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About four days ago, a plane landed in America with a man who claimed to be 2000 years old. Today, that man is visiting a school just like yours to tell the children of the world what it's like to be 2000 years old.

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2999 year old dropout
never got it. A refund was placed in my account by Amazon for reason it was not available.

Funny!Funny!Funny!
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are two of the funniest men and have been around for years.This children's book shows that they still have it in 2008!I think this book will be a fine addition to my classroom.

Great illustrations
This is truly one of the greatest illustrated books that I have seen in a while.I am a teacher and every year my students love the illustrations in this book.I look forward to reading it each school year because of the wonderful illustrations.Great work, James Bennett!

THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN GOES TO SCHOOL
Borrowing the format of the grown-up guest who comes to class to tell you something new and wonderful, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner introduce their 2000 year old man to young students in a free for all Q & A.Actually this 2000 year old man is only 40-something because he dates from 1960's TV, created then by this new picture book's two authors, themselves zany, hilarious performing artists and writers. In this book, set in a classroom, young children ask the old, old, old man wide ranging questions about his experiences at school and at home.The clever, humor comes from unexpected connections or a play on words. Many answers were funny, but it is unclear whether young readers would find them so. Hopefully they will perceive them as silly and lighthearted and will be absorbed into the spirit of crazy fun.The book inspires learning because it shows what imagination can do with common knowledge.Most children studying cave men do not consider playing with the facts; this comedy puts perspective on historical information and contemporary living, the mark of successful satire. The final question slips in moral advice about not cheating. The tone is gentle and silly; it proves you can have fun and still be a mensch. The color illustrations capture the modern classroom and the ancient caveman's milieu. The historical scenes are lively and bursting with action.There is no Jewish content in the words or pictures; it is simply a book by two Jews.However, the book includes a CD (differing marginally from the text, but is essentially the same thing),that is funnier.It delivers not only the words, but also their timing and inflection, and herein lies its Jewish value.This CD captures the rhythms and Yiddishkeit accent of the famous Jewish standup comics whose style entered mainstream American humor.This is one of our culture's great gifts to our national arts. Contemporary youngsters who do not know the Jewish origin of this comic delivery can experience it here.The CD is a piece of living history. Recommended for all ages.Reviewed by Ellen G. Cole

The 2000 year old man -- a review by Eli (7 years old)
A great book. Goes back and forward in time in a very funny way.Extremely entertaining and has great illustrations.The author and illustrator did a great job. ... Read more

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Seesaw, a wonderful read about two great artists!!!
Anne Bancroft has been my favorite actress since I was 12 years old.She was always very private, so finding information about her was difficult.I happened across this book in a bargain bin in a department store, and was in heaven.It had what turns out to be fairly accurate information, and is a beautiful love story between two unlikely people.I was so excited at the time, and to this day, treasure the copy I have.The author admits that Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft did not authorize the biography, but true to his word, I have never found out anything he wrote of was inaccurate.There are a few photos, and the author goesback and forth with each chapter between Mel and Anne until the time that they finally come together.If you like Anne Bancroft or Mel Brooks, this would be a wonderful book to read. ... Read more

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This fabulous collection features 15 selections from Mel Brooks' classic blockbuster that swept the 2001 Tonys, winning a record 12 awards including the coveted Best Musical and Best Original Score! The songs are in standard piano/vocal format with the melody line in the piano part. Includes: Along Came Bialy * Betrayed * Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop * Goodbye! * Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? * Heil Myself * I Wanna Be a Producer * Keep It Gay * The King of Broadway * Prisoners of Love * Springtime for Hitler * That Face * 'Til Him * We Can Do It * When You Got It, Flaunt It. ... Read more

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This songbook contains easy piano arrangements of a dozen songs from Mel Brooks' Broadway blockbuster, the winner of a record 12 Tony Awards! Includes: Along Came Bialy * Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop * Goodbye! * Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? * I Wanna Be a Producer * In Old Bavaria * Keep It Gay * Prisoners of Love * Springtime for Hitler * That Face * 'Til Him * When You Got It, Flaunt It. ... Read more

