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14 April 2012

TCM Fest: “Frankenstein’s gonna bite me and kill me,” said five-year-old Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks remembers his first encounter with the Frankenstein movie as a kid. [...]

25 July 2010

Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner, still kings of comedy

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“We didn’t know if they were after Communists, Jews, or just short people.”  So said Mel Brooks about the black list in an inimitable in-person appearance with longtime colleague Carl Reiner at the Egyptian Theater Friday night.

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