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Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to television.
Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett receive honorary Oscars at starry, untelevised event. Mel Brooks accepts his honorary award during the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Matthew Broderick, far right and Nathan Lane look on. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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 ...
Jun 12, 2023 · Take all of his failures in Broadway theatre in the 1950s and ‘60s. If one of them had become a huge hit, we might think of Mel Brooks the Broadway impresario. And if The Twelve Chairs had been a real success, maybe we would have seen a very different Mel Brook as a director.
Nov 30, 2021 · Published 10:39 AM PDT, November 30, 2021. NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There, along with laudatory quotes from Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Conan O’Brien and others is one from “M. Brooks,” who hails “All About Me!” as: “Not since the Bible have I read anything so powerful and poignant.
47 Metascore. Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. Director Mel Brooks Stars Mel Brooks Gregory Hines Dom DeLuise. 8. Spaceballs. 1987 1h 36m PG. 7.1 (208K) Rate. 46 Metascore.
Nov 23, 2022 · Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn't tell Brooks wrote countless edgy jokes over the years, but he doesn't regret any of them. He calls comedy his "delicious refuge ...
