About this episode

The episode discusses Mel Brooks' remarkable life and career, including his upcoming projects as he approaches 100 years old.

Send us Fan Mail At 99 years old, what will you be doing...statistically, most of us will be worm food by then. Well...not Mel Brooks, at 99 years old he's making a second installment to Space Balls! In June of 2026, he will be 100 years old...wrap your brains around that. But, what we learned about Mel Brooks is nothing short of amazing, he was drafted into World War II, in 1944. He aced his military entrance exams, and became part of the combat engineer crew...yeah ...

People in this episode

Host: Detective Chuck

Topics covered

• Mel Brooks
• World War II
• comedy
• film history
• age milestones

Keywords

• Mel Brooks
• Space Balls
• World War II
• comedy
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Space Balls

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