Classic Kosher Comedy Corner: 2000 Year Old Man

Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner. Two great tastes that go great together. And never were they more deliciously funny than in the classic sketch series, "The 2000 Year Old Man." Truly a masterpiece of Classic Kosher Comedy.

After some inspired riffing at a party, Brooks and Reiner took their antics to TV. Brooks had just had surgery on his foot and said as an aside, "I feel like a 2000 year old man." Reiner jumped right on the joke train, interviewing Brooks about his experience as the oldest man in the world, and they rode it all the way through five albums, an animated special and comedy history.

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Classic Kosher Comedy Corner: Vintage Woody Allen

He was a writer for Sid Ceasar at age 16, a Broadway playwright by his 30s, and an Oscar winning director at 40. Then, he became synonymous with scandal when he married his ex-adopted-stepdaughter. Yipes!

Let's visit that era in-between all that. Today we'll feature some vintage Woody for today's Classic Kosher Comedy Corner.

Here are two amazing clips. One from his absolutely classic routine, "The Moose" and the other, an excerpt from a rare Canadian documentary.

The moose may be one of Woody Allen's most famous routines, but it is still delightful, and reminds us of why we loved Woody Allen in the first place.

We Heart Jews, but we also heart Canadians. A lot. Thank you, Canada for this vintage peek into Woody Allen's disturbed and hilarious brain!

"I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile, women shave on Saturday and most especially never to shave a Gentile woman on Saturday."
-- Woody Allen

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