The 2000 Year Old Man skit that Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks performed for many years on records and TV began as a joke between the two of them that they shared at parties.
After their first record album became a hit in 1960, they made a TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1961.
We have posted a few versions of the routine on Jewish Humor Central over the years, but today we are sharing their very first performance on Sullivan's show.
Each performance is a treasure because while Reiner had a fixed set of questions that he asked, Brooks always ad-libbed and never gave the same answer twice.
Here is their original sketch from 59 years ago. Enjoy!
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