Another of My Heroes!

This all-too-brief survey of comedy god Mel Brooks is from the April 22, 1974 Newsweek.  Its excuse is the success of Young Frankenstein.

I would be remiss if I didn't point out the misspelling of my favorite pop in the first image.  "Dr Pepper" has NO PERIOD, you East Coast effetes!  On the other hand, "intentionally graceless" is a characterization to which we should ALL aspire (at least some of the time).

You might say that the salute to Busby Berkeley musicals is a foreshadowing of "Do the Inquisition" in History of the World Part 1.  But that kind of shibboleth-bashing is just part of Brooks's character.

Mine too!  See you Thursday.  We'll probably spend September TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS!