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NEWS ABOUT: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks stories: 7 news summaries

 Hitler Sells Again in Germany 


May 31, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Broadway hit musical comedy The Producers finally opened in Berlin to boffo box office receipts—but not before in intense sales push to break through German reluctance to see an ersatz Hitler hamming it up on stage, reports the Los Angeles Times. "If you put it on most... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Broadway • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • musical • Springtime for Hitler

 'Funny Fuhrer' 
 Finally Hits Berlin 

'The Producers' inspires uneasy laughs with its German debut

May 19, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Producers has goose-stepped its way onto a German stage 76 years after the springtime when Hitler took power, the New York Times reports. There were plenty of laughs—if sometimes uneasy ones—on opening night Sunday, but the Nazi-mocking musical and its swastika-laden ads prompted a fresh round of... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis

OBITUARY

 Actor Dom 
 DeLuise 
 Dead at 75 

Appeared in Cannonball Run, Space Balls

May 5, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Dom DeLuise died in his sleep last night at a Los Angeles hospital, TMZ reports. He was 75. The Golden-Globe nominated actor was known for appearances in Mel Brooks films and often worked with Burt Reynolds. He starred in Cannonball Run and Blazing Saddles and voiced Pizza the Hutt... More »

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film • obituary • death • Mel Brooks • actor • Dom DeLuise • Burt Reynolds

(Newser) - This could be awkward. Mel Brooks’ The Producers has been a smash around the world, but will the Hitler-mocking musical play in Germany? The Admiralspalast theater in Berlin—which the real Führer once frequented—is betting Germans are ready to laugh at the blood-soaked past, the Daily Mail reports.... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis • Mein Kampf

Appreciation

Harvey Korman: More Than a Second Banana

Mel Brooks and Carol Burnett regular was an underrated master

May 31, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harvey Korman was sometimes described as the “quintessential second banana,” and he did indeed make his name in supporting roles. But Korman, who died this week at 81, was a special second banana. For Mel Brooks, he became the perfect scheming underling, hilariously worming his way through movie... More »

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obituary • Mel Brooks • Carol Burnett • comedian

 Is This a Joke?
 Brooks Leaving Movie Biz 

Quietly closes movie production company

May 30, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Are Mel Brooks' days in Hollywood over? The comic king is quietly closing his Brooksfilms, the New York Post reports. He founded the LA-based production company in 1980 to produce more serious films such as The Elephant Man but also put out classics such as Spaceballs. Brooks, who turns 82... More »

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Los Angeles • retirement • Mel Brooks • movie industry

Young Frank's a Broadway Flub

Mel Brooks' Producers follow-up wears his jokes thin, critics say

Nov 9, 07 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Brooks wowed 42nd Street with his musical debut The Producers, but follow-up Young Frankenstein fell flat at last night's opening, says Time's Richard Zoglin. Without Brooks' freshman hit, Young Frank might be “reasonably entertaining”; instead it demands comparison and ends up mere “shtick." Its brilliant film... More »

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Broadway • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Young Frankenstein • Andrea Martin • SCTV • Nathan Lane • Matthew Broderick

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