The film “High Anxiety,” Mel Brooks’ comedic spoof of Alfred Hitchcock-style suspense mysteries, was released in 1977.

Mel Brooks Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn ... Brooks was drafted into the Army to fight during World War II. He served as a corporal in the 1104 Engineer Combat Battalion, 78th Infantry Division ...

Last year the Colorado legislature voted to exempt itself from large portions of our beloved Open Meetings Law because, as ...

Legendary actor Gene Hackman, 95, and wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, and their dog were found dead in their home outside Santa Fe, ...

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 ...

More recent famous VMI alumni include the late actor Fred Willard, World War II figures George Marshall and Gen. George Patton, award-winning comic Mel Brooks and Col. Douglas Macgregor – a ...

as the blind hermit in Mel Brooks' 1974 classic "Young Frankenstein" or as the smarmy nemesis Lex Luthor in "Superman" (1978) — the first, and still one of the best, superhero movies.

The musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks’ greatest successes, but the veteran comedian has revealed it nearly didn’t happen. He wasn’t sure his 1967 movie ...