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Where's the rest?
Well, I got this book for the songs, "We Can Do it" and "Betrayed" neither of which were in the book. A Producers songbook should logically have all the songs from The Producers, Right? Well, this one didn't. It left out two of the most popular songs. And those two just happened to be the ones I needed.

the producers song book.
i wanted this for fairly specific pieces- got what i needed. hard to tell on amazon if it's the score you're getting or a book about the producers but -phew- it was song selections. it's only pieces and excerpts so you don't get absolutely everything ( ie you couldn't use it to stage your own production)but suited my purposes well.

Great book
This book is wonderful....I bought a movie of the recording it'sWonderful EVERYONE should buy it!!!!!

Terrific music!
I had no idea that Mel Brooks could write music.The catchiness and charm of his songs really surprised me - I did not expect to like the music of "The Producers" so much until I saw the movie (not the theater production, alas!).After that I knew I had to have the piano/vocal music!

See the show, read the book, sing the music!
I am a big fan of Mel Brooks and more recently a fan of his newest hit musical formerlly starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.Since then I have been reading The Producers forum at the official website, and almost every week someone asks "Where can I get a copy of the sheet music" or some variation there of.Well here it is!This collection of 19 catchy tunes and hillarious lyrics is great for singing along with a piano accompament.The songs include ...'Til Him, Along Came Bialy Betrayed, Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop, Goodbye!, Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Have You Ever Heard The German Band?), Heil Myself, I Wanna Be A Producer, In Old Bavaria, Keep It Gay, Opening Night, Prisoners Of Love (Leo & Max), Springtime For Hitler, That Face, The King Of Broadway, We Can Do It, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Where Did We Go Right?, and You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night!This is almost everysong on the CD (with the exception of the Oventure and the reprise of Opening Night).With this book you'll have an opportunity to sing, hum, clap and hail Mel the way you may have done when you saw this great Broadway hit! ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, the Producers, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, Silent Movie, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, History of the World, Part I, the Twelve Chairs, Life Stinks, List of Mel Brooks Films. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 91. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. It was released on June 24, 1987, and earned only modest returns, but has gone on to become a seminal cult classic on video. Its plot and characters contain numerous parodies of elements primarily from the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as Star Trek and other popular science fiction films. Planet Spaceball, led by President Skroob (Mel Brooks), has wasted all of its air and, desperate to find more, plans the extraction of all the air from planet Druidia. They plan to kidnap the Druish Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga), who is about to marry the narcoleptic Prince Valium (Jim J. Bullock). Resenting this marriage, Vespa runs off from the altar with her Droid of Honor, Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers/Lorene Yarnell), and escapes into space, where she is attacked by the Spaceballs under the command of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). Vespa's father, King Roland (Dick Van Patten), hires Captain Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his mawg (half-man, half dog) sidekick Barf (John Candy), who are desperate for money to pay back their debts to the Mafioso Pizza the Hutt (Dom DeLuise), to rescue his daughter. Aboard their Eagle V (a Winnebago motor home with wings), Lone Starr and Barf save Vespa and Dot, and distract the Spaceballs by literally jamming a radar hub on their flagship, Spaceball One, and then escaping by entering light speed. In response, Spaceball One pursues b...http://booksllc.net/?id=75222 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 786 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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February 1975PLAYMATE: Laura MischCOVER: Laura MischPICTORIALS: Linda Lovelace For Presidentis an 8-page pictorial of the star of "Deep Throat" with on-and-off the set photos from the movie "Linda Lovelace For President"; The French Maidshows what maids are made of; Frank Gallo, Sexpressionistis a portfolio of the sculptor's erotic works.INTERVIEW: Mel BrooksFEATURES: Peter Ross Range profiles the tenis star in Jimmy Connors Against The World; Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov, The Admiralty Spireand Malcolm Braly, Goodbye, Bob; 5 pages of cartoons by John Dempsey, The Cheaters; full-page Vargas Girl.PAGES: 206 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mary Martin, Mel Brooks, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Carl Reiner, Kevin Nash, Joe Namath, Anne Bancroft, David Duchovny, Tony Randall, Paul Krassner, Adam Curry, Stanley Tucci, Frank O'hara, Pola Negri, Nat Hentoff, John C. Reilly, Malachy Mccourt, France Joli, Ally Sheedy, Peggy Fears, Liz Claiborne, Harding Lemay, Mark Doty, Mark H. Beers, Gary Beach, Louis Alter, Jeffrey Zeldman, Tedi Thurman, Robert John Burke, Peter Greenberg, Mart Crowley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 226. