Web Sites
Associated Press
www.ap.org
BBC News
news.bbc.co.uk
Box Office Mojo
www.boxofficemojo.com
Catskills Institute
www.brown.edu/Research/Catskills_Institute
Contactmusic.com
www.contactmusic.com
E! Online
www.eonline.com
Find a Grave
www.findagrave.com
Get Smart Webpage
www.wouldyoubelieve.com/episodes.html
Highbeam Research
www.highbeam.com
People Online
www.people.aol.com
The Sid Caesar Collection
www.sidcaesar.com
The Smoking Gun
www.thesmokinggun.com
StarPlus
www.starplus.com
The Hollywood Reporter
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Internet Broadway Database
www.ibdb.com
Internet Movie Database
www.pro.imdb.com
Larry King Live
www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live
Mel Brooks at Topix.net
www.topix.net/who/mel-brooks
Movieweb
www.movieweb.com
National Public Radio (NPR)
www.npr.org
Playbill
www.playbill.com
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
www.pbs.org
Tiscali Film & TV
www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies
Variety.com
www.variety.com
Yahoo News
news.yahoo.com
Other Sources
Press books of Mel Brooks’s feature films, liner notes of Mel Brooks’s Broadway shows and comedy albums, and commentary tracks of DVDs of Mel Brooks’s feature films and television work.
Index
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (film)
Abraham, Jim
Abramowitz, Joseph
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (film)
Act One (book)
Adams, Don
Adams, Joey
Adams, Lee
Admiral Broadway Revue (TV series)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’s Younger Brother, The (film)
Airplane! (film)
Albertson, Jack
Alexander, Jason
Algonquin Round Table
All American (play)
Allegro (play)
Allen, Fred
Allen, Steve
Allen, Woody
All-Star Revue (TV series)
Ally McBeal (TV series)
Almaviva, Rita
American Comedy Awards
Annie Get Your Gun (play)
Annie Hall (film)
Annie & the Hoods (TV show)
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (TV show)
Anthony, Lysette
Anything Goes (play)
Appell, Don
archy and mehitabel (TV show)
Arthur, Bea
Astaire, Fred
August, The (film)
Avera, Tom
Azzara, Candy
Back Alley Opera (play)
Backwards to Forward (projected film)
Bad News Bears, The (film)
Ball, Lucille
Balsam, Martin
Bancroft, Anne (second wife)
Bankhead, Tallulah
Bart, Roger
Barthel, Joan
Basehart, Richard
Basserman, Albert
Baum, Edward
Baum, Florence (first wife)
Baum, Leonore Douglas
Beach, Gary
Bean, Orson
Beatty, Warren
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Begelman, David
“Begin the Beguine” (song)
Behan, Brendan
Belkin, Gary
Benjamin, Richard
Benny, Jack
Berghof, Herbert
Bergman, Andrew
Bergren, Eric
Berkeley, Busby
Berkowitz, Sol
Berle, Milton
Berlin, Irving
Berlinger, Milton
Berry, Jan
Besterman, Doug
Best Laid Plans, The (play)
“Betrayed” (song)
Beverly Hills Cop II (film)
Bicycle Thief, The (film)
Big Business (film)
Billy Williams Quartet (music group)
Birds, The (film)
Black Bart (projected film)
Blade Runner (film)
Blair, Janet
Blankfield, Mark
Blazing Saddles (film)
“Blazing Saddles” (song)
Bloomgarden, Kermit
“Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (song)
Bogdanovich, Peter
Bolger, Ray
Bologna, Joseph
Bonnie and Clyde (film)
Bonny, John
Booth, Shirley
Borge, Victor
Borscht Belt Circle
Bosley, Tom
Boulanger, Nadia
Boyle, Peter
Bracken, Eddie
Bradley, Bill
Brahms, Johannes
Brandeis University
Brando, Marlon
Bride of Frankenstein, The (film)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (play)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Broderick, Matthew
Brookman, Joe (uncle)
Brooks, Albert
Brooks, Edward (son)
Brooks, Maximilian Michael (“Max”) (son)
Brooks, Mel
Academy Awards won and nominations
as actor
adolescence
army career
birth of
as businessman
career choices
Catskills, working in the
childhood
comic routines
death of parents
death of wife
decision on going into show business
as director
as a drummer
education
fears, frustrations, and personal concerns
film work
first public comic roles
health concerns
homes and residences
jobs other than in show business
marriages and divorces
other awards and nominations
as performer
personal characteristics
personal observations
as playwright
and press critics
pride about being Jewish
romantic relationships
as screenwriter
and self-analysis
and Sid Caesar
as songwriter
talks about himself and his career
talks about his work
television work and appearances
theater work
voice parts in animated films & TV
work habits
as writer
Brooks, Nicholas (“Nicky”) (son)
Brooks, Samantha (granddaughter)
Brooks, Stefanie (daughter)
Brooksfilms Ltd.
