The King of Slapstick Comedy
Mel Brooks is a writer, actor, director, producer, and comedian extraordinaire. You name it, he's done it.
No matter what mood you are in, put on one of his silly movies and you'll find yourself laughing your head off.
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Mel Brooks Wikipedia Biography
Melvin "Mel" Kaminsky (born June 28, 1926),Parish, pp. 16?17 better known by his stage name Mel Brooks, is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer, best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award. Three of his films (Blazing Saddles, The Producers and Young Frankenstein) ranked in the Top 20 on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 comedy films of all-time.[http://www.afi.com/tvevent...
Three reasons to love Mel Brooks
1. Mel Brooks has been making me laugh since I was a little girl and heard my Dad's recording of the 2000 year old man.2. Mel Brooks movies always make me laugh.
3. Mel Brooks is the King of Slapstick and he's still going strong.
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Mel Brooks Books
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Mel Brooks Movies
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What's Your Favorite Mel Brooks Movie?
I happen to love them all. Which is your favorite?
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Jul 16, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
- There are so many great films of Mel Brooks that it is difficult to spotlight just one -- but Blazing Saddles had such great tongue-in-cheek humor!
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Sep 6, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
- As a therapist: High Anxiety! As a lover of horror: Young Frankenstein!
Then there was the brilliant moment in To Be or Not to Be a comedy, when the old lady won't run through the audience of laughing Nazis and we are brought stone cold into the reality. It was brilliant.
But I have to say Mel Brooks is either very, very good...or very bad, he has had a couple of stinkers!
(my security word is ubergiggle: too perfect)
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- BABYKITTY BABYKITTY Jun 6, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
- My very favorite--and it is sooooo hard to pick!-- would have to be Young Frankenstein. The whole movie is hilarious--from start to finish! It gave the song "Putting on the Ritz" a whole new meaning. All the actors were great--true comics!
Also think Sid Caesar was one of the best and was helped along tremendously by the writings of Mel Brooks.
It's a shame that there doesn't seem to be many comedians today who can be really funny without cussing, blue remarks or hurtful remarks. Perhaps TRUE COMEDY is a dying art.
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