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Goose! · June 2016

Today is Mel Brooks' 90th birthday. The writer, director, producer, and actor in some of the most classic and funniest films of the last 100 years such as:

Blazing Saddles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgSPO191GrQ

Young Frankenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5AG0Tqh3A

History of the World, Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5VsYT5vbWE

Spaceballs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtPzInmj8JU

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G59JnM4JKNQ

And several more.

So yeah, twitter scared the bejeesus out of me when I saw Mel was trending, so let's celebrate the man while he's alive.

https://twitter.com/tcm/status/747793154372411392

Fawst · June 2016

God damn, I knew he was old, but...

Mysst · June 2016

Things I like to do: play chess, screw.

Raijin Quickfoot · June 2016

Fun fact: Mel Brooks was a producer on The Fly

LTM · June 2016

Mysst wrote: »

Things I like to do: play chess, screw.

Between the thread title and this, we've possibly hit the two best lines already...

Moriveth · June 2016

Werewolf!

Tallahasseeriel · June 2016

It's good to be king.

Darth Waiter · June 2016

Candygram for Mongo!

Tallahasseeriel · June 2016

Moriveth wrote: »

Werewolf!

There!

Wolf!

Moriveth · June 2016

I... am your father's mother's sister's brother's former roommate.

Yukira · June 2016

Mysst wrote: »

Things I like to do: play chess, screw.

Well, let's play chess.

Raijin Quickfoot · June 2016

Mel Brooks looks like he's pushing 90.

The guy that blows me away is Shatner. Dude is 85 and easily could pass for 50!

Muzzmuzz · June 2016

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Fun fact: Mel Brooks was a producer on The Fly

And he didn't openly put his name on the film because he knew his name would give the audience the wrong impression. "Oh cool, another comedy from Mel BrooOHMYGOD!"

Tallahasseeriel · June 2016

I love Mel Brook's movies so much.

This just reminds me I need to get them all on bluray.

OmnipotentBagel · June 2016

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Mel Brooks looks like he's pushing 90.

The guy that blows me away is Shatner. Dude is 85 and easily could pass for 50!

On the other hand, he looks great for a 2000 year old(/pound/dollar) man.

#pipe · June 2016

Here, watch Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks watching TV and eating take out with Jerry Seinfeld

LTM · June 2016

Uriel wrote: »

I love Mel Brook's movies so much.

This just reminds me I need to get them all on bluray.

They have a packaged set that is pretty cheap and all bluray. I think I got it at Fry's one time on a whim, iirc.

Tallahasseeriel · June 2016

LTM wrote: »

Uriel wrote: »

I love Mel Brook's movies so much.

This just reminds me I need to get them all on bluray.

They have a packaged set that is pretty cheap and all bluray. I think I got it at Fry's one time on a whim, iirc.

This one on amazon?

https://www.amazon.com/Mel-Brooks-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B007LNBS2I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467133540&sr=8-1&keywords=mel+brooks+collection

I've had it on my wishlist for a long time.

I should really grab it.

PiptheFair · June 2016

possibly my favorite bit from any comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzcgyk62cHU

Goose! · June 2016

Mysst wrote: »

Things I like to do: play chess, screw.

Well, let's play chess

LTM · June 2016

Uriel wrote: »

LTM wrote: »

Uriel wrote: »

I love Mel Brook's movies so much.

This just reminds me I need to get them all on bluray.

They have a packaged set that is pretty cheap and all bluray. I think I got it at Fry's one time on a whim, iirc.

This one on amazon?

https://www.amazon.com/Mel-Brooks-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B007LNBS2I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467133540&sr=8-1&keywords=mel+brooks+collection

I've had it on my wishlist for a long time.

I should really grab it.

That looks like it, yeah.

Prolegomena · June 2016

PiptheFair wrote: »

possibly my favorite bit from any comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzcgyk62cHU

For some reason a lot of pro-Brexit people keep posting Gene Wilder memes, so I'm thinking a lot of "hard working farmers...people of the land...the common clay... you know....morons"

Madican · June 2016

I think the Blazing Saddles fart scene was also the first of its kind in a movie, while also being plenty hilarious on its own.

Syphyre · June 2016

Has anybody got a dime?

Moriveth · June 2016

Did you say "Abe Lincoln?"

Muggins · June 2016

Severe lack of The Producers in here

Darth Waiter · June 2016

Syphyre wrote: »

Has anybody got a dime?

Somebody needs to go back and get a shitload o' dimes.

Centipede Damascus · June 2016

Veretas wrote: »

Severe lack of The Producers in here

seriously one of the best roles Zero Mostel ever had

wish I could find a YouTube clip of the part where he yells "I'M WEARING A CARDBOARD BELT!"

Sterica · June 2016

His wrote the Zombie Survival Guide and subsequent books/movie.

I only like the first because it's a dry humor and no straight-up zombie stuff

Chincymcchilla · June 2016

I think world war z is still a pretty good book

real real bad movie though

PiptheFair · June 2016

Chincymcchilla wrote: »

I think world war z is still a pretty good book

real real bad movie though

ISRAEL FUCK YEAH

BlankZoe · June 2016

World War Z is a fun, if dumb and totally ridiculous, book that had the best audio book I've ever heard.

I Zimbra · June 2016

I learned to swear from Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles, so Mel Brooks will also have a special place in my heart.

If you have a chance, watch the panel that Brooks and Carl Reiner did at the Paley Center a couple of years back, because it's delightful.

Desert Leviathan · June 2016

Mel Brooks wrote:

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”

Having written some comedic materials now and then, I think about this quote a lot. It really slices right to the heart of the matter.

DarkPrimus · June 2016

PiptheFair wrote: »

Chincymcchilla wrote: »

I think world war z is still a pretty good book

real real bad movie though

ISRAEL FUCK YEAH

Turns out a country that has been building literal walls around itself as a matter of course for the past several decades is able to survive a zombie apocalypse.

#pipe · June 2016

Blankzilla wrote: »

World War Z is a fun, if dumb and totally ridiculous, book that had the best audio book I've ever heard.

World War Z is a great book and it breaks my heart that that audiobook is abridged.

DisruptedCapitalist · June 2016

I heard some rumor about Spaceballs 2. I just did a google search on it an I see a bunch of websites I can't go to. Is there any truth to the rumors?

DarkPrimus · June 2016

#pipe wrote: »

Blankzilla wrote: »

World War Z is a fun, if dumb and totally ridiculous, book that had the best audio book I've ever heard.

World War Z is a great book and it breaks my heart that that audiobook is abridged.

Apparently they went back and did an unabridged version of the audiobook when the film was made.

I need to actually get around to listening to it, as the parts that were taken out of the abridged version were mainly things that were actually specified as not being able to be recorded in the book.

wirehead26 · June 2016

Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes!

rhylith · June 2016

DisruptedCapitalist wrote: »

I heard some rumor about Spaceballs 2. I just did a google search on it an I see a bunch of websites I can't go to. Is there any truth to the rumors?

They made a bad animated series a while back.

Jars · June 2016

the contrast between blazing saddles and young frankenstein, which came out in the same year, is amazing

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