Brothers Grimm, The (film)
Brown, Phil
Brown, Richard
Bruce, Lenny
Burnett, Carol
Burns, David
Burns, George
Buyse, Emile
Bye Bye Birdie (play)
Caan, James
Caesar, Dave
Caesar, Florence
Caesar, Sid
Caesar’s Hour (TV series)
Caesar’s Hours (book)
Cagney, James
California Fruit Growers Association
Callas, Charles
Call Me Madam (play)
Candidate, The (film)
Candy, John
Cantor, Eddie
Cantor, Pincus
Cape Playhouse
Capra, Frank
Carell, Steve
Carey, Ron
Carlisle, Kitty
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival (recording)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks: 2000 and Thirteen (record album)
Carnival (play)
Carradine, John
Carrey, Jim
Carroll, June
Carroll, Madeleine
Carroll, Pat
Carson, Johnny
Carter, Jack
Carter, Ray
Cassavetes, John
Catch-22 (book)
Cavett, Dick
Champion, Gower
Champion, Marge
Chandler, Evan
Channing, Carol
Chaplin, Charles
Chappelle, Dave
Charnin, Martin
Chopin, Frederic
Chorus Line, A (play)
Clark, Ron
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clary, Robert
Coca, Imogene
Coffey, Joseph
Cohen, Eugene
Cole, Nat “King,”
Colgate Comedy Hour, The (TV series)
Colman, Ronald
“Commuters, The” (comedy skit)
Como, Perry
Connery, Sean
Conrad, Joseph
Copland, Aaron
Coppola, Francis Ford
Corman, Avery
Cornfield, Stuart
Cosby, Bill
Costner, Kevin
Cotton Club, The (film)
Crazy for You (play)
Critic, The (film)
Cronenberg, David
Crossbow Productions
Cruise, Tom
Cry of Players, A (play)
Crystal, Billy
Crystal, Jennifer
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series)
Curtain Going Up (play)
Dailey, Dan
Dali, Salvator
Dalton, Timothy
D’Amboise, Jacques
Danny Kaye Show, The (TV series)
Darion, Joe
Dark, Alvin
David, Larry
Davis, Bette
Davis, Geena
Davis, Gwen
Death of a Salesman (play)
Delgo (film)
DeLuca, Rudy
DeLuise, Dom
Denoff, Sam
Denver, John
Destry Rides Again (film)
Devil, The (play)
De Vore, Christopher
De Wolfe, Billy
Diamond, Selma
Diamonds to Sit On (book)
Dick, Andy
Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV series)
Dietrich, Marlene
Dinah Shore Show, The (TV series)
Dinehart, Alan
Directing Workshop for Women of the American Film Institute
Doctor and the Devils, The (film)
Donat, Robert
Donnelly, Ruth
Don’t Bother to Knock (film)
Dorsey, Tommy
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Downey, Robert, Sr.
Dracula (film)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (film)
Dreyfuss, Richard
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (book)
Dr. No (film)
Duet for One (play)
Duke, Patty
Durning, Charles
Easy Come, Easy Go (projected film)
“Easy to Love” (song)
Eddie Cantor Show, The (radio series)
Ed Sullivan Show, The (TV series)
Charing Cross Road (film)
Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation
Electric Company, The (TV series)
Elephant Man, The (film)
Elwes, Cary
Enter Laughing (play)
Ericson, John
Etheridge, Jeanette
Evening with Mel Brooks, An (TV show)
Every Little Crook and Nanny (film)
Eye Guess (TV series)
Fabray, Nanette
Face Is Familiar, The (TV series)
Faces (film)
Fanny (play)
Farmer, Frances
Farrelly, Bobby
Farrelly, Peter
Fatal Attraction (film)
Fatso (film)
Faynzilberg, Ilya. See Petrov, Evgeny
Feldman, Marty
Feldon, Barbara
Fellini, Federico
Ferrell, Will
Ferrer, Jose
Fiddler on the Roof (play)
Fields, Joe
Fields, W. C.
