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(17,636 posts)mucifer
(23,566 posts)I love Mel !
George II
(67,782 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)to see Trump flushed down the toilet. He cared about it so much.
Cha
(297,678 posts)Paladin
(28,273 posts)Live long(er) and prosper, Mel Brooks.
BumRushDaShow
(129,488 posts)Never heard anything about his kids.
(ETA - Max is the "baby" )
mucifer
(23,566 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,488 posts)His oldest 3 kids would be older than me (and I'm 58). Max is 48 this year.
Tanuki
(14,921 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,488 posts)That wasn't his first wife though. It's just that he is such a larger-than-life guy who has been so active, whether on-screen and/or behind the scenes writing and directing, that he was usually the focus.
Brother Buzz
(36,466 posts)It made a big impact. (and never mind Carl Reiner died AFTER it was filmed)
BumRushDaShow
(129,488 posts)because both were very politically outspoken, but those Brooks PSAs were pretty cool.
KS Toronado
(17,326 posts)Could be rephrased for non-maskers, "Do you ever think about the people you could infect?"
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Thanks.
Botany
(70,585 posts)n/t
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)The film was total condemnation of racism and corruption, albeit in a satirical manner, and we all know how right wingers are challenged, to put it mildly, with understanding satire.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)got three new projects going.
Amazing-- Hollywood's RBG.
KS Toronado
(17,326 posts)Marcuse
(7,507 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,938 posts)They wouldn't get the complete line-up of "applicants" for "the gang" (actually looks like the crowd at a 'Trump' rally now!)
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)I've never seen The Producers but given the subject matter that had to be political.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)That's just not right.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)That makes that scene.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)It's a slam of vulture capitalism.
Because Brooks always punched up, his comedy is timeless
BUT you have to see the version with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Don't bother with the 2005 remake.
yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)Wilder and Mostel were perfection
crickets
(25,983 posts)by not only pointing out society's flaws, but pointing out how wrong they are by making us laugh really hard at them. Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies of all time. It has aged, as we all have, but the humor and the point are still as sharp today as then. I got a boxed set of Mel's movies last Christmas, and I was just looking through them last night to pick a "cheer me up, laugh me down" movie. It's sometimes easy to forget how many well known, hilarious movies Mel Brooks has given us until you're holding a fistful all at once. What an amazing man!
This is a great ad. It was timely and generous of Mel to make it.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)mcar
(42,375 posts)orangecrush
(19,620 posts)Love Mel!
Comedic genius.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)#notmypresident
RESIST
no_hypocrisy
(46,191 posts)his BFF Carl Reiner who loathes Trump.
calimary
(81,487 posts)Yes it was, Mel.
And so are you!
MyOwnPeace
(16,938 posts)StarryNite
(9,460 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,898 posts)and baby Max from Hilo to Los Angeles. They were very sweet.
bif
(22,747 posts)I'd love to share this.
Botany
(70,585 posts)bif
(22,747 posts)Before the Mel video started.
Marcuse
(7,507 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,043 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)He is the last of his kind.
Until the next one shows up, and we never know when that will be.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Olafjoy
(937 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,863 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,988 posts)iscooterliberally
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qanda
(10,422 posts)I'm voting for Joe with the hope that I'll be able to see her again before too long.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)homonym!
Joinfortmill
(14,460 posts)BHDem53
(1,061 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Cha
(297,678 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)sandensea
(21,670 posts)Demonaut
(8,926 posts)of comedy
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts).