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2,000+ Words for the 2,000 Year Old Man: Mel Brooks Is Saluted by the Academy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 08.25.2009 | Entertainment


Gregory Weinkauf

Cloris Leachman aptly put it, "There is much that is serious about Mel Brooks. Inside that rapid-fire humor machine is a man with deep emotions, with a great capacity to care, and to love."

How Mel Brooks Rejected Whoopi Goldberg As His Leading Lady

NY Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Mel Brooks and Whoopi Goldberg passionately canoodling? That jaw-dropping scenario nearly came to pass - until the curmudgeonly comic put his foot dow...