![]() ![]() executives were not thrilled with all of scenes in Blazing Saddles. You’ve talked in the past about how the Warner Bros. ![]() In this exclusive interview, Brooks talks at a frantic clip about various topics, including what it was like to work in one of the most celebrated writers’ rooms in TV history, why the Western-themed flatulence joke in Blazing Saddles nearly got cut (so to speak), and why laughter just might be our only effective balm for our inevitable demise. Also included are sketches from the 1950s series Your Show of Shows(where Brooks served as a writer), guest spots on various sitcoms (including Mad About You and The Tracey Ullman Show), and his rarely seen, award-winning 1963 animated short, The Critic. One of the few artists to have won an Emmy, an Oscar, a Grammy, and a Tony, Brooks, over the course of his six-decade career, is also infamous for his countless late-night-talk-show appearances, many of which have now been collected on the six-DVD boxed set, *The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged,*out this month from Shout! Factory. Although responsible for such comedy classics as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs, not to mention 2001’s multi-Tony-Award-winning musical *The Producers,*Mel Brooks is not one to rest on his laurels-a good thing, as his laurels might very well let out a high-pitched squeak when sat upon. ![]()
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