PMP#217: Mel Brooks’ Old Comedy

About this episode

The episode discusses the films of Mel Brooks in the context of Judd Apatow's HBO documentary.

In light of Judd Apatow's HBO documentary The 99-Year-Old Man , we discuss the films of Mel Brooks, which were to varying degrees formative on us (i.e. Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al). Get more at prettymuchpop.com . Get an ad-free experience, plus bonus talking for nearly every episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop . Sponsors : Get started with Claude AI at claude.ai/pmp . Visit squarespace.com/PRETTY (code PRETTY) for a free trial and 10% off your first website or domain.

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Topics covered

• Mel Brooks
• comedy
• films
• Judd Apatow

Keywords

• HBO
• documentary
• 99-Year-Old Man

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The 99-Year-Old Man

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