Episode 61 - Mel Brooks May - (Part III: Spaceballs, Life Stinks, Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It)

About this episode

A retrospective on Mel Brooks' last four films, exploring his contributions to satire and comedy.

Join me as I do a full retrospective of the King of Satires and Spoofs, with the last of three episodes on writer/director/actor/comedian Mel Brooks. The first episode covers his last four movies, from 1987-1995: Feel free to skip to each episode segment using the timestamps below: SPACEBALLS (1987, dir. Mel Brooks) - 2:26 LIFE STINKS (1991, dir. Mel Brooks) - 23:07 ROBIN HOOD: MEN in TIGHTS (1993, dir. Mel Brooks) - 31:43 DRACULA: DEAD and LOVING IT (1995, dir. Mel Brooks) - 48:44

People in this episode

Host: Sean

Topics covered

• Mel Brooks
• film retrospective
• comedy
• satires
• spoofs
• movie reviews

Keywords

• Mel Brooks
• Spaceballs
• Life Stinks
• Men in Tights
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It
• film review
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: SPACEBALLS, LIFE STINKS, ROBIN HOOD: MEN in TIGHTS, DRACULA: DEAD and LOVING IT

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