A lot of comedy fans love both Mel Brooks and Monty Python ... Palin thought to himself. “Spanish Inquisition?” Brooks allegedly said, “digging knowingly.” A confused Palin later asked ...
The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering." -- Mel Brooks Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky to Jewish parents from Germany and Ukraine.