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The 2000 Year Old Man was a creation of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner starting around 1961. Brooks played the oldest man in the world, interviewed by Reiner in a series of comedy routines that appeared on television as well as being made into a collection of records. Brooks would ad lib answers to topics such as the earliest known language ("basic Rock"), the creation of the Cross ("it was easier to put together than the Star of David"), and Joan of Arc ("Know her? I went with her!"). The inspiration for the skit was a tape-recorded exchange between Brooks and Reiner at a party. The tape recorder was brought in and the two of them had the party audience in stitches.
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Added: 12th November 2007
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On June 5, 1973, Canadian radio personality Gordon Sinclair delivered this stirring, pro-American editorial. He had written it in 20 minutes. Simply titled The Americans, it followed his noontime newscast on CFRB in Toronto. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Radio stations in Buffalo, New York asked permission to play the broadcast, which was granted. Soon afterwards it swept across the United States. Sinclair's verbatim editorial was made into this recording (with the Battle Hymn of the Republic playing in the background). It reached #23 on the Billboard charts, making the 73-year-old Sinclair the oldest living person to have a Billboard top 40 hit! At Sinclair's request, the proceeds from its sales went entirely to the American Red Cross. When President Ronald Reagan made his first official visit to Canada in 1981, he asked to meet Sinclair. Reagan told Sinclair that his editorial always cheered him up when he was feeling down.
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Added: 24th November 2007
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This is the world's oldest known motion picture. It lasts just two seconds so don't blink. It was shot in a garden in a place called Roundhay, near Leeds, England probably on October 14, 1888. I wonder if Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up.
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Added: 29th November 2007
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Here is four minutes of the 1903 Yale-Princeton contest--the oldest known college football game on film. It was a matchup of two undefeated teams watched by about 50,000 spectators. Princeton won the game 11-6.
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Added: 24th December 2007
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Here's a treat for you history buffs: This is actual footage of the coronation of the last Russian tzar, Nicholas II, in May 1896. (It might be the oldest newsreel footage in existence!)
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Added: 20th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On February 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died. His oldest daughter, Elizabeth, acceded to the throne and became Queen Elizabeth II.
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Added: 23rd May 2008
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