Episode 59 - Mel Brooks May - (Part I: The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles)

About this episode

A retrospective on Mel Brooks covering his first three films.

Join me as I do a full retrospective of the King of Satires and Spoofs, with the first of three episodes on writer/director/actor/comedian Mel Brooks. The first episode covers his first three movies, from 1967-1974: Feel free to skip to each episode segment using the timestamps below: An Introduction to Mel Brooks - 2:11 THE PRODUCERS (1967, dir. Mel Brooks) - 6:37 THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970, dir. Mel Brooks) - 26:50 BLAZING SADDLES (1974, dir. Mel Brooks) - 41:46

People in this episode

Host: Sean

Topics covered

• Mel Brooks
• film retrospective
• satire
• comedy
• movie reviews

Keywords

• Mel Brooks
• The Producers
• The Twelve Chairs
• Blazing Saddles
• film history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE PRODUCERS, THE TWELVE CHAIRS, BLAZING SADDLES

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