedy albums. The 2000 Year Old Man character appeared on one track for each of the first three albums and the entirety of the final two.

# ''2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks'' (1960)<ref>This album was originally released in 1960 as World-Pacific #1401. It was reissued as Capitol #1529 in 1961.  See, ''Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks The Complete 2000 Year Old Man'' (Los Angeles, CA: Rhino Records), 1994, p. 32.</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |id=mw0002640965 |tab= |title=2000 Years with Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks }}</ref>
# ''2000 and One Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks'' (1961)<ref name=grammy/><ref>{{AllMusic |id=mw0002640964 |tab= |title=2000 and One Years with Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks }}</ref>
# ''[[Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival]]'' (1962)<ref name=grammy>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/carl-reiner|title= Carl Reiner |website= [[Grammys]].com|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |id=mw0002640966 |tab= |title=Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival |access-date= }}</ref>
# ''2000 and Thirteen with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1973)<ref>{{cite web|title=Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 And Thirteen|url=https://www.discogs.com/Carl-Reiner-Mel-Brooks-2000-And-Thirteen/master/414256|access-date=2020-07-02|website=[[Discogs.com]]|year=1973 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |id=mw0000691072 |tab= |title=2000 and Thirteen |access-date= }}</ref>
# ''The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000'' (1997)<ref name=grammy/><ref>{{AllMusic |id=mw0000028687 |tab= |title=The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 |access-date= }}</ref>

''The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000'' was released concurrently with a companion book of the same name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Parish|first=James Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WM8ZEm2KRZoC&dq=Mel+Brooks+Carl+Reiner+1997+Year+2000+companion&pg=PA122|title=It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks|date=2008-02-26|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-22526-4|language=en}}</ref> It also won the 1998 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Spoken Comedy Album.<ref>{{cite web|title=41st Annual Grammy Awards {{!}} 1998 Grammys |website=grammy.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/41st-annual-grammy-awards-1998 |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref>

There have also been numerous compilation albums such as ''Best of the 2000 Year Old Man'' (1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvinyl.com/item.php?s=98817|title=CVINYL.COM Vinyl Price Guide: Reiner, Carl & Mel Brooks - Best Of The Two Thousand Year Old Man (Capitol ST 2981)|website=www.cvinyl.com}}</ref> and ''Excerpts from The Complete 2000 Year Old Man'' (Rhino Records, 1994).<ref>{{cite web|title=Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - Excerpts From The Complete 2000 Year Old Man|url=https://www.discogs.com/Carl-Reiner-Mel-Brooks-Excerpts-From-The-Complete-2000-Year-Old-Man/release/6024562|access-date=2020-07-02|website=[[Discogs.com]]|year=1994 |language=en}}</ref>

===Animated special===
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| image                =
| caption              = 
| genre                = Animated [[television special]]
| creator              = 
| based_on             = 
| writer               = {{plainlist|
* [[Mel Brooks]]
* [[Carl Reiner]]}}
| screenplay           = 
| story                = 
| director             = Leo Salkin
| voices               = {{plainlist|
* Mel Brooks
* Carl Reiner}}
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Mort Garson]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| producer             = Leo Salkin
| editor               = 
| cinematography       = 
| runtime              = 30 min
| company              = {{plainlist|
* Crossbow Productions
* Acre Enterprises
* Leo Salkin Films}}
| budget               = 
| network              = [[CBS]]
| released             = {{Start date|1975|1|11}} 
}}
A half-hour animated television special, ''The 2000 Year Old Man'', premiered January 11, 1975.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v168 |title=2000 Year Old Man (1975) - Leo Salkin |first=Hal |last=Erickson |website=AllMovie |access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> The dialogue for the special was taken from the live recordings of Reiner and Brooks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/339/mode/2up |pages=339–340}}</ref> This special has since been released on home video. The musical introduction was Bach's ''Sinfonia to Cantata #29'' performed on a [[Moog synthesizer]] by [[Mort Garson]].{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005348/?ref_=tt_rv_t0| title=IMDb entry for program}}</ref>

Most of the jokes were previously heard routines and/or eventually brought to the screen in Brooks' film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (especially the caveman jokes).