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All about me!: my remarkable life in show business

Mel Brooks
Resource Type:
E-Book
Edition:
First edition
Publication:
New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]
Copyright:
©2021
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Summary:
The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his success.
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
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
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Author/Creator:
Brooks, Mel, 1926- , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
All about me!: my remarkable life in show business [by Brooks, M.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: All about me! [by Brooks, M.] (First edition; New York : Ballantine Books, [2021] — ISBN 9780593159118)
Subjects:
Brooks, Mel, 1926-
Comedians — United States — Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses — United States — Biography
Motion picture producers and directors — United States — Biography
General Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Call Numbers:
PN2287.B695 A3 2021eb
ISBNs:
9780593159125 (electronic bk.)
0593159128 (electronic bk.)
9780593159118 [Invalid]
059315911X [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
1286851611
Other Control Numbers:
2964835 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302570418