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- HBO
Summary Filmed at Geffen Playhouse, Mel Brooks discusses his life and career with the BBC's Alan Yentob.
- HBO
- HBO
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 10, 2012
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Summary Filmed at Geffen Playhouse, Mel Brooks discusses his life and career with the BBC's Alan Yentob.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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For Mel Brooks lovers everywhere (you know who you are), but it's on the light side.
Brooks remains quick-minded and vivid. [14 Dec 2012, p.66]
Brooks makes it fresh, and not just because he comments on clips from "Blazing Saddles" or "Your Show of Shows," the seminal TV show he worked on with Sid Caesar in the early 1950s.
This hour [is] packed with Mr. Brooks at his most endearing.
He holds forth telling wonderful stories about his childhood, about working as a "tummler" at Grossinger's, what it was like working with Sid Caesar and his enduring love for Gene Wilder, whose role in "Blazing Saddles" initially went to Gig Young, in between clips from too few of his many great films and TV work.
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Production Company:
- Brooksfilms
Initial Release Date: Dec 10, 2012
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
