All About me! : : my Remarkable Life in Show Business

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Call Number: 792.702 Br, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Musicians & Entertainers / Brooks, Mel
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	792.702 Br	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	792.702 Br	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	792.702 Br	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Musicians & Entertainers / Brooks, Mel	4-week checkout	On Shelf
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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Musicians & Entertainers / Brooks, Mel	4-week checkout	Due 05-22-2024

Brooklyn -- The mountains -- World War II -- Television-- the Sid Caesar years -- Carl Reiner and the 2000 Year Old Man -- Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show -- The Chinese Gourmet Society -- Kismet-- meeting Anne Bancroft -- Get Smart -- The Producers -- The Twelve Chairs -- Blazing Saddles -- Young Frankenstein -- Silent Movie -- High Anxiety -- Brooksfilms -- History of the World, Part I -- Brooksfilms, part II -- To Be or Not to Be -- Brooksfilms, part III -- Spaceballs -- Life stinks -- Robin Hood: Men in Tights -- Dracula: Dead and Loving It -- The Producers on Broadway -- My third act.
Brooks shares never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances as he charts his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. From his career with Caesar's Your Show of Shows to his many films, and his Broadway musical adaption of The Producers, he offers insight into the inspiration behind the ideas for his boundary-breaking work, and shares details about many close friendships. -- adapted from jacket

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Longstanding Funny Man submitted by caburr47 on July 8, 2022, 9:07pm A fascinating look at Mel Brook's life and journey through comedy making.

*I highly recommend listening to the audiobook which is read by the man himself.