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  1. It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks by James Robert Parish, 2008-02-26
  2. The Producers by Mel Brooks, 2001-11-28
  3. The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 : The Book by Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, 1998-11-01
  4. A Year with the Producers: One Actor's Exhausting (But Worth It) Journey from Cats to Mel Brooks' Mega-Hit (A theatre arts book) by Jeffry Denman, 2002-02-22
  5. Mel Brooks History of the world, by Mel Brooks, 1981
  6. The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks by Robert Alan Crick, 2009-05-13
  7. Mel Brooks: The Irreverent Funnyman by Bill Adler, 1976
  8. The Films of Mel Brooks by Neil Sinyard, 1988-03
  9. The 2000 Year Old Man by Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, 1981-10
  10. Mel Brooks and the Spoof Movie by Nick Smurthwaite, Paul Gelder, 1983-02
  11. Method in Madness: The Comic Art of Mel Brooks by Maurice Yacowar, 1983-08
  12. Woody Allen, Mel Brooks (Reihe Film ; 21) (German Edition)
  13. Comic Art of Mel Brooks by Maurice Yacowar, 1984-12-06
  14. Box-Office Clowns : Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen by Frank Manchel, 1979

1. Mel Brooks - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is a multiaward winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film
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2. Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks is known as the grand master of movie satire and is one of Hollywood s most successful filmmakers. He was born Melvin Kaminsky to a Russian
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Mel Brooks is known as the grand master of movie satire and is one of Hollywood's most successful filmmakers. He was born Melvin Kaminsky to a Russian Jewish family on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, NY. In 1964 he married actress Anne Bancroft.
Brooks' career began in the forties in the military, while serving as a combat engineer in the US Army. He was known to respond to German propaganda broadcasts by doing an Al Jolson imitation of "Toot Toot Tootsie."
After completing his military service, Brooks began working as a stand-up comedian in a string of resorts in the Catskills, and changed his name to avoid confusion with the musician Max Kaminsky. On the resort scene Brooks gained little income but earned great personal satisfaction. He was known for his odd antics, including performing on-the-spot monologues and routines, pretending to insult both his co-workers and the guests, and even ending one show by jumping fully clothed into a swimming pool.
After years of stand-up comedy, Brooks decided it was time to try television. Applying for the writing staff of TV comedian Sid Caesar, Brooks literally fell to his knees and sang a song about himself. As a writer for Sid Caesar's classic television variety program "The Admiral Broadway Revue" which later became "Your Show of Shows," and much later "Caesar's Hour," Brooks worked with such greats as Neil Simon, Woody Allen and Carl Reiner. At this time he received his first major commendation - a Writing Emmy for "The Sid Caesar, Imogen Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special." Though the work was grueling and at times dangerous, Brooks saw it as the best formal education that any comedian could have.

3. Mel Brooks: Biography And Much More From Answers.com
Mel Brooks , Comedian / Filmmaker Born 28 June 1926 Birthplace Brooklyn, New York Best Known As The guy who made Blazing Saddles and The Producers.
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Name at birth: Melvin Kaminsky Mel Brooks is that short, funny Jewish guy who is known to moviegoers as the man behind The Producers Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974). Throughout the 1950s Brooks wrote comedy for TV star Sid Caesar ( Your Show of Shows ), and worked with Carl Reiner , his partner in the hugely successful comedy recording, "The 2,000 Year-Old Man" (1960). In the 1960s Brooks became a big star. He won an Oscar for a cartoon short, The Critic (1963), created the hit TV show Get Smart (1965-70) and wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for his directorial debut, The Producers (1968). Brooks has worked frequently with actor Gene Wilder , and together they made some of the most popular comedies of the 1970s, including Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein . In recent years Brooks has had enormous success with the play adaptation of The Producers , a Broadway smash since 2001. His other films include

4. Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks joined the Army when he was 17, became a combat engineer, where one of his tasks was defusing landmines. Brooks fought at the Battle of the Bulge
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Executive summary: Blazing Saddles Military service: U.S. Army, WWII (corporal) Mel Brooks joined the Army when he was 17, became a combat engineer, where one of his tasks was defusing landmines. Brooks fought at the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Brooks did stand-up comedy on the "Borscht Belt", resorts in the Catskill mountains. When the audience was not laughing enough, Brooks was known to run off stage and jump in the swimming pool, fully clothed, then resume telling jokes sopping wet. That usually won the crowd over. Brooks wrote for several of network television's earliest comedies and variety shows, including Sid Caesar 's Your Show of Shows , where he met and meshed with Carl Reiner New Faces of 1952 , a Broadway comedy revue that ran well into 1953. He wrote two musicals which had brief runs on Broadway, but primarily earned his living with TV work. With