Finch, Peter
Finney, Albert
Fiorello (play)
First Deadly Sin, The (film)
Flebus (film)
Fly, The (film)
Fodorski (play)
Fonda, Henry
Fonda, Peter
Fontaine, Lynn
Ford, Whitey
Forever Amber (film)
Year Old Virgin, The (film)
Fox, Frederick
Frances (film)
Francis, Freddie
Frankenstein (book)
Frankenstein (film)
Free to Be ... You & Me (TV show)
French Connection, The (film)
Freud, Sigmund
From Here to Eternity (film)
From Russia with Love (film)
Fugard, Athol
Fuller, Frances
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (play)
Garr, Terry
Garry Moore Show, The (TV series)
Garson, Greer
Gautier, Dick
Gaxton, William
Gaynor, Mitzi
Geffen, David
Gelbart, Larry
General Electric Theater (TV series)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (play)
Get Smart (projected film)
Get Smart (TV series)
Gibson, William
Gillette, Anita
Gilliam, Terry
Glazier, Sidney
Godfather, The (book)
Godfather, The (film)
Gogol, Nikolai
Going in Style (film)
Golda (play)
Goldbergs, The (TV series)
Goldblum, Jeff
Goldenberg, Emanuel
Goldfinger (film)
Goldwyn, Samuel
Good as Gold (book)
Goodman, Hal
Good Morning, Vietnam (film)
Gordon, Bruce
Gorilla at Large (film)
Gottwald, Harold
Gourmet Club, The
Graduate, The (film)
Graham, Ronny
Grand Illusion (film)
Grant, Cary
Greene, Shecky
Greggio, Ezio
Gregory, Dick
Gregory, Mollie
Griffin, Merv
Grimes, Tammy
Gruskoff, Michael
Guarnieri, Johnny
Guber, Peter
Guys and Dolls (play)
Gypsy (play)
Haberman, Steve
Hackman, Gene
Hamilton, George
Hamilton Dancers (dance troupe)
Hamlet (film)
Hanff, Helene
Hanks, Tom
Happy Anniversary (fi
lm)
Hart, Moss
Harwood, Roland
Have You Heard, Bronsky Is Dying (projected play)
Hayes, Bill
Hayes, Isaac
Heath, Bob
Heavens Above! (film)
Hefner, Hugh
Heim, Alan
Heller, Joseph
Hello, Dolly! (play)
Helton, Robyn
Hennesy, Dale
Henry, Buck
Henson, Jim
Herlie, Eileen
Herman, Jerry
Hertzberg, Michael
Heston, Charlton
Hewitt, Christopher
“Hickenloopers, The” (comedy skit)
High Anxiety (film)
“High Anxiety” (song)
Hiken, Nat
Hilliard, Harriet
Hindenburg, The (film)
Hines, Gregory
Hirschfield, Alan J.
Hirschfield, Gerald
History of the World: Part I, The (film)
Hitchcock, Alfred
Hitler, Adolf
“Hitler Rap, The” (song)
Hoffman, Dustin
Hollywood Variety (TV series)
Hope, Bob
“Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst” (song)
Hopkins, Anthony
Howard, John C.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (play)
Huffman, Cady
Hurt, John
Husmann, Ron
Iceman Cometh, The (play)
“I Get a Kick Out of You” (song)
Ilf, Ilya
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (film)
“I Love You As I Loved You When You Were Sweet Sixteen” (song)
I Love You to Death (film)
“I’m Fascinating” (song)
Imogene Coca Show, The (TV series)
“I’m Tired” (song)
Inside Danny Baker (projected TV series)
Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Inside U.S.A. (play)
In the Catskills (book)
Iskowitz, Edward Israel. See Cantor, Eddie
Italiano, Anna Maria Louisa. See Bancroft, Anne
Italiano, Michael
Italiano, Mildred DiNapoli
“It’s Good to Be the King” (song)
It’s in the Bag (film)
I Vitelloni (film)
“I Wanna Be a Producer” (song)
Jack Carter Show, The (TV series)
Jackie Gleason Show, The (TV series)
Jackson, Anne
Jaffe, Leo
Jakers—The Adventures ofPiggley Winks (TV series)
Jan and Dean (singing team)
Janus (play)
Jeopardy! (TV series)
Jesus of Nazareth (TV miniseries)
“Jews in Space” (song)
Joan of Arc
Joe (film)
Johnson, Alan
Johnson, Lyndon
Jolson, Al
Jones, David
Jones, James Earl
Jordan, Will
Kabelsky, Benjamin
Kahn, Madeline
Kallen, Lucille
Kaminski, David
Kaminsky, Basha (grandmother)
Kaminsky, Bernard (brother)
Kaminsky, Irving (brother)