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• CD Review: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, “The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History”

  
  Popdose — Authority: 619
  Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks met when both men were writers for Sid Caesar’s fabled television program, Your Show of Shows . Working from an idea that Reiner had, they developed a comedy routine based on the memories of a 2,000 year-old man. Reiner took the part of the interviewer, and Brooks was the old man. For ...
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• High Anxiety

  
  bavatuesdays — Authority: 512
  Right now I’m enjoying a cable comma. And one of my favorite parts of cable is looking at how they are programming channels. To me HBO is shot right now, nothing interesting whatsoever, given I hate Curb Your Enthusiasm , and find Larry David about as unfunny as they come.. The channel I constantly find myself ...
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• New Blu-Ray and Special Edition DVD Releases: November 24

  
  Inside Movies — Authority: 156
  This week we take a brief journey back in time to revisit The Golden Age of Television, a compilation of eight classic TV dramas from the 1950s; and The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History, a boxed set that takes a look at a ground-breaking ... Read more Filed under: DVDs Permalink  |  Email this  |  ...
  4 days ago

• Before They Get Stale: George Carlin, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks

  
  Comedy Central Insider Blog — Authority: 511
  This weekend is Thanxgivaway Wiikeend, meaning Comedy Central will be giving away tons of great prizes (including a Nintendo Wii!) and all you have to do is tune into Comedy Central for code words and enter them here or text them to 44686. [ Thanxgiveaway Wiikend ] Zombieland 2 might be filmed in 3D. So when the ...
  5 days ago

• Critics Picks Video: Blazing Saddles

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 790
  A. O. Scott looks at the 1974 spoof "Blazing Saddles."
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• Before They Get Stale: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Janeane Garofalo

  
  Comedy Central Insider Blog — Authority: 511
  This interview with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks is a huge joy to read. My favorite lines are about their movie nights together, REINER: " We look for movies with the line Secure the perimeter." BROOKS: "and…I want a five-block seal!" [ NY Times ] A new Super Troopers movie might be coming! Stoners around the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Arts & Leisure Preview: Kristen Stewart, Nicolas Cage, Dave Grohl and More

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 790
  Wisdom, insights and random observations from this weekends Arts & Leisure section.
  2 weeks ago

• [Movies] History of the World: Part I (1981)

  
  The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything — Authority: 465
  I love Mel Brooks movies. For this, I only have my dearly departed father to blame. He got me into this particular brand of comedy, including the Airplane! movies and Leslie Nielsen s Naked Gun movies and this probably helped contribute to my overall geekiness over the years. Mel Brooks humor is rather unique ...
  2 weeks ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: THE PRODUCERS

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 598
  On this day in 1968, AVCO EMBASSY released THE PRODUCERS. Written and directed by MEL BROOKS, this shocking exercise in bad taste turned out to be just what the audience ordered…once word of mouth got around. ZERO MOSTEL and GENE WILDER star as a down-on-his-heels Broadway producer and his timid accountant who ...
  2 weeks ago

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• "Farts are a repressed minority. The mouth gets to say all kinds of things, but the other place is..."

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 164
  “Farts are a repressed minority. The mouth gets to say all kinds of things, but the other place is supposed to keep quite. But maybe our lower colons have something interesting to say. Maybe we should listen to them.” - Mel Brooks
  3 weeks ago

• Buzz Gift Guide: Dear Old Dad

  
  BuzzSugar — Authority: 637
  Yes, you read that right: the holiday season is already upon us! Its time to pack up our scary Halloween decorations and start brainstorming ideas for the perfect presents. I know how daunting holiday shopping can be, which is why Im here to help you every step of the way for all the entertainment lovers in your ...
  3 weeks ago

• MEL"S MASTER CLASS: Whats next onstage for Brooks?

  
  THEATER TALK — Authority: 132
  (Caption: Mel Brooks. File photo) First, The Producers. Then, Young Frankenstein, which recently visited Columbus early in its first national tour. Whats next on Mel Brooks 21st century agenda for another Broadway musical? And will he turn to one of his best-known film comedies for inspiration, or turn instead to ...
  4 weeks ago

• "Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion..."

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 164
  “Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So you laugh, you breathe, the blood runs, and everything is circulating. If you don’t laugh, you’ll die.” - Mel Brooks
  4 weeks ago

• Rioger Bart: On Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft and the healing power of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

  
  THEATER TALK — Authority: 132
  (Caption: Mel Brooks and his wife, actress Anne Bancroft, in January 1998 at the premiere of Great Expectations in Los Angeles. Bancroft played the character, Mrs. Haversham, based on the Charles Dickens novel. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) One of the reasons that Broadway/TV veteran Roger Bart wanted to tour with ...
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• "As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make..."

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 164
  “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” - Mel Brooks
  4 weeks ago

• Young Frankenstein hosted by Teri Garr

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 168
  Young Frankenstein will play in Hollywood, Palm Naperville. A projection on Sundays is a fundraiser for MS. Teri Garr to host the screening of Mel Brooks icon in Chicago are “Young Frankenstein” the Halloween weekend. When launched Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein, The Producers astronomical success in 2001, critics ...
  4 weeks ago

• MELS MASTER CLASS: The "great" missing lobster scene from SILENT MOVIE

  
  THEATER TALK — Authority: 132
  (Caption: Cracked lobster claws prior to being shipped in October 2009 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Carl Juste/Miami Herald/MCT) Sometimes, even the master comic writer Mel Brooks is absolutely convinced that somethings hiklarious - but the audience disagrees. Strongly disagrees. So I cant resist sharing one more ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hillary’s Blackwater Connection

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  Source: Huffington Post A lot of negative things have been written in the blogosphere about pollster Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s increasingly-powerful advisor. Penn’s critics have focused on his firm’s union-busting work. They’ve also attacked his insistence on promoting a strategy of so-called ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: THE TWELVE CHAIRS

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 598
  On this day in 1970, UMC released THE TWELVE CHAIRS. Directed by MEL BROOKS, this wildly funny story of a treasure hunt through Czarist Russia was considered a flop when it was first released but, over the years, has become a favorite of cultists and BROOKS’ fans. The brilliantly funny cast includes RON MOODY, FRANK ...
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