Mel Brooks
No, David Zucker, you couldn’t make ‘Airplane!’ today — but why would you want to?
In Zucker’s films, many of the jokes that fall flat now were doomed to die anyhow, too topical to endure and too problematic to bear remembering.
For Mel Brooks’ 95th birthday, 4 ways he changed the world
From one Brooks, how many rivers flow?
Muse to Jews, Cloris Leachman played funny, flawed women
Leachman’s career started and ended with bravery, a willingness to go for the jokes and derision leveled at women and take ownership of them.
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.
Why Carl Reiner was the dreamiest boss I ever had
He was probably the only star who directed movies, won 12 Emmys and made kasha varnishkes.
Mel and Max Brooks’ father-son coronavirus PSA is a must-watch
Lather up, stock up and enjoy the visual of Max Brooks’ zombie-hunting biceps from the safety of your home.
Happy 93rd Birthday, Mel Brooks!
It’s only natural that the young man who played an ancient one would seem youthful in his own old age.
Mel Brooks Heads To Broadway For Two Night Engagement
An EGOT winner is coming back to Broadway!
WATCH: Zero Mostel Sings A Yiddish Classic
What did Mostel perform for a mainstream TV audience long before American popular culture embraced multiculturalism? A Yiddish song.
Salman Rushdie Talks Philip Roth, Mel Brooks And Bagels
“Philip died with his reputation at a kind of pinnacle, and was widely accepted as being one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.”