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It was cerebral. increasingly in the 60s, comedy became something for adults. >> youre a writer and a director? >> yes, ive written and directed a new motion flick called "the producers" starring zero moss tell and introducing gene wilder. >> "the producers" is jern winly, i would say one of the top comedies of all time. >> yes? >> yes what? >> what you were saying. keep talking. >> in the producers, theyre going to get investors to invest in a broadway play that they know will fail so they can ...

>> jerry lewis, in the early 60s, made a different type of comedy, comedy for all ages. and there was a larger cultural shift just about to happen. >> those are the facts, felix. you got to face it. you cant spend the rest of your life crying. it annoys people in the movies. >> a sort of verbal wit was coming in. it wasnt physical comedy. it was cerebral. it was political. and increasingly in the 60s, comedy became something for adults. >> now, youre a writer, and youre a director? >> yes, ive w...