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| "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole cover and die." | |||||||||||||||||||
| Real name: MELVIN KAMINSKY Born: June 28, 1926 Brooklyn, New York Wife: ANNE BANCROFT Comedian/writer/producer/actor Early '50s: Staff writer for SID CAESAR'S "YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS" television show (along with NEIL SIMON, CARL REINER, and WOODY ALLEN) 1965 - 70: Creator (with BUCK HENRY) of the GET SMART television show starring DON ADAMS as Maxwell Smart 1968 - present: Movie producer/writer/actor |
MEL BROOKS produced/wrote some of the funniest movies ever made: THE PRODUCERS (1968) BLAZING SADDLES (1974) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) SILENT MOVIE (1976) HIGH ANXIETY (1977) HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART ONE (1981) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1983) SOLARBABIES (1986) SPACEBALLS (1987) LIFE STINKS (1991) ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS (1993) DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT (1995) |
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| POSTSCRIPT "Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth." MARK VAN DOREN |
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