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1. www.nytimes.com › 2023/03/11 › styleMel Brooks Isn’t Done Punching Up the History of the World

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   Mar 11, 2023 · Mel Brooks is a sophisticated guy. He collected fancy French wines and did a tasting on Johnny Carson’s show. He drops references to Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” He was married for 40 ...

2. www.npr.org › 2021/12/07 › 1061836388Mel Brooks looks back without regret in book 'All About Me ...

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   Dec 7, 2021 · Mel Brooks (shown here in 1984) calls comedy his "delicious refuge" from the world: "I hide in humor and comedy. I love it." Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

3. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsBlazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created ...

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   Feb 6, 2024 · But director Mel Brooks stuck to his guns, refusing to make edits, and was vindicated. Blazing Saddles, 50 this February, was a massive hit, one Brooks declared “the funniest motion picture ever”.

4. variety.com › 2023 › tvMel Brooks on 'History of the World, Part II,' Doing Comedy at 96

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   Mar 6, 2023 · Mel Brooks came up with the title to his 1981 comedy feature “History of the World, Part I” as a joke. There were never any plans to make a Part II. Until now. As the streaming revolution took ...

5. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mel_BrooksMel Brooks - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Mel Brooks. 1975 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks has won an Oscar, three Emmys, three grammys, three tonys, and has received four Golden Globe nominations. Melvin James Kaminsky (born June 28, 1926) [1] also known as Mel Brooks is a Jewish American actor, comedian, writer, movie director, and producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

6. editorial.rottentomatoes.com › guide › mel-brooksMel Brooks Movies Ranked | Rotten Tomatoes

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   4 days ago · Mel Brooks Movies Ranked. Blazing Saddles celebrates its 50th anniversary! Mel Brooks career as a director started in the late 1960s, after he and Carl Reiner worked up the live comedy circuit with their famous and malleable 2000-year-old man routine. Brooks directorial debut was as audacious as it gets: a musical comedy about Adolf Hitler.

7. parade.com › news › mel-brooks-97-steps-outMel Brooks, 97, Steps Out in Hollywood for Major Career ...

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   Jan 10, 2024 · Legendary comedian and Hollywood icon Mel Brooks, 97, received a special honor on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the 2024 Governors Awards.. Brooks, who previously won an Oscar for best screenplay in 1969 ...