![]() "I had fun with them, but I also saluted the glory of the Western and the glory of James Whale's Frankenstein and Dracula.Ĭarl Reiner and Brooks teamed up as a comedy duo in 1960, creating such now-legendary skits as "The 2,000-Year-Old Man." "Carl's still my best friend in the world," says Brooks. "I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films," Brooks tells Fresh Air's David Bianculli. He is the man who broke Broadway records for most Tony Award wins with The Producers (an adaptation of his own movie) who satirized Westerns and racism in Blazing Saddles and who poked fun at monster movies with Young Frankenstein.īefore the films, there was his TV career: Brooks was a writer for Your Show of Shows, one of the most influential comedy series in television history and a precursor to Saturday Night Live and he was the co-creator of the spy spoof series Get Smart.īrooks, who is the subject of a new American Masters documentary, Make a Noise from filmmaker Robert Trachtenberg, that premieres May 20 on PBS, says his penchant for spoofing genres was firmly in the tradition of poking fun out of love. Over the 60 years that Mel Brooks has been in the entertainment business, his name has become synonymous with comedy. Others in the elite EGOT club include Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg. ![]() Comedian, writer, director, producer and actor Mel Brooks is one of only 11 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.
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