That’s the mystery, and the glory, of what we call, only for lack of a better term, dumb comedy. To laugh at something we can ...

Most things are fair game for comedy, but Mel Brooks has always maintained the one line that he's refused to cross in the name of a laugh.

Mel Brooks, the celebrated antiquarian ... “I had the feeling,” Brooks says, “that America had lost the comedy cup to Britain and to Italy. ‘Lavender Hill Mob,’ ‘Divorce Italian ...

Alto Knights' director Barry Levinson on his abandoned 'Diner' series with James Spader and Michael Madsen in Kevin Bacon and ...

The Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Mel Brooks’s beloved comedy musical The Producers felt like the ultimate luxury programming when it opened just before Christmas. The original ...

The musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks' greatest successes, but the veteran comedian has revealed it nearly didn't happen. He wasn't sure his 1967 movie ...

Sketch comedy is often broad, and also often hit-or-miss. Mel Brooks comedy i also often broad and often hit-or-miss, so it’s kind of surprising that Brooks only directed one sketch movie.

The only actor Mel Brooks called perfect was Gene Hackman, who delivered a legendarily hilarious cameo as a blind priest in 1974's 'Young Frankenstein.' ...

Discharged as a corporal, Brooks performed stand-up comedy before writing for television programs such as "The Admiral Broadway Revue" and "Your Show of Shows," taking on his new name of Mel Brooks.

Following the 2x Oscar winner’s death at age 95, writer-director Mel Brooks reminisced about working with Hackman on his Academy Award-nominated 1974 comedy classic Young Frankenstein.

The musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks’ greatest ... Theatre, where Brooks previously enjoyed success with the musical comedy Young Frankenstein.