Mel Brooks

  • Kennedy Center Honors De Niro, Mel Brooks

    Dave Brubeck, Bruce Springsteen, Grace Bumbry join De Niro, Brooks as 2009 Kennedy Center honorees

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    Ira Teinowitz

  • Kennedy Center to Honor Springsteen, De Niro

    Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck will also be feted by arts society.

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    Josef Adalian

  • A Comedy Lesson From Mel Brooks

    A few weeks ago the MPAA Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honored one of America’s treasures, Mel Brooks. I was happy to read about this acknowledgement from the Association and I felt that if AMPAS can honor him, well, so can I. I have the great pleasure of knowing Mr. Brooks, which amazes…

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    Marc Flanagan

  • Young Mel-enstein: How Brooks Broke Into Show Biz

    When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stages its tribute to Mel Brooks on Friday, it will be honoring one of only 12 people to have won all four major show business awards — Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. Brooks has repeatedly reinvented his career, going from TV sketch writer to half of…

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    Mel Brooks (to Eric Estrin)

  • Young Mel-enstein: How Brooks Crashed Showbiz

    “I walk down to the floodlights, and I say to the audience, ‘Hey, this is my first job as an actor, I’m really only 14.’

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    Mel Brooks (to Eric Estrin)
    Young Mel-enstein: How Brooks Crashed Showbiz