Mel Brooks’ Son Begs Americans to Keep His Dad Alive by Social Distancing (Video)

“Don’t be a spreader,” author Max Brooks says in PSA about staying safe from coronavirus

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Coronavirus, if you take comedy legend and icon Mel Brooks from us, we’ll never forgive you, and neither will his son, Max Brooks.

Which is why Max Brooks and his father put out a helpful PSA to make sure that you — yes, you reading this right now — don’t accidentally spread the virus to 93-year-old Mel Brooks and kill him. That would be bad.

“If I get the coronavirus, I’ll probably be okay. But if I give it to him, he could give it to Carl Reiner, who could give it to Dick Van Dyke, and before you know it, I’ve wiped out a whole generation of comedic legends,” the younger Brooks said in a charming video shared to Twitter.

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