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100 years ago today, Mel Brooks, an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright, was born. He is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies (web.archive.org)

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

His first movie was actually about depression-era European Jews trying to make or sell furniture--it's been a while.. They guy's got chops, is what I'm saying.

It reminds me a little bit of Lewis Black. He spent a year writing a screenplay and got like a hundred bucks for it; realizing he made more doing stand up in one night, he abandoned script writing and did comedy instead.

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please don’t die, Mel. We need you and your comedy and Spaceballs.

[–] homes@piefed.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spaceballs 2 comes out next summer!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Im hoping he survives long enough to win an Oscar for it

[–] homes@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Proof, that laughter truly is the best medicine