He paired with lifelong friend Carl Reiner to create genius works including The 2,000 Year Old Man, and Brooks co-created Get Smart, the spy spoof sitcom. But Mel Brooks, who recently turned 98 ...

Handed down since Moses was kvetching about having to cross the desert in his bare feet, Jewish humor emanated from Eastern Europe where the Hebrews overcame some seriously hellacious circumstances on ...

From Mel Brooks and brothers Neil and Danny Simon ... of Ozzie and Harriet scribe Selma Diamond joined in) and Carl Reiner, who also appeared before the cameras, the writers room of Your Show ...

Mel Brooks Emmy Awards Outstanding writing achievement in variety, "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (1967) Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series ...

Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Archive Photos—Stringer/, Columbia Pictures/Everett (2), ...

US actor and writer Mel Brooks has said he thought there was “no reason” to make his 1967 hit film The Producers into a musical. The 98-year-old, who won an original screenplay Oscar for the ...

How many Broadway shows has Mel Brooks been in? Mel Brooks has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Mel Brooks been in? Mel Brooks has not appeared in the West End.

The writer/director, whose latest film "The Alto Knights" arrives in theaters this month, looks back on the film that started his career and the abandoned television series it spawned. In 1983 ...

The Mel Brooks classic Young Frankenstein turns 50 this month. Here are 12 stories of how it came alive.... alive! Cleavon Little (L) and Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles. Warner Bros. Brooks ...

Fifty years ago, The Times’ Charles Champlin spoke to Mel Brooks for the opening of his feature directing debut, “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In 2001, it would be ...

The new Jack Quaid action movie Novocaine and the spy thriller Black Bag starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender highlight this weekend’s new releases. Ben Affleck is doubling down on his ...