Mel Brooks, the comedian and filmmaker who was born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn and turned his childhood there into a half-century of movies, just turned 100. According to PageSix, Brooks was born on June 28, 1926, and the man who voiced the “2000 Year Old Man” is still cracking jokes about turning 100.
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Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg kid who turned Nazi jokes into art, just turned 100
Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg-born comedy legend who turned childhood trauma into groundbreaking satire, celebrates his 100th birthday with tributes and a new HBO documentary.
Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg kid who turned Nazi jokes into art, just turned 100
Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg-born comedy legend who turned childhood trauma into groundbreaking satire, celebrates his 100th birthday with tributes and a new HBO documentary.
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