Mel Brooks


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Lee Adams

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Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play, "The American" - written with Mel Brooks
02:17
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on writing a song for Mel Brooks' "When Things Were Rotten"
00:37

Peter Boyle

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Peter Boyle on playing the monster in the Mel Brooks film "Young Frankenstein"
00:37

James Burrows

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James Burrows on meeting Mel Brooks
00:35

Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar on an infamous case of losing his temper with Mel Brooks during the run of Your Show of Shows
01:03
Sid Caesar on working with writer Mel Brooks on Your Show of Shows
01:10

Ron Clark

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Ron Clark on working with Mel Brooks on the feature "Silent Movie" 
04:02
Ron Clark on working on various Mel Brooks films
03:00

Dick Cavett with Emerson College

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Dick Cavett on improvising with Mel Brooks - one of the biggest thrills he ever had
01:51

Sam Denoff

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Sam Denoff on working on the Sid Caesar Reunion special
01:31

Barbara Feldon

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Barbara Feldon on the subtext of Get Smart - a satire about the world of political espionage
03:37
Barbara Feldon on Get Smart co-creators Buck Henry and Mel Brooks
01:05

William Froug

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William Froug on being asked to teach screenwriting to Mel Brooks' sons
01:28

Larry Gelbart

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Larry Gelbart on the talent of Mel Brooks on Caesar's Hour
00:36

Lucille Kallen

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Lucille Kallen on Mel Brooks on Your Show of Shows
05:09

Ernest Kinoy

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Ernest Kinoy on writing for The Imogene Coca Show
06:25

Bernie Kopell

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Bernie Kopell on appearing in When Things Were Rotten created by Mel Brooks and co-starring Dick Van Patten
04:12

Harvey Korman

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Harvey Korman on working with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles
02:38

Barry Levinson

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Barry Levinson on leaving The Carol Burnett Show to work with Mel Brooks on his films "Silent Movie" and "High Anxiety"
03:35
Barry Levinson on how Mel Brooks encouraged him to write a movie about "the diner guys" Levinson often told him about, and how that led to him writing his movie, "Diner"
02:47

Howard Morris

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Howard Morris on the writing staff of Your Show of Shows, including Mel Brooks and Larry Gelbart
02:04

Dick Van Patten

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Dick Van Patten on his work on several Mel Brooks projects
02:20

Carl Reiner

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Performer/writer Carl Reiner on knowing and working with writer Mel Brooks (on Your Show of Shows)
02:03

Rob Reiner

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Rob Reiner on witnessing his father Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks doing their 2000 Year Old Man routine when he was a kid
03:12

Norman Stiles

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Norman Stiles on leaving Sesame Street and co-creating When Things Were Rotten with Mel Brooks
05:37

Charles Strouse

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Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play, "The American" - written with Mel Brooks
02:17
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on writing a song for Mel Brooks' "When Things Were Rotten"
00:37

Grant Tinker

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Grant Tinker on how NBC got Get Smart
01:38

Mel Tolkin

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Mel Tolkin on working with Mel Brooks on Your Show of Shows
03:55
Mel Tolkin on Mel Brooks writing for Caesar's Hour
02:02

Tracey Ullman

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Tracey Ullman on Mel Brooks appearing in a sketch on The Tracey Ullman Show
02:21

Alan Zweibel

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Alan Zweibel on the influence of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and on his friendship with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks
03:05

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