Read more Mel Brooks stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16698/mel-brooks.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:38:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60580/hitler-sells-again-in-germany.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Broadway hit musical comedy The Producers finally opened in Berlin to boffo box office receipts—but not before in intense sales push to break through German reluctance to see an ersatz Hitler hamming it up on stage, reports the Los Angeles Times . "If you put it on most places,...http://www.newser.com/story/60580/hitler-sells-again-in-germany.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 7:07:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59434/funny-fuhrer-finally-hits-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Producers has goose-stepped its way onto a German stage 76 years after the springtime when Hitler took power, the New York Times reports. There were plenty of laughs—if sometimes uneasy ones—on opening night Sunday, but the Nazi-mocking musical and its swastika-laden ads prompted a fresh round of...http://www.newser.com/story/59434/funny-fuhrer-finally-hits-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 7:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58132/actor-dom-deluise-dead-at-75.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagActor Dom DeLuise died in his sleep last night at a Los Angeles hospital, TMZ reports. He was 75. The Golden-Globe nominated actor was known for appearances in Mel Brooks films and often worked with Burt Reynolds. He starred in Cannonball Run and Blazing Saddles and voiced Pizza the Hutt...http://www.newser.com/story/58132/actor-dom-deluise-dead-at-75.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 12:10:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55768/nazi-mocking-producers-coming-to-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis could be awkward. Mel Brooks’ The Producers has been a smash around the world, but will the Hitler-mocking musical play in Germany? The Admiralspalast theater in Berlin—which the real Führer once frequented—is betting Germans are ready to laugh at the blood-soaked past, the Daily Mail reports. “If...http://www.newser.com/story/55768/nazi-mocking-producers-coming-to-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 12:10:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28890/harvey-korman-more-than-a-second-banana.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarvey Korman was sometimes described as the “quintessential second banana,” and he did indeed make his name in supporting roles. But Korman, who died this week at 81, was a special second banana. For Mel Brooks, he became the perfect scheming underling, hilariously worming his way through movie after movie....http://www.newser.com/story/28890/harvey-korman-more-than-a-second-banana.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 May 2008 13:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28810/is-this-a-joke-brooks-leaving-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAre Mel Brooks' days in Hollywood over? The comic king is quietly closing his Brooksfilms, the New York Post reports. He founded the LA-based production company in 1980 to produce more serious films such as The Elephant Man but also put out classics such as Spaceballs . Brooks, who turns 82...http://www.newser.com/story/28810/is-this-a-joke-brooks-leaving-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 9:59:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/11372/young-frank-s-a-broadway-flub.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMel Brooks wowed 42nd Street with his musical debut The Producers , but follow-up Young Frankenstein fell flat at last night's opening, says Time's Richard Zoglin. Without Brooks' freshman hit, Young Frank might be “reasonably entertaining”; instead it demands comparison and ends up mere “shtick." Its brilliant film source is “a...http://www.newser.com/story/11372/young-frank-s-a-broadway-flub.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Nov 2007 19:46:02 CST