Appearances in Other Media
Mel Brooks appeared as the 2000 Year Old Man to help celebrate the 2000th episode of the original Jeopardy! hosted by Art Fleming (February 21, 1972), in which the three highest-scoring undefeated champions at that point returned to play an abbreviated game for charities. During his pre-game appearance he recounted how the show was done 2,000 years earlier – "It wasn't this hippy-happy-dappy game you've got here ... the moment you walked out of your cave – Jeopardy!"
Mel Brooks adapted the character to create the 2500 Year Old Brewmaster for Ballantine Beer in the 1960s. Interviewed by Dick Cavett in a series of ads, the Brewmaster (in a German accent, as opposed to the 2000 Year Old Man's Jewish voice) said he was inside the original Trojan horse and "could've used a six-pack of fresh air."
In the episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer vs. Patty and Selma", characters incorrectly referred to The 2000 Year Old Man as "The 2000-Pound Man thing" and "The 2000-Dollar Man thing". Mel Brooks also appears as himself in the show.
In the episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip entitled "The Option Period", comedy writer Rick Tahoe uses The 2000 Year Old Man as an example of an ideal comedy sketch.
The 2000 Year Old Man is mentioned in the episode of The Nanny entitled "One False Mole and You're Dead".
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