![]() ![]() His latest project is his new memoir, "All About Me!"īrooks is one of the few EGOTs, meaning he's received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. His film "The Producers" was adapted into a Broadway musical mega-hit that won a record-breaking 12 Tonys, including best musical. My guest, Mel Brooks, wrote and directed such hilarious film comedies as "Blazing Saddles," a spoof of Westerns "High Anxiety," his comic homage to Alfred Hitchcock "Young Frankenstein," his version of a classic horror film and "History Of The World, Part I," his sendup of Hollywood spectacles. So the title was changed - but Brooks preserved the laugh by writing the film's theme song, "Springtime for Hitler.This is FRESH AIR. ![]() Levine loved it but urged Brooks to change the title: "Exhibitors will not put Hitler on the marquee," he had said. The story - about producers hoping to get rich from backing a flop with a play called Springtime for Hitler - made every major Hollywood studio nervous. He won it for best original screenplay for The Producers.ĭespite all the awards, Brooks told me the film almost didn't get made. "I'm going to put it in a box and see what I can get from eBay.") His Oscar is at home, he says, to keep it safe from pilferers. And there's a shelf jammed with all the Tonys, Emmys and Grammys he has won. The walls are covered with posters of his films. His office is small and nicely cluttered. So a few weeks earlier, we went to the Culver Studios to talk with Brooks. Television Mel Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT I Don't Need Any More'
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