Ideas The 20th century was very good for these Jewish icons. Is the Golden Age really over? Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s “Eminent Jews.”
‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy Released 50 years ago this week, Mel Brooks’ film broke Hollywood taboos while skewering racism.
Mel Brooks sings an ode to the Automat in a new documentary about the famed New York eatery A few nickels could get you soup or a sandwich dispensed through little glass doors.
Culture Mel Brooks, newly minted memoirist, praises Cel-Ray soda and insists he’s more ‘New York humor’ than ‘Jewish’
Culture ‘Blazing Saddles’ still stands as one of the great comedies — and the Mel Brooks film teaches lessons, too