[Film] Mel Brooks 95 today

[Lyndhurst 14]

Great to see that one of the greatest film directors is still going strong. Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman have all sadly died but their legacy lives on.

The world needs people like Mel more than ever.

https://variety.com/lists/mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-producers-high-anxiety-variety/

 

[Comrade Sam]

The Producers (the original) is still one of the funniest movies of all time. Whilst Blazing Saddles looks a little racist now, it was an anti racist masterpiece in 1974 and I enjoyed watching it again only last week.

 

[PeakGull]

A great article in the Guardian last year about Mel Brooks' friendship with Carl Reiner who sadly died last year https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/feb/20/love-and-free-food-mel-brooks-and-carl-reiner-share-the-secrets-of-their-70-year-friendship

 

[vegster]

Bless him ! Still waiting for the sequel to Spaceballs, as Yogurt said at the end " Spaceballs will return with Spaceballs 2, The Search for More Money "

 

[jcdenton08]

Brilliant filmmaker (latterly theatre producer), insane number of very funny films. Nice for a thread to celebrate him in life, rather than an RIP thread. Truly one of my favourite celebrity personalities. Young Frankenstein is a cracker too. And Spaceballs.

 

[vegster]

The Producers (the original) is still one of the funniest movies of all time. Whilst Blazing Saddles looks a little racist now, it was an anti racist masterpiece in 1974 and I enjoyed watching it again only last week.

Brooks skirted with lots of risky themes at times but claimed he could get away with things like " Springtime for Hitler " because he was clearly Jewish, other writers would have been roundly condemned.

 

[jcdenton08]

Brooks has always had the stated aim of mocking those he despises by making them look as stupid as they are.

He takes plenty of shots at parts of Jewish culture he dislikes too

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I like this video he did last year taking a pop at Donald Trump for his shambolic handling of Covid

"And when you're dead you can't do much"

 

[BBassic]

The man who gave the world the gift of Spaceballs.

 

[jakarta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPXHRX8Q2hs

Winter for Poland and France...

 

[Weststander]

Brooks skirted with lots of risky themes at times but claimed he could get away with things like " Springtime for Hitler " because he was clearly Jewish, other writers would have been roundly condemned.

A genius.

He was clearly mocking The Third Reich and the Austrian corporal.

 

[jakarta]

The Producers (the original) is still one of the funniest movies of all time. Whilst Blazing Saddles looks a little racist now, it was an anti racist masterpiece in 1974 and I enjoyed watching it again only last week.

Blazing Saddles is not in the least bit racist. It takes the piss out of racism.

A bit like It Ain't Half Hot Mum where the Indians shrug their shoulders at the idiot upper class white Englishmen who have ended up as Officers 'running' the War.

 

[Silverhatch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPXHRX8Q2hs

Winter for Poland and France...

Completely genius comedy.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Mel Brooks is a comic genius. As a huge 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' fan some of my favourite episodes involve Larry David and Mel Brooks.

 

[jakarta]

A Riot is an Ugly Thing, but I think it is just about time we had one...

My favourite Mel Brooks, so many brillant one liners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yL89sTITZQ

 

[vegster]

A genius.

He was clearly mocking The Third Reich and the Austrian corporal.

He was indeed, and I think only Mel Brooks could get away with that.

 

[Yes Chef]

https://youtu.be/VPIP9KXdmO0


'I'd say you've had enough'

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

It may not have been as well known as some of his other movies but I really enjoyed High Anxiety. It was a very affectionate send up of some of the great Hitchcock movies and very funny. Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman were on top form.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

One word ‘genius’.


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[Is it PotG?]

Great memories of `Annabelles' in the early 80s.