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7. WouldYouBelieve.com - Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks was born in New York City June 28, 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky. It s almost impossible to name a more successful comedy writer/director than Mel
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Mel Brooks was born in New York City June 28, 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky. It's almost impossible to name a more successful comedy writer/director than Mel Brooks. Brooks was hired by Dan Melnick to create a spy spoof for television in 1964. Brooks helped create many of the concepts behind Get Smart, and is responsible for naming the lead character Max, which is also the name of his son. Brooks, who also co-wrote a few episodes in the first season, only stayed for the very beginning of Get Smart. He used the money from the show to allow him time to work on his first feature film, The Producers. He won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for that movie and his career took off after that. Currently, Brooks is the president of Brooksfilms. He recently did a mini-tour with Carl Reiner performing their 2,000 Year Old Man characters. He also won three Emmy Awards for his role as Uncle Phil in Mad About You. Brooks is married to Anne Bancroft. Television
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8. Mel Brooks -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
A turning point in his career came when actordirector-writer Mel Brooks, whom Wilder had met during his Broadway days, cast Wilder in The Producers (1968)
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11. The Music Of Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks is not a bundle of laughs. He has spent the morning selling The Producers to a roomful of coach operators, and he’s hurting for the BBC.
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Translate this page Mel Brooks heeft een duidelijk herkenbare filmstijl, die zich laat beschrijven als een mengsel van klucht, parodie, satire en vaudeville.
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Ga naar: navigatie zoeken Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (echte naam Melvin Chaminsky Brooklyn New York (stad) 28 juni ) is een Amerikaans acteur komiek regisseur ... scriptschrijver en theater - en filmproducent . Hij is vooral bekend geworden door komische films als Young Frankenstein The Producers en Blazing Saddles . Mel Brooks heeft een duidelijk herkenbare filmstijl, die zich laat beschrijven als een mengsel van klucht parodie satire en vaudeville
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Mel Brooks werd geboren in een Joods Russisch gezin. Hij diende tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog bij het Amerikaanse leger. Na de oorlog werkte hij als stand-upcomedian en later als schrijver voor komedieseries , waarvan Your Show of Shows met Sid Caesar de bekendste is. Samen met Buck Henry cre«erde hij ook de spionage-parodie Get Smart , die van tot op de Amerikaanse televisie te zien was. In cre«erde hij samen met Carl Reiner het typetje the 2000 Year Old Man The 2000 Year Old Man is de oudste man ter wereld, gespeeld door Brooks, die de vragen van interviewer Reiner ge¯mproviseerd beantwoordt.

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King Louis XVI (Mel Brooks) You said it. They stink on ice. Mel Brooks in the director s Commentary I m both proud and ashamed of that line
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    Jim "The Waco Kid" Gene Wilder ) [consoling Bart afterwards] "What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny'? 'Make yourself at home'? 'Marry my daughter'? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers... these are people of the land... the common clay of the New West. You know – morons." Sheriff Bart Cleavon Little "Excuse me while I whip this out."

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Springtime is coming early for Mel Brooks at the American Cinematheque, writes Susan King in the Los Angeles Times. On Wednesday, the director will be at
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Date of Birth: 28 June Brooklyn, New York, USA more Trivia: According to his 1975 Playboy interview, Mel's favorite candy is Raisinets. more Awards: more Alternate Names: Melvin Brooks US TV Schedule: Sun. Jan. 27 11:30 AM AMC Blazing Saddles ... Spaceballs
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  • 19. The Mel Brooks Webring Homepage
    Welcome to the mel brooks Webring Homepage. We are proud to claim that this is the first website on the net to be totally in black and white.
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    Welcome to the Mel Brooks Webring Homepage. We are proud to claim that this is the first website on the net to be totally in black and white. We don't know if it's true, but we claim it. This Homepage has been updated as of NEW!!! I recently added the new " High Anxiety Young Frankenstein " and "History of the World Part I" sections. NOTE: THIS SITE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED.
    This site is the official homepage of the not-so-official Mel Brooks Webring and an interactive Mel Brooks Fan Site. It's here for all you die-hard Mel Brooks Fans, and pretty much anybody whoever got a chuckle out of Mel's Movies. After All, Mel was the jewel of each, so you can't like his movies without liking him. This webring is growing rapidly and each and every one of you are urged to join. The process is very simple. To start off look at the options below. For the rest who've just come looking for some great pic or wav file, you've come to the right place. We offer links to almost every mel picture on the web, not to mention about 100 wav files. For the best archive of mel stuff I've found so far, click here . If you're just meandering along and don't really care where you end up, click

    20. Salon.com People | Mel Brooks
    Like his hit musical The Producers, mel brooks is an unlikely combination of innocent optimism, bawdy irreverence and unbridled chutzpah.
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  • Mel Brooks The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sondheim didn't do it. Bernstein didn't, either. Rodgers and Hammerstein put together didn't come close. No, the creator of the Broadway show that smashed all the box office records is the man who gave us "Spaceballs." The maestro who revitalized the Great White Way is the guy who brought fart jokes to major motion pictures. And the impresario whose show netted an unprecedented 12 Tony awards was also the only winner to ever thank Hitler in his acceptance speech. Like his hit musical "The Producers," Mel Brooks is an unlikely combination of innocent optimism, bawdy irreverence and unbridled chutzpah. And if, at age 75, Brooks is the bright new darling of the American theater, it's because he has spent a lifetime brazenly getting in our faces and shamelessly prodding us to laugh, and because, for all the alleged comedy in our must-see TV and Tom Green world, we're starved for real humor. We need Mel Brooks to make us laugh as much as he needs to make us laugh.

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