Mel Brooks News
An uncommon bond
dispatch.com –
2009-11-23
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have cracked each other up for about 60 years. The two met while working on the early Sid Caesar series Your Show of Shows , for which they cooked up a routine with Reiner as... ... Full Article
American Gangsters: Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on The 2000 Year Old Man
nationalpost.com –
2009-11-23
Ask Mel Brooks about his enormously productive career in comedy and the 83-year-old performer defers to a relative in Brooklyn. "The output is not as big as my grandfather's, he had a herring business," says Brooks, whose films include Space... ... Full Article
'2,000 Year Old Man' still kicking on new DVD
sfgate.com –
2009-11-22
"The 2,000 Year Old Man" is one of those acts that have influenced a whole generation of comedians, whether they know it or not. Recorded and released on a series of albums beginning in the 1960s, the performances featured Carl... ... Full Article
A Shtick With a Thousand Lives
nytimes.com –
2009-11-14
MEL BROOKS and Carl Reiner have been cracking each other up for nearly 60 years. The two met while working on Sid Caesar 's early television series "Your Show of Shows," when they cooked up a routine in which Mr. ... Full Article
Casting director Bill Shepard dies
hollywoodreporter.com –
2009-11-04
Bill Shepard, a casting director who worked for Walt Disney Studios and director Mel Brooks, died Sept. 20 of a heart attack at Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center. ... Full Article
PAUL KOLNIK With Halloween coming up this weekend, the tour of the monster musical couldn't be better timed for Columbus. Old-fashioned musical comedy is on shamelessly suggestive display in Young Frankenstein. ... Full Article
If you're a fan of the irreplaceable and wonderful Mel Brooks , chances are you've already got The Mel Brooks Collection -- a DVD box jam-packed with most of the directors classic films. ... Full Article
Monster mash
dispatch.com –
2009-10-25
How do you follow your first monster hit on Broadway? The answer for Mel Brooks was a no- brainer: Make the next musical about a monster. ... Full Article
ProfileMel Brooks
dispatch.com –
2009-10-25
Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:24 AM Mel Brooks "Music, lyrics, songs -- that's a heavenly and soulful language of emotions," said the director, writer and producer, 83. ... Full Article
Hush Hush Sweet Ensign
thecelebritycafe.com –
2009-10-05
Nevada Senator under full scale ethics investigation. Ah the value ticket is certainly being punched again in our nation of saints. The fallout from an extramarital affair is distancing John Ensign from his brethren in the Senate if they are... ... Full Article