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Article: HarperCollins Children's Books Signs Deal with Comedy Legends Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner for Picture Book Titled The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School.
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- Business Wire
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- September 27, 2004
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NEW YORK -- HarperCollins Children's Books announced today that it has acquired world rights to publish The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School by award-winning comedians, actors, writers and directors Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. The deal was negotiated by Kate Morgan Jackson, HarperCollins Children's Books Editor-in-Chief, and Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc., who is producing the books in collaboration with HarperCollins. The book is scheduled for publication in Spring 2005.
The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School stars Brooks' and Reiner's classic character, the 2000 Year Old Man, created while working on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" with Reiner as an ...