Mel Brooks

I love Mel Brooks movies. For this, I only have my dearly departed father to blame. He got me into this particular brand of comedy, including the Airplane! movies and Leslie Nielsen 's Naked Gun movies and this probably helped contribute to my overall geekiness over the years. Mel Brooks humor is rather unique in its dry humor, generous use of puns and sight gags and other elements of "lower" humor. However he's known for doing this in a dynamic and witty way that requires the viewer to exercise quick thinking when watching his movies. You need to keep up with the sheer volume ... Read Full Story

"The Onion" comes through with another funny article which begs the question, "Can this possibly bear any truth to it or is it just satire? My thoughts on it are that it could very well be a true" article but who knows for sure? As stands though, I am not sure if I'm all that convinced that it isn't really just a ploy by the ever hilarious Mel Brooks . On the other hand, it is just like him to create, produce, and/or promote a 'Shmuck' Foundation. He's such a funny man insomuch that the whole concept tickled my funny bone. I can easily ... Read Full Story

Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction film co written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks. The film begins on Planet Spaceball ruled by President Skroob (Mel Brooks) has wasted all o f its air and is desperate to find more, his plan to extract all the air from planet Druidia. They plan to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) who is about to marry the narcoleptic Prince Valium, set against the marriage Princess Vespa runs off the altar with her Droid of Honor Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers) and escapes into space where she is attacked by Spaceballs under the command of Dark Helmet ... Read Full Story

I like a sophisticated comedy as much as the next guy, but sometimes a truly sophomoric film will catch me off guard, and I’ll find myself laughing rather hard. And after seeing far too many stupid, inane, offensive, or simply icky comedies of late, I’ve come to the not very profound (or original) conclusion that there is an art to a well made dumb comedy. It takes skill and talent to make a stupid joke work, odd as that may sound. The following clips are from Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein – one of my favorite comedies. The movie may be funnier if you have ... Read Full Story

MEL BROOKS, a director, producer, writer and actor, is the creator of such comedy film classics as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and Silent Movie.Brooks received ... Read Full Story