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And they knew that I respected their ability and their talent, and they gave all because of it. 'It was respecting their ability to deliver comedy as well as - and sometimes a lot better than - male comedians. On being good at writing for and directing women I don't think there's anything that Madeline Kahn couldn't do.' Or I think she could have worked as a longshoreman in New Jersey. She's the only one who actually could have worked in opera as an opera singer, as a coloratura. But I saw a person who was gifted with art. But nobody - listen to me, David Bianculli - nobody could approach the magnificence and wonder of Madeline Kahn. The funniest and most talented comedienne I think, including people like Carol Burnett, who are great, you know, and Gilda Radner who was magnificent. What an incredibly gifted gift from God, Madeline Kahn.

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Television Boxes Of TV Fun, Old And New, For The Holidays their doody? If they all sh-t all over you, I mean, it's going to be funny.' I said, 'Thank you. And he said, 'Well, don't leave out this and don't leave out that.' And he said, 'What are you going to do about The Birds?' I said, 'Well, gee, at the moment I haven't included it.' And he said, 'Well, why don't you have them attack you with. And he would work on my script - on High Anxiety - with me. 'I came to his office at Universal, and he told me to come back every Friday at a quarter to 12, because at 12:30 we would eat. I think you're a very talented guy, and come to my office.' he called me and he said, 'I loved Blazing Saddles.

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I mean that you've done every style and type of movie, and that you're just amazing, and I would like to do a movie dedicated to you based on your style and your work.' And. Hitchcock, I do genre parodies and in my estimation you are a genre. 'I wrote a letter saying, basically, 'Dear Mr. The result is a new American Masters episode, Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. Once vehemently opposed to the idea of being the subject of a documentary, Brooks had a change of heart. The Kennedy Center Honors, at the moment, I didn't need them. Had I not gotten 110 awards - you know, I'm an EGOT, so I don't need any more. 'I was offered this - the Kennedy Center Honors - maybe a year or two before, and I said, 'Well, I'm going to wait for another president, if I'm still alive, if you don't mind.' I just didn't feel comfortable when Bush was president to accept the honors. And his position as an American institution was further cemented in 2009, when he was tapped for the Kennedy Center Honors.ДЇunny story, Brooks says: It wasn't the first time he'd been offered the award. Brooks is one of 11 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards - widely considered something of a benchmark in the entertainment world. That neighbor made an excellent investment. 'So I cherish those movies because they really lifted my spirits and are indelibly ingrained in my brain as important steps in my world education.' 'I was able to go see the Western,' Brooks remembers. Robert Trachtenberg/WNET/American Masters 'I had fun with them, but I also saluted the glory of the Western and the glory of James Whale's Frankenstein and Dracula.Д¬arl Reiner and Brooks teamed up as a comedy duo in 1960, creating such now-legendary skits as 'The 2,000-Year-Old Man.' 'Carl's still my best friend in the world,' says Brooks. 'I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films,' Brooks tells Fresh Air's David Bianculli.

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He is the man who broke Broadway records for most Tony Award wins with The Producers (an adaptation of his own movie) who satirized Westerns and racism in Blazing Saddles and who poked fun at monster movies with Young Frankenstein.Д«efore the films, there was his TV career: Brooks was a writer for Your Show of Shows, one of the most influential comedy series in television history and a precursor to Saturday Night Live and he was the co-creator of the spy spoof series Get Smart.Д«rooks, who is the subject of a new American Masters documentary, Make a Noise from filmmaker Robert Trachtenberg, that premieres May 20 on PBS, says his penchant for spoofing genres was firmly in the tradition of poking fun out of love. Over the 60 years that Mel Brooks has been in the entertainment business, his name has become synonymous with comedy. Others in the elite EGOT club include Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg. Comedian, writer, director, producer and actor Mel Brooks is one of only 11 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

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