Carl Reiner Tells Arsenio About the Birth of the 2000 Year Old Man

Carl Reiner performs a poem he wrote seventy years ago about buttocks, and explains the birth of the “2000 Year Old Man.” Reiner talks about why Sid Caesar was the greatest sketch comic who ever lived, and how a conversation about a Jewish Pirate with Mel Brooks led to the infamous comedy bit.

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