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Mel Brooks

Age

Birthday

Jun. 28th, 1926

Born in

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height

5' 5"

Mel Brooks' Main TV Roles

Show Name

Characters Played

Ep Count

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

Yogurt (Voiced)

Uncle Phil

Mel Brooks

Himself (segment "The Entertainers")

Himself

Himself (Voiced)

The Angry Cat (Voiced)

Tom (Voiced)

Ticketer (Voiced)

Himself

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Worked with son 'Nicky Brooks' (qv) at Brooksfilm. Nicky was a story editor on _The Fly (1986)_ (qv), _The Fly II (1989)_ (qv) and _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv).
In the original film version of _The Producers (1968)_ (qv), Brooks' voice can be heard singing the line "Don't be stupid/Be a schmarty/Come and join the Nazi Party" during the "Springtime for Hitler" number. For the Broadway musical version, he repeats this task, with the live actor lip-synching to a recording of Brooks.
His film _The Producers (1968)_ (qv) was the inspiration for the title of U2's album "Achtung Baby".
His running "walk this way" gag is also the inspiration for the song "Walk This Way" by 'Aerosmith' (qv). The gag was copied from 'William Powell (I)' (qv)'s ad-lib in _After the Thin Man (1936)_ (qv).
Has cited his favorite films as _Ladri di biciclette (1948)_ (qv) (aka The Bicycle Thief) and _La grande illusion (1937)_ (qv).
His stage name is an adaptation of his mother's maiden name, Brookman.
According to his 1975 Playboy interview, Mel's favorite candy is Raisinets.
At the opening of the Brodway version of "The Producers", he was asked by a reporter if he was nervious about the play's reception, since it cost $40 million to produce. Brooks joked, "If it flops, I'll take the other sixty million and fly to Rio." He didn't have to worry, since the play was both a critical and financial success.

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