In a Yiddish accent, Brooks would improvise 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"; "to me it seemed...simple. I didn't know then it was eloquent!"), and Joan of Arc ("Know her? I went with her, dummy, I went with her!").
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The musical introduction was Bach's Sinfonia to Cantata #29 performed on a Moog synthesizer by Mort Garson.
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In the episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer vs. Patty and Selma", characters incorrectly referred to The 2000 Year Old Man as "The 2000-Pound Man thing" and "The 2000-Dollar Man thing".
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