Mel Brooks' `2,000-Year-Old Man' on CD

Chicago Sun-Times | June 24, 1994| | Copyright

NEW YORK Once you've made it to 2,000 years old, what's the big deal about being 2,044? And if you think you've done it all and seen it all, well, maybe you have - including seeing your classic comedy albums put on CDs.

Mel Brooks, who played the 2,000-Year-Old Man, has said while in character that at least two millennia ago he was on CDs - "cave drawings."

"Cheap, disgusting. I'm ashamed of that," he said of the joke.

But he has nothing to regret in "The Complete 2,000-Year-Old Man," a box set released by Rhino Records of the four albums that Brooks and Carl Reiner released between ...

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