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American professional wrestler and actor. Nash has wrestled under various ring names, but most notably by his own name for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and by the ring name Diesel and his own name in World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E). He currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a two-time TNA Global Champion, (then known as the TNA Legends title) and currently one half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions with partner Scott Hall. Nash is a six-time world champion (five times in WCW and one time in the WWF), a twelve-time world tag team champion (nine times in WCW, two times in the WWF and once in TNA) and a one-time Intercontinental Champion. He also won the WCW World War 3 battle royal in 1998. He is also one of the three founding members of the New World Order (nWo), along with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Nash was born July 9, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, and he attended the University of Tennessee where he majored in psychology and minored in educational philosophy. At the University of Tennessee, Nash was a center for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team. He remained on the team from 1979 to 1980, during which time the team made it to the NCAA Sweet 16. He did n...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=439260 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalie Portman, David Bowie, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mel Brooks, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Murphy, George Burns, Linda Hamilton, Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, David Boreanaz, Elijah Wood, Michael Rosenbaum, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey, Jr., David Carradine, Gary Oldman, Jodie Foster, Ellen Degeneres, Jerry Goldsmith, Mark Hamill, Naomi Watts, Dakota Fanning, Michael Bay, Demi Moore, James Marsters, Lance Henriksen, Emmy Rossum, Bryan Singer, Marcia Gay Harden, Burgess Meredith, Ida Lupino, Edward Furlong, Haley Joel Osment, Jeff Goldblum, Patricia Clarkson, Virginia Madsen, Joan Allen, Sylvia Sidney, Summer Glau, Gloria Stuart, Quest for Fire, William Peter Blatty, Alice Krige, Elaine May, Dyan Cannon, Philip Kaufman, Karen Allen, Fran Walsh, Jaden Smith, Tommy Lee Wallace, Katharine Ross, Richard Taylor, William J. Tuttle, Alvin Sargent, Tyler Hoechlin, Ellen Sandweiss. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 580. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: David Bowie (pronounced , ; born David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited as an influence by many musicians and is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of his work. Although he released an album (David Bowie) and several singles earlier, David Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of 1969, when the song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era as the flamboyant, androg...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8786 ... Read more

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Cast: 10m., 17w. Comedy-satire. The straight-faced Maxwell Smart is off on a bizarre new case in which he must stop the sinister organization known as KAOS from their most shameful plot. Their plan this time is to prove their power by blowing up the Statue of Liberty! This is too much, and Smart springs into action. Magnificently assisted by beautiful Agent 99, Smart proceeds from one gigantic blunder to anothereach, however, somehow turning into a master stroke. A spoof of all secret agent thrillers, it's filled with easy-to-stage visual surprises. Area staging. ... Read more

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Kapitel: Macguffin, Die Drei Fragezeichen, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hitchcockfilm, Mel Brooks' Höhenkoller, Storm Clouds Cantata, Dolly Zoom, Mr. Hitchcock, Wie Haben Sie Das Gemacht?, Alma Reville, Qué Será, Será, Patricia Hitchcock. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. Viewers are made to identify with the camera which moves in a way meant to mimic a person's gaze and which forces viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to manipulate the feelings of the audience and maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing to demonstrate the point of view of the characters. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of murder and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became an iconic cultural figure. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Te...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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9 of Mel Brooks films are featured in this book. ... Read more