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December 8, 2025, 11:30 am
Still raising hell at 99: Mel Brooks on Hitchcock, Hoffman and surviving history
From shoving Hitchcock through a studio doorway to warning a young Dustin Hoffman not to flirt with Anne Bancroft, the comic giant tells Jewish News about a century of mischief
By Hadley Freeman
Mel Brooks with the Lifetime Achievement Award at British Academy Film Awards (Photo credit: Ian West/PA Wire)
June 28, 2024, 2:29 pm
OPINION: Happy blazing birthdays to the incomparable Mel Brooks
The comedian who affectionately called the Queen Mother 'the biggest shiksa there ever was” turns 98 today
By Darren Richman
Veteran Hollywood comedian Mel Brooks Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
August 13, 2021, 1:26 pm
Mel Brooks, 95, writes first memoir
Jewish comedy legend promises to reveal never-before-told anecdotes about his career in work called 'All About Me!
By Jewish News
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