Comedian Albert Brooks has to be funny. Aside from his real last name, Einstein, making him the butt of all jokes as a kid, Carl Reiner was once asked by Johnny Carson who the funniest people in the world were and said: ‘Mel Brooks and a 12-year-old kid named Albert Einstein.’ At 19, he finally changed his last name to end the wisecracks- but Reiner calling him the ‘Funniest Man Alive’ ended up cursing him with a new standard that still follows him today. Source Source 2 Source 3
In case you’re a young person and you’re wondering who TF Albert Brooks is:
He’s Nemo’s dad.
He also did the badass thing with the guy and the fork in the eye and stuff:
Anyway, moving on… this was his senior picture, so I doubt he’d changed his name yet… Basically, here’s Albert Einstein as a spry, young fellow:
…who was very funny, according to Carl Reiner. And also according to his son, Rob Reiner. You may have heard of him:
His dad is the one who named Al and Mel the funniest people in the world:
I am NOT explaining Mel Brooks… if you don’t know who he is, I cannot help you in this world.
But maybe Albert can:
