Mel Brooks Discusses His Incredible Film Parody SPACEBALLS | TCMFF 2024
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- The one and only Mel Brooks closes out the 2024 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival by speaking with Ben Mankiewicz about how he was able to bring parodies like "Spaceballs" to the big screen, his love for Star Wars, and a dinner with Alfred Hitchcock.
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Mel Brooks Discusses His Incredible Film Parody SPACEBALLS | TCMFF 2024
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He might not ever become a 2000 year old man, but I truly hope Mel Brooks becomes the oldest man alive in the near future.
That would be one of his best gags. 😂
There’s a reason why everyone who has ever met Mel loves him. There’s a reason why he had one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood with Anne Bancroft, and why he had one of the strongest friendships with Carl Reiner. There’s a reason why his movies never go out of date. There’s a reason why his mind remains just as sharp as he nears his centennial. There’s a reason for all of it-he is a man who engages with the world on a deep level. He remains curious and active. He never slows down. I admire him more than I can say and am so grateful for my autographed picture of him and Carl, which both of them signed for me. In the picture, they are hugging. It is a symbol to me of what I aim to achieve with my friends as the years go by. May Mel have many more happy, wonderful years!
theres a reason why is the key word here
Beautifully said.
there's a reason why this comment is a chore to read
I fell asleep reading, what’s the reason?
@@RemusBriclebrack I guess my writing must be a dream come true for you!
He was on a British chat show one and they asked him about Spaceballs 2. his response was I don't do 2's. I might do "Spaceballs 3 - The Search for Spaceballs 2" I loved that
He looks and sounds fantastic for 97. And completely lucid. Wow.
I want to be as acute as Mel when I (hopefully) reach that age. Inspirational.
He has become Yogurt.
He sounds 10 years younger than Trump and Biden
Agreed 💯 percent
@shamusomalley4263 agreed 💯 percent 👍
Living legend I hope he makes 100
Did I just get misty eyed the moment I heard Ben's voice crack thanking Mel for all he's done...?
Heartfelt.
I have to give a shout out to History of the World Part 1 which helped educate my early teen years: A pack of Trojans are not Cigarettes 😇
I loved how Mel could squeeze in a good musical number, too. The Spanish Inquisition anyone?!
What a show/The Inquisition 🎶
Questionable taste (like greed?) is good.😅
same
I don't know who that Ben guy is. What did Mel Brooks do for him?
this man is a golden piece of hollywood history! I salute him so much
Spaceballs. His second best. His best you ask? Robin Hood Men in Tiights and the reason for that is my Grandmother and me seen in in the theatre when it came out and my Grammy laughed at that movie harder than everone in the whole place. Great memory for me. She's still here. She's 95.
Every time I see an update on Mel these days, I get nervous 😅 I'm so glad he's blessed with health and longevity 🙏
We need a 50th 4K of Blazing Saddles approved by Mel!
Wow... his energy at near 100 is incredible. The amount he moves around when he is speaking at his age is not something I've ever seen. I don't think there's a chance I'll live that long, but I hope I can be that lucid and physically able until the rest of my life.
Mel Brooks is a *National Treasure* of comedy, satire, and joy!
I have watched Young Frankenstein so many times that I know all the lines by heart, but I still laugh at those actors giving them every time! I love what Anne Bancroft said about when Mel came home at night: "He makes me laugh a lot. I get excited when I hear his key in the door. It's like, 'Ooh! The party's going to start.'"
You know, used to think about that, Mel coming home. That's real love. My husband left so fast he forgot to pack!!
I could listen to Mel for hours! Legend!
Listen to his audio book " all about me "
All that creative talent...
And, a kind heart.
A true Mensch
Proof that being a comedian helps you stay lucid and healthy right into your late 90s!!
thank goodness for Mel's ability to cat call.
Mel is a legend! 🎥
Love this man. His book was great ❤
His energy at his age is incredible! Protect this man at all costs!
Wow, Mel Brooks is almost 98 and he is on fire!! 😃💚
It's like he's doing a standup set! Amazing that Mel Brooks is still hilarious at 97. Thank you for sharing.
Young Frankenstein & SpaceBalls are my favorite Mel Brooks films. Along with Frank Sinatra, my father idolizes Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks and Frank Sinatra - your father has good taste. 👍🏼
Frank Sinatra idolizes Mel Brooks, eh? ;)
Having Mel Brooks still around is like having a living time traveler and time capsule all in one. He's created so many masterpieces and interacted with so many all stars, I could listen to him for hours. What's great is if you watch him from 30-40 years ago, he's the same guy, always that great sense of humor, upbeat, super sharp, even at his age now, wow.
Proof laughter keeps you alive and Mel will be immortal
“let’s all get fershnukert” -Rabbi Tuckman😂
Mel is a cinematic genius. I love his movies. I have the Blu-Ray collection. Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, Blazing Saddles & Robin Hood: Men In Tights are my personal favorites.
I can listen to Mel talk about movies all day.
Thank you for uploading this for all of us who couldn't be there in person. MEL BROOKS FOREVER!
