Animated Special
| The 2000 Year Old Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated television special |
| Directed by | Leo Salkin |
| Produced by | Leo Salkin |
| Written by | Mel Brooks Carl Reiner |
| Starring | Mel Brooks (voice) Carl Reiner (voice) |
| Music by | Mort Garson |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Release date | January 11, 1975 (1975-01-11) |
| Running time | 30 min. |
A half-hour animated television special, The 2000 Year Old Man, premiered January 11, 1975, incorporating some of the original recordings. This special has since been released on VHS videocassette and DVD. The musical introduction was Bach's Sinfonia to Cantata #29 performed on a Moog synthesizer by Mort Garson.
All five comedy albums were compiled and newly remastered on a 3-CD/1-DVD Box Set by Shout! Factory for the 50th anniversary. The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History DVD was released November 24, 2009 and features an interview with Reiner and Brooks; the 1975 animated 2000 Year Old Man television special, and clips of the two appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The New Steve Allen Show.
Many of the jokes (especially the caveman jokes) were eventually brought to the screen in Brooks' film History of the World, Part I.
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