Blazing Saddles
At 94, Mel Brooks makes his first ever political endorsement ad
“Joe will keep us going,” Brooks said in the commercial, posted to Twitter by his son Max Brooks.
How Gene Wilder Celebrated the Black-Jewish Alliance in ‘Blazing Saddles’
Last year I joined some 3,000 people at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for a wide-screen showing of Mel Brooks’ 1974 Western parody “Blazing Saddles.” In the onstage interview that followed, Brooks, then 89, was beside himself in his delight at sharing his 42-year-old comedy with a real live audience.
What We Can Learn From Mel Brooks About Racism
The opening scene of ‘Blazing Saddles’ says it all about Mel Brooks’ serious comic genius. It is side-splittingly funny, but also tells us plenty about our culture.
Mel Brooks Moves to Walk of Fame
Over 30 years after opening our ears to the musical quality of franks-and-beans flatulence, actor and director Mel Brooks will finally receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 83-year-old “Blazing Saddles” director, will place his hands in cement on April 23.