Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut

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Premiered May 20, 2013

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut

Mel Brooks ad-libbed his first stage appearance. The crowd loved it. The director did not.

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“Everything Gene did for me as a film artist was angelic and supreme.”

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Mel Brooks on Gene Wilder

Bernadette Peters talks about meeting Mel Brooks.

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Bernadette Peters Talks about Mel Brooks

Dick Van Patten (1928 - 2015) talks about the first time he met Mel Brooks.

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Dick Van Patten Interview

Mel Brooks remembers his Oscar winning short, "The Critic".

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Mel Brooks: Do You Want To Know How 'The Critic' Came About?

Mel Brooks ad-libbed his first stage appearance. The crowd loved it. The director did not.

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Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut

Mel Brooks remembers growing up poor and exotic fruit cocktails.

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Mel Brooks: Melon Balls Mean Money

Mel Brooks remembers his hard working mother.

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Mel Brooks: Rhinestones, Not Diamonds

Carl Reiner remembers how the 2000 Year Old Man all got started.

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Mel Brooks: The 2000 Year Old Man Revisited

The logic here is, as long as it isn't happening to Mel Brooks, it's funny.

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Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...

Mel Brooks is here to find the insane and the bizarre in the commonplace.

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Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre

Not everybody gets Mel Brooks. Don't worry, he'll take it personally.

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Mel Brooks: Walking out on Hitler

Mel Brooks talks about Caesar’s genius for comedy in this film excerpt.

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American Master Mel Brooks on Friend and Mentor Sid Caesar

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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

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