I miss Mel Brooks

[sir duke]

Funny man..




Sometimes the shark will kill you for fun....

[atpjunkie]

he was never as funny without Gene Wilder

[SystemShock]

Fantastic movies from Mel early in his career.

Later on? Not so much.
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[spookyload]

[Eretz]

His father died of kidney disease at 34 when Brooks was only two years old. Brooks has said of his father's death that "there's an outrage there. I may be angry at God, or at the world, for that. And I'm sure a lot of my comedy is based on anger and hostility. Growing up in Williamsburg, I learned to clothe it in comedy to spare myself problems - like a punch in the face. "

Josephine Baker: After a short while she was the most successful American entertainer working in France. Ernest Hemingway called her "… the most sensational woman anyone ever saw."

[weltyed]

a lot of people loved bugs bunny, but i kinda always wanted elmer fudd to kill da wabbit.

[sir duke]

Fantastic movies from Mel early in his career.

Later on? Not so much.
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The quality definitely wasn't there later on. After Blazing Saddles and The Producers there was nowhere to go but down. I actually like him better as a raconteur talking about the old days in New York and the Borscht Belt, he's often hilarious in that setting.

[atpjunkie]

Fantastic movies from Mel early in his career.

Later on? Not so much.
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in Mel's later movies, No Gene Wilder

while Gene went on to make smash hit comedies with Richard Pryor

[weltyed]

in Mel's later movies, No Gene Wilder

while Gene went on to make smash hit comedies with Richard Pryor

plan was to have pryor in blazing saddles, right?

[grandsalmon]

Mel Brooks' history, as a writer, actor, director and producer is far too broad -and successful, to pin on a few movies.

Yes, an inspiration, collaborator, and surely sole genius.


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[sir duke]

a lot of people loved bugs bunny, but i kinda always wanted elmer fudd to kill da wabbit.

Elmer was way too stuped for Bugs. What I really wanted to see was Sylveshhter eat that frikkin' canary. As a child I wanted that with all my heart.

[saf-t]

his work with Carl Reiner!

[LWP]

[CheapTrek]

Funny man..

My favorite Brooks saddle....



Why "Blazing".... of course.