mel brooks

     

Interviewed on "60 Minutes" in 2001, he said, "It's been one of my lifelong jobs...to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler"

Trivia about mel brooks

  • "I stare at life through fields of mayonnaise," which may have been how he came up with "Blazing Saddles"
  • This man directed Gene in "The Producers" & "Blazing Saddles"
  • He wrote & directed but did not produce "The Producers"
  • "The Producers", starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, was his first feature film as a director
  • A co-creator of "Get Smart", his movie parodies include "Spaceballs" & "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
  • He co-created "Get Smart", "When Things Were Rotten" & "The Nutt House", a short-lived series from 1989
  • Satchel Paige & this actor's 2,000-Year-Old Man say to avoid fried foods for longevity
  • In "History of the World, Part I" he plays a waiter at the Last Supper & asks if the diners want separate checks
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the set of "The Producers" at the St. James Theatre) I've just made my big entrance onto the Broadway set of "The Producers", the hit musical created by this comic genius

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