Really wished he made more films before he retired, there'll never be another Mel.
I think he could still star in a mockumentary about an aged parody filmmaker making his last film, which is of course, is a mockumentary! 😅
I love Mel Brooks and all his films. What a brilliantly funny man. So sharp and talented after all these years. May he continue to live on and on. He's an original!
With those cuts, Blazing Saddles wouldn't have been the funniest movie ever made. I adore you Mel!
Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke continue to amaze at how much ENERGY they display and are both almost a century old! BRAVO!
6/10/2024. Dick Van Dyke. He is the original DVD!!!!!!!!
I swear, comedy is a natural preservative for the human spirit. ♥️
We need more people that thumb their nose to the “You can’t”s. It makes the world a more smarter, interesting, multifaceted, funnier place.
Thank you, Mel.
Many thanks to Ben and Mel! 🤩
Grew up on Mel Brooks. Raised my kids on Mel Brooks. My kids have shared the genius of Mel Brooks with their spouses and friends. I KNOW Mel Brooks films will be shared with our granddaughters. He is the definitive Master!
very well said!
@@danacoleman4007 😉Thank you
Jesus, Mel looks absolutely fantastic for his age!
GOAT
I love this man and thank him for all the laughs I desperately needed throughout my life. I’m so happy he’s still with us and running strong! Mel please make a RobinHood Men in Tights part 2 PLEASE!!!
Bringing smiles to people is truly noble work. Thank you, Mel, for a life of smiles.
Great interview
They should do a parody of a parody of space balls.
Love Mel Brooks!
I love him ❤
A true living LEGEND. God bless him
Yah got to be tough to get old. .. if yah get tough.. take it easy and love. Keep on keeping on.
The man is still so switched on , legend
Mel Brooks, lovely man, lovely human being. Would love to interview Mel.
Mel Brooks is one of a kind. Spaceballs is my favorite of his films, followed by Robin Hood: Men in Tights. But a few years ago I re-watched Young Frankenstein after having not seen it in over a decade, and I still laughed hysterically. That movie still holds up today and is still as funny as ever.
Ben is no chopped liver either. Scion of one of the greatest Hollywood families and who's father was RFK's press secretary and almost a California Senator.
Mel is not a national treasure - he is a global treasure.
❤ still here ❤
Sharp as a tac still. ❤️💪💪
Mel is a national treasure and I am willing to die on that hill. So pleased to see him as sharp as ever.
Mel is amazing
4:28 He’s still got it!
I love this man.
They should do a sequel. Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money 🤣😂
Legend!
LIVING LEGEND
Frankenstein is my fav Mel Brooks film. Hilarious and authentic man.
Walk this way 😂
6/10/2024. A super funny movie.
Some of the best one liners comes from his movies. He shot my hair! They are simple folks, peasants, you know, Morons! Fox the villagers! And the most famous of all time, It's Good to be the king!
Comedy legend
Holding sway in his nineties, almost 100 years old. How cool is that?!
Wish we caught a sequel.
He did the cat bit from Young Frankenstein!!! 😂😂😂 God bless Mel Brooks!
God bless Mel Brooks. This is the 3rd time I've heard the Alfred Hitchcock at dinner story and it's still hilarious.
He still wants to make a space balls sequel
I love Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and even Dracula: Dead and Loving it.......but havent sat down for Young Frankenstein or even the Producers.......do I have to make time for em soon? Whattya think?
YES!! Watch BOTH Producers!
Spaceballs talk starts at 13:19
"Its all right, take ah valk."
He's the man!
The Yogurt hasn’t expired, still great!!!
Another treasure we need to protect at all costs, along with Dick Van Dyke.
... I feel pretty confident that Mel might have just taken the world record for oldest man making cat noises.. Intentionally, I mean. Dude's a treasure.
Good ol'Mel Brooks
Both of my dogs ran out out of the room when he made that cat sound!
This man is a national treasure.
oh my wow
13:00
Abbey Normal 😂
he's sharper at 97 than biden is at 79...brooks for president
Age is a bitch …
holy thumbnail
Turn up his mic
I would have loved to SEE a Sequel around 2015 due to the 7 to 9th Star Wars movies but to this day that never happened.
.... It's HEDLEY!
I liked History Of The World Pt. 2 most consider it the weakest of his films, but I still think it’s brilliant.
High Anxiety!
he talked about everything BUT Spaceballs but he was great
Unbelievable
Still waiting on the sequel The Search for More Money
Since Hulu did History of the World Part II why not ask them to do Spaceballs 2? With Disney backing it maybe we could finally get official merchandise.
Favorite director. Even more than Eastwood. Don't tell Clint, please.
Thank you all.
"Funny is Money" . . . . . . . . Mel Brooks
I love Mel. Thank you so much. You are part of myblife and my humor style.
You idiots! These are not them! You’ve captured their stunt doubles!!…I love Mel Brooks!!
Yogurt?
Yogurt, who's never heard a Yogurt.
Yogurt the Wise
Yogurt the Ol' Powerful
Yogurt the Magnificent
Wonderful interview. And Greg Proops was a great interviewer as well!