Mel Brooks: It’s Good to Be The King of Comedy

From entertaining fellow soldiers during World War II to honing his skills as a Catskills tummler, Brooklyn-born Mel Brooks rose to become one of the most influential figures in American comedy.

 After breaking into television as a writer on the landmark series Your Show of Shows, he went on to co-create the classic spy sitcom Get Smart. His Academy Award–winning film The Producers launched a legendary movie career that produced enduring classics like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, followed by a celebrated second act on Broadway.

Entertainment historian John Kenrick returns to pull back the curtain on the remarkable life and career of a comic legend who, as he approaches his 100th birthday, is still creating and making audiences laugh.

This program is made possible with the support of The Friends of the Livingston